BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE-LIBERIA
Tokay hill community, Ganta City
Nimba county, Republic of Liberia
OPERATIONS REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2022
PROLOGUE / INTRODUCTION
We bring you greetings from Liberia Bear Valley Bible Institute, west Africa. We appreciate God continually for your partnership with us in this work of our Lord directly or indirectly in Liberia.
ANOTHER GIFT FROM A CHURCH SISTER
In their own little ways, some sisters from the Ganta Church continued to assist our students with some of their basic daily needs as they studied. As you may recall, before the Christmas vacation some sisters donated two bags of used clothes to the students. In the month of February, another sister called Herritta Nehywon came with washing soap for all the students individually. She said that she feels so happy in her own little strength to help the students with the soap because they need it, since their studies keep them on the campus even during the weekends. They still have to go out helping to strengthen smaller congregations in the villages. She further said, the future of these students’ education in the Bible will help the world to be a better place. The students thanked her so much and prayed with her for God’s blessing upon she and her family.
BACK TO THE BIBLE RADIO TEACHING PROGRAM AND THE BEAR VALLEY STUDENTS
Five years ago on the 1st of January 2017, I started the teaching program on the radio as another way of exposing the Lord's church and have more people listen to the undiluted gospel of Christ and His church. Since the inception of this program, many souls have been won to Christ and many new congregations have been started through this efforts.
Another very important part of this radio program is to have our students from the Bear Valley Bible Institute here in Liberia practice public speaking on the radio. The students are taking turns on the radio after preparing a special topic given to them some months before. This practice started with our very first batch of students and the results are to the glory of God and to the edifying of His church. Almost 12 of our past students are now preaching and teaching on the radio at their different locations (Congregations) and the news coming from there by other people make us so happy for the opportunities afforded them to practice while in school.
STAFF MEETING
In the month under review, we held a staff meeting on the school campus. This meeting brought together all the teaching staff and support staff of the school. On our agenda, the following were key in our discussion:
Thanking God and welcoming everyone to the new year
a. Under this, we appreciated our teachers and staff commitment to serve the students and help them become better preachers and church worker for our maker.
Reviewing Bear Valley needed standard for her schools
We discussed making a cassava farm for the school to help us provide some food in addition to the help Bear Valley is giving to us.
We also discussed ways we can help our past students with evangelism to strengthen the work they are doing in their town and villages.
We concluded our meeting with a prayer for you all that are sponsoring these efforts in Liberia and across the world.
SHORT COURSE TEACHER
Brother Calvin Jusu Johnson has always responded to our call to come and offer his services to the school. This is his third time honoring our invitation to teach a short for us. We are thankful for his services and want you to please join us to pray for him.
REPORT ABOUT OUR ALUMNI
Alex Gonlarkpo Waie was part of our first batch of students who graduated in 2018 and went back home and started a new congregation. We visited Alex and saw the work he is doing and it moved us so much because he struggled in school. Alex presently preaches in his hometown at a congregation he started and he is also helping two other congregations that do not have a trained preacher. Meanwhile, Brother Alex has a very serious problem in easily reaching these struggling congregations and is asking for help. Having visited him and seen the good work he is doing, we want to join him to request for his need. Bro. Alex is humbly asking for a motorbike to help his movements between these three congregations.
CONCLUSION AND APPRECIATION
We want to thank all of you so much for supporting the work in Liberia. Without you, this effort would not be possible. May God richly bless you.
We also want to take this time to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to all of our brothers and sisters across the world for all your financial and spiritual support for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has dislocated our brethren literally and has brought more sorrow on their land. Many of our Christian brothers and sisters have lost their homes, their jobs and left them hungry. I am so thankful for all your love you have shown them in this hard times. Let us all continue to pray for peace for them, Please!!
In Him,
Robert P. Dahn, Jr.
Director- BVBI-L