We've been everywhere, from the Interior (which means the bush) to the heart of capital city of Liberia which is Monrovia, downtown to the market places and streets, to the hospitals to the children's home... sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Yesterday, we took a great team of Liberian young people with us into the streets to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Liberian young people brought their drums and sing powerful African worship songs in the marketplace to gather a crowd. Then, Jeff Hashbarger preached the gospel! He preached a strong message of repentance and the Good News of Jesus Christ. We would then pass out tracts. 
I was passing out a tract which is the Gospel of John and how to be saved. I had to hold my tracts high in the air and people would crowd and push and shove to get the Word of God. When I had only a few left in my hand, the crowd just grabbed and fought over the last few.
Today, myself (David) and Casey will become official Liberian residents. We are both happy to receive this because it means that we can come and go in and out of the country without applying for a visa and it gives us much more benefits to do mission work as well.
Yesterday, we visited Triumph Christian Academy, pastor Mike Foday's school. The children were returning from Spring break. They sang for us, recited memorized Scriptures, prayed and greeted us warmly. We traveled from grade to grade, encouraging the students to continue to study hard, but challenged them to know that education alone without Christ is of no value.
We then traveled to Mike Foday's house and were our good Liberian pastor Aaron lives too. Here's a picture of the water tank the church bought for Mike Foday's home a few years ago.
Hello all from your brothers in Liberia this is Jeff. I want to let you know that a couple of days ago we went to Pastor Moses church and had a chance to witness on the streets and go house to house and business to business WOW what pleasure to share the gospel with so many people. When we where done there we went and prayed with every one in the JFK hospital. 
This is an area that really touched my heart. One lady that was there gave an excellent testimony on what had happened to her and her recovery. She had to have her ribs split and her lungs drained and yet all had said she was going to die, but glory to the Lord this young lady looks like she will recover fully. Well that was Tuesday...
So Wednesday we went back to Pastor Foday's school and got a short but wonderful presentation capped off with the sing of " When Jesus takes me home" When we left there we went out and street preached to some 500 people on the streets Praise to the Lord!!! Well that is all for now I love you Jill and I miss you SOOO much. Cora I am proud of you and I miss you. Grace I will see you soon. Give the Crab a Big hug and Kiss. Bye for now.
This is Casey:
I enjoy Liberia. I enjoy the people and the climate. This is my second home. I have been touched this trip by the children. The children in the orphanage, school, and the children that I have met over the last 3 years. I get to see them grow up and see their faith grow. They call me Uncle like I am in their family. This touches my heart. To see David, Isaac, Sam, Abigail, Mike is like seeing my nephews and nieces. This trip is unlike any others that I have been on. The LORD is really teaching me about pure religion of taking care of the widows and orphans. My heart is crying out to these children everywhere in Liberia.
The Lord is showing me the hurting people here. The widows begging for money to eat for the day. The are the lost people of Liberia. They do not eat for days according to a fellow Liberian. They do not have a place to call home. There is no "Old Peoples Home" here.
Tricia, I miss you. Zachary, it was great talking to you yesterday. Haley, I miss you too. I love all of you. These kids make me think about my family. It is great telling people the true Gospel of JESUS CHRIST!!!! Most know JESUS and that HE died on the cross but don't understand why HE died on the cross for them. To FREE them from the law is expressed on their faces!
Greetings: Yesterday spent time in the open markets and it was a real eye opener. Hundreds of people in a small area buying and selling. It was a great place for the team to witness. The people here are great. The sun is extremely hot, hot, hot. Even the Liberian people say it is very bad. The team very excited and glad to be here. Looking forward to seeing you soon, Shirley. Gene
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