Newsletter Issue No 12

Newsletter Issue No 12

Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the Koinonia Trust Newsletter Issue No 12. This issue contains a funding update and reflections from Momo and Frances. We also have updates on Pastoral Care in our new community as well as updates for the Football Teams and Community Sewing Classes.

Reflection from Momo

Psalm 18: 1&2 ‘I love thee oh Lord my strength. The lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.’

Truly the lord has been our strength and my provider, our deliverer, I will therefore praise Him. God is the
rock of our foundation in the Koinonia Trust. As we enter into a new year, we are trusting God to be our
fortress and a high tower. A shelter in the time of storm. We are grateful to God, that He has ushered us
in to another New Year. As a Liberian I am grateful to God for a smooth transition of a new leadership in the government of Liberia.

Reflection from Frances

Luke 17:32 ‘Remember Lot’s wife’

Of all the people that was in Jesus’ life He told us to remember Lot’s wife who when being rescued looked back. Subsequently she then turned into a pillar of salt. I have been mediating upon this verse for the last six months. It resonated with me. She lingered, she longed, she had her hopes and what she thought was her future there. Without warning she was taken out, rescued, she hesitated and saw what she was leaving. I have been guilty at times of lingering and longing pondering on the what ifs. How much time do we waste in doing this? Sometimes God asks us to open our hands and give Him back those dreams and hopes we hold dear and trust Him with our future whatever that will be. Lot’s wife got stuck because she was attached to the past and it outweighed her confidence in the future. God wants us to
embrace what is ahead in 2024 and take hold of His promises. This is a year of new beginnings.

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Newsletter Issue No 11

Newsletter Issue No 11

Welcome to the September 2023 Koinonia Trust Newsletter Issue No 11. This issue contains all the latest news and reflections from Momo and Frances. We have updates from Momo’s visit to Ireland and the latest on funding. There are also updates for the Football Teams, Community Sewing Class and Trauma Healing Group.

Reflection from Momo

Psalm 30 vs 12:“..I will sing your praise and not be silent, O Lord my God I will thanks to you forever”.

God has been faithful to me. Who is like him, who took me thousands of feet above the earth flying like an eagle, and carry me thousands of miles from my seashore to another land? I will not be quiet for the Lord is glorious. God favored me in Ireland, I was loved, cared for and accepted by all of the people that came in my path. The Ireland visit was a time of meeting our sponsors, friends and those who have shown interest in the work in Liberia. For me my journey to Ireland is summed up as a beautiful country with loving people it was truly a refreshing time for me.
To God be the glory, great things he has done.

Reflection from Frances

Philippians 3 vs 13-14: “Brothers I do not consider that I have made it my own, but one thing I do forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus”.

We are starting afresh, we have re-grouped and it is daunting, sometimes terrifying. I have to take encouragement from Paul’s words, his emphasis here on moving forward to what lies ahead. The yesterdays are gone, the familiar, the victories, the disappointments and the failings. None of these things should derail our focus on what lies ahead. I want to finish well and fulfil God’s purpose and plan here on earth for my life. So, if you are finding yourself in a new situation and maybe sorrow fills your heart from time to time as you reflect on the past, take some comfort and courage from God’s word today and embrace the future.

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