Sirleaf for President!

I just watched Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speak at General Conference. What a gifted person! If there was the office of President of the World, I'd vote for her.

She is people-oriented, has been imprisoned for running for office and being critical of her president some years ago. When Charles Taylor went into exile, Mrs. Sirleaf led the anti-corruption commission that helped the economic system of Liberia get its feet on the ground and end the patronage that had drained off wealth from Liberia's natural resources.

For her work, she was made a candidate for president of Liberia on a continent that is male-oriented.

She grew up in a United Methodist Church in Monrovia, went to Methodist College of Liberia, came to the US to attend Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and returned to Liberia to work to improve the banking system. Surviving the imprisonment and returning to the US, she became an active part of the United Nations, rising to a major position there.

We did not get nearly that much background and substance in the current pair of United Methodists heading up the US Administration. . . .

How proud I am to be a United Methodist to help someone like her to rise to be of service to her nation and her continent.