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Through the mud with the Message, 29 September 2014
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG9b-PqWcUw] [Asesewa, Ghana] — We only thought the roads were bad last week! Today proved to us that travel in Ghana is a great adventure. The day began like almost any other. Breakfast at 6:45 then off for school ministries by 7:30. We left the hotel, road down the paved road, and then onto the dirt road. Nothing out of the ordinary ... right? Wrong! After being on the dirt road for about 30 seconds, we turned off onto what might best be described as a footpath which had been overtaken by weeds ... then rocks ... then red...
Sunday in Ghana
[Asesewa, Ghana] —As our friends in America settle in after church for an afternoon and evening of the NFL we here in Ghana prepare for another day of ministry as we reflect on the just completed Sunday worship services. Three of our team joined Pastor Sammy Lartey — our national director in country — for the inaugural services of a new church in one of the remote villages where we have ministered this past week. Ever the visionary, Lartey and his team planned ahead and moved one of our Ghanian pastors from his comfortable church near Kpong to this remote...
Good Morning … Asesewa!
[Asesewa, Ghana] —Saturdays are some of my favorite days in Ghana! We awoke this morning to a cooled room and beautiful day. The electricity came back on during the night and both the ceiling fan and A/C had worked to cool this hot place. The morning sky was free of clouds and we enjoyed a late breakfast of scrambled eggs, sausage with vegetables, toast with jam and fresh coffee. What a wonderful way to start the day! Following this feast it was time for me to meet with the executive council of GEM here in Ghana. These dear brothers are...
It’s Deep, Dark, and Dangerous!
[Asesewa, Ghana] — For the past couple of days we have been experiencing the “normal” life for Ghanians in that the electricity is being cut off by the government controlled power company. Some of this is reported to be the result of a lack of rainfall feeding the Lake Volta reservoir and thus limiting the amount of electric production through the dam, while others are maintaining that Nigeria has cut off the supply of natural gas supplied to Ghana for the power generation plants. Still others report that it is simply the result of the government here to manipulate and...