This summer I travelled with my family to a few African countries. During this trip we had the opportunity to spend time with several ministries that are working across Africa. It was exciting to see what God is doing and to encourage those serving on the front lines.
A question that is often asked when someone is going on a mission trip is “Why are you going?”.
We thank God U4A Ghana is back in the news after missing out for the past few months due to ill health and other challenges of its director, Paul Napari. In this issue of August news brief we gratefully bring you news of souls harvest in northern Ghana by U4A trained hub leaders in the Adiboo hub led by Pastor Paul Salifu.
Kpaachehi
Kpaachehi is the community for which U4A Ghana submitted a proposal, for the provision of a rain water harvesting tank, to one of our partners in the US – Pantano Christian Church, Tucson AZ. They have blessed us with the funding for the project.
In addition, ten (10) new converts have been won and baptized in the past few months. These new converts attend the church regularly at the small Assemblies of God church at Kpaachehi.
“Your people will rebuilt the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will called Repair of the broken Walls, Restorer of streets with dwellings.” (Isaiah 58:12)
This is the word that the Lord puts in my heart to encourage you .We thank God for his high calling and He has called us to become Restorers and Repairers of the broken. I would like to thank all of you for engaging in to this high calling according to your gifts, talents and the resources you have.
In this article I am going to share with you some of the things that God has done though us to transform the lives of many according to His promises…
KATITO, House of Hope
House of Hope Chapel held a training for women in Church with theme being, the role of women in Church. Pastor Paul reports that after the training, the women in Church became active and were involved more in the Church.
The facilitators also touched on the role of women at home, and Pastor Paul reports that he has received feedback that the women who were trained are now more involved even at home.
The women are now more active in fellowships, and expect they will be doing outreach as well.
The Maasai community in Kenya is a traditional community and the Church has been trying very hard to get the men to Church. It has been a challenge over the years to get men to church since they look after animals and go into the bush; the Church has been left for the women and children. This culture has slowly been transforming since Churches are using different models to involve the men, including trainings to Church leaders on Bridges to Oral Cultures.
On May 18th 2013, Baptist Church held a one-day training for men leaders in eight of the Baptist Maasai Churches.
In this Article I just want to emphasize on three major activities that we have accomplished in the last month:
I have conducted training for 18 church leaders who are serving in the surrounding towns of Nazareth. The theme of the training was team building. And they have gained lots of knowledge and skill how to build a team in their local churches to ensure that God’s work will continue in their respective Churches. This training organized by in partnership with a ministry called Arc Christian services and the Eastern Showa Zone Evangelical Churches fellowship.
Note From The Unite4Africa Board – June 2013 – John Tabor1 May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face shine on us—
2 so that your ways may be known on earth,
your salvation among all nations.
3 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples with equity
and guide the nations of the earth.
5 May the peoples praise you, God;
may all the peoples praise you.
6 The land yields its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.
7 May God bless us still,
so that all the ends of the earth will fear him.
As I spend some time considering and meditating on the above Psalm it occurred to me that Unite 4 Africa’s success in ‘moving its mission’ is because God has so blessed its work that His shining face is reflected in the countenance of all those living and working to make Him known.
Note From The Unite4Africa Board – May 2013 – Ken MartinThere are things, after 57 years of life on this earth, that my eyes have yet to see, or my mind has yet to understand. But I have been blessed to see and learn things I may never have otherwise known during my walk with our friend Okongo.
After spending time with Okongo, since he returned from his last trip in April to Kenya and Ethiopia, I am struck by the raw power of God that is so evident during these trips and in Africa on a daily basis. The stunning part of this is how different it is here in the U.S., one of the most blessed nations in the world.
Here in the U.S. we often take God for granted and accept the status quo; living a life with blinders on our eyes to what God is doing in our local communities. As a society we have been taught to strive for independence and self reliance. In fact, it is often a measure of who we are. “Self-Made” has become a secular badge of honor in the US, and it’s often applied to our image of “independence and self reliance” for the rest of the world. This is an empty, Godless way of living. This may well be what keeps us from seeing God’s love for us and the work of His Hand during the minutia of our daily lives.
In Africa, where Unite 4 Africa is involved in ministry and empowerment, there the people are utterly dependent on God every minute of every day!
We are still laboring in his mission field by His grace. We have seen God’s tremendous work and His faithfulness even in the past month. I just want to share with you few reports among many activities in our region.
We have donated Bibles for more than 150 new believers and young people. Most of them had not get the chance to read Bibles before. And they rejoiced a lot when they received their own copy in their own language.
Children in Noosikitok received animals from Unite 4 Africa, Inc. The “animals for orphans project” give the children a sense of ownership and responsibility. The guardians are trained to help them take care of their animals.
We hope the whole project will go a long way to better the lives of these children.
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:
Dear supporters and our directors in Africa, a lot has been happening in our ministry in Africa, which could not have happen without the grace of our Lord and your support.
Kenyan’s went to the polls in big numbers, people were waiting on line for 3 – 5 hours and some the whole day to cast their historical vote for the President, Senators, Governors, House of Representatives and Women Representatives. The election was peaceful. Although the presidential election was challenged in court, the people waited patiently for more than 2 weeks for the Supreme Court to decide the presidential winner.
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