Make Your Life Count Forever

Calvary Chapel Training Center Ghana, West Africa In December of 2000 my husband Gary began teaching a small group of men how to study the Bible using the Inductive Bible Study method.  Most were from Ghana's northern region which is harsh and inhospi table.  Famine and hunger are common there, but these men had come to a village in the Volta with a different kind of hunger.  They were seeking a feast and the only thing that could satisfy th eir hunger was the word of God. Thirteen years later more than one thousand students have graduated .  Some pastor one or more churches and many others serve in their local churches .  They disciple new believers , teach children, and support the body of Christ in prayer. Even as this present class nears the end of their final term they sit and eagerly listen to the story of how God worked to make it all happen. When asked how to be effective for God, Chuck Smith would say, "Try to find where the Spirit is m...

Don't you love this little guy's eagerness? I could almost hear him, "Look Mom, look at me , look I can walk on water". I shot this photo on a lake in Yellowstone National Park. It was early morning and this mother Merganser was patiently teaching her young to fish. All but one that is.    He reminds me of Isaiah who willingly answered God's call. Isaiah 6 tells us his story of 'Stepping Up'.   In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted,   seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple.   2  Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.   3  And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the  Lord  Almighty;      the whole earth is full of his glory.” 4  At the sound of their voices the doorpos...