Teaching and Playing at the Sognaayili Club

On every Wednesday, we have the privilege of holding a Bible Club of our own, right outside the gates of the Seed Ministry site. Yesterday Joy taught the lesson, Seth and Caleb taught the games and John translated and took attendance. We have had anywhere between 65-80 children at this club so you can imagine how active it can be. Yesterday we had 68 children!





While the children played games, Joy held a sleeping baby so that the baby's sister could play the games. As you can tell in the picture Joy was not having a problem with this!





The Bible Clubs are the heart of the Ministry here. We love telling about our Savior to these wee ones!

Seedling- a young developing plant that has been grown from a seed.

Mrs. Bonnie teaches a class of children two times a week called the Seedlings.

The children come to the Seed Ministry Site for five hours a week for training and fellowship. They have a worship time, prayer, Bible study, and creative ministry (dance, skits, etc.). The older ones are trained to be club leaders and church workers. They have a heart to learn more about Scripture and they love our Lord.

Toby and Joy will be teaching the class while Mrs. Bonnie goes to the States, so they were there to observe. These children would remind you of some youth groups: they tease and hit, laugh and play, and get nervous when in front of people. But, how many teenagers come to five hours of training (remember this is along with their own church times, choir practice and youth group).

When they come they also bring their younger siblings. These are taught the Bible lessons on their level and everyone is taught oral English.

This week right after Christmas Mrs. Bonnie handed out the gifts that were prepared for the children. It included a T-shirt, some juice, cookies, small shampoo, toothbrush, and a comb. It was a great time for all of us.

Merry Christmas, From Seed Ministry!

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family, from the entire Seed Ministry Staff.

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except Bob and Bonnie preparing for a long trip to Kumasi tomorrow. We will leave early so as not to be out after dark.

The thermometer reads 106 at 5:30pm. Caleb tried to put us in the Christmas spirit by decorating our evergreen tree.

The boys were wondering what happened to Christmas break. Seth had four tests today and Caleb had two.

Bro. Bob has been driving around to give gifts to some Pastors and other church leaders. Mrs. Bonnie has been in her office preparing things for the end of the year.

We just wanted to take a second and thank you all for allowing us to take part in reaching Ghana with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Emmanuel, God with us

The Seedlings class did their last performance of the Christmas play on Tuesday night. It went very well. The play Mrs. Bonnie picked out was fun for the children. It gave a news cast of channel LOVE. They were reporting about the angels' visit to the shepherds. One reporter interviewed King Herod and the Wise men and John H. reported on the happenings of Mary and Joseph.

The evening started with the littlest ones singing a song, then the young children did their play. That was followed by "Emmanuel" being played on the hand bells. Next, the children sung the first verse of "Silent Night". They were then joined by the youth to sing as a choir. Then every body went to their spots to begin.

I was wondering if these village children would understand the TV theme of the play. Also, if they would get the hang of the microphones, the music on the mp3, and the electronic keyboard. My mind was set at ease when Mary, who was in her costume, answered her cell phone soon after the play began.

It was a great time for the participants and the audience.

We went to a church in the village of Gunisani yesterday. It is close to the northern border of Ghana. The church is meeting in a school classroom. They were definitely making the best of it. Crammed into this room were over a hundred people. It looked to be a thriving congregation. Men, women, young and old, and many children.

This village is part of the Fra Fra tribe. They speak a different language than Dag bani, so they supplied a great translator for Toby. He preached right after the two children's choirs performed (they were a tough act to follow). The Fra Fra have their own style of singing and dancing. It was a great time of worship with our brothers and sisters.

We left for church at 6:00am on Sunday and didn't get back to the Seed Ministry Site until 4:00pm. We saw amazing sights and met amazing people. We visited Christian friends who show joy in all kinds of difficult circumstances. It was a blessing to have the Parker Boys there to see how a believer can react when the hard times come (and they will come).

Meeting in Yama

On Thursday, December 16, a van load of us went to the area of Pigu to do Bible Club training and to pass out the gifts to the Bible Club leaders and Zone leaders there. Toby, Joy and Thomas taught a basic overview of the Scripture and tried to point out some ideas that the leaders could use to teach their children. John H. was there to translate. What a wonderful time we had with these brothers and sisters in Christ. Everyone there was excited to Bob and Bonnie again. The church was decorated for Christmas.

Many of the people had to travel miles by foot, bicycle or vehicle over a dirt "road". There were eight of us in a hot van for three hours (one way), but we were counting our blessings. The van got us there and back. It was important to Bob to make it home before dark. Yesterday was a holiday called the Fire Festival. It is celebrated, partly, by firing guns. We made it to the Seed Ministry Site at 4:00pm safe and sound.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!

What a fun trip we were able to take today. Rev. Bob, Toby, Joy, and Caleb, along with Thomas and John headed to the bush. We went to four villages. Our mission was to give the Seed Ministry Christmas gifts to the Club and Zone Leaders. We didn't hand any gifts out to the kids. The Leaders (who work hard all year with the kids) get to "present the presents". Toby shared the Gospel with the children at the first club, Caleb took it from there telling the kids about the true meaning of Christmas. Caleb became the Seed Ministry spokesman for the rest of the villages. The children were very appreciative for the gifts and the visit. It was a surreal feeling driving up to a group of 50 kids and hearing their sustained cheer. It wasn't for us, really it was more for the treats that they knew were coming with us. Bro. Bob kept us safe on the "roads" and the trip was an all around success.

Boys will be boys

Even though the Parker boys have to stay pretty busy, they still have some time to unwind. They have friends over to play soccer or throw a football around. The boys also ride bikes (bicycles, that is) to their friends' house. They hitch a ride into town with Emmanuel every chance they get. They even have time to send an e-mail and check the Facebook page a few times a week. Between going to clubs, working with the Seedlings, and doing their home school, free time is a hot commodity (recess, what is recess?)

Good help is hard to find?

It is a pleasure to work along side the rest of the Seed Ministry Staff. They are hard workers that love our Lord. The three guys that are here full time are John (pictured with Bonnie), Emmanuel (pictured with Toby), and Thomas (pictured in a previous posting). They do everything: Drive, Translate, Teach, Maintain equipment, and work with the Christian schools. Sometimes you may flatter someone with the phrase, "We could not do it with out you." But in this case that is exactly the case. If you are thinking or praying for the Seed Ministry Staff don't forget these guys.

And the Winner is...

The Seed Ministry 10th Annual Regional Rally was held Saturday. It was a big success.

Thomas would read questions to the 35 children. They had to be under 14 years old to participate. The questions varied in difficulty. The question was read in English, then in Dagbani. The timer would then be started. First round 25 sec., Second round 20 sec., then for the remaining rounds they had just 15 sec.

Here were two questions that occurred during the final rounds.

Question 178: How many times did Peter deny Jesus? Answer: 3. (no problem)

Question 185: What does it mean to 'Remain in Christ'? Answer: 1)to believe that Jesus is God's Son, 2)to receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, 3)to do what God says, 4)to continue to believe the Good News of Jesus Christ, 5)to continue to love one another. (can you do that in 15 sec. ?)

The children impressed (or humbled) us all with what they had learned.

"Hide Your Word in my heart that I may not sin against God."

All of the participants went away with something. There were some great prizes for the top winners. The 3rd Place winner received a small radio and a few Cedis (money). 2nd Place won a phone with enough Cedis to activate, register, and purchase minutes with. 1st Place won some Cedis and a new bicycle. Everyone was happy with their prizes.

10th Annual Regional Rally

What a great day it was at the Seed Ministry Regional Rally! Everyone here was very excited and you could tell the participants were nervous. Children from 112 of the Bible Clubs have been competing in their own clubs and in their zones. The thirty-five finalists were here trying to recite as many questions and verses as possible. Thomas was the head judge who asked the questions in Dagbani and English. The students had to answer the questions word-for-word without any mistakes.

The quizzing started at 9:30 am and some of students went through all the questions (almost 300). At 12:30 we took a break and then the students that were left started to recite Scripture. It was amazing to hear them say these verses very fast by memory. The participant who won stopped at 54 Bible verses.

The ladies fixed lunch for everyone present (close to 300!)

A Full House!

Everyone at Seed Ministry has really been busy this week getting prepared for the 10th Annual Regional Bible Club Rally and it is finally here! Tonight, Dec. 10, students all over this region came to spend the night in preparation for tomorrow's Rally. The Rally begins in the morning at 9:00 am.

Zone Leaders and Participants had a welcome and worship service while all the Parkers were getting their supper ready. Supper consisted of hot rice balls and groundnut soup (with ground fish in it). It was a blessing to see all the students sitting around eating. After supper you could see students studying for tomorrow. They were even studying in the dark! Some of them really want to win!

Worship at Kalpohine Baptist Church

On Sunday, December 5, Toby was glad to preach at the Kalpohine Baptist Church here in Tamale. The pastor's wife led the worship. She had her youngest child in a wrap that forms a sort of 'backpack'.

One of the pastor's sons were playing the drums while another child stood on it just to keep them from falling over.

They all made us feel very welcome. We were greeted by most present. John, one of the Seed Ministry staff members, translated for Toby.

Please pray for the believers at Kalpohine Baptist Church. Pray for the pastor and his family as they work in their community. Pray for the small school that is by the church.

Christmas in the Langbinsi Zone

Whenever time allows we have been collecting and putting together Christmas gifts for the Seed Ministry Bible Club leaders and their helpers. We have also been putting together gifts for every one of the over 6,000 children registered in the Bible Clubs. The gifts would seem very small to some but for the children that have very little to begin with it is probably the best gift they will receive this year. Their gift consists of a pencil, a few crayons, a few sheets of coloring paper, a small notebook, one piece of candy, a bookmark with a Bible verse, and a small toy(usually a McDonalds toy donated by someone from the states). We were able to hand out a few of these gifts to the children's club leaders. The club leaders will hand them out for Christmas. They love the kids in their clubs and this will give them something tangible for the children.

These are the items in the gift bags for the club leaders and helpers; Ten Christian books, five items of clothing, a box of chalk, packets of milk powder, a box of tea and two cups of sugar. The Leaders also were given a gift bag for their club. It had enough candy to give every child in their club two pieces, a soccer ball (which is a very big deal!), and a bag of over the counter medicine. Having a little peroxide around 50 barefoot soccer players is always a good thing.

These gifts are given by Seed Ministry, which exist because you give to Seed Ministry. Thank you.

Langbinsi Bible Club Training

On Saturday, December 4, Bob, Toby, Joy, Seth, Caleb, Emmanuel, Thomas and John H. all headed to Langbinsi AG church where the area Bible Club leaders met for training. Joy, Toby and Thomas divided a three hour training time over the God's Story curriculum that the Bible Clubs will be teaching in 2011. The leaders all received Megavoices, which are small solar-powered audio players that have the God's Story on them in their own language. The Bible Club leaders will be able to use these to tell the truth of scripture from Genesis to Revelation--"God's Story". As funds allow, Seed Ministry will be providing this important scripture teaching tool to the 168 Bible Clubs.

More on Saakpuli

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We wanted to show more pictures of the work that was done building the school at Saakpuli. When we first arrived at the village the bricks had already been made and were laying out dry on the tall grass. The masons got right to work measuring and digging the lines where the foundation would be placed. This only took a few minutes because they worked very fast. The workers laid the cornerstones of the building and then everyone gathered for devotion and prayer. Bob spoke on Christ being our Chief Cornerstone although many rejected Him and still reject Him today. He also spoke that Jehovah God gave this blessing to the village of Saakpuli and that we all should give God the glory. Bob then asked Toby to pray for God's blessing over the village and this new school.


Please continue to pray for the people of Saakpuli. Pray for the traveling pastor that comes there every week to preach the gospel. Pray that the ones that do not know Christ would come to know and believe.

Village of Saakpuli

We had a bus load going to the village of Saakpuli. There were the 6 of us, plus 7 mason workers, plus a translator, and a pastor from a neighboring village all crammed into the Seed Ministry bus. Tools and materials were brought to build a 3 room schoolhouse for the children. There is no building for them so they meet under a tree.

It was amazing to see the women of the village carrying big buckets of water on their heads. They carried it a short distance (about one half mile) to where it was to be mixed for the cement mortar.

While we were there we saw cattle being led by small boys from one area to the another. They were very young to have so much responsibility.

The chief of the village came over to greet us and we could tell that he was thrilled to have Seed Ministry there to help his village.

Worshipping Jesus, Ghanaian-Style

Toby, Joy, Seth and Caleb went to church Sunday morning with Bob and Bonnie. The church is called Faith Baptist Church and is only a few minutes from the Seed Ministry site. It was a great time of worship through praise music and Toby appreciated an opportunity to preach again at Faith Baptist. His last time preaching there was in 2004.

They made us feel very welcome. They prayed for the entire family. We heard many testimonies about what our Lord is doing through Seed Ministry. We enjoyed being with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

Old Africa, New Africa

Bob and Toby had the privilege of going to a village last Friday. They visited the children and Bob introduced Toby to the pastor of the church there.

Although Toby saw many interesting things, one in particular stood out. He was struck by the fact that these people lived in mud huts and did their cooking outside on the ground. They were completely primitive. But on the edge of their village, standing far above the grass roofs, a tower stood providing cell phone coverage.

As technology is quickly spreading across Ghana our prayer is that the Gospel of Christ will also spread quickly.

Bible Club Visit

It was a great pleasure to visit our first Bible club this last week. It was led by Thomas who is one of the Seed Ministry staff. He gave a wonderful devotional message and sang with the children. He asked the children what song did they want to sing next and the children replied 'Father Abraham'. One of the American teams had taught the children that song but Thomas didn't know it well. Mrs. Joy was happy to lead the children in the song.

The Parker boys have been getting acquainted and reacquainted with the people here. Whether it's having supper with Grandma and Grandpa or meeting new friends for the first time, they enjoy getting to know the ones around them.

Happy Birthday Bonnie!!!

Everyone at Seed Ministry want to wish Bonnie Parker a very Happy Birthday on Saturday, November 27th. Please say a special prayer for Bonnie today.

Seedlings and Christmas Play

The Seedlings (children believers being trained for ministry) have been working hard toward their presentation of the Christmas story. The Seedlings meet every Saturday morning and Tuesday afternoon. Bonnie, Toby and Joy have been working with them on their play and on Tuesday Toby gave the devotional. They are a great bunch of kids to work with.

Baptisms and 2010 Book Giveaway

On Sunday, November 21, we were blessed to have a pastor come to baptize seven new believers at the Seed Ministry site. It was so wonderful to see the excitement in the new believers faces as they were baptized. Praise the Lord!

Shortly after the baptism, many pastors and Bible students came to choose books from the 2010 Book Giveaway. We lined the area with many, many books and as you can see many, many people came to receive them. We opened up on Monday also, so pastors could come on that day.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

All of the Parkers here in Ghana wanted to wish all of our friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving. We're sure most of you had the traditional meal today. We were thankful to get a traditional Ghanaian meal of groundnut stew and fufu. It was the first for Joy and Caleb and they really enjoyed it.

Today we reflect on what God has done for us. He has given us eternal life through Jesus Christ His Son. Thank you Lord! He has given us brothers and sisters in Christ to lift each other up in prayer and encouragement. Thank you Lord! He has provided for our basic needs. Thank you Lord!

Psalm 145 is a good chapter to read on this day of Thanksgiving.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Baptismal area becomes the Library for a day

Bibles, commentaries, study helps, books on prayer, worship, discipleship, Sunday School literature, and children's materials. Sunday and Monday are the days for the great book giveaway. Pastors, Professors and other Christian leaders have been invited to come, look through, and choose as many books as they would like (or as many as they can carry on their bicycles and motorcycles).

The Seed Ministry staff, plus some help from the seedlings, sorted books over the last few days. The book giveaway will begin after a baptism service that a church is having here at the Seed Ministry site.

Seth has been busy teaching Bonnie how to Facebook and Blog. This is first try to see exactly how good he is at teaching technology to the technology challenged!!!

We Made It!!!

We (Toby, Joy, Seth, and Caleb) are finally in Tamale. We arrived in Accra on Tuesday afternoon, stayed that night and then woke up early to travel six hrs to Kumasi, which is half way to the Seed Ministry site. We left Thursday morning to finish our travels to Tamale. The Lord has provided a wonderful place for Bob and Bonnie, the teams that come and stay, and for us as we stay in Ghana. We have been greeting people since being here, learning many new faces and names.  Today (Friday) is the first full day since arriving here. Toby, Seth and Caleb started working to prepare for a team coming from the surrounding countries and for a book giveaway that is going to be on Sunday afternoon and Monday. Joy worked with Bonnie on scheduling and participated in a Bible study.   

We ask that you pray for us as we learn the culture, names and the overall workings of Seed Ministry. Please pray for the workers here as they diligently work to spread the Good News of the Gospel. 

They Are Here!!!

Help Has Arrived! and do they look great! It is so good to see them and I almost didn’t cry at all. Thought I was going to make it through their arrival with no tears but Joy and I shared just a few. Their flights were good and Caleb says flying is awesome. It does seem strange to look up to both Seth & Caleb though. Bob and Toby quickly got the luggage loaded and we are staying in Accra tonight and will start back tomorrow showing them some of Accra and staying in Kumasi then on to Tamale Thursday morning.

There won’t be much rest as there are 14 people coming in on Friday for a conference on the God Story translations. I think 4 of them will be staying for a week to learn to do the recordings with Jesse and Bramuel.

Steve gives his final exams on Thursday and will leave Tamale at 6am Friday morning. We have gotten very used to having these Jackson’s around. It has been a good time with them and we have grown to love each of them and their family. Keep them in your prayers as Steve travels back from Ghana and Amy travels from California to Georgia on the same day.

Saturday morning Seth gets reacquainted with the Seedlings and the rest of the family gets to meet them.

We will all be getting more books out on Saturday for the Pastor’s Book Give Away on Sunday afternoon and Monday. We waited until Toby & Joy were here to have this so they could meet a lot of the Pastors through it.

As soon as that is over, we will continue with putting together the Christmas packages and just after the Regional Bible Club Rally on Dec. 11^th, we will be taking the children’s Christmas gifts around.

With the arrival of Toby, I am reminded of the year each of our children gave us family portraits of each family, a group photo and Proverbs 22:6 framed for the center.

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

         

We were not smart enough to actually know what this verse meant when we were younger but praise God, He brought our children up and raised us together as Christians. What a joy each of them are to us in their walks today.

They Are On The Way

Toby, Joy, Seth and Caleb leave Dixon at 11am today! They will spend the weekend in St. Louis for last good-byes with some friends and Joy's brother Dale's family. They fly Monday morning and will arrive in Accra on Tuesday morning.  Bob and I are on our way to Accra to take care of some business and pick them up at the airport.

Hard to believe that they are actually going to be here. From a parent and grandparent point of view, it is going to be wonderful to live close to some of our family again. But even more important than that, it is going to be awesome ministering together with them! One of the most special things God has allowed us to do in ministry is missions with our children. From the very beginning of our Christian walk with Him, all those many years ago, those mission trips with them first as youth, then in leadership together. What a blessing it is. If you have never used one of your vacations to go on a mission trip with your family, please consider doing so. As you allow God to work in each of your lives that week, He will change you forever.

Praising God In All Things





Bob at Saakpuli during the medical clinic.

The Fulani man in the green outfit had to translate into Fulani after Peter had translated into

Dagbani what the nurse had said

in English.

When did I last write? Seems as if this is the first time I have sat in front of the computer for awhile. We have been so blessed with the ministry activities going on around us. It is like we are sitting in the center of a merry-go-round and all of the different ministries are continuing going around and around.

Bob, Linda, Neal and Doris from Commission Ministries came two weeks ago. This was the 2^nd year of the 3 year mentoring class he does. I was disappointed that only half of the students returned from last year but some were harvesting their crops and some were attending a government sponsored youth employment conference for job opportunities. Both very good reasons toward keeping their families fed. Bob & Linda said those who came did a good job with their Scripture memorization after a first day of being pretty quiet.

Neal and Doris have been busy going to schools in the mornings and then back out in the afternoon to do door to door evangelism and children’s ministry followed by either a revival for the church or an Evangelistic Crusade. They have ministered to MANY people and have had some very positive results in salvations. Some have not returned for the follow up class but many have.

Jesse’s wife Karen has arrived to help him and he is staying right on schedule to have the ten languages recorded that he wanted to do this year. He will also be doing a conference for another group of languages to get the scripts into their hands so they can translate it into their languages and record next year.

Steve continues to do his teaching at the Seminary but has added giving guitar and keyboard lessons to a few of our Seedlings.

Don and John A. have completed two FAITH conferences that have added more to the Kingdom. Don has been sponsoring John to lead these conferences on a part time basis for awhile. Now John will be working full time with FAITH though he might still be available some for Seed Ministry.

The medical team from NC has arrived along with Pastor Johnny & Dan from Weaverville. They are going out into the remote areas to hold small clinics. It is always great to have medical teams come and these folks have been doing these clinics for a lot of years in Uganda.

You know God has a sense of humor when you watch our utilities here whenever a team comes. We can go for the longest time without having too much trouble with electricity or water. You let a team come and invariably the water and electricity will go off. I think I wrote about South Fork team walking in the door and the electricity went off.

Well, this time our water first became just a small trickle to none at all. Bob called the ‘Complaint Office’ of the water company who said there haven’t been any other complaints from our area. Made Bob think the problem was in our line. The guys walked it but found no breaks. Called the plumber and he checked where the water comes onto the property. There was a rock in the line and he thought the problem was the rock would not let the water pass through the valve properly. Removed the rock… still no water. Bob checked with the neighbors, they didn’t have water either. Back to the ‘Complaint Office’ (Notice the name is ‘Complaints’ NOT ‘Repairs’.) This was on Friday. The man who oversees this area is not in and will not be back until Monday.

Meanwhile we have caught some rain water and everyone is taking bucket baths. Monday… Bob goes back to the Complaint Office. Seems there is a main valve on the pipes in this area that is not working properly. They have sent someone to Kumasi to find another one so they can repair it and get it back on.

Today is Wednesday and still no water. Guess the guy is still looking for the part. We have been having tanks of water hauled in and put into the baptismal pool, then pumping it up to the overhead tank so we can at least get showers. Is this a crazy story or what?

Now on to the electricity. Lately we have been getting shocked a lot. Didn’t know why but it was unusual. Meanwhile, one of the AC’s was not working in the small house. Had the man come to repair it and he said that instead of 3 lines being hot and 1 line being a ground, all 4 wires coming in were hot. Had to call the electrician. This has been a daily meeting between the electrician, ac repairman and Bob. I think that problem has been fixed but we are having brown outs so much that for one 24 hour period we were strictly on the generator. Praise God for His timing of the generator.   

OUR WATER HAS RETURNED!!!!! Just now!! Bob and the ladies doing the wash by hand are all out dancing around on the verandah praising God!

Must be almost time for the teams to leave as we now have electricity and water! Life in Tamale. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Where else could you live and be reminded so often to continue praising God in all things? Hope you are having a great week and remembering often to praise Him!

New Generator







     We were sad to say good bye to the South Fork Team but we had to and they are now safely home and back to their own busy schedules I am sure. As always, they did a great job of ministry while they were here.

      A real PRAISE is we bought the generator while we were in Accra!!!! Bob, Thomas A, Emanuel, Peter A. and the Tractor (thank you New Holland) got it unloaded and hooked up. Bob tested it running and we actually had better power with it than with VRA these days!



      Steve and Jesse and the pastor’s seemed to make it ok while we were in the South. Again, we praise God for our staff and the job they do taking care of people. Steve has finished all of his prep work for his classes and has begun to count down his days. I know his family is also counting. Jesse has finished his second language and now starting on the 3^rd. He is counting down the days until his wife, Karen, arrives. I think she gets into Tamale on the 29^th. It will be good to have her around.

      Of course, we are counting down the days until Toby, Joy, Seth and Caleb arrive!  Only 24 to go!! It is going to be great having them here. Great, obviously, because it has been a long time now since we have lived close to any of our children. But also great that ‘help is on the way’! That is the catch phrase of the day between us right now. There are many people who need to hear.  

      Do you feel the URGENCY? Do you really BELIEVE that our GREAT time of rejoicing is coming soon? We believe that so much and every time we think of it, we just feel the URGENCY more and more. Go and tell someone today!

Revelation 22:17 (NIV)   The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.







Malaria and Praises

Installing the Galenshegu Water Tank

What a wonderfully strange week we have had. The bad part of the week was that Steve, Bob and I all had malaria. Praise God for His healing through modern medicine that we are all three back 100%!

      Yet, even with that, ministry continued. Jesse and the two pastors were able to complete the recording of the God Story in their language, Steve still managed to make it to class to teach, and South Fork Team arrived.

      Of course, about one hour before they arrived our water went off. Then when they did arrive and walk into the house, the electricity went off. But they are troopers! Even with this somewhat stilted arrival after the long, hard drive, they were pumped and ready to start their ministry.

      And what a ministry it was! They visited schools and went into villages for a variety of ministries with children and adults. On Saturday they went to Galenshegu, Gua and Kpendua for these same ministries followed by Crusades that evening. They then spent the night in the village and worshipped with them on Sunday followed by a baptism at the river.

      It is always amazing the way God blesses us. It is hard to know who is doing the ministry and who is being ministered to. His ways are truly too incredible to comprehend.

      Another praise is about our staff and Seedlings. They did a great job taking care of the team. Even though Bob and I would have liked to be able to give out a little more TLC ourselves, the guys and gals simply took care of everything.

      Now we are on the way back to Accra with the team. It’s always hard to put friends on the plane and send them home, but we praise God for them and their ministries. Please pray for their safe journey back to their families.