Last month, CrossTraining announced the Timothy Project: Liberia 2015 and the goal of Liberian Institute for Empowerment (L.I.F.E.) to fill a shipping container from Colorado to send to Liberia with soccer equipment and school supplies. Currently, CrossTraining has been able to collect over 500 pieces of soccer equipment including Colorado Rapids jerseys, cones, training vests, backpacks, and cleats for the container project. L.I.F.E.'s mission is to assist in meeting the basic need of the children, youth, and the elders in the Gola Konneh district through the container project. L.I.F.E. continues to collect school supplies, text books, soccer equipment and other basic necessities in an effort to fill the 40-foot container. The hope and intention was to ship the container by mid-October

For the people of Liberia, there has always been a challenge facing them. In the early 1800's Liberia was re-settled by free slaves from the United States, returning to Africa. It was a redemptive story; however, Liberia has been challenged by civil war and coups and most recently, the outbreak of Ebola. For many Liberians, living here in the U.S., their hearts are always turned back home and wondering how they can help their country and their people. For Thomas Fahn, he is doing more than thinking about home. He is trying make life better there. For Fahn,  growing up in a family of 10, life in Liberia was very difficult. There were many days when he had to survive