A Special Visitor to General Conference

Today we had a special guest visit General Conference and speak to us:
Her Excellency President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia.
She is a United Methodist.
She is a living testimony to the our mission:
Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World.
President Johnson Sirleaf was educated in the schools created by the UMC in Liberia.
She went on to advocate for justice and reconciliation, as war raged in Liberia.
She is now leading her country into the future.
It was awe-inspiring to have her fly half-way around the world to be with us.
Her speech was inspirational, as she described the steps she, and her country, were taking
to transform the world around them. She is the first woman elected to lead a country in Africa, and the first leader of an African country to address the General Conference.
When she was done speaking, she stepped down from the platform to greet those in the front row, then spent time greeting the assembled Bishops as the Hope for Africa Children's Choir sang and danced.
It was one of the most powerful non-worship moment I have experienced during General Conference.

The President of Liberia is a United Methodist disciple of Jesus Christ who, out of her own transformation, is now transforming the world.

Celebrating Disciples Transforming the World,
-Jon Moore