The Christian Foundation School for the Deaf held their Grand Opening ceremony and ribbon cutting of their new school and buildings. It was a huge event, bringing people from around the community of Ganta and other communities. The week leading up to the grand opening consisted of completing some of the painting of the school…
This past March I traveled with Dave Petersen to Ganta Liberia in West Africa. The purpose of our trip was to check the ongoing Deaf school building project. We wanted to encourage the students, teachers, and pastors so faithfully involved in this project. In the Spring of 2025, a group went to visit the deaf…
In December 2022, while spending time at the Open Arms Village, near Eldoret, Kenya, we learned of a project that needed completing: a basketball court in honor of a missionary’s father. Ted Whiteman’s father, Tex, was an extremely talented basketball player who played for Oregon State University and was drafted into the NBA. When he…
In the remote village of Foya, located hours away from Monrovia in Liberia, Beyond the Bricks, partnered with Samaritan’s Purse to construct and equip a basketball court and playground for the community. Local pastors and community leaders were involved in the project as well. We spent a week, building forms, pouring cement, welding pipes, and…