The Roof at ELWA

The ELWA Campus in Paynesville occupies 133 acres and needs a size able team to manage the campus's roads, water system and the generators. A building of cinder blocks on the ELWA campus sat unused because it lacked a roof. In January 2007, the job of the ELWA missionary team was to cut the trusses and put them in place for the support of a new roof for the Administration Building at ELWA.

This was no simple task for the team of American missionaries and their Liberian helpers. Liberian wood is grown deep in the upcountry forest and is strong but very heavy. So, instead of constructing the trusses on the ground and then raising them in place on the roof, these trusses were raised up to the wooden platform used by the men to construct the roof. Over a period of 9 days, the American team of missionaries along with their Liberian counterparts raised the trusses, cut the wood for the support of the roof. Later on their own, the Liberian team placed the zinc roofing material in place. Now this building serves as the Administration Building for the entire ELWA campus and is a showplace for visitors to ELWA.