Please be aware that some of the pictures in this post are graphic and disturbing.  Guard your heart.

This has been a very difficult post to write due to the sensitive subject matter that it contains.  Sometimes there is a fine line between exploitation and information sharing and this is one of those times.  After much prayer and consideration, I felt like this story was one that needed to be told.  My prayer is that the harsh reality of what you see and read will break your heart and open your eyes to the plight of the widows and orphans in this world.  These are real mothers who are hurting for their children.  These are real children who are in physical pain due to lack of food. 

In recent weeks, my dear friend, Pastor Ziblim Mohammed, has been surverying widows in several surrounding villages in order to assess their needs.  He is serving on behalf of IHH to develop and implement a Widow Care Program that will be launched very soon.  In the village of Zugu he found a young widow with 2 very sick children, both of whom could no longer walk due to severe malnutrition. 

Without going into every detail, I will tell you that in a story that only God would write, those children were taken to a small private hospital in a nearby village to be taken care of.  They arrived in critical condition and were immediately given liquid nutrition and medication for malaria and chest infections.  After becoming stabilized, they were returned to their mud-hut village.  Pastor Mohammed then traveled another 2 hours to get them some nutritional food from the local market. He will continue to monitor their progress and make sure they are fed.

These children, by the grace of God, are going to survive.  Many others will not.

Please join me in praying for these children.  They are Muslim, but now they have heard about Jesus.  Thank you, Pastor Mohammed, for sharing God's love with them.

Ishaw, age 1 1/2

Kadija, age 4 yrs.

Widow Salamatu

This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress.  James 1:27a

Baptism in Tarikpaa

Dear Brethren,

"In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:10. There is much joy in Shalom Baptist Church in Tarikpaa over the 18 young men and and ladies who have accepted the Lord as their savior and Lord and are added to the Church, i therefore called you to rejoice with us as we celebrate the victory of these people salvation,I spent three months teaching them in the enquerer class even when i was in seminary, and this is the result we are seeing today.When they heard that i was going to leave Accra and come to Tamale to work as home missionary,they were happy and said they will wait for me to come and guide them in their final decision ,making and arrange their Baptism.Upon my arrival in the North i organized them,thought them on two Sundays and then interviewed them to make sure they realy understand what they were doing, finally i called Rev.Isaac Issah Wuni, the principal of the Northern Ghana Baptist Theological Seminary and the senior Pastor of Koinonia Baptist Church in Tamale to come and Join pastor Stephen Napari of Shalom Baptist Church to officiate the initiation ceremony.

I am therefore sending you the pictures of Rev. Wuni and Pastor Stephen with some of the candidates and the candidates group picture.This is a confirmation that we are being obedient to the Lord's command in Matthew 28:19-20.I therefore call you to pray with these ones to grow in the Lord as i spend another time of teachings with them.

I want to assure you that if you can pray with Shalom Baptist Church and I as a missionary, i tell you the truth we will put the devil to shame, so even if you don't know what to do in order to support our ministry of evangelism and Church planting among the Dagomba people group in the North,but do as a favor to remember us in your prayer,that is very crucial to us.
I also want to use this opportunity to thank those of you who partner with us in prayer,encouragement and support this ministry financially,may the good Lord bless you,i encourages you to keep it up and continue the good work you are doing, because what you have seen is the reult of your prayer and support, I appeal to all our mission partners and those who think God has called them to rescue the perishing to join the Shalom family and pastor Mohammed to reach out to the unreach people groups in the North, especially the remote villages in the Savelugu West Corridor.

Thank you for now,


Pastor Mohammed, Missionary, Tamale Mission Field.

Love in Action

Widow Ayi and Family

July 2009

Yahaya, the boy on the far right, has now received medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

The entire family has received healthcare

The family has also received 2 female goats, which in turn, helps provide much needed food

October 2009

This is the first day of school for these children.  They had never been to school because they could not afford the uniforms or school fees.

So much for so many for so little

Thank you to the sponsors of the African orphans for helping provide these much needed supplies.

Did you notice the little face to the left of the supplies, looking through the screen?

Ignore the date on the photo.  It's Africa.....and those of you who have been there will understand.

If you want to help an orphan, please click on the link in the sidebar.

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'  Matt 25:40

Pastor Issah's Children's Ministry

In Summer 2008, Pastor Issah (the tall one)  shared with the team his vision of a sport's evangelism program for the children of Kushibo, Sankpem and Tarikpaa villages.  He knew this would be an effective way to get the children interested in coming to church.

In Spring 2009, a friend of mine called  and said he had just purchased boxes and boxes of soccer uniforms at a store that was going out of business and wondered if I knew anyone in Ghana who might could use them.  Well, the answer lies in the photos above. Thank you, Ray, for your giving heart.

The Building of an African Church

Sankpem is a small remote mud-hut village in the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa. It is a very poor village and many there are suffering because they do not have fresh water. The nearest fresh water source is 3 miles away. That means that instead of going to school, many of the young girls haul water.

Sankpem is also primarily a Muslim village. However, there is a small group of Christians who have been meeting together and worshipping under a big African tree for several years. They are small in number, but mighty in spirit.

Recently, a donation was made to help Sankpem begin building a church. In Africa, the walls and roof are built first. The "bricks" are handmade on site. Eventually, with more funding, a concrete floor will be hand-poured.

Here is the beginning of the beautiful Sankpem church:

Rebekah's Legacy

Posted by Ghana team member, Stephanie

About a month after our trip to Ghana last year, my Ghanian friend, Rebekah, came down with a horrible case of malaria. Jesus ended up calling her Home after only a few days in the hospital. Her family and friends took her body to a little village just outside Tamale called Tuuningli. As her grave digger was digging, he began to ask questions about Rebekah's Jesus and by the time Rebekah's funeral was over and her body was buried, this grave digger had become a new follower of Jesus Christ! One year later, God has used this little grave digger to plant the only Christian church in this little village called Tuuningli.

God does things we can't understand that ultimately flourish with His glory. Praise the El Roi, the God who sees us, Who sees deeper and further than we can even begin to imagine.

"She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: 'You are the God who sees me,' for she said, 'I have now seen the One who sees me.'" Genesis 16:13 NIV