Here are a few of the pictures from my trip to Ghana.Love in Jesus,
Greg
I met George and Collins on the streets of Koforidua. They offered to show me their city and explain the history and culture. When I had to refuse because I was leaving town soon, Collins said: "Then we must ask you right away what we really want to know: how can a person be born again?" I shared the gospel with them and they prayed to accept Jesus as their Savior. Both teens agreed to prepare for Baptism.
When we entered this multi-family home, this woman asked us to pray for her two children that were suffering from malaria.
I taught for two days in the evangelization school in Koforidua, Ghana. The four-week school
was attended by 43 students and had a staff of six Ghanaians.Click on any of the color pictures below to see a larger version of the picture.
This Cape Coast beach, filled with the fishing boats that are the backbone of the local economy, is the sight of a pick up soccer game.
The Ghanaian countryside is plush and tropical.
The two seminarians attended a two-day evangelization retreat for priest ordained five years or less that our team conducted in the Cape Coast Diocese. They will be ordained on September 29.
St. Augustine's College in Cape Coast was home to a summer program for 600 Catholic high school students. Our team conducted an afternoon program for the students.
Gathering in the cafeteria, the high school students began the session with a vibrant time of praise and worship. Click on any of the color pictures below to see a larger version of the picture.
Miners working in the mine in the town of Akwatia. These miners work in teams of four or five and split a percentage of the diamonds that they find with the mining company. They are actually gleaning an area that has already been mined with the mining company's machines.
Looking north from downtown Cape Coast along the beach. August is "rainy season" in Ghana and many days are overcast. Oddly enough, in December and January, the wind will be coming from the north out of the Sahara Desert and the weather will be much hotter and drier.
Ghanaians name their businesses much the way that we would name our prayer groups or chose a name for a Christian album. Pictured here is the "Not by Power, by God's Grace, Delicious Meals" restuarant. Open air crusade to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Catholic charismatic renewal in Ghana.
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A crew of construction workers building the platform for the crusade on the day before it starts.
Jerome, a gifted leader in praise and worship, came from northern Ghana to lead some of the worship sessions.
Francis Ashan, a Catholic lay evangelist from the Diocese of Koforidua, leads a time of prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Seth Owusu-Nyame, lay director of charismatic renewal in the Diocese of Koforidua, gave a talk at the rally outlining the history of Catholic charismatic renewal in Ghana.
Charles from Accra, came to address the conference on behalf of the national leaders' committee. Charles gave a powerful exhortation to seek God for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit and to expect great things in the days to come. Click on any of the color pictures below to see a larger version of the picture.
Many of the farming villages are very simple and look like something right out of the pages of National Geographic.
A bakery in Koforidua. This is the largest bakery in the city; all of the baking is done outdoors in clay ovens.
Tina, the housekeeper at the parish in Akwatia, is preparing "fufu" with the help of one of the teenage boys from the parish. Fufu is a staple food in Ghana. It is made by pounding boiled cassava (yucca) as water is slowly added until the mixture takes on the consistency of uncooked bread dough. It is usually served in a bowl with soup over it.
