The Love of God Builds Bridges in Liberia
In the Liberian Village of Nyiela, the village was divided into two by a road that ran through the center. The Muslim community lived on one side, and the Christian community lived on the other. For many years, nobody in the village crossed the road to the other side. Not for clean water, not for medical care, not even during the Ebola crisis. Though the two communities lived together, they rarely spoke to one another. God changed this. In 2017, packages arrived to the village from Samaritan's Purse as part of Operation Christmas Child. These packages contained gifts for all the children. As preparations were made on how to bring the two communities together so the packages could be distributed, the organizers made the brilliant decision to close down the road dividing the communities and allow the children to come together for the first time and receive their gifts. The Road that once Divided the Community of Nyiel...