BBC DON YANNIZZI MEMORIAL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

Don Yannizzi Memorial Christian Academy (DYMCA)
The Don Yannizzi Memorial Christian Academy is a ministry of the Bible Believing Church, Inc. Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. It is established to build Kingdom builders by helping to develop the most precious resource - the youths, in order for them to make positive impart in their generation by being Kingdom Builders as they are building their nation. To be Kingdom builder, one must know and have royalty to the King! The DYMCA, therefore, provides holistic education for this life and the life after for the youths of Liberia, West Africa, and through them to minister to their families.

Liberia
Liberia, the first African Republic (1847), is a country about the size of Ohio, located on the Western cost of Africa and sandwiched between the predominately Islamic countries of the Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. It lies closed to the equator, therefore, the climate is hot and humid. Temperatures can rise as high as 120' F (49' C). The Atlantic Ocean forms Liberia's western and southern coast. Liberia's land area is estimated to be 43,000 sq. miles with a population of about 3.5 million. The official Language (taught in Schools) is English. However, there are sixteen ethnic groups speaking over 30 different African Languages. Animist 50%, Christianity 35%, and Islam 15%, are Liberia's three major religions. Illiteracy rate among the older population is about 75%.

The Civil War
Already a poor country, the fourteen year civil war (1999 to 2003) witnessed the death of over quarter million people and left the country in total ruin. Liberians are beginning to rebuild their lives against odds to include lack of jobs, abject poverty, and daises. The youths are adversely affected. Many were abused and misused as "child soldiers" for whom hardly anything is being done. Schools are reopening to include public school. However, public facilities are limited and cost of private institutions are in many instances beyond the means of the ordinary unemployed Liberian family. Many aged children, therefore, are not in schools, a challenge to, not only Government, but also the Church.

BBC Christian Education Initiatives
To help meet the challenge, the Bible Believing Church, Inc. in the post war era established schools aimed at developing young minds with character to be productive in society. BBC established an Elementary (K-6) School near central Monrovia and a High School (K-12) in the Paynesville suburban community of Monrovia. All, like everything else in Liberia, were devastated and the properties looted during the war. As peace was gradually restored in Monrovia, the Elementary School was re-opened. During the Missionary visit of Rev. Jallah to Liberia in 2007, formalities were completed at the Ministry of Education to pave the way for the reopening of the High School.

Renaming the School - Don Yannizzi Memorial
One of the many benefits of Rev. John K. Jallah ministry in Philadelphia was his association with individuals very serious about serving God. Since 2000, he serves as Associate Ministers at the New Fellowship Baptist Church with Senior Pastor Vaughn B. Wilson. Also, for a few years, he served as Associate Minister at the then Southside, now Valley Baptist Church with Senior Pastor, Dr. Sal Yannizzi. During his service at Southside, Pastor Jallah became Victory Prison Ministry partner with Rev. Don Yannizzi, Sr. the late father of Pastor Sal Yannizzi. I saw commitment to service to God at its best; qualities I desire to incorporate in my ministries and to install into the youth of Liberia. I, therefore, felt led by the Holy Spirit to seek ways and means to maintain contact with the Yannizzi family and ministries. We contacted the Yannizzi family and obtained permission to renamed the High School in sweet memory of the late Don Yannizzii, Sr. The School has been running since 2008/2009 School year.
In this (2009/2010) school year, the student population has increased to 140, praise God! This is, however, about half of the facility capacity. Also, about forty of the students are on scholarship provided by the Jallahs and few friends. Many students are on waiting list awaiting for us to raise fund to offer more scholarship. It cost about $200.00 a year per student to include, tuition, available books, uniform, and the school meal program which many days, is the only mean a child may have for that day. Also, we are renting some one's private house - two story concrete building, to host the school. $50,000.00 (US) is needed to build our own facility. The very urgent need right now is scholarship and other donations to raise the $25,000
20/10/2011 School budget that begins in September 2010. Also needed urgently is $6,000 to ship a 40 foot container of school and church items donated by the Valley Baptist Church through the Yannizzi family.

Future Plan
If Jesus tarries, and He continues to show us favor in His service, future plans are to also name the BBC Christian program (K to 12 & a Bible College) in Don Yannizzi Christian College. Mrs. Jallah and I will donate 100 arces of land located in Lofa County, some 300 miles away from Monrovia in the interior of Liberia for the purpose. We will appeal to the Yannizzi family and ministries to which they are connected to help us raise two million US Dollars for this five year expansion project.

Pray for Ann and me to raise support to relocate and maintain ourselves in Liberia within the shortest possible time in order to personally direct the ministry under Christ. The Ministry consist of administering the Bible Believing Church of three congregations, a nation-wide and possibly to include neighboring countries Evangelistic Ministry and Church planting. Oversight of the Christian Education Program, and its expansion to a Bible College. It also include directing the relief Ministries which goes beyond emergency relief to the self-development of people to reduce poverty by helping them to build wealth by providing small capital and technical support for micro-businesses and indigenous industries. The ministry also include the development of and support of ministry leaders - Pastors, Evangelists, and ministry support staff. All these sound like a lot and indeed great, but our Lord has done more and indeed our GOD IS GREATER!