Camphor Mission Web Site

Check out the Camphor Mission Website.  I did some updating today!  

www.camphormission.org

It is also linked to the right on this web site!

Peace, Kathy and Danny

Camphor Mission Auction Forms

See the link on the right side column to find out how to purchase tickets and/or make a donation to the Camphor Mission Auction.  

Fundraising for the Camphor Mission in Liberia

CAMPHOR MISSION STATION
LIBERIA/ROSEMARK EVENT
DINNER FOLLOWED BY
SILENT & LIVE AUCTION
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 30TH
6:00 AT THE PATRICIAN IN EASTLAKE
Proceeds will benefit children and families at the Camphor Mission Station Liberia. There are many needs at the Camphor Mission: clean water, mosquito nets, food, sanitation, and more. This is the location where Kathy and Danny Dickriede have decided to return as missionaries.
Tickets for $30 available in Mentor UMC office or call by phone 440-255-3496.
Deadline for ticket purchase is May 24th.
This event is being hosted by Mentor UMC, 8600 Mentor Ave. Mentor, Ohio 44060

Auction Donations Needed: At the Camphor Mission Auction there will be a silent and live auction to raise needed funds for water, food, student scholarships, salary support, sanitation, and other needs for the people in Liberia. If you or your place of employment would be able to donate any items for this auction, it would be greatly appreciated. Examples of auction items may include, but not limited to: tickets/passes to museums, sporting events, parks, golfing, restaurants, movies, and concerts. Other items might include, services to be performed, i.e. babysitting, home repairs, baking gardening, etc. Also artwork, baskets of themed items, beauty and hair care services, jewelry and collectibles make wonderful auction items.

Please contact Bev Lee, 256-2541 or Paula Coleman 975-2223 or Kathy Dickriede, rosemark@mentorumc.org. Forms for donation items can also be found in the church office. We are also interested in finding people in the community who would be willing to sell tickets and display signs at their places of business in support of this event.

Save the Date!

Mentor UMC is hosting a very fun Live and Silent Auction and Dinner at The Patrician in Eastlake, Ohio on Saturday evening, May 30th. Proceeds will go to benefit the Camphor Mission Station! Mark your calenders now and make plans to attend! Details to come soon! Email me if you have items for auction or would like to help to plan this event!

Mission Trip to Liberia

Are you interested in being a part of a mission trip to Liberia in January/February 2010? Matt McClung, friend and pastor at Medina UMC is organizing a team of people to come and be a part of the ministry at the Camphor Mission Station. See the link along the side of this blog for more details. UMVIM Trip to Liberia 2010. You can also go to the East Ohio Conference web site and go to MINISTRIES then to MISSIONS then to 3C'S INITIATIVE. Hope to see you in Liberia!

Camphor Mission/Rosemark News

The latest and greatest news is that we are planning on a return trip to Liberia in September 2009-June 2010. We are working towards the goal of missionary and UMVIM/guest housing being built, a container sent, and missionary support and awareness raised. Fundraising events are also being planned. Everything is moving forward!

We are having a meeting at Mentor UMC on Sunday, March 22 at 1:00 if you are interested in being a part of any of these projects. If you cannot attend, please keep us in your prayers as the spirit moves this ministry along!

Visit to the Camphor Mission Station

After the Liberia UMC Health Conference, I along with two people from Peoria UMC traveled to the Camphor Mission. It was a great return trip home! It was amazing thing to see children from my preschool class, co-workers and friends, people from the village, and so many more people! I had a productive meeting with the clinic staff reviewing the details of the Health Conference. We set goals for 2009. There is a great staff who we are excited about working with when we return.

Garfield UMC in Pepperpike, Ohio is working to resource the Garfield UMC at the Camphor Mission Station. The Ohio church sent over money for church salaries and help with water pump repairs, a mimeograph machine and supplies, and mattresses and shoes for the children at the mission. The Ohio church also sent bibles, communion trays, Reach Out t-shirts, and more. Everyone was excited about the renewed connection of the two churches.

After three great days at the Camphor Mission I had three hot days in traffic in Monrovia. Shaffa and the Director of the Camphor Mission, Arthur Jimmy shopped for all of the supplies for Camphor. It was good for me to see all that goes into getting shoes for 200 children, 35 mattresses, and negotiating with shop owners. Traffic in Monrovia is really a blessing. It means life is happening again in the country and that people have resources to pay for taxis and goods. Every time we go to Liberia we see progress. This time it was city busses, new buildings, and paved roads, a miracle!

I stayed at Bishop Innis' residents and with my friend Nyamah, a missionary with UMCOR. It was a great time I am feeling blessed to be creating friendships in Liberia. We are excited to plan our return in September.