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...

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...