The Kumbungu Hubis led by Pastor David Alhassan who is the head Pastor of Kumbungu Assemblies of God local church. On the 15 and 16 of March 2013, Pastor David and his church together with other bridges trainees from his hub staged a crusade at a community called Dalun in the Kumbungu district of the northern region of Ghana. Unite for Africa (U4A) provided the main speaker for the 2 days evangelical work in the person of Rev. Silas Sulemana who is U4A board treasurer because of our collaborative work with local churches in our operational areas.
The team from the US: Joyce, Eric, David, Forest, Sherry and Okongo visited Kenya on the 10th Mar. 2013, after visiting Ethiopia. The team visited Noosikitok village, where they participated in the school feeding program. They met the leaders of the village too.
Team received by Moses Rianto’s mum in Mile Tisa
The team also visited Enkokidongoi village, where they met the pastors from the region.
The Move of God is still continuing in our region. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is being transformed the lives of many people. The Church of Christ is keep pressing on by bringing an impact in the community through various projects such as: animal projects for orphans & school projects.
In this article, I have selected some of the stories among the above activities and share with you as follows:
House of Hope organized SOHL Training in House of Hope Katito Chapel. In attendance were 45 youth. The facilitators were Pastor Paul, Pastor Jack and Dr David. The team shared about purity as per God’s commandment and repentance, no to abortion. 7 of the participants came forward for healing.
The leadership of the Langbinsi hub in the northern parts of Ghana leaves no stone unturned in their quest to evangelize the entire north of Ghana which hitherto has been dominated by Islam.
“Bridges training has made evangelism so simple for us”, this is the confession of one of the local Pastors in Langbinsi. Bible story telling is a daily activity of Pastor Asher Mohammed who is the hub leader for the Langbinsi Hub and some of the youth in his church. This adventure took them to the communities of Bongbinni and Gbango near Langbinsi.
For us the month of January was the month of refreshment and encouragement. We as a team of master trainers we have handed over what we have planned for the year 2013 to God. We have also conducted a couple of trainings on leadership development.
I. Master trainers meeting and encouragement program.
We had a good time of encouragement with our master trainers January 16 & 26/2013. The aim of the meeting was to encourage one other, to discuss on our challenges and to pray together to hand over all our plans to God as a team.
Pastor,Dr. Bezalem was sharing with us the word of God on the title of how we move from good to great team . He shared with us some principles how we become a great team.
U4A Teaching Tools – Sanctity of Human Life and Biblical Sexuality – John Tabor
One of the primary trainings Unite 4 Africa offers is training on the Sanctity of Human Life and Biblical Sexuality. With hundreds of trainings accomplished, “The Journey of the Life Giver” is primarily given through story telling (orality). It is almost universally greeted with, “no one has ever taught us this before…now that we know God’s heart we will never be the same.”
The trainings are primarily geared for teaching church leaders so that they can in-turn teach their congregations and others in their community and neighboring communities.
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.
Note From The Board – 2012 Year End Report & 2013 Goals
Dear U4A partner,
We hope you are encouraged when reading Unite 4 Africa’s monthly field updates. Our goal is to keep you abreast of the ongoing work and opportunities in Africa. We praise God for the change we have been able to affect as He uses Unite 4 Africa to accomplish His ongoing work.
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U4A has provided for mosquito nets in Lumbwa and Enoosampurrmpurr schools in this region. The two schools have dormitories for girls. The mosquito nets provided have reduced tremendously the malaria infection in the last three months since the mosquito nets were issued. The head teacher for Enoosampurrmpurr, Mr. Godfrey, notes that because of the mosquito nets and sanitary towels provided by U4A, the girls’ performance has improved, absenteeism is no more, and they have not had a single case of malaria in the past 3 months. Actually, the school emerged top in the last National exam in Namanga Division!
The head teacher of Noosikitok, Mr Naingola has placed an appeal to U4A and friends to assist with this terms’ School Feeding Program. He says they have a shortage and are anticipating hard times that will subject the students to absenteeism and non- concentration. We are appealing for the support and praying that all goes well with the children in the quest to transform the area through education.
God has done tremendous things in our midst even in the month of December. Churches are being planted, ministers are being trained, our schools are keep continuing shaping the lives of the children. The following activities are among the many.
I. New schools have opened in Welenchity and Doni towns.
So far we have only the Wanjishawa school that operates in our region. But now, our churches in the towns called Welenchity and Donni have opened KG schools for their community.
Pastor and Chief Maragua of Mile Tisa organized training with the youth during the December holidays. He managed to be with the youth from 20th – 22nd December at Namanga Pentecostal Church in Mile Tisa. He met a total of 60 young people and shared with them about the Sanctity of human life.
Rev Okongo visited Lositeti on 15th Dec 2012 and met with the leadership council. The council has identified a place to drill a water well that will provide water to the community, human and animals included. Okongo shared that Unite 4 Africa, Inc had acquired part of the funds meant for the water and we still pray for more as the community also endeavors to raise local resources towards the project. Read more
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A New Year has begun and it is with sincere thanks that we at Unite 4 Africa look back at what was accomplished in 2012 with your help.
We have begun the process of purchasing a bus to provide transportation to ministry groups and others who travel to Kenya. This enterprise will be self-sustaining and will provide income for some of our ground staff in Kenya.
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The Maasai area is being destabilized now with the droughts setting in. This means there is scarcity of water and the people and their animals have to walk long distances looking for water. Lets pray for Lositeti and the rest of the regions for the rains.
NGATATAEK
The Pastors fellowship organized a peace prayer rally that brought all churches and political leaders together to pray for peace in Maasai land. In attendance were about 3000 Maasais who pledged to live peacefully. This campaign comes since Kenya experienced post election violence that saw the loss of lives, displaced families and destruction of properties.
ENKOKIDNGOI
Enkokidongoi Church received six converts. They joined the church and two of the men re-dedicated their lives to Christ. We pray God will keep them strong and use them to influence more people come and experience Christ
OLMANIE
Olmanie Primary School received sanitary pads. The school is far from the main road and one has to go through Tanzania in Namanga. The school head teacher was grateful and hopes the pads will keep the girls in school
KARERO
Karero Primary School received a water tank from Unite 4 Africa in conjunction with Rotary Club of Rio Rico. The Tank will store water for cooking, drinking and cleaning the school.
KENYA
The ugly hand of terrorists is still traumatizing Kenyans and this time two churches experienced grenade explosions and gun fires simultaneously killing 17 people and injuring others. Masked assailants raided AIC church and Catholic Church in Garrissa on a Sunday while on the service; they shot the congregation at will and hurled grenades at them. The Government is pledging to protect everyone in the worshipping grounds so that this heinous act is not repeated. We pray for peace and that God can protect his people from attack while in Church
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.
Prayer needs:
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.
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