The Renovation Work Complete

This week we saw the completion of the renovation work at the seminary library completed. These pictures show how nice everything is now. Peggy and Sue are shown cataloguing and cleaning the books before we reopened it.The renovation work and the books that have been purchased for the library are the result of the generosity and mission spirit of the members of Pinedale Baptist Church in Montgomery, AL.

Renovation of the Library at the Seminary

For the last couple of weeks we have been having renovation work done at the library of the Northern Ghana Baptist Theological Seminary where I Peggy and I have been working for almost three years. The first picture was taken after the old wooden door was removed and the opening enlarged to take the new glass door. This also gives a good shot of the ceiling which was installed last week. Before there was no ceiling and the rafters and metal roof were visible. The next picture shows the holes in the walls where the old windows have been removed. The third picture shows two of the three new sliding glass windows that have installed. The last picture shows the new door being installed. The young man doing the masonry work and plastering in the pictures is a Muslim and he is now painting the walls and putting a finish coat of paint on the ceiling. Pray that he will be influenced by his exposure to believers. All of this work is made possible by the generous members of Pineview Baptist Church who also gave the funds three years ago to purchase most of the books in the library. Their gifts were processed through the Cooperative Program of the SBC. Peggy and I along with the staff and student body wish to express our thanks to everyone who had a part and we pray that God will richly bless you from the depths of His matchless grace.

Opposition at Wayamba

Peggy, Sue Jaynes, Baako and I went to Wayamba at the regular time today after not having services last Sunday because of heavy rain. John was there to open the classroom for us but he also had some disturbing news. Last week the leaders at the mosque in Wayamba had a special meeting and told all the parents they should not permit their children to go to church anymore. This affected the attendance at Adam's bible club Sat. and it was evident in our attendance today. There were only 12 children rather than the thirty or so we normally have. We did have three adults from the village. The elder who has professed Christ, the grandmother who is a believer and Adam who is a new convert himself. Sue led the children in some new songs and John led them in some Ghanaian songs. I told the story of Joseph, and Baako preached. When we first came to Wayamba there was no open opposition to what we were doing now we have seen acts of opposition for the last three weeks. This tells us that the devil and the Muslims are concerned about what God is doing. All we can do is be faithful and keep going back with the gospel. The rest is up to God. It is His battle not ours. Please pray that the new believers will not become discouraged. We are talking about having baptism for those who are ready on October 11, hopefully at the Seed Ministry Baptistery. Keep us in your prayers.

Sept. 6, 2009 at Wayamba

The bottom picture is of Adam and his new bike. Adam is one of our early converts at Wayamba and he is being discipled and trained to start and lead a Bible club, by the Seed Ministry. He needed a bike to travel from the village to the Seed Ministry so we used money given by the children in VBS at New Harmony Baptist church near Savanah, TN to get him one. A teenaged girl was being trained with him. Call her "S." When her father found out she had become a believer he punished her and told her she was not to attend church anymore. She is also being shunned by family and friends. They are all Muslim. She came to me and apologized and asked forgiveness for not coming to church. I told her she had done nothing wrong. She is still a child under her father's authority. She must obey him but no one can undo the change that took place in her heart when she accepted Christ. When she is an adult she can worship God as He leads her. For some, the cost of being a Christian is difficult. Pray for "S" and pray that God will change her father's heart. The top picture is of Peggy sharing the story of Zacchaeus.