Hi,
Just in case you didn't know, my name is Patricia Jones and I lived in Liberia, West Africa for 4 1/2 years. I was present to see the travesties of the collateral damage from years of civil war. I was present to see indigenous desperately fleeing from the surrounding areas in search of refuge. I was present to see the psychological trauma that these travesties leave behind. I was present to see the undeserved and marginalized being forgotten. I help build the first university in southeast Liberia. I taught trauma counseling and conflict mediation to hundreds of paraprofessionals and traumatized individuals. I developed, implemented, taught and graduated the first ever students with a Bachelors Degree in Guidance and Counseling. I hugged babies and dug ditches with the natives. We cried together, and I cried alone because, for as much as I did, I could never do enough. The experience pressed a passion in me because I was present to see it.
Once again, my passion to serve for God is pressing me to go to Haiti. And once again, I say I can never do enough and I CANNOT do it without you. So, above all things, I'm asking for your PRAYERS as our team prepares to serve the people of Haiti.
Take care,
Patricia
Just in case you didn't know, my name is Patricia Jones and I lived in Liberia, West Africa for 4 1/2 years. I was present to see the travesties of the collateral damage from years of civil war. I was present to see indigenous desperately fleeing from the surrounding areas in search of refuge. I was present to see the psychological trauma that these travesties leave behind. I was present to see the undeserved and marginalized being forgotten. I help build the first university in southeast Liberia. I taught trauma counseling and conflict mediation to hundreds of paraprofessionals and traumatized individuals. I developed, implemented, taught and graduated the first ever students with a Bachelors Degree in Guidance and Counseling. I hugged babies and dug ditches with the natives. We cried together, and I cried alone because, for as much as I did, I could never do enough. The experience pressed a passion in me because I was present to see it.
Once again, my passion to serve for God is pressing me to go to Haiti. And once again, I say I can never do enough and I CANNOT do it without you. So, above all things, I'm asking for your PRAYERS as our team prepares to serve the people of Haiti.
Take care,
Patricia