Day 76 Week 11

Monday began with a trip to the cultural center, which gave more history of the Ashanti Kingdom. One would see this as just site seeing, but it adds into understanding the history of the community and the people of this area. Later in the afternoon, Pastor Paul and I continued in more house-to-house evangelism. Once again, this was very enjoyable and encouraging for both us and the people we were meeting. Throughout the whole day, I felt weak, but I could tell I was starting to slowly come around.
Tuesday I arose at 3 a.m. for my first ever, never thought I would do it, dawn preaching! This consists of driving to random spots in different communities and preaching to people whether they are there or not. The car has an amplifier and speakers on top, so we begin by driving around with music playing and then we stop when we find a place we want to preach. I asked how effective this method of evangelism is in Ghana and Pastor Paul says that many people have testified to coming to know the Lord through this way, himself included. This is definitely not one that grabbed my interest, but I know it is a passion of Pastor Paul’s. He has a lot of dedication and variety in reaching out to the community. Later in the day, we traveled to Apromasi, a village in the outskirts of Kumasi where Garden City Christian Church wants to plant a church. Here we continued with house-to-house evangelism and it was very promising. During this visit, we were encouraged to begin a church there. There is already a Methodist and a Roman Catholic church, but not everyone is attending these churches.
Wednesday I again arose at the glorious 3 a.m. for more dawn preaching. We decided to go to the village during this time to continue to make our presence known. In the afternoon we traveled back to the village for more house-to-house evangelism. During this trip we had the opportunity to had a great opportunity of a young women accepting Christ for the first time. We made plans to return the following day to baptize her. Then as we were leaving a young man, who had been spending the day with us, decided to also get baptized. The day was great and God is really moving in this village. Before we left we also received word that the community was going to be able to give us some land for a building or a room to rent for church. This was a great day and Pastor Paul was filled with much joy! Then in the evening it was the beginning of the revival that was going to continue for the following three days.