BALLOONS DISTRITUTION IN BONAR FARM, MONROVIA, LIBERIA

On September 1, 2012, some kids in the Bonar Farm Community, Monrovia, Liberia, we given balloons as way of sharing God's love with them. The distribution of the balloons was a way of putting smiles on the faces of these kids. Before the distribution, a gospel story was shared.

The kids were very excited for receiving their balloons. Kindly pray for these kids, as we plant the seed of the gospel, that God will make it to grow.

BALLOON DISTRIBUTION AT ELWA JUNCTION, MONROVIA, LIBERIA

On September 8, 2012, we did our second balloon distribution in a community at the ELWA JUNCTION, Monrovia, Liberia. The gospel of the Lord Jesus was shared with the kids. The teacher, Pas. Benjamin Munford shared with the kids of Jesus' love for children. After the sharing, some kids prayed to ask Jesus into their lives.

The distribution of balloons followed the gospel message. It was wonderful the kids rejoice over the balloons.

Please pray for the kids of Liberia.

PUPPET SHOW AT HARBEL, SMELL-NO-TASTE

January 24, 2012

It rain heavily that morning of January 21, 2012. But we thank God that after about an hour, the rain stopped and the sun began to shine. This was the day which we were scheduled to do a puppet show at the “SMELL NO TASTE” community. This is a community in Harbel. Harbel is a city where the only international airport is located. 

We rode in a rented taxi as we do not have our own vehicle. Our equipment was forced in the taxi with us as there was not much space. I was afraid that we were going to break some of our boxed or equipment. We drove about forty-five minutes to reach to Harbel. But we blessed God that all went well with no trouble.

We were asked to perform at the yearend fellowship of the Liberia Deaf Association.  75% of the participants were deaf and dump. There were about 150 persons in attendance.

We left Monrovia about 10:30AM and reached Harbel about 11:15AM. We went right ahead to set up our equipment. The program did not start until after two hours.

When we started, the puppets did three songs after we prayed. The lady who is founder of the association usually translates everything into sign language for the benefit of the deaf and dumb.

After the three songs, I gave the gospel message which was also translated. The story was about Joseph. The invitation was given and people were asked to pray to accept Jesus Christ. I believe some of them prayed in their hearts though they could not speak it out. God knows their hearts. It was good to have the opportunity to share God’s word with these kids as well as youth.

PUPPET SHOW AT OCC DISTRIBUTION

Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a ministry arm of Samaritan’s Purse which gives out shoe boxes to kids around the world; showing and sharing God’s love with children.

Operation Christmas Child also does distribution of shoe boxes to children in Liberia. On March 25, 2011, our puppet team was fortunate to perform at two of the OCC distributions. The first OCC distribution was done at one school. Here the puppet did two songs. Before the puppet songs, Rev. Benjamin gave a very short Bible message. The Children were very excited at the puppet show. There were about 72 kids present who received boxes.

This day was so special. It was special in that the President for Samaritan’s Purse, Rev. Franklin Graham was present to do the distribution.

The second OCC distribution was done in the afternoon at an orphanage home. The puppets did two songs. Before the two songs, Rev. Benjamin T. Munford did a very short gospel story. There were about sixty children. The kids were so happy. After the distribution, few kids who were asked confessed that they really enjoyed puppet show and hope they could come back again.

Kids love puppet shows and it is very effective in evangelism to kids as well as adults. With your support, many kids in Liberia will be able to hear the gospel and be saved. With you support, many kids in Liberia will be able to smile and laugh as well as have fun. With your support, we could reach lots with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We are self-supported and will be able to do more with your support.

Many thanks and God bless you.

Yours,

Benjamin T. Munford

AGAPE PUPPETS LIBERIA

WEBSITE: benworkliberia.blogspot.com

EMAIL: bentmunford@yahoo.com

TEL: 231-612-3814 or 231-76—451-042

PUPPET SHOW AT THE ALPHA ACADEMY, MONROVIA, LIBERIA

The ALPHA ACADEMY is an elementary and Junior High School. It has the enrollment of about one hundred fifty students. This school is located right behind where we live, in the ELWA ROCK HILL, DIAMOND CREEK COMMUNITY, Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa.

The Principal and Administration of the school accepted our request to do puppet show at their school on January 21, 2011.

The day was very bright and the sun was hot. The cool breeze from coast kept blowing. This cool breeze makes one feel a bit comfortable in the hall where we were having the show as it was hot inside.

The kids were out for their break when we got there and we used this time to set up our equipment. After the setup, the kids were ushered in the hall peacefully. The kids were very excited. For some, this was their first time. For others, this was their second time as they were able to see it when we have the DIAMOND CREEK COMMUNITY show.

We started the show and the puppet did one song after which Rev. Benjamin T. Munford gave the gospel message on the story of Joseph.

At the end of the message, kids prayed asking God to forgive them and asking God to help them to forgive others. They also asked Jesus to be their Savior and God to be their Father.

It was a great time! An exciting moment with the kids as one could see joy on their faces.

After the message, the puppets did one more song.

After the show, we were filled with joy when kids started to tell us how they have been blessed by the puppet show. Moreover, we were also encouraged when other kids were telling their friends who were not at the show concerning the puppet show and the Bible story.

There are thousands of kids here who need to be reached. And this can be done with your prayers and support. Please pray along with us and if you feel led to be a part of what God is doing through us, please feel free to get to us.

Pray with us that the seed planted in these kids will grow.

Benjamin T. Munford

Tel: 231-6-123-814

Training Pastors in the Bush

JEM PASTOR TRAINING
MAY 1, 2010

As we kicked off Friday, April 30, 2010, at about 7:00PM, our vehicle started well but in the middle of our journey, it started to give some problems. It was not pulling well. However, with God’s help, we made it to Buchanan safely at 11:00PM.

The next day which was the first of May, we took off to the town where we usually have our training. We started our trip at 8:30AM and reached at 10:00AM. We were met upon arrival eleven of our students. This is the first day of training for the second phase after the first phase ended on April 10, 2010.

We started our classes at about 10:15AM and ended at 2:45PM. When we started, we took some time to review the lessons on PREACHING BIBLICAL MESSAGES which were taught during the first phase of the training. We also took time to look at the assignments which were given to the students to work on during the break.

After the review and looking at the assignments, we then went ahead to the lesson of the day. We dealt with FINDING THE MAIN IDEA OF A TEXT. We taught what the Main Idea of the text is and how to find it. In finding the MAIN IDEA of a text, one must consider two things:

1. FINDING THE SUBJECT
2. FINDING THE COMPLETER

The students were given some passages to find the Main Idea of those texts. The high light of the day was the graduation of the Pora-society which took place the very day we were having our training. The Pora-society is the Bush School for the men. This society is very strong in this region. Lots of our student could not come for the training because no one was allowed to leave the town in which the graduation was taken place. Hence, those of our students from that town could not come. Some of our students, however, could not come because they were going to be part of the ceremony. There are still some pastors and church leaders who are members of the Poro-Society and part of the church. Their eyes are still blind. That is why this training is so important for them. We pray that God will use this training to open their eyes.

Kindly pray for this training that God will move hearts to be part of this program by supporting it. As of now, this program is self supported. One trip cost $40.00US for fuel. We make about five trips for each phase of the training. Vehicle maintenance for a month is around $200.00US. Our program will end in October this year. We have completed the first phase and have three more phases to complete. This means we have about 20 trips to make. This will cost around $800.00US for fuel consumption and the maintenance for the balance four months will cost around $600.00US. All these have been shouldered by Mr. Munford from his personal funds since the program started in February.

Many thanks for your prayers.

"I Now Understand How to Plan a Sermon!"

JEM PASTORS TRAINING
APRIL 10, 2010

The alarm went off at 4:30AM on Saturday, April 10, 2010. It was set to that time to get me ready to travel from Monrovia to Jauh Town for the pastors training. I usually leave the City of Monrovia every Friday, after work hour, to go to Buchanan. Then on Saturday, early in the morning, I leave Buchanan for Juah Town where the training takes place, about 36KM from Buchanan.

But this week, it was not so. I could not go on Friday. The vehicle was in the garage on Friday, April 9, 2010 and did not come out until late in the evening, around 9:00PM. Since it was late, I decided to travel on Saturday, April 10, 2010 by 5:00AM.

At 5:00AM on April 10, 2010, I took off from Monrovia and reached safely at about 9:00AM. The Lord graciously took me safely through. I rode with no spare tire as the night before, one of the tires had problem and we changed it. Being that it was late, I was not able to repair the tire. About 30 minutes drive to Juah Town, where we have the training; I left the tire at a tire repair shop for repair.

Our training started at 9:30AM and ended at 2:30PM with 20 pastors and church leaders present.
April 10, 2010 marks the end of the first phase of the pastors training which started in February. During this day, we taught on the course, PREACHING BIBLICAL MESSAGES and dealt with the third step to preaching biblical messages. Step three deals with finding the CENTRAL PROPOSITION OF THE TEXT (CPT). This has to do with discovering the main idea of the text. In doing so, one has to find the THEME (What is the author talking about?) and THRUST (What is the author saying about what he is talking about?).

Praise God for the level of understanding which some of the students are getting from the training.

Thanks for your prayers for these students. At the end of the class, students were asked to write down how the training has helped them. Below are some of their comments:

1. “From the training, I able to plan a short sermon”
2. “From this training, I now understand how to plan sermon”
3. “From this study, we have understood how to study the text and structure the text”

Our second phase will start May 1, 2010. Kindly pray for our training program:

1. That God will continue to provide us traveling grace
2. That God will open the eyes of the students to see the truths of God’s word
3. That God will empower them to apply what they will learn
4. That God will open the minds of the student to understand the lessons taught
5. That our vehicle will be in good running condition during our time of travel
6. That God will open doors for partnership which will enhance our work