“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your Faithfulness. Lam. 3:22 – 23
Indeed the Lord’s faithfulness is incomparable and we at Biblical Discipleship & Growth Ministries, Fountain of Life Chapel International, together with my family can attest to it because we continue to benefit from it and we are very grateful to the Lord as always for all He has done and will be doing in the coming years. Truly speaking, it can Only be God Who is the centre of our achievements and precious partners like you.
We began the year 2022 on the Theme: DIVINE MERCY AND FAVOUR. Psalm 102:13 was revealed and directed by God Almighty in October 2021 and was duly launched during Christmas service on 25th December 2021.
CHURCH PLANTING.
During the year we conducted 64 Open Air Crusades in 16 targeted villages and led 615 souls to Christ. This became possible because we received donations which enabled us to purchase a video Projector, outdoor Projector Screen, Public Address System with 2 cordless mics, a generator with lighting system, 120 Ewe Bibles and 120 benches.
Of these Crusades in 16 villages, ten (10) churches were planted for Fountain of Life Chapel International, 2 for United Calvary Church, and 4 for Faith Chapel Ministry.
The 10 churches planted for Fountain of Life Chapel International are being led and overseen by 5 sponsored field leaders.
CHILDREN SUPPORT.
Every quarter, BDGM receives and distributes orphan children’s funds to sponsored children and their caregivers in the villages of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati for their food and basic needs. A team travels from Ho to these two communities to personally hand the funds and supplies to the beneficiary children’s caregivers and take pictures of children available at the time of visit.
Just last Thursday 23rd December, when the team was on their way to distribute children’s funds at Klokope, they saw parents of 8 years old Abel of Kutime who fell from a Cashew tree and had his jaw bone broken at his chin and both ears. Because there was no vehicle in the village at the time, the team had to suspend their mission and transport this young boy Abel to Adidome hospital. Unfortunately Abel was referred to Ho Teaching Hospital where he is now receiving treatment. Those are some of the interventions you cannot refuse to do.
As l write this report the good news that, this morning a second X-ray test was conducted on Abel before taking him to the theatre for surgery but to amazement of the doctors, there is no fracture of his jaw bones and so he was discharged. Glory to God for His answer to power prayer.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Many efforts and attempts were made over the years to get Clean water for the people of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati such as drilling boreholes and building of Rain Water harvesting tanks which didn’t work. With prayers for the Lord to touch the hearts of government authorities, today I wish to report that this year April, pipe borne water was extended to the 2 communities and has been finally commissioned on 16th December and for the first time the people of Klokope and Kpevenu-Tsati now drink fresh treated pipe borne water. To God be the glory, great things He has done and greater things He will do in the coming years for His people.
Emergency relief
Early February fire gutted 4 houses at Klokope in the middle of the night leaving 8 families homeless with all their personal effects including cooking utensils, 10 bags of maize, 2 motorbikes, and cash amount GHC2450 burnt to ashes.
Through personal appeals to local individuals and members of Fountain of Life we made a total donation of GHC4000 to cover cooking utensils, School uniforms, Exercise/notebooks and footwear.
Not only that, fortunately our international partners at Move City Church and Move Africa Inc. heard our cry and supported us to rebuild all four buildings by reroofing two buildings and rebuild from the scratch the other two making it possible for these families to move back into their homes. The Lord blesses all who donated to make this happen thereby putting a smile on their faces and showing the power of love demonstrated by our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fountain of Life Chapel construction
Early this year we were prompted by an insider that our land permit is about to expire and the land will be rezoned. Because of its prime location, 2 businessmen were seriously and vigorously chasing after it. We quickly mobilized our meagre resources and got to work on casting the floor of our 600 seater Sanctuary we began 7 years ago from 20 – 22 April 2022.
Our Macedonian call attracted the Lord’s attention and on the 5th of May we received our first donation from our international partners Move City Church and Move Africa Inc. This enabled us to purchase materials such as iron rods, cement, woods, chippings etc to kick start raising pillars.
The authorities from the planning department who came round task us to complete the superstructure before the end of September to secure the land.
We were fired up when our international partners by God’s grace and love stood in the gap coming alongside conducting fundraisers and sending donations to us in June, July, August, and September making it possible for us to complete the superstructure. Glory to God. May the Lord bless them for every dime making it possible for the Sanctuary construction to progress steadily.
At the local level we got donations of bags of cements all these made it possible for how far we have come. Between May and August the Lord has been so good to us that, we had good weather most of the time during the day which made it possible for the pace at which the work progresses.
As l write we received donations for the fabrication of the trusses in November thereby putting the trusses fabricator to work in waiting for the roofing. God is good all the time.
In October after spending time in His presence for direction, the Lord gave me the theme for 2023 as a sub-theme of 2022. It is: 2023 and BEYOND, SPREADING GOD’S LOVE: Listening, Generosity, Encouraging, Kindness and Praying John 13:34 – 35
In November, we appealed to 5 local sponsors for support to enable us to launch the Theme during our Christmas Service on 25th December.
God being so kind we received a donation of 65 pieces of 5 kg rice, 65 pieces of 5 kg gari, 100 pieces of tin fish and 72 bottles of oil on Saturday, 24th December and duly launched it during Sunday 25th December service by donating to the people we intended. Beneficiary target people who could not join us at the service, because their depravity were visited after church by our team in their homes and the items presented and prayers said for them.
THE WAY FORWARD.
We have divided Ho into 12 target areas or suburbs for monthly outreach by identifying deprived locations in these suburbs.
PRAYER
May I express our heartfelt appreciation to you and your family for your huge contribution to the success of BDGM and Fountain of Life Chapel International 2022 ministry projects and programmes.
Psalms 100:4-5 says, “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name! For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.”
We pray that anything upon which you lay your hands shall flourish uncommonly, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
Category: Development Projects
The people of Kpevenu-Tsati also had their pipe borne water completed and tested two weeks ago. This was the report of the team who went to distribute children support funds. Children who were around during the distribution had their pictures taken at the pipe stand on Wednesday.
We have prayed along time for this!
We received this wonderful message from Senyo this morning:
The people of Klokope yesterday got the opportunity to fetch pipe borne water in their own community when the contractor finished the pipe stand and test run the line.
They were told the supervisors and engineers will come round in the coming days to officially hand it over.
Keep praying for Kpevenu- Tsati, that they would also be blessed with a functional water well or collection tank.
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.” 2 Corinthians 2:14
Greetings of Fountain to you all brothers and sisters, Win today tomorrow and forever.
The fire disaster on the night of Tuesday, 1st February this year was so traumatic not only to the families whose entire livelihood was destroyed but the entire community of Klokope. Because times are hard everywhere in the world. But thanks be to God, your intervention brought hope and faith that they will live again, smile again, enter their rooms and have shelter again, living a normal life again. This, they are thankful to God for your lives and kept praying to the Lord’s blessings upon you all.
Upon the arrival of your donations on 15th February, we proceeded to Akatsi same day where we were joined by Brother Francis the carpenter and bought all building materials and transported them to village, though the truck breakdown on our way and had to be abunden till the next day when it finally got to the village the evening.
By 19th February rebuilding and roofing work started. Two houses were re-roofed and the families moved in at the close end of February. The other 2 were pulled down completely to be reconstructed because it was very weak. They have been completed and as part of discussion agreed with the owners is that they will also contribute in its building. Their part of the agreed discussion includes:
1. communal labour in moulding blocks
2. provision of water,
3. other menial work to reduce charges of the artisans (masons and carpenters)
4. provision of doors and windows, locks and shatters.
Unfortunately numbers 1, 2 and 3 was not done fully well because of their farming activities thereby eating in the money.
They have moved in and will be finishing the remaining sections.
APPRECIATION
As always we are very thankful for your unflinching support in the form of finance, prayers and words of encouragement. We thank God Almighty, the Father of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for your love springing from the bottom of your hearts demonstrating His unconditional love for all humanity. To God be all the glory, for great things He has done.
It is our fervent prayer that, the good Lord Himself grants all your heart desires and bless you bountifully with His choicest blessings in the glorious name of Jesus Christ. Fountain, for in His Light we see light leading us in perpetual Victory due to the Finished Work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Hallelujah! ❤️🔥😇
Just getting bad news from Klokope where 8 families lost their houses last because of bush fire.
They lost everything.
The fire happen around 10:00 pm when they went to bed. The fire started on 2 houses and while they efforts was being made to quench them, 2 other houses also got affected
Three caregivers were among the 8 families.
Georgina Yedzude’s caregiver
Etse Nyabi’d caregiver
Sodzi Mawuli’s caregiver
God being so good no one was hurt.
Personal effects:
Clothing, household items including cooking utensils, 10 bags of maize, 2 motorbikes GHC2450 cash were destroyed.
15 children from the 8 families lost their books, school bags, school uniforms footwear and other dresses
Of the 8 families are:
8 men
8 women
10 boys age 5 – 18years
16 girls age 6 – 14 years
Total= 42
The cost of damages has been assessed to be approx. $6,000 US dollars. If God is leading your heart to contribute toward rebuilding, please choose “development” in the drop-down options on the giving page.
Thank God for answered prayer concerning clean water situation in Klokope.
Work has began on extending treated pipe borne water to the community. Survey work and pegging was completed this morning. According to the Contractor, his worker will start digging the trenches tomorrow and Lord willing lay out the pipeline and cover them by the close of the week.
The above were some of the prayers the Move Africa team joined the people of Klokope to lift before the Lord during their 2015 and 2018 mission trips!
Thanks be to God Almighty for another answered prayer concerning clean water situation in Kpevenu-Tsati.
Surveyors carried out survey work to the community yesterday and this morning started digging the trenches to lay pipes for water to flow through to the village. It was all joy for the people.
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9 NLT
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Masks Delivered
As Covid-19 spread around the world, we heard from Senyo about the need:
“Top Calvary greetings to you all my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.
I come to you again in all humility of heart to passionately appeal to your conscience and faith the as a matter of urgency to stand in the gap at this difficult time of Covid-19 global pandemic. To kindly raise funds for the purchase of face masks for the very souls we all have been making frantic effort sharing the Word God in order to lead as many as we can to Christ for them to have relationship with the Lord as fulfilment of the Great Commission.
A law has been passed making wearing of face mandatory of which failure is a crime and attract sentencing to fine or jail term. This has become necessary because of the daily escalation of virus contraction.
To help the rural villages amongst whom we have be doing ministry all this years because poverty intensity hence my humble and passionate appeal for your intervention as fellow Christians. We need a total of approximately 4000 locally produced face masks that can be reused after washing to distribute in the area especially among the people that is the villages we have been doing outreach with the word of God as follows:
1. Mafi Kusrum = 200
2. Kpordiwlor = 400
3. Sasekpe = 400
4. Srekpe =200
5. Kpevenu Tsati = 200
6. Kpevenu Duga = 240
7. Deveme =300
8. Aformanorkope = 120
9. Kopodeke = 120
10. Hayiborkope = 140
11. Avikope =140
12. Adaklu Waya = 300
13. Gidikpoe = 240
14. Kpoviadzi = 300
15. Mafi Kpewu = 120
16. Adaklu Hasu = 300
17. FLCI, Ho = 200
Total face masks = 3880
One locally produced face mask that can be washed and reused is equivalent $1 USD.
Each individual person shall be given 2 face masks. Please save a life today by helping to stop the spread. It is also demonstrating our as followers of Christ so as to lead as many to the Lord.
Praying you can take up the challenge to raise the needed fund for us to do the needful at time as a way of laying down your lives and comfort in fulfilment of His higher calling the Great Commission.
Serving Him together.” – Senyo M. Cudjoe
We quickly put together a fundraiser and asked you to step up to help our family in Ghana with the safety measures needed. God provided through you – who all showed amazing generosity and kindness.
“We are so very grateful for all you are doing in support for our outreach efforts this difficult time.
Christian ministries are doing a lot amongst the people where they have outreach programs. But unfortunately BDGM is the only ministry working amongst the rural communities in Mafi-Kumase Zone covering from Mafi-Kusrum to Klokope and the several villages in that area.
Please pray lifting Avedo to Adidome to Mafi-Wute to Adaklu areas that is 33 miles square with over 60 villages. The closest to Ho is Adaklu-Hasu which 30 minutes drive and the furtherance is Klokope which is 1hr 30 minutes drive.
The Lord bless you for all you continue to do for us in Jesus glorious name.
Serving Him together” – Senyo
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Veronica Buckets
When Covid-19 began to become a global pandemic, there was a huge need to help our friends and family in Ghana by seeing how God would provide local resources to help in the areas of sanitation and prevention.
Ghana news began reporting increasing rates of infection:
But also reported on a local invention that became an effective tool in providing rural villages with a simple handwashing station:
We received news from Senyo that they had been able to purchase the Veronica Buckets and deliver them to the rural towns around southern Ghana.
“Beloved co-laborers in Christ,
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God” 2 Corinthians 1:2 – 3
On behalf of our target communities, thus Kpevenu-Tsati, Klokope and Mafi-Kusrum and the behalf of BDGM and my team, l wish to express my heartfelt gratitude to you all especially The leadership of Move City Church, the Elder board, members and other church partners for all that you kept doing for the betterment, well-being and the salvation of our targeted communities.
The wire arrived Saturday and because of the Shutdown of our national capital which was to happen the following days, the Banks opened for work and we were able to cash the money for purchase of the Veronica Buckets,Tables, Taps and Carbolic soaps for the households we proposed.We also bought the food that is rice, oil, tomatoes paste for all the sponsored children. But was a very tedious task because l had to drive quickly to Accra to buy all the things. The items were scares we move from one location to another and finaly arrived back home in Ho at midnight.
Unfortunately prices of all goods including foodstuff and the Veronica buckets, Taps went up astronomically with some more than double so the following is what we bought for each of the three (3) communities:
1. Kpevenu-Tsati 35 buckets, 20 Tables, 35 taps and 3 cartons of carbolic soaps.
2. Klokope got 20 buckets, 20 Tables, 20 taps and 2 cartons of carbolic soaps.
3. Mafi-Kusrum got 20 buckets, 20 Tables, 20 taps and 2 cartons of carbolic soaps.
4. We bought foodstuff for all the 38 sponsored children with each child receiving of two 5 kgs rice, 5 tomatoes mix, 1 lit cooking oil, 4 canned fish, 4 tablets toilet soaps for bathing GHC20.
All these were distributed yesterday Sunday to all the 3 villages by our team 7 including Aaron and our cameraman. As soon as we arrive in one village 4 tea members fix taps on the Veronica buckets and two of us distribute the food and funds to the children and their caregivers.
Because we could not get enough money to buy the buckets for all the 198 households, we grouped the households and help them agreed to set up the bucket for hand washing at the central house of the group. We use the opportunity educate them on the virus and how to wash their hands. We also urge and encourage them to live in peace and harmony.
Early this morning we got a call that the neighboring village of Kevenu-Tsati their land owners at Kpevenu main town came up again like they did in 2018 concerning the borehole. So, l mobilize the team we went round Ho township to buy 16 Veronica buckets which are already fitted with taps and 16 tables from my ministry support and drove to that village to prevent quarrel
Beloved, life in third world villages is something else especially when is about survival of the fittest. There is misunderstanding which breeds envy and jealousy,leading to hatred,anger quarrel etc. There is an adage in my language which says “A hungry man is an angry man”
Though our culture is community based, in challenging times as this things become everyone for himself. While we know the world at large is going through difficult times we continue to pray very fervently the Lord hides us all here, your nation USA and the world at large under the protective shadow of His wings until the destruction is over.
It is our very fervent prayer also the Lord touch the hearts of more benevolent and philanthropic people to hear our cry for help so that we can at the end of it all lead more and more souls to the Lord.
We pray the Lord’s richest blessings upon you all for answering to our unexpected urgent appeal for help.
“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace” May He open the floodgates of heaven by bring calmness and abundant blessing upon you all for living 2 Corinthians 1:2-3 in our lives. Because He cares”
-Senyo
Throughout the years we have seen God do so many amazing things through our continued partnership in the Volta Region of Ghana. One opportunity was in the village town of Klokope. The village had been promised help with development in the past, but nothing had come except for disappointment, so the first visit was not very exciting. Beginning with support for the orphaned children through caregiver families the relationship began. This is the note we received from Senyo celebrating what we have seen God do from that point on:
“Good morning and Fountain! In His Light we see light, we see blessing, we see opportunities and healings.
What a joy unleashed on the people of Klokope by the Jesus Christ all because of Move City Church’s willingness to venture into far away Volta Region of Ghana, Africa in fulfilment of the Great Commission.
Hearts, for that matter, the souls of the people of Klokope are saying thank you God for the visionary leadership of MCC who defied all odds to invest their time, finances and prayers on their behalf.
Those prayers are seeds that were sown in their hearts and also for their needs that have been ignored by the authorities for years if not centuries since their great great grandparents came to settle there.
To Togbe Larry Andrews and Pastor Jesse Colburn who were the first responders. Then, Ron & Sue Stevens and Josh & Morrisa Berkley, Sister Courtney, April Wood and Emma Keninger who were second responders. Pastor Allan Bushnell and Patricia Bracken who were the third responders with the Reinforcement Base Team as backer of The Move City Church community, the people are saying: May the good Lord richly bless you, keep you all safely united and answer all your individuals, families and ministry’s prayer needs in Jesus mighty name.
The people are saying since the first day Move City Church, elder Togbe Larry Andrews and Pastor Jesse Colburn stepped into Klokope their needs of many years began to receive attention.
1. Rain Water Harvesting Tank
2. Children support
3. Electricity came
4. Kindergarten teachers were paid
5. Ten Seater KVIP
6. Borehole completed
7. Kindergarten Building was re-roofed
8. Now the road has just been open for easy access.
They are filled with thanksgiving to God for your lives and praying God’s blessings upon you all from on high most importantly the leadership team of Pastors and the Elder Board whose visionary initiatives we seeing the goodness of the Lord today.
Because He cares,” – Pastor Senyo Mawufemor Cudjoe
Today we are celebrating all of the blessings that God has allowed for Klokope over the many years of investment, trust, and partnership. These projects and accomplishments were not the work of one person, but have happened through the work of local contractors in Ghana, local volunteers in the towns, funds from individuals, oversight and motivation from the local church (Fountain of Life Chapel International) and ministry (Biblical Discipleship and Growth Ministries) and even attention and support from the government of Ghana.
Please celebrate with us and consider partnering in some way to see more of these things in more towns in rural Ghana in the future!
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Klokope School Roof Repair
We received news from Senyo that the repair work on the roof of the school house in Klokope had begun and been completed. This building is used for education of Elementary children, and also serves as the means of collecting water for the water collection tank of that town.
“The contractor this morning completed the re-roofing of the Kindergarten building at Klokope. The people of Klokope planned cleaning the Rain Water Harvesting Tank tomorrow. This is because there are intermittent rains so they don’t want to miss any of it.” – Senyo
