A quick summary of a long day. It is easy to forget the remoteness of Northern Ghana. After a short one hour flight from Accra we were in Tamale, looking for our bags. It is hot and dry. No rain. No clouds. Just equatorial sun and smiling faces. Look a Ghanaian in the eyes and offer an energetic Good Morning, and a beaming smile will always be returned. Beth and I decided it was the opposite of walking down a the street of a large American city. In Ghana, people are eager to engage.
Mike and Joanna are doing great on their first trip to Ghana. They have learned our expression “That’s just the way I like it,” which we eagerly call out after someone points out something uncomfortable or difficult.
I took over driving from Ray, so he could get a break. He had driven all the way from Accra days earlier. Driving is always a challenge (and that’s just the way I like it). Even with intense focus on the road, looking for hidden holes, speed bumps, and goats, I occasionally struck a hole hard enough for Mike to get bumped out of his seat and whack his head on the roof of the truck (which is just the way he likes it). We were thinking I was maybe averaging about 16 miles per roof whack.
Throughout the day we noticed many brush fires set by hunters waiting to club grasscutters and large rats. Ray explained it is not legal, and very dangerous, since the fires can easily get out of control and burn huts and towns.
Clement is one of the OneWay Africa missionaries. He spends his days engaging with the people of Chereponi, a village among the Anufo people. He met with the pastors and leaders of the churches in the area to prepare them for our recordings. People practiced telling their testimonies, Bible Stories and teachings as well as Community Health Information. Oh, and of course one of our favorites of the recording trips, the choirs! Today we presented him with a gift from OneWay, a “Vista 500,” which contains everything needed to show videos in the bush from Jesus Film Project and LUMO Gospel Films. In the evenings, he rides his motor bike off into remote villages to show these movies. Good job, Clement, preparing the people for the recordings, and sharing God’s love with the Anufo people!!
My heart is full. I’m prepared for Sunday morning.
I’ve heard it said, “may God so fill us today with the heart of Christ that we may glow with the divine fire of holy desire.”
Amen, amen, amen.
Yes, Lord, equip this team at the heart level with every spiritual gift throughout their time in Ghana. Yes, friends, as Christ directed,”…let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Mt 5:16
Holy Spirit, we depend on You to keep their hearts glowing and illuminating Christ because that’s just the way we like it! :-)
I knew your HEART would be ready when your time with the Ghana folks came together. Soul work demands heart work!
Yes, we are so thankful that even when it take time, it is so worth it! Thank you for the wonderful thoughts and prayers
Thank you so much for the encouragement! Wow. Thanks.
Yay, Clement! That Vista 500 looks good on him! May it travel far and wide …and may God use that tool for His glory among those in Chereponi and beyond!!