At the present time, (November, 2004) we have just returned from a trip to Liberia where a Civil War has impacted that nation and left tens of thousands without homes. Many villages have been destroyed. Children have been left as orphans. Medical care and training is extremely limited. Supplies and equipment for the most basic medical procedures are at a premium. Schools are without books or curriculum. Many of the children have been orphaned and some of the girls have become mothers while still little girls themselves due to the abuses of a land devastated by war and left without moral and ethical stability. They are, even now, trying to disarm all of the warring factions (with the aid of the United Nations) so that life can assume a semblance of normalcy for the millions of people who are seeking and longing for peace.

Terri Stearns-Walker, Benita Bobo-Jones, Doris Johnson, Alisia Rice and Anita Blackwell

On our recent trip to Liberia, Pastor Bobo was accompanied by: Alisia Rice, a working mother with a passion for children who are at risk; Anita Blackwell, a nurse practioner who specializes in pediatrics and hematology, Benita Jones, a nurse and midwife; Theresa Stearns-Walker, a nurse anesthetist; and Doris Johnson, a recently retired school principal. These women made assessments of the situation and have returned to the USA with a determination to make a difference.

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