Cross made out of bullet shell. Made in Liberia. About 1.5 inches.

This small cross stands as a powerful symbol of hope and peace. It was handcrafted from the very instrument of death used during the civil war. The bullet shell was left intact to help people understand this transformation from hate to hope.

Jonathan Worlobah makes the crosses. He and his wife, Yassah grew up in Monrovia with their uncle and aunt respectively. They met at the Christian Revival Church on 12th Street. During the war they lived together on Fandell campus, the science college where people who ran from the war went for refuge. They survived on palm cabbages and the small fish they caught when fishing. Like everyone in Liberia, they each had family members killed in the war, including the uncle with whom Jonathan had lived. When the war was over, Jonathan started to work for a private security firm on the Lutheran compound. While working there, the director asked him if he could make a cross from an emptied shell. Since then, Jonathan has made many more crosses, enabling him to buy food for his family and send his children to school. Jonathan has gone back to school, too. Yassah works with the women at the church, and their children, Cathrine and Vivian, sing in the church's choir.