Jasmund Outreach

God willing, our dear friends from Life Care Ministries, Mike and Lillian Easterly-Smith will be with us in Ghana from Jan 27 – Feb 8.
Please pray for them as they are preparing.  www.lifecarechristiancenter.org
We’ll host 4 days of conference/teaching environments with the CYI, travel north to Bolgatanga and host a leadership conference there.
The theme for these conference/environments is, “Breaking Free” – healing & wholeness God’s way. We are preparing for these environments now.
Please pray with and for us: wisdom, God’s leading and For God to use these times to change lives. “Fruit that will last.”

Please pray for the CYI retreat/camp this coming week and for us to communicate God’s truth clearly and effectively. We leave immediately after the camp, for Kumasi to the north where we will speak/teach in another conference and Church. Please pray for us to love well and serve well.

God willing, 3 pastors from the U.S. will visit us in Bolgatanga from Jan 23-25 and meet our friends and partners who are laboring in the Lord.
Please pray for their safety and for them to be directed by God; for them to connect with and see what God would have for them.

Please pray for siham’s mom Karimeh Kash. Just before Thanksgiving she had a massive heart attack, she is still recovering.
Please pray for siham, as it has been difficult being away during this time.

We pray that 2012 will truly be a NEW year for you.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come.”

God Bless YOU!

In Him,
gary & siham

Working & hanging out at the Church site.

Nearing completion, starting to celebrate.

Check out this Cool – Yeah God – Story!

A few weeks after completing John’s Church, a strong storm destroyed the roof of the land owner, who gave permission to use some of his property for the church bldg.
The church body came together and were able to donate metal roofing sheets towards rebuilding the land owners roof.
The land owner was so touched, that he gave full legal ownership of the property to the Church!
This is huge! Land ownership – issues, purchasing, monies, etc, are complicated and often very divisive in Ghana. Giving land ownership for free is nearly unheard of. The Church family is doing well, loving those outside the church.

Pastor John & Joseph. Joseph often serves with us in the north, he was with us in Kete Krachi in 2010
Joe’s been serving with us since 2009. He is a great worship leader and he continues to be a great help to us.

Pastor John & his family live a substantial distance from the Church. The Church family wants to build them a house on the property. Please pray with us about helping them with this project. They can do most of the building structure, with their labor and natural materials. Money for wood and roofing is often out of reach for our northern friends.

Pastor John works at the supply store (picture above). He makes no salary, hourly or daily wage. He makes something small from each bag of cement he is able to load and/or off load, which is not everyday. He draws no salary from the Church family. He says that he will not put or add burden to his people who are struggling. We have seen John display great compassion, generosity and servanthood to the Church family he leads. He had a job with a bus company, that would not allow him to be at church on Sunday mornings, he left that job 2 years ago.
We share this to give you a fresh picture of how some of our African brothers and sisters are living, following and serving Christ.

We recently visited friends from the Crossroads Church in Grass Lake CA., who opened their hearts and homes to us.

Jeff, Rich & Linda, Pastors Ed & John

Friends at The Crossing Church in Las Vegas NV donated books, music, bible study material, etc, for the cyi college youth/ministry we are serving with outside of Accra.
Another friend provided a projector for them as well.

Thank you for your love, friendship and support.
“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you,
I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1

gary & siham

gary is traveling to Bolga on Aug. 18. Please pray for safe travel and wisdom while serving there. Once again God has blown us away by providing for and encouraging us through His people!
Siham has been delayed in returning to Ghana, we thank God for our dear friends here in Ghana  who provided the funds for gary to travel to the states.  In the last month, Siham has had 2 deaths in her extended family, our daughter Theresa had eye surgery, and continued eye Dr. appointments for siham’s eyes and an experimental drug trying to regulate the pressures in Her eyes. Please pray with us for her vision.

Thank you all for your continued love, encouragement and partnership in His mission. “To reach this broken and lost world.”
In Him,
gary & siham

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