Hello God’s people,
We thank the Almighty God for his grace and considering us all to be part of His plan to save the world. Here in Africa its a privilege to be part of God’s plan to bring the Word of God to our dear brothers and sisters in the Eastern region of Ghana. Also we are doing great by the grace of God and hope that Jesus is taking care of you all. We have arrived safely in the Ashanti region from the Eastern region. Ashanti region is a very big region with lots of remote villages. Three weeks ago we obtained a map and parted the Eastern region into four parts.
It was quite simple to separate the Northern part of the Eastern region because of the Volta Lake. The Volta Lake is the largest man made lake by surface area in the world. There is a part of the Eastern region of Ghana which is separated by the Volta lake. To cross to the southern or other parts of the region one needs to board a boat. And even if you want to visit the northern part of the Eastern region by road you have to go through the Ashanti region.
Our plan was to settle at Koforidua and then travel to the various parts of the region but it wasn’t possible to cross over to the the northern parts of the Eastern region so we traveled all the way to the Ashanti region, going through Agogo, Ejian, Dukusen, Ofe, Aboma all being towns in the Ashanti region then we crossed to the northern lands of Eastern region separated by the Volta Lake. Odonkawkrom is the largest town in the region and even though we haven’t traveled through out the that part of the region but we found out that there weren’t enough remote villages. So we were led by a Christian brother called Evans to the most remote areas.
Eastern region like the the Ashanti region, politically has numerous constituencies and many languages are spoken in the region. So far we have met many Dangme tribe people and Nkonya tribe. They welcomed us and requested for the talking Bibles. We are taking the time to organize the people and reach out to those people who are Christians and are zealous to share the Word like ourselves. Many people requested the talking Bibles for their personal use but we informed them that it is expensive and the price even though is expensive, it cannot be compared to the Word it preaches and also the people coming together to listen and sharing the Word.
We visited many people but the major towns that we recorded are Bonkrom, Kwesiadai, Farifari, Odumasua, Samanhyia, Chemfe, Amankwakrom, Abamasarefan and Kwamedwamenakurom. We need atleast three to four weeks to really get acquainted with our new friends and organize them and so please ask God to put His love in their hearts to accept us so that we can enjoy peaceful visits and relationship. It is through this trips that I have learned that Christianity is not just a religion but relationship with Christ, and for that matter a peaceful one.
We have visited numerous villages with shrines and places dedicated to smaller gods but your prayers have helped us enjoy protection from God. Now that we have reach the Ashanti region we are going to apply the same method partition. Thank you so much for your prayers and being part of this great commission, God richly bless you all.
Paul and Kwame