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It has been a very busy few days with the team in Tamale. We thank God for the safe arrival back in the US of Team 10.   We thank God for the safe arrival of the FBC Team on Saturday morning. They enjoyed an excursion to Cape Coast and Kakum Rain Forest.  They arrived in Tamale on Sunday and we had an orientation that afternoon.  Their arrival brought a lot of encouragement to a team that has been struggling for a few days with illness, exhaustion, dehydration and mostly just spiritual warfare.   I had to take one team member to the hospital to be tested for malaria, but it was negative, praise God.  Out of 11 students, 8 have had high fever and vomiting.  The good news is that it is a 24 hr virus and everyone is following the same course.  By the grace of God, I have not been sick.  All but one student is well now. I just cannot stress enough our need for prayer.

On Saturday, most of the team was able to go to Kushibo for the Good News Club Annual Congress, where they helped put on a program for about 200 village children.  They taught Bible Stories, sang, and played with the children.  GNC is very much like Awana and this was their annual ceremony.  One little girl came and she had 104.5 fever and an infected wound, so we asked our driver, Fatawu to take her to the hospital, where she was treated for malaria and the infection.  What a blessing to be able to provide this help in such a small way.  The hospital visit and all the meds costs less than $20.  The little girl is going to be okay.

Today (Monday), 15 out of 20 team members have gone to Sankpem village to do hut-to-hut evangelism.  This means that they will join up with a Ghanaian team member (translator) and go to individual huts to tell the story of Jesus.  We call this a panorama, because it gives an overview of the entire Word of God.  This is very effective in introducing Muslims to Christianity.  Please pray for those who will hear.

Tonight we begin 3 nights of a Youth Conference in Tarikpaa village, where we are expecting about 150 youth from surrounding villages.  Martin Jones will speak each evening and then we will break out in small groups where the Americans and Ghanaians will teach on topics such as what our purpose is, what our mission is, etc.  Please pray for this.

Also, it is good for the team to see your comments on the blog.  They are very encouraging and they are getting through!

So far, this has been an incredible trip and I have been so blessed to have the privilege to not only be here, but also to watch as God transforms the lives of the team and also those who come to Christ.  Even though the team has struggled this past week, there's not one team member who wants to go home.  There is something very right about pouring yourself out for the Lord.  There is something very right about giving yourself to help others.  There is something very right about giving it all up for Him.