There is no other place to begin than to tell you about the organization we partnered with for our trip to Sierra Leone – MISSION DIRECT. Words cannot express how totally devoted to God, and to the people of Sierra Leone, that these folks are. There is no question that we plan to team up with them again.
· MISSION DIRECT - founded November 2004 – www.missiondirect.org
· Currently serving in SL, Brazil, Moldova, Dominican Republic, Uganda, Zambia and Cambodia
· Target area – the most disadvantaged countries on the earth
· Goal – to identify local organizations within the country that are seeking to meet the needs of the poor and the outcast, and to come alongside them with funds and manpower to better serve the community
In the capital of Freetown and surrounding areas of Sierra Leone, Mission Direct has partnered with 6 local organizations that are doing great work among the people.
· The City of Rest
· King George’s Compound for the elderly
· Men’s United Polio Brotherhood
· Hastings Women’s Polio House
· St George’s Refuge for Street Kids
· Leonard Cheshire School for Children with Polio
Over the coming weeks we will share highlights and photos of each organization. Our lives are forever changed. We had seen poverty before, but the scale to which we experienced poverty and need on this trip would be too much to bear apart from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God is doing an amazing work in Sierra Leone. It was our privilege to be a part of it in some small way.
Thank you again for every prayer you prayed on our behalf. Please continue to pray for Sierra Leone!
Our gratitude,
Tom and Becky
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