/ Ghana 2009
Living Way in the Newspaper!
This is an article written about our efforts to build wells in the Banda area and the commissioning ceremony we had while we were there. Click on the thumbnail below to see an enlarged scan of the article.
Photo Display Part 2! :)
Hello again~ Here's the rest of it!
(I don't know how to rotate images on this thing...) (Reuel almost died because of this!!!)
Sorry if this entry is a little short. I had fewer pictures for Part 2 than I expected. :P I might post some more scenery pictures I really liked later, but for now, these pictures are a brief summary of all the things we did while we were in Ghana. I hope you liked them!
And here's quick little video you might enjoy :)
WE"RE BACK! Photo Display Part 1!
So Ghana is about 2 weeks behind us now! It doesn't seem like its been that long... o O i don't really have too much to say, but I do have a number of photos that we want to share with you! So here we go!
( You can click each of the photos to enlarge them :) )
Ghana Training
For the last few months, we have been preparing for our trip to Ghana. We've had training sessions every few weeks, and prayer meetings starting at 7:30 AM every Saturday. Here is a glimpse of what we've done during this time.
We went on a group trip to Healthy Travel to get ourselves vaccinated. (An important step because we don't want illnesses to hinder us from being effective!)
We had our consultations, where the doctor asked us what we had already been vaccinated for, and we went over what shots we would need to get.
We needed a lot...
Brian had a lot of fun. You can almost see the white on his knuckles :P (And he actually had 3 more shots on his other arm, which you can't see o.o) I had to get 5 shots on one arm. Reuel was fortunate enough to only get 1 shot this time around. The lucky duck.
And almost a month ago now, we had a lock-in at Arlene's apartment. We were there from Friday night until Saturday morning.
Friday night, after a few good rounds of Apples to Apples, Reuel made us open up and share some deep, more personal things about ourselves.
In the morning, Chris led us in some worship, we had our usual prayer meeting and training session. And as you can see, we also worked pretty hard on our body worship. It was good times. :)
Well, we're going to be off for Ghana this Saturday! Keep us in your prayers! I will be back with a ton more pictures to share with you all!
SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE!
Matt
Ministry Work in Ghana
Our team has one week left before departing for Ghana! Thanks to all supporters who have prayed for us and given financial donations. There's still a lot more work to be done, so please continue to pray and give.
Here's a couple of the scheduled ministry tasks for us in Ghana. Hopefully, this will give you an idea of where some of your support is going to:
Gbenebisi Church
These are members of the church in Gbenebisi, a village in northern Ghana:
Unfortunately, they don't have the funds for seats in their sanctuary.
We'll be providing them with seats so they can worship comfortably and we'll minister to them at the same time, encouraging them in their faith. It's a great feeling to see other Christians from around the world and understand that Christ's love crosses borders.
A New Library
In a village in central Ghana, a new library has been built:
However, the village does not have enough funds to complete the building and fill it with books.
Our team will be providing funds to complete the library and at the same time, use that as an opportunity to share the gospel. Here are some kids from the village:
The kids in Ghana are so adorable and always excited to meet people from our church when we visit on mission trips.
Please continue to pray for us, the missionaries in Ghana, and the Ghanaians we'll be ministering to!
