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doulos
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Location: Springfield, MA
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Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:46 pm |
 
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Greeting from Ghana:
We trust that you all had a wonderful Easter. In Ghana, many churches have what is known as their “Easter Convention.” It is a big holiday that starts on Good Friday and sometimes lasts through Easter Monday. All over the world many people go to church, and for many, that is the only Sunday of the year they go to church. We plan to give everyone rice and stew after the Sunday morning service as an incentive for people to come. We made plans to feed 250 adults and 600 children. Our ladies worked together wonderfully on Saturday and early Sunday morning preparing the food. The men came together to work on the cleaning of the church property and the setting up of the tents and benches. We sent out a vehicle to pickup our church people from Adutwie. The service started late, but this did not discourage anyone. We had 225+ adults and 505+ children attending the service. Seven people come forward for salvation. This makes the work worth the time and effort. We rejoice with the angels as a soul is saved.
This Easter the total attendance at all the Calvary Baptist churches was just under 3500 people with 129 people receiving Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Join us in giving thanks to God for what He has done.
This week Pastor Steve Volante and I will be traveling to Burkina Faso. I will be teaching one of our Bible school students who is helping to start a church there with three other men. Pastor Steve is doing some investigation work on visas for country of Niger. This is one of several countries that he is looking at for the next church plant. Please pray for us as we are in Burkina Faso, and our families as they remain in Techiman. We will be returning on Saturday, April 5th.
One of our faithful members Sack, who had left the church, has returned. Sack is an active soul winner, and when we would have a baptism at the church, many of the people would say that it was Sack who led them to the Lord. We were excited when he return to work with us again. In the last three weeks during visitation in both Adutwie and Tuobodom he has led about 20 people to Christ. He also works with the children’s ministry which was hurting for helpers. Please pray that he will stay focused on the Lord.
Our church attendance has been improving. Our Sunday night service and Tuesday Bible Study and Prayer meeting have almost doubled over the past month.
Adutwie:
This is ministry is a joy to both Dona and myself. Last week (Palm Sunday) one of the men from this village was the preacher, and he challenged the people there with a good message. There are four men in this village who are looking at the possibility of attending the Twi Bible School. Please pray for these men.
Peterson Family:
Rachel is planning her survey trip to Ghana at the end of June. She is really excited about coming over again to see what God has been doing here. She is in the process of raising the money necessary to come. Rachel has committed herself to God, and is planning to come to Ghana full time in 2010. She graduated from PCC in 2005 with a degree in missions. She has a desire to work with the women’s and children’s ministries here. Rachel has a real heart for the Lord and will be a great asset to the ministry here. If you would like to help her, you can send any gift to her through our home church in Easthampton. Rachel will start her deputation process in the near future with the goal of 2010 in mind.
Dona, Rebecca, and Julia are all doing well. Rebecca has just finished her 3rd quarter of school, and is looking forward to finishing her freshman year. Julia will be starting exams next week, and after a short break, will start the last term for this year. Pray for her as we decide what to do for school next year.
Many of you are probably wondering about my health. The doctor requested another set of tests. About three weeks ago I was not feeling well and was experiencing tightness in the chest. We had another ECG done and it came back normal. The blood test revealed that the FT3 and FT4 have returned back to normal with the medication. The FT4 was almost to the high end, so he reduced the strength of the Thyroxine. He believes that this is temporary. He wants me to stay on the medication for another 3 months at which time he will stop the medication for some time, and do another blood test to see if the levels stay the same. If they do then we will be able to stop the medication. Please pray for my health as there are days that I know something is happening.
Dona’s sister Ruth has finished her radiation treatments for the tumors. I’m not sure when the chemotherapy will start. Thank you for your prayers on her behalf.
We love hearing from you and sharing in your excitement over your ministries there in the states. We are praying for you and thank you for your prayers and support for us.
In His Service,
Jim, Dona, Rebecca, and Julia |
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