this is it! sort of... i will be leaving to go to seattle on september 17th! i will be trained for a week and then i am off to liberia! whaaaaaahooooo!
i will be working with an organization called orphan relief and rescue, on their child development team. pretty much, ill be mentoring the older kids in a number of orphanages. ill be getting them up on their feet and ready to go out into their country and thrive!
i've been craving that african sun on my face, and my feet are itching to finally walk again in liberia. since i was 5 years old, i have felt that i was called to africa. when i finally went there (at age 16), my desire to be in africa only grew stronger. i love the people. i love the land. the only thing i dont love over there is the snakes.
My MIssion
Now that it's 14 year civil war is over, Liberia is the 3rd poorest country in the world. Drugs, brothels, disease, starvation, and random acts of violence are only some of the after effects the war has left behind. The beaches are now used as giant toilets. Drugs are an escape for ex-child soldiers to forget about the people they have killed and tortured. 85 percent of the country is unemployed, and the 15 percent of the people who are employed are making an average of only one dollar a day. The average life span for a Liberian is 40 years. This is due to the mass amount of disease in the country and the very small amount of medical help. Because of the high death rate at a young age, there are more and more orphaned children each day.
The people of Liberia need help. My name is Tyler Morris and I have been getting more and more uncomfortable living in the States, waking up every morning and going to school, eating out, and going home to play Xbox 360, while there are people over there dying and not ever knowing what it is like to be loved.
I have had enough. I'm going over there. I have teamed up with an amazing organization called Orphan Relief and Rescue (http://www.orphanreliefandrescue.org/) and I will be heading to their headquarters in Seattle Washington at the end of this summer 2011 for my training. In October I will be heading to Liberia where I will be apart of their child development team. I specifically, will be working with the older boys (many of them are ex-child soldiers). I will be mentoring them and taking them out to other organizations where they can get jobs. I will be teaching them that they are each important, special, and loved.
Orphan Relief and Rescue has requested that I raise a total of 10 thousand dollars before I head over there. I have already raised 3. I have 7 to go, and I need your help. If you would like to help send me to Liberia there are a few different ways you can donate.
1. send a check or cash to 83 Ralston Ave, Hamden CT, 06517
make the check payable to- Gateway Christian Fellowship
make sure my name is in the memo!
this will be tax deductable!
2. send cash or a check to Orphan Relief and Rescue
make check payable to- Orphan Relief and Rescue
1416 SW 151 St., Burien, WA, 98166
make sure my name is in the memo or attach a note saying it is for me otherwise I wont get it!
3. Just click that donate button on my blog below and enter any amount!
Hey Tyler! I hope you had a good time in Africa. I know this post is a little late but I haven't forgotten about you! Hope all is well!!
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler! I hope you had a good time in Africa. I know this post is a little late but I haven't forgotten about you! Hope all is well!!
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