We have been planning to go to Liberia again. Duane and Jon Reynolds, who is the chair of the Michigan Conference Liberia Partnership Ministries, have organized and will be leading the trip. Seven other persons including myself will be on the trip.
Duane and Jon and their Partnership group have been working to revise the covenant the former Detroit Conference has had with the Liberia United Methodist Church for 22 years. The new Michigan Conference has authorized the creation of the new covenant. We are going to Liberia to attend their Annual Conference where they will sign the covenant. Later at our Annual Conference in late May, which their Bishop Samuel Quire and some others will attend, our Bishop David Bard will sign the covenant.
After our arrival in Monrovia Wednesday Feb 12th and a night’s rest, we will travel to Ganta on the 13th to attend their Annual Conference. After the conference we will visit a variety of mission projects in different parts of the country before heading for home Feb 21.
We have been busy getting our flights and getting our immunizations up to date. Recently we have been packing what we will take so we can determine how many bags we need to use. We are starting our trip from Lansing on Feb 11. Keep us in your prayers as we journey forth.