SECOND PHASE
MAY 9, 2009
On May 8, 2009, Friday, at about 3:00PM, we took off from Monrovia in a four-door Hilux pickup for the city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County. The 88-mile road, before the civil war was a one hour thirty minutes drive. Now the road is very bad and takes about three to four hours. By 6:30PM, we safely arrived in Buchanan.
Saturday, May 9, 2009, the day of our training, was cloudy. Before we took off, we discovered that the vehicle had a flat tire. After fixing it, we took off and arrived at Wayzon city where the training was to be held.
Our guest speaker was Pastor Tom T. Logan. He is a 1988 graduate of the African Bible College now called African Bible College University. Pastor Tom Logan is presently the Head Pastor of the Open Bible Standard Church in Buchanan.
Pastor Logan taught the course PASTORAL MINISTRY. His topic was, QUALIFICATIONS OF PASTORS. His texts came from ITim. 3:1-7’ Titus 1:6-9; IPet. 5:1-4.
One of the pastors testified that he has started to teach his leaders what he is learning from the seminar. We were greatly encouraged at his testimony and pray that others follow his footsteps.
One other pastor brought out a concern. “We the pastors do counsel and visit our members as well as encourage them. But we do not have anyone to counsel and encourage us. Our members look up to us that we have all,” the pastor stated. Being a pastor to the pastors is one of those things JEM wishes to see done.
The training ended at 2:30PM with about 25 students attending.
On our way back, the rain was very heavy. We could hardly see the road. Our vehicle has to drive slowly. Praise God we made it safely to Buchanan.
Pray with us that this training will greatly change the lives of these church leaders when it comes to leadership and ministry. Pray with us that God will continue to grant us traveling mercy as we travel on these bad roads.
Reported by Pas. Benjamin T. Munford
