Make Your Life Count Forever

You know you're in Africa when color is everywhere  and small children are carried in a sling on Mom's  back.  This cloth, used all over Africa,  is the original "hands free" device .    You know you're in Africa when the mother and baby goat are part of the checked luggage that rides on top of the bus.  Gary says he has never seen them held in with ropes , it may be a new traffic regulation.      You know you're in Africa when the local Record store is called Beautiful Jesus Music.  You know you're in Africa when the oncoming traffic has horns and knows how to use them.   You know you're in Africa when the goats eat the park bench. You know you're in Africa when  the ants make a hill taller than your car. And finally, you know you're in Africa when the clouds look like they've been created in Photo Shop. But they weren't...

I made this my prayer on our recent trip to the Cape Coast area and two evening meetings for a Women's Conference. Those who travel the roads and highways of Ghana either have a genuine faith in Christ or a persistent denial of their own potential mortality. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE Like a kid in the candy store I'm on an iPhoto Sugar High:) I have no housework or shopping to do.   We don't go to Movies, or watch TV, so I have discovered all the effects buttons in iPhoto . I made these images from the photos of the little sayings on cars, trucks, and Roadside businesses.   Our first stop was Accra and there we had a Saturday Seminar for former students who are now pastoring churches or ministering as evangelists.  I met about 7 people who minister at the Liberian Refugee Camp.  It doesn't officially exist any longer, but of course that's just on paper.  The people are still there because they have nothing to return to in Liberia. ...

I loved the juxtaposition of these two shops.   Ancient Ways and the Cell Phone store dwelling side by side in perfect harmony when their roots are centuries apart. We just completed our first Women's Conference here in Ghana in the city of Koforidua. For all the differences in our lives and cultures, there are more things we women share in common than you might think. Our theme was 'A Wise Woman' from Proverbs 14:1. Every wise woman builds her house:  but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.   Our topics included: Cultivating a rich spiritual life through God's word and prayer God's model for a wife in her marriage Window of Opportunity:  Raising godly children Getting ahead of God:  A Cautionary Tale from the life of Sarah Lessons from 2 Women named Mary And of course, The Proverbs 31 Woman We committed ourselves afresh to putting  GOD FIRST in our lives. During our question and answer time it became appar...

JESUS NEVER FAILS   This morning we left very early to drive to Kumasi to meet with Pastors and former graduates of the Training Center.  Kumasi has a population of about 2 million and I think they were all on the road today.   The very heart of the city is a vibrant daily market called Kejetia. It is the largest open air market in West Africa.  At one time this city was the capital of the rich and powerful Ashanti kingdom.   Almost half of the residents are Muslims .  Some of the pastors ar e having real success with evangelism and told us the converts are drawn to the grace, love, and hope found in Jes us Christ. Slogan's abound on cars and the small roadside shacks that function as mini-marts and tiny Fast Food counters. Two of today's favorites were so blocked by traffic I couldn't get a photo, but the first was a mini-mart called "Every Day is a Gift from God" and the second was " Go...