My Feet Hurt – Part 1

As the orphan ministry team of DC and Pam Lundy, Kimberly DeVries, and Trokon Dennis arrived at Mother Whleh’s orphanage, the children excitedly ran with bare feet out to greet them. The team began a day of ministry to the orphans—many of whom lost their parents during the last war. They were there to provide medical exams, medicine, and ministry through songs, stories and crafts. Pam, a pediatric nurse practitioner from Oregon, began to examine the children. Many of the children had malaria and intestinal parasites for which they were treated. Pam soon began to notice that one third of the children had “hamburger feet.” Pam has been on several short term medical ministry teams with ANM. She described the feet of the children as “the worst I have ever seen and I have seen a lot of badly infected feet.” One of the little children as he came to be examined said “my feet hurt!” Pam was able to clean and provide medicine for the many feet that were infected from parasites, eating away at their skin.

My Feet Hurt – Part 2

“God told me to hand you $200 and that you will know what to do with it when you get there” so Pastor Marc Andresen was told just before departing for Liberia. Amazingly, although from a different church, Pam and DC Lundy were told the same exact words and were also given $200 for Liberia. As the team realized the condition of the children’s feet at Mother Whleh’s orphanage, it was clear that the Lord provided the $400 for shoes for the children. The team went to a Liberian market in search of shoes. After much haggling, the vendors initially wanted $800 for forty-three pairs of shoes. Then one of the vendors stepped forward and said he would take $400 for forty-three pairs of shoes. God’s provision is always perfect—as the exact amount to give all the children shoes was provided for. One little girl, so excited for her shoes, walked around holding her shoes close to her chest—as if the shoes were the best gift she ever received.

ANM Ministry News-Rejoice Liberia

In February, the birth of a vision named “Rejoice Liberia” began. Over the past year Mike has visited Liberia twice to explore how ANM can minister in Liberia and with whom. God has led us to identify key national leaders as well as mission agencies with whom ANM can partner to holistically bring the Gospel to Liberia. Liberia is recovering from 30 years of devastation due to three civil wars and corrupt governments.

Our recent trip, our third, was the beginning of ministry there. Mike led a team of seven to Kakata, Liberia for the purposes of: a pastor’s conference, preparation of the local church for an evangelistic festival later in the year, and to minister to three orphanages with food and medical care. Below are a few exciting stories of what the Lord did!