What a mighty God we serve!

Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support for EMA. 

Some exciting have things happened in the past two months, and we know that our God will continue to pour out His wisdom, love, and resources as we seek His guidance in all things.  We rejoice with Meanu Kayea, EMA Board Member, who accompanied a group from his church to Liberia where they were able to see first-hand the work they support. We rejoice that Steve Ackley, EMA Board Member, also had the opportunity to spend three weeks in Liberia checking on technology projects.  We also weep with those who weep. Clip Kiffen, a founding member of EMA, had to say goodbye to his wife of 51 years. We ask that you keep Clip in your prayers as he learns to walk this new road with God.
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This month we come to you with a critical need. The ELWA campus has historically relied on generating most of its own electricity.  The Liberian Electric Company (LEC) generates power, but service is inconsistent and expensive.  There have been many many occasions when a life altering procedure at the hospital is interrupted by a power outage. The doctors and nurses cannot see to continue. When there is no power, there is no water as pumps and water filtration systems shut down. Keep in mind that temperatures at ELWA, being close to the equator, are consistently between 80* and 100* with 100% humidity. No power means no fans to move the air.  As we prepare this newsletter the ELWA campus has had intermittent to no power for four days. 

​We are prayerfully asking you to consider helping us raise funds to build a new powerhouse.  The current structure was built in the 1950’s. At that time ELWA consisted of a small radio station, and a few employees, so the building was constructed to house one, or two generators. The current ELWA campus includes many houses -- homes for SIM, Mission Aviation Fellowship, and Samaritans' Purse personnel-- as well as a large hospital (thank you to Samaritan's Purse), a radio station, high school, elementary school, a church, and a large office complex for Samaritan’s Purse employees.  To provide power for the ELWA campus, four generators now live in the powerhouse resulting in very little room to work on or repair the generators when they go down, which is frequent. A new building is desperately needed to protect generators from the weather and to create room for the mechanics to work on and maintain the equipment. The building also needs a set of security cameras. 
 
Do you know of a skilled diesel mechanic with a heart to serve God on the mission field? ELWA mechanics need additional diesel training so they can keep the generators operational. If you, or someone you know is interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please reach out to, Steve Kejr at [email protected]

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