All of the Ghana team is now together PTL

Meghan with school kids

Tim doing rope trick with school kids

Emmanuel (one of the elders of the Assembly) doing his first sketchboard message

In a note of praise, JJ finally arrived to join the team as did the Hood’s luggage. The Accra airport was kind enough to send the luggage over to Kumasi where JJ was flying in, and Tim was able to collect the baggage while collecting JJ!
We began our first day of regular work as a team today. The day started off with a challenging devotion from Daniel on being filled with the Holy Spirit. Daniel will be going through a series with us on The Book of Acts for our morning devotions and his exhortation to understand and practice being filled with the Holy Spirit was a perfect way to preface our work. As some prepared lunch, a group of us went out into the neighborhood of Quarry, the area where we are staying, to familiarize ourselves with our surroundings as well as to pass out some Gospel literature. After lunch we were joined by two of the elders and three young men from the Believer’s Assembly and the team went out to their first major Evangelistic outreach in the town of Buokrom. The team split up into four groups, each lead by Ghanaian believers from the assembly. We went into all four directions of the area passing out Gospel tracts and striking up conversations with whomever was willing and able to speak with us. While most Ghanaian s do speak English, their native (and primary) speaking language is Twee. This can cause somewhat of a problem when sharing the Gospel but we thank the Lord for our Ghanaian brothers who were able to help translate when we were having difficulty communicating. The schools located in the center of Buokrom were dismissed right around the time that we arrived, causing a myriad of children swarming various group members requesting tracts. Tim was even able to give a large group gospel presentation using the “Three Rope Trick”. We were all impressed by how open and eager everyone in the entire town was to receive the tracts and listen to the Gospel. There seems to great confusion regarding earning one’s salvation through good works rather than trusting in the finished work of Christ ALONE for salvation. Please pray for clarity of speech for the team and understanding for the Ghanaian s as we seek to properly express the Gospel and to show the through the Word of God that they can do nothing to earn God’s salvation; the only way to God is through Jesus Christ.
After a delicious traditional Trinidadian dinner made by Cisley, we ended the evening with some further Evangelism training from Tim, regarding the use of the paintboard and the rope trick in the open air. It was encouraging to see various members of the Ghanaian Assembly participate in the training. The training was concluded with a solid gospel presentation from one of the Assembly elders, Emmanuel, using the paintboard. We look forward to what the Lord is going to do in the coming days with our new found tools from the training session. Please continue to lift us up before the Lord for safety, wisdom and boldness in the Gospel as we continue to proclaim the message of the cross.
Craig