In preparation for the start of this year’s retreat the team will be taking time to go over lesson plans and spending some time in rest today. Tomorrow afternoon the children will start arriving and begin checking in. They will then have dinner and later take part in an orientation program before getting a night’s rest.
Please keep all of the workers and volunteers in your thoughts and prayers . Pray for safe travels as the children make the journey to Ho from their homes. May the retreat run smoothly and be fruitful. Pray that the Lord’s messages flow freely in communication and be received with open hearts and minds. May lives be forever transformed and filled with love, joy, peace and hope. Most of all may they be filled with the Holy Spirit and may they return home over flowing with a grace for others. Pray over our team members seeking safety and good health.
Today the team traveled approximately 2 hours to Vume-Kpoviadzi, Senyo’s home community. Christina opened up church services with music and songs before Pastor Jack brought this morning’s message.
Here team members join in the local tradition of drumming and dancing before service.
Team members were blessed to have Beta brought from a neighboring community to Vume-Kpoviadzi. For those who are new to her. During last year’s trip team members were drawn to this child who was extremely ill and under nourished. They were guided to have her taken to the hospital in Ho for testing and treatment. Today through the loving hearts of her sponsors she receives the proper nutrition and medications. She is doing much better and was able to return to school.
We are grateful for all the kind supporters we have had through the years. Without your prayers and financial support, trips and stories like this might not be possible. May the Lord continue to bless you all many times over.
Remember, your prayers carry us through bringing us strength, wisdom and the power to go forward. We Thank You!
Today the team traveled to the community of Adaklu-Kpetsu. A community Move Africa first visited in March of 2023. This year’s team members are there again to share messages from the Bible and of the unlimited power and love of God.
Sights and sounds of day 3.
And here are the younger members of the team giving soccer balls to the children of the community which has become a theme over the past several trips.
And this year beach balls sounded like a lot of fun!
While our main focus is supporting Senyo’s mission of spreading God’s word though out the Volta Region of Ghana Africa, it is also building relationships.
We trust and believe in the power of prayer. Know that your prayers are encouraging and are being felt by the team. We ask you to continue to lift us up in prayer along with those who have come to listen to God’s word. That through the seeds that are being sowed, his kingdom will multiply and through him lives will be forever changed.
This evening Senyo reports that the team traveled to Kpevenu-Tsati. A community that Move Africa has been working in since 2015. A little history on our relationship there. Senyo introduced us into this community that year on our trip. Then as the team departed they felt the calling to sponsor 30 orphan children in which 17 are still sponsored today while 13 have turned 18 years old and aged out. In 2018 we tried to bore a well in 3 different locations wanting to replace there stagnant water source with clean freshwater. None of the locations produced water. In 2022 the government piped in clean water after much prayer. This is a remote farming community approximately an hour and a half from Ho. We continue to pray over them, seeking the strong presence of the Holy Spirt, drawing them closer to our Lord and Savior. Following are some sights and sounds of today’s visit.
Pastor Jack giving a lesson on love and how love will make one go out of his/her comfort zone to do something extraordinary for someone.
A man hearing Pastor Jack’s message was moved with compassion towards his community’s water issues, spoke to Pastor Jack about the broken down borehole to which the pastor went to exam it. Upon Pastor Jack’s inspection of the borehole, he realized that this chain in the borehole system was torn. And he made a request for a cable to be brought to him so he could try to fix the borehole system for the community. The problem was fixed easily and this will save the community from any further water crisis.
Word of how Pastor Jack fixed the borehole system got the womenfolk and out of excitement, the women began to sing a song of praise to God. The song speaks about how we benefit a lot of things when we put our trust in God.
As the members of the community are broken up into smaller groups, team members share a message from the word of our Lord.
Josh reaching out to the young men.
Such a glorious day. As Senyo so often says. God is good, all the time. Continue praying for continued safety, strength, rest.
We have safely arrived in Accra and with Senyo. It’s early morning here and after stopping to eat and some shopping we will be taking the 3 hour drive to Ho and check into our hotel. Please continue to keep us in your prayers and check back for continued updates.
Breaking bread with Senyo for the first time after arriving.
Fresh Coconut anyone?
We believe this picture was taken sometime on Wednesday the 14th in front of their home in Ho. This is Senyo’s family to include his wife, his children and his grandchildren.
The team is traveling to Ho, Ghana Africa to take part in a children’s retreat lead by our partners, Senyo Cudjoe and the Fountain of Life Chapel International. This year’s retreat is titled, “LIMITLESS “. Ephesians 3:20 – 21 & Philippians 4:13. Because our lives can be limitless through HIM! Each team member is choosing a teaching lesson from God’s limitless; Love, Faith, Wisdom, Blessings, Healings, Resources, Protection’s, Life, Possibilities, Opportunities and Promises. Once again Fountain of Life Chapel is sponsoring children from the rural communities throughout the Volta Region and bringing them to the chapel in Ho. For 4 days and 5 nights they will hear and learn about the Limitless love and power of our Lord and Savior. Many of these young boys and girls come from very poor farming communities with little knowledge of anything but the hard life they live and see. Hearing and having knowledge of our Lord’s words and promises can open doors to a life they don’t know is even possible.
Members of the team will have the opportunity to travel to some of the children’s homes to see what life is like living in the rural farming communities. Witnessing the struggles for clean water, healthy diets, education difficulties and the shared responsibilities of even the youngest of family members.
Along with the children’s retreat, the team will spend time researching the progress being achieved on the construction of the new chapel building and what the needs are for it’s completion.
Please join us in prayer as we ask for safe travel mercies not only for our team members, but also the children who will be traveling to and from the retreat. Pray for all those who are and will be working on putting the retreat together. Lift up praises for the lives that have already answered the call to take part and for those lives that are about to be forever changed. Remember our partner Senyo and the endless time and energy he spends in witnessing to so many who feel lost, forgotten.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 – 17. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
We are glad to report that work continues to secure the chapel with the installation of the exterior entryway doors.
We continue to be thankful to all of you who have joined with us to make this possible. As there is still much work to be done. We continue to trust and believe that our Lord and Savior will see this through. Your prayers and financial support are and have been truly a blessing. You can help complete this project by going to our giving page and donating to mission ministries.
NOW A SNEAK PEEK INTO AN UP COMING EVENT.
What might this group be up to? Come back to find out!
Greetings from your Move Africa Team. After a very fruitful 2023 we have found ourselves in a time of rest. Work has slowed down but continues both on the new chapel and in the mission field. The plastering brown coat inside and out has now been completed.
The security doors have been installed and we are looking to see the new entry doors installed.
The 2nd quarter Children’s support along with the field leaders support has been delivered. Senyo reports Bethar, (Beta) is doing very well. Here she is seen in a new dress and bags of rice she received as part of her quarterly support.
please continue to keep the children, the chapel construction, Senyo and his team in your prayers. Your Move Africa team asks that you keep us lifted up also as we seek the Lord’s will. To grant us wisdom in planning and decisions moving forward. Each of us thank you for your continued support and prayers.
Stage two is underway as work continues with the roofing contractor finishing by closing up under eve overhangs.
Progress is also happening inside around the stage area with the construction of steps and the choir platform.
Today work started on the exterior walls where plaster is being applied.
As you can also see the window security bars have also been installed. Our next fundraising goal is to be able to purchase the 4 exterior doors to enable Senyo to secure the building. Please continue to keep this project, the worker’s safety and the funding to complete the chapel in your prayers. If the Lord leads you to give to this project. You can go to the giving page and donate to Mission Ministries in the drop-down box.
Today we received word from Senyo that the roofing contractor is on site and has begun installing the roofing panels. We praise our Lord for raising up everyone who has donated and or prayed over the construction of this new, Fountain of Life Chapel International chapel building. As many are aware this started as a vision back in 2008. In December of 2017 they began with the hand digging of the footers.
In 2018 work began of laying the foundation and the start of pouring the floors and building walls.
By the end of 2018 work came to a complete stop as funding slowed down. In December of 2021 with the threat of losing the building permit and the property there began a drive to raise funds and meet different requirements set in place by the building inspectors office in Ho, Ghana Africa. As the Lord provided us with generous donors, work once again started and gained momentum. Between April of 2022 through today, the floors have been completely poured, walls have been put up, trusses set and the roofing is going on today.
We thank each and everyone who has contributed to and prayed over this project. We ask each of you to continue to lift this up to completion. There is still much to do to reach the finish line.
