Friday, July 4, 2008
Last Blog from Ghana
Hello again!
The team is leaving in just a little while. Yesterday was a great day of discussion and debriefing. We also had a farewell ceremony thrown for us by the Manna Mission staff. It was very nice of them. The staff at Manna have been such servants and have been a pleasure to do ministry along-side. We will miss them dearly.
During the trip the SMI team has made some estimates of the medical work that was preformed:
- Doctors, nurses and med. students saw around 1,000 patients
- There were around 12 surgeries preformed
- Around 10 babies were delivered
- 500 glasses were given out at the traveling eye-clinic
- Dozens of people have given their lives to Christ
And 48 people will forever be changed in how they view the relationship between healing, medicine and Christ.
Once again, as I have personally experienced myself before, I feel that I have been blessed by the Ghanains I have worked with far more than I could have blessed them by being there.
It was a great trip!
The team is leaving in just a little while. Yesterday was a great day of discussion and debriefing. We also had a farewell ceremony thrown for us by the Manna Mission staff. It was very nice of them. The staff at Manna have been such servants and have been a pleasure to do ministry along-side. We will miss them dearly.
During the trip the SMI team has made some estimates of the medical work that was preformed:
- Doctors, nurses and med. students saw around 1,000 patients
- There were around 12 surgeries preformed
- Around 10 babies were delivered
- 500 glasses were given out at the traveling eye-clinic
- Dozens of people have given their lives to Christ
And 48 people will forever be changed in how they view the relationship between healing, medicine and Christ.
Once again, as I have personally experienced myself before, I feel that I have been blessed by the Ghanains I have worked with far more than I could have blessed them by being there.
It was a great trip!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Last Day in Ghana
After three strong days of traveling clinics this week, the team will be wrapping up our stay at Manna Mission today. We will be debriefing and preparing to return home throughout the day. There will be many good-byes.
Thank you for supporting our team and taking time to read this blog.
Take time to ask a team member about their time in Ghana when they return.
God Bless.
Thank you for supporting our team and taking time to read this blog.
Take time to ask a team member about their time in Ghana when they return.
God Bless.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Ocean Odyssey in Ada, Ghana
First we took a three hour bus ride. Then there were twenty minutes on a boat and another five minutes of walking. We had reached the
The small island village probably hasn’t changed a whole lot in the past 200 years. Other than more modern looking clothes, it was pretty primitive. We set up a medical clinic, an eye clinic, children’s ministry, and sent out an outreach team.
It was a great day of ministry, as well as a long one. We arrived back at
I had the opportunity to work in the eye clinic. It was very rewarding to see someone put on a pair of prescription glasses and light up because they could finally see. Some of the literate villagers who were farsighted could now read their Bibles. What a picture of the ministry we are doing. The blind will see!
Thank you for your prayers.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The SMI Traveling Clinic Hits "Downtown" Teshie!
Greetings from Ghana!
Things have been going great here. Fast and crazy, but really great. Today the team went to downtown Teshie and set up a medical clinic. It was hectic but went very well. Many patients were served and many good conversations happened. There was also a children’s ministry where the leaders made “Gospel bracelets” with the children. They are bracelets with different color beads that represent the truths of the Gospel. If the medical clinic was hectic, that was pandemonium! The kids loved it and were sporting their Gospel bracelets all over “downtown” Teshie.
An evangelism outreach team has been going out each day and that has gone well. Also today, different teams went two-by-two to different public schools to lead a devotion/teaching out of the Bible. The public schools here are surprisingly receptive to the Gospel being taught in their classrooms.
Every evening the team meets and recaps the day and also does a case study of a patient from the day. This is led by Morgan Wills and other doctors to help the medical and nursing students gain experience in diagnosing illnesses and in how the Gospel and spirituality are not only integrated, but central in the healing/treatment process.
The Wills and West children have been a great addition to the team in our children’s ministry. We are thankful they are here.
It is difficult to get pictures up here, but I will keep trying.
Keep praying! Thanks!
Things have been going great here. Fast and crazy, but really great. Today the team went to downtown Teshie and set up a medical clinic. It was hectic but went very well. Many patients were served and many good conversations happened. There was also a children’s ministry where the leaders made “Gospel bracelets” with the children. They are bracelets with different color beads that represent the truths of the Gospel. If the medical clinic was hectic, that was pandemonium! The kids loved it and were sporting their Gospel bracelets all over “downtown” Teshie.
An evangelism outreach team has been going out each day and that has gone well. Also today, different teams went two-by-two to different public schools to lead a devotion/teaching out of the Bible. The public schools here are surprisingly receptive to the Gospel being taught in their classrooms.
Every evening the team meets and recaps the day and also does a case study of a patient from the day. This is led by Morgan Wills and other doctors to help the medical and nursing students gain experience in diagnosing illnesses and in how the Gospel and spirituality are not only integrated, but central in the healing/treatment process.
The Wills and West children have been a great addition to the team in our children’s ministry. We are thankful they are here.
It is difficult to get pictures up here, but I will keep trying.
Keep praying! Thanks!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Hello everyone! This is Jina Hawk, one of Nick & Julie's team members. I took a few photos of our trip and wanted to add them to the blog today. I hope it works! If not, check-in tomorrow. :)
There's one of the church-service, and one of the view at Manna Mission from the roof of one of the buildings that we're staying in. And also a picture of our team at lunch today - good chicken/peanut soup!
Alrighty. Enjoy! I'm off to dinner. Thanks so much for keeping up with us, and we'll be sure to post more soon!
Jina
SMI-Ghana 2008 Kicks Off!
The team has arrived. Yesterday the team hit the ground running from the airport bus straight into the Manna Mission Church service. After worship there was lunch and a brief orientation before the team began the task of unpacking personal things and the huge amounts of medical supplies.
The team is very excited to be here and the Manna Mission staff is also equally excited to have us. They have been very welcoming and accommodating and the team is thrilled to work along side them.
Dr. Seth, the man who is in charge of Manna Mission, gave us a brief orientation and welcoming which included his amazing story of how God has brought him to this place and how God has built up what was once a barren piece of dirt and weeds into what is now a Church, hospital, seminary, school and more. Amazing story.
Today the team will be working in a tropical disease center not on the hospital grounds as well as a woman's shelter not on Manna's site.
Hopefully I can get some pictures up soon. Thanks!
The team is very excited to be here and the Manna Mission staff is also equally excited to have us. They have been very welcoming and accommodating and the team is thrilled to work along side them.
Dr. Seth, the man who is in charge of Manna Mission, gave us a brief orientation and welcoming which included his amazing story of how God has brought him to this place and how God has built up what was once a barren piece of dirt and weeds into what is now a Church, hospital, seminary, school and more. Amazing story.
Today the team will be working in a tropical disease center not on the hospital grounds as well as a woman's shelter not on Manna's site.
Hopefully I can get some pictures up soon. Thanks!
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