{"id":17,"date":"2011-05-13T02:18:18","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T02:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2018-09-30T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T21:52:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Akwaaba!<\/h1>\n

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We use this website to blog about our current trip to Ghana. \u00a0\u00a0Beth works at OWM<\/a>\u00a0where she leads the BiblePlus+ work and helps support Ray Mensah, a wonderful local pastor from Ghana, and the Directory of OneWay Africa.<\/p>\n

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The Mensah Family: Ray and Cynthia, and their children Joseph and Esi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are SO MANY cool things happening in Ghana — from the distribution of water filters to provide clean water to training young men to ride their motorcycles into the north to preach and show the Jesus Video.\u00a0 If you want to learn more, look through the OneWay Africa Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We have been traveling to Ghana since 2011. \u00a0Our primary focus has been BiblePlus+. \u00a0Beth plans the trips and\u00a0manages the difficult parts, like trip logistics, coordinating the choirs and speakers, visas, and getting us from the US to small villages in northern Ghana near the board of Burkina Faso and Togo. Pete handles audio and computing technology, dance choreography, bumpy truck driving, photography, and sometimes hosts a botfly or two.<\/p>\n

We have taken a lot of photos and video over the last few years, and in 2017 we borrowed a drone from a friend and took aerial videos as well.\u00a0 OneWay Studios<\/a>\u00a0 edited all the video and photos together into a most wonderful video.\u00a0 I recommend playing it at full-screen resolution.\u00a0 The scenery and people of Ghana are beautiful.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ghana2018-OWM-Video.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

At this point, some readers may be scratching their heads wondering what a BiblePlus+ could be.\u00a0\u00a0 There are dozens of native languages in northern Ghana, and probably hundreds across Africa.\u00a0 Through the efforts of groups such as the Bible Society of Ghana, Wycliffe, and the Lutheran Bible Translators, the New Testament has been translated into many languages.\u00a0 However, for the small villages across Ghana, audio is the best way to share the Good News.\u00a0 So we go to Ghana and record local Africans in their native languages, such as Komba, Mampruli, and Dagbani.\u00a0 We gather the glorious sounds of church choirs (listen to a choir<\/a>, listen to another<\/a>),\u00a0\u00a0the bold stories of believers, the encouraging words of local pastors, the careful retelling of Bible stories, and important community health information about malaria, typhoid, and HIV.\u00a0 We edit all the audio together into a small library:\u00a0 the Bible, stories of lives changes, choirs, Bible stories, and community health.\u00a0 We put the audio library on handheld solar-powered audio players that even the most remote villages can use to listen, learn, and praise God.\u00a0 We also produce a version that fits on a microSD memory card that can be inserted into mobile phones.<\/p>\n

The photos and videos below help explain:<\/p>\n

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A boy listens to a BiblePlus+, a choir in his native language<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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We distribute inexpensive ceramic filters to provide clean water and prevent disease.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beth is solar charging hundreds of BiblePlus+ units<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A local choir (and their babies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A village Chief shares his testimony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/HIV.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Nurse Patricia passionately explains how to avoid HIV infection<\/em><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Mampruli_Choir.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

A choir of combined churches sings in Mampruli<\/em><\/p>\n

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If you would like to learn about our previous trips to Ghana, read the blogs from the Previous Trips<\/a>. \u00a0You can also just look through some of our favorite photos<\/a> from our trips to Ghana.<\/p>\n

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