Saturday in Tamale

Our 1st day in Tamale, started with a tour of the "city".  Then a visit to Anfaani Children's Home.  They now have eleven children with the addition of two-week-old twin boys.  Tayler got to see "her" Nathan.  Another highlight was watching Bethany play peek-a-boo, and listening to the laughter of the children in her game.

Paul heard of a unique opportunity.  A gathering of various tribes, performing cultural music and dancing.  The team first had to meet with the host chief.  She is a white woman, originally from Port Arthur, Texas.  She and her husband (as he described himself--"the one who carries the Chief's suitcase") split time in Ghana and their home in Louisville, Kentucky.  They were very happy to see the team.

Chicken and Rice for Lunch.
Spaghetti for dinner.

Everyone is well.

All boxes arrived in Accra and are on the way to Tamale on a truck with Pastor Mohammed.

Safe arrival in Tamale

We're Here!

The team has arrived safely in Accra after a smooth and uneventful flight from Atlanta.  Wow, flying straight here without a layover in London or Germany was wonderful!

We saw the Woodall boys, Jeff Arnold and Jonathan Hughes at the airport and it was nice to see their smiling faces.  We were also greeted by some Ghanaian friends, including Pastor Mohammed, who escorted us to the GILLBT guesthouse.  We just enjoyed our first Ghanaian meal of jolof rice and chicken. Now everyone is watching the Black Stars play in the World Cup.

I wonder if I should go ahead and tell them that we have  4:45am departure for Tamale tomorrow.

All boarded for the first leg of our flight to Ghana. We're flying with God and Captain Rich.

About to depart with an amazing team. Waka Waka!

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The Mission

On Thursday, July 1, 18 of 25 mission team members will depart for the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa.  Our mission is to simply share the glory of God with the Dagomba tribe, an unreached people group. We do this primarily through Bible storytelling.

By God's grace, we will join our Ghanaian brothers and sisters from Shalom Baptist Church in Tarikpaa village in these acts of service:

~ visiting orphans and helping fulfill some of their needs
~ visiting widows and helping to provide a way for them to sustain themselves and their families
~VBS program in the local mud-hut village schools
~Partner with World Vision in serving at a local Witch Camp (women shunned from the village)
~Hut-to-Hut Evangelism
~Participation in the local Good News Sports Evangelism Program (350 kids)

This team is very aware that apart from God, we are nothing and can do nothing, but with God, all things are possible.

Please pray that during every moment of every day of this trip we would be surrendered to the leading of the Holy Spirit and that the light of Jesus Christ would shine brightly.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.  Luke 19:10

The Good News Club

The Ghana Mission Team will be joining Pastor Mohammed and Pastor Issah in reaching out to these children who are part the Good News Club of Shalom Baptist Church.

In an answer to prayer, God has provided soccer jerseys/shorts and soccer balls that we will have the privilege of distributing while in Ghana.

Please join us in praying for these children, many of whom have never heard of Jesus, to come to know the One True God.