The Adiboo hub started the year which promises to be an action year with planting of a new church at Kpaachehi near Adiboo. Like any other communities in Dagbong, Kpaachehi is predominantly a Muslim community which is hostile to Christianity. The church was established under the leadership of Pastor Paul Salifu who is also the Hub leader for Adiboo. The church currently has a membership of about 37.
In June newsletter updates, we reported on a water project U4A Ghana was supporting a partner church, thus Shalom Baptist Church at Tarikpaa to implement. Along the line we ran out of funds to complete the project. I made a prayer request to you and you really prayed. Now we have had some funds to complete the project.
The continuation of work has begun from where we stopped and moving steadily. Below are the pictures of the progress of work on the water project.
The rains have started pouring down seriously after a period of dryness which really affected and delayed crop farming. Most church planters are peasant farmers and are busy with their farms. It has also been extra difficult reaching out to them on phone, but I hope they are doing well. For the past four days I have constantly been on phone to reach out to hubs especially the Langbinsi and Nakpandure hubs where there has been a communal violence in the past weeks, but could not reach them. I trust God however, that they are doing well as you continue to pray for them.
The rains may also affect and cause a stop to the water project if the paths to the village get flooded and vehicles cannot move. It is for this reason that all our energies are directed towards finishing this project before anything happens.
As we gradually move towards the completion of this water project, there is a great sigh of relief. The devil has fought hard against this project; Muslims have gone ahead to that community biting into the ears of chiefs and other community leaders to kick against Christianity, telling them we are using the water project as a bait to induce them to accept Christianity. But in all of this, God has shown himself so strong, His mercy has abounded, His leading has been outstanding.
We ask you to continue to pray for northern Ghana, it is indeed deprived spiritually, socially and economically. It needs sacrificial and never giving up partners like you and I to salvage them from this socio-economic and spiritual dungeons.
1.Pray for means of transport U4A Ghana
2.More partners for financial breakthrough
3.Good health for U4A Leaders and their families
4.For missionaries from Texas USA coming to northern Ghana this July.
5.Speedy recovery for Rev. Silas Sulemana
Submitted by:
Paul Napari
(U4A Director, Ghana, West Africa.)
The Langbinsi hub is situated in the north eastern corridors of the northern region of Ghana. It is about two and half (2.5) hours’ drive from Tamale. It shares boundaries with the Nakpandure hub which is further north of Langbinsi. The hub is led by Pastor Asher Mohammed Peter, the head pastor of the local Assemblies of God Church in the Langbinsi community.
About two weeks ago the youth of the church were motivated after their Pastor challenged them to use bridges stories as a tool for personal witnessing. They went into a number of villages resulting in eight (8) new souls being won and about eight (8) persons who had abandoned church also rededicated their lives to Christ and started going to church again.
UPDATES FROM GHANADuring Easter weekend U4A in collaboration with a local Assemblies of God church in Tamale received Donations for Orphans. The men ministry in the local church reached out to U4A leadership seeking where they could partner to serve during the Easter festivities. U4A director seize the opportunity and organized other local resources to partner the said church to make a one-time donation to a much needed Christian orphanage thus “Anfaani Children’s Home” in the city of Tamale in northern Ghana. The donation included;
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