Cape Coast trip

Stumble Inn Cape Coast

Walking along rope bridges in the Canopy

Some team members walking along rope bridge at Kakum national park

Team at Elmina Castle

Cape coast on the beach at Stumble Inn

Eating dinner at Stumble Inn... Yummy

Team in the surf at Cape coast by Stumble Inn

June 21, Gospel to Ghana

It was an early start to the day with the team packing up and getting onto the bus for our journey to the Cape Coast.  The six hour drive was an experience of a  few miles of good road , followed by many more miles of  driving around huge potholes or over bumps.  What a thrill to see the African coast with the ocean sprawling out and the mighty surf rolling in to the shore.

  It was raining when we went up the driveway to the  Elmina  Castle fronting onto the ocean. There were many fishing boats  about and also a crowded shanty town  in the surrounding area where people lived and sold wares of every kind.  We were given a guided tour of the castle which was used to house African slaves in cells and very inhumane conditions before they  were transported to other countries.   Four hundred to six hundred persons into a room with little ventilation and no sunlight or toilet facilities was the accommodations for the slaves. The treatment  that the African people received at the hands of their Dutch captors  was described to us, and we were  escorted down a narrow and dark tunnel to an opening called “The Point of No Return”, that could only fit one person at at time as they  were loaded onto a waiting ship often after spending 3 months at this castle. They would never set foot on  African  soil again after passing this point.  It was a sober reminder to us that only with Christ can we have the mind of God  and a love for people that would never allow them to be treated thus.

 Afterward , we stopped into some shops beside the Castle and  even there some gospel tracts and New Testaments were gladly received and good conversations were had .  Heidi, spoke with a young man, who confessed to not being saved and also being troubled by that . He said that he would definitely read the literature that she gave to him! We afterward made our way  to  The Stumble Inn, which was our accommodations here in Cape Coast. For 10 Ghana Cedis per person per night (about 7$ US) we  were right on the ocean!  Our thatch roof dorm was rustic but comfortable, with an outdoor dining area, and  shower /toilet building. Lovely flowers were planted about the place  and everyone got settled and went immediately to the water to dive in.  It was cool and very refreshing,, not to mention  FUN jumping into the gigantic waves!

After our dinner outdoors, Daniel W. gave a short devotion on the Spiritual gifts together with a helpful questionnaire to aid us in determine  what each of our gifts were. We were able to also discuss how to best use this gifting of the Holy Spirit to the benefit of others in the Lord’s family.  A walk along the ocean shore, completed the evening for many, and it was early to bed, for an early rising the next day.