Ghana Update - July 2016 - Unite 4 Africa

“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.” Ephesians1:13

Introduction
Christ is looking forward for everyone and every nation or people group in His father’s kingdom. God is ever ready to mark out people with His seal thus; the Holy Spirit. This can and will only happen as we share the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ with the unreached around us. As we thank God for being marked in Him with a seal which is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance the redemption of those who are God’s possession, God still looks forward to more people becoming partakers in it. I call on you to do one or all of these three things thus; pray, give and then go tell others.

Mentoring and Discipleship
As Samson continues to mentor and disciple a group of Church planters through The Timothy Initiative, God is opening new doors for Church planting opportunities. Two of the Church planters have started fellowships that will eventually become Churches.

Picture 1: Samson and two of the mentors

Bridges Training
The Ghana team had three Bridges trainings at Zabzugu, Moglaa and Nafaring communities. Over 130 people participated in these trainings.

Picture 2: Bridges Trainings

Picture 3: Nafaring Presby Church after Bridges Training

Sustainability – Farming Project
This year’s farming season has begun and the team as usual has embarked on the cultivation of some cereals for the third successive time. I am glad to report that in the just past season this project has directly supported in the supply of the annual basic staple food stuff to 3 separate families. The indirect beneficiaries of the project have not been quantified yet. When one of the families received their portion the woman in charge of food preparation for the family remarked “we are grateful that this year we don’t have to struggle in the feeding of our family as we having been doing for the past years.”

Picture 4: Enjoying some support for the 2016 planting of our field

Micro Credit Potential
A group of women that Samson had shared the CHE micro Enterprise principles decided to mobilized funds through the SAIL (Savings And Internal Lending) model. The group now has mobilized a little over a thousand dollars and this has helped some of them to have some small capital to improve their petty trading.

Prayer Needs
Please do stand with us in prayer for:
• Thank God for the Bridges trainings that took place during the period.
• The two new fellowships that have been started that the Lord will sustain them and even cause them to continue to grow both physically and spiritually.
• Good and enough rains that will trigger bumper harvest this year
• The upcoming Bridges trainings in Gushegu and Tingoli communities.
• Those who made a commitment to train other people will be given the grace to do so.