Saints in Apitisu - 2/25

From Dennis:
It was very hot again today but the people came out to the church meetings. The churches have doubled in size since we were last there. In Apitisu, even the local chief came with his wife for the service.

We had to travel deeper into the countryside to reach Apitisu – down a red-clay road with car-size potholes. It is a very poor town, but with very enthusiastic grace believers. They cheered and clapped during our teaching times. At the end, they said they wanted to dance with me so we closed the service with dancing.

After the meeting, we convened outside in the shade and we feasted on meat pies, quiche, fresh coconuts and fresh pineapples (grown in the village).


Liz and I took a walk around the village and I asked some of the children to walk with us. Soon, many more children had joined us. One of the pictures shows Liz out in front followed by dozens of children. We created quite a stir in the village as everyone was looking up to see - what is going on? These two white people walking around with every kid in the village.





While we were walking, several women asked me to take their pictures. It is a novelty to them. They love to see that flash. You hardly see anyone in Ghana with their own digital camera.



Back in Kumasi: We ended the day with the final session of the pastors' conference at the Grace Bible Church in the evening. Five of the pastors from the city came, along with all of the grace pastors and most of the church members. We had a good time in our last meeting at GBC in Kumasi.

One young pastor, named Mordecai, asked me to write a book of the material we covered in the three sessions so that he could use it to learn how to teach in his village and "send it around the world." I said I'd start on that project while I am in Ghana.

Pray for a book to be written and for Barbara at home alone for these three weeks. 6" of snow came down today. Also pray for Elizabeth who has been fighting a cold since before leaving the US.

Tomorrow (Friday) we travel to Nsuta and Kona, two villages north of Kumasi, to visit the grace churches there.