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| Craig preaching Salvation Academy |
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| children at Salvation Academy |
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| Lori and Lisa cutting Cassava for fufu |
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| Craig pounding palm oil |
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| making fufu pounding planteen |
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| pounded fufu traditional ghana food |
Wednesday June 20, 2012
‘Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days
come not… when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them.’ Ecclesiastes 12:1
A large percentage of the work of
the mission team deals with school ministry. We thank God for the open doors
into Ghana schools. Invitation to
minister in schools at present exceeds the availability of the local Assembly
members. We pray that God will show the
way to solve this ‘good problem.’
The team had the opportunity to minister to
students at the Salvation International Academy in the town of Patasi.
One section of the group presented to the primary students and the other
to the Junior High School students. The
program involved presenting the gospel through singing, puppetry, using the
paintboard sketches and through sharing of personal testimony of team
members. The spirit of the Lord was felt
in a mighty way as the students at the junior high listened in rapt attention
as the message of salvation was presented clearly and simply to them through
the paintboard. One of the sisters shared her testimony with the students and
was able to make a very direct connection with her ‘before conversion’ experience of believing in ‘religion’ and ‘being good’ as means to getting to heaven with the very prevalent belief
that we have heard being expressed that ‘being
righteous, going to church, and praying every day’ are means of getting to heaven. Students were also instructed to be aware of
false doctrines which corrupt the true message of salvation. All studentsreceived copies of the gospel of
John at the end of the program. We pray that the message will be understood by
the children and that they would understand that they are sinners in need of
salvation.
Afternoon evangelism continued
in the neighboring Truba Line
community through the distribution of gospel literature at the main
junction. The goal is to establish a
clear witness for the Lord in the area near to the Assembly meeting place at Daniel’s
Webster’s home.
One of the brothers from the Good News on the Move (GNOM) team
ministered to the saints during the weekly Bible Study, on the topic ‘ Steps to Keep Oneself Close to God.’ All were encouraged and challenged by the
message. We thank God for the energy,
effort and enthusiasm of the young people on the team.
Understanding the
culture in which the gospel is being presented is important to the work of the
mission team. Beautiful fellowship was
experienced around the participation of the team in the preparation of the
popular Ghanaian dishes of fufu and palm nut soup. As one sister remarked, the trust and
cooperation involved in the pounding
process, which is traditionally performed by the husband/wife team is a great
picture of the marriage relationship.
All passed the test of eating the dish as the Ghanaians do. With the fingers!!
The team spent
late evening preparing for a trip to the Cape Coast where some cultural
activity will be combined with evangelism.
Pray for journeying mercies and hearts that are open to her the good
news of salvation.
