Make Your Life Count Forever

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. ...

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...

Yesterday I noticed a young man working to clear the ground near this ant hill.  This evening I saw him again and asked if he was planning on growing vegetables.  When he said yes I asked why he choose to do it so near the ant hill.  He said he thinks this might be very fertile ground because of the ant hill. The whole episode reminded me of the exhortation in Hosea 10:12 to "break up your fallow ground".  I wondered just how much real estate in my life is currently fallow. I'm usually inept at accurate self evaluation, but I know the Lord can see the landscape of my life with clarity and He is an expert in cultivation and fruitfulness. So here in Pepease, where I am removed from my 'normal' life, I'm taking the opportunity to ask God for a frank evaluation and  recommendation.   As I write this I can hear the students singing what has become my favorite new worship song.  The chorus is "do something new in my life, something new in ...