The Most Basic of All

This morning I was reminded of the 7-point creed that college basketball coach and excellent leader, John Wooden lived by. It is said that Coach Wooden kept a folded-up index card in his wallet until he died at the age of 99 in 2010. On this card was the list of basics he constantly lived…

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How Jesus Catered to People

Thank you guys for remembering to pray for us during this past month. The ministry project to Ghana was, by far, the most difficult to date and presented itself with many physical, emotional, and spirituals challenges, but through it all God blessed us in incredible ways. We spoke in 173 venues to a total audience…

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When The Dust Settles

(Charlotte, NC) I hope by now you have found our video journals and blogs on our website. To view them go to https://gemonline.org/video/ The final numbers are in and on this project we shared the gospel in 173 venues to a total audience of 53,917 individuals where, by God’s amazing grace, 38,426 people openly indicated…

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The Home Stretch

(Nkwanta, Ghana)   I hope by now you have found our video journals and blogs on our website. To view them go to http://gemonline.org/video/ Thursday brought us our last school ministries for this project. Through noon today we have shared the gospel in 167 venues with a total audience of over 53,000 individuals where, by…

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Another Week Begins

(Nkwanta, Ghana) I hope by now you have found our video journals and blogs on our website. To view them go to https://gemonline.org/video/ The weekend gave us a much needed respite from the grueling work of field evangelism work. Thus far we have shared the gospel in 123 different venues to an estimated audience of…

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At the Half

(Nkwanta, Ghana) With the first half of this project “in the books” we are looking forward to a time of reflection and preparation for what is ahead. Through noon on Friday we have spoken in 92 different venues to an estimated audience of over 26,000 individuals. Thanks be to Jesus for His incredible grace! Dr.…

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Keep It In Perspective!

(Nkwanta, Ghana) The ministry here is in full swing. Thank you all for continuing to pray for our work here in West Africa. Thus far (since Saturday night) our teams have proclaimed the Gospel message in 57 venues to a combined audience of nearly 19,000 people. “Thanks be unto God for His indescribable gift…” (2…

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More Than We Expected

Ghana 2019

(Nkwanta, Ghana) Our team has all arrived in our field location. This was certainly no small feat! Saturday morning began with our America team enjoying breakfast in Accra after a great night of rest and relaxation after the long journey from America. We were filled with anticipation of what was ahead. Then it all began…

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The Project Begins

Our entire team (Craig Barker, Marckwardt Chase, David Ney, Andy Poe, Michael Swink, and myself) have all finally arrived in Accra and are set to travel the six hour drive tomorrow morning to our project site. After months of prayer and physical preparation, we are all trusting the Lord to give us a bountiful harvest.…

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The Main Thing

Is the plain thing The new year is fully open. The college football season is over and with the games this past weekend we now know who will play in the NFL Super Bowl! The four teams that were in the playoffs have all decided to remember the main thing … whatever they determine that…

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