Our Mission to Kumasi Africa

We have been doing many, many water projects.  It seems as if that is what our calling is here in the Ghana North area.  We had an experience that was amazing that I would like to share.  We were heading up to a small village around Drobo in the Jaman South Assembly.  We stopped in Drobo to pick up a city worker named Atta, who submitted a proposal for 10 boreholes (wells) in that area.  On our way there was a road block and many young men rioting.  Atta jumped out to see what was going on.  Two young men said that their 27 year old friend had died from sickness and they were in their grief.  Like many young men, they didn't know how to show emotion so they were showing anger over their friends death.  Atta gave the two young men some money to buy water and asked if they could help us cross peacefully.  He told them we were missionaries who had come from the United States to help the villages receive water.  The two young men walked...

 This week we traveled out to a village called Beposo.  There is a Senior High School out there that benefitted from having bathrooms built.  I am constantly amazed how these schools are not equipped with bathrooms.  The current bathrooms consisted of a pit that the students would just squat and do their business.  There was no privacy and no dignity.  The girls facility didn't even have a roof, so chances are you would get wet if it was the rainy season.  Most Senior High schools are boarding schools, so the students live there too.   This is the current bathroom, it is a pit with a roof. The church built this facility for them Notice that it is not a seat to sit on.  Some of the people here have never had a toilet seat to sit on and so they end up breaking them because they try to stand on it.  This style of toilet is easier for the people at the school to maintain. I am constantly amazed by how much the Lord loves and teaches his...