Naomi Awuni, one of our coaches, told me during my recent visit to Ghana that a chief named Nana Kofi Yeboah (whom I met a couple of times, most recently in November of last year) had recently died…
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The reason(s) we are moving to Ghana next month
Have you known someone in a long-distance relationship? Or, have you seen a couple at a restaurant on their smart phones instead of interacting with each other?…
Yakubu’s death sparks renewal in Pulima
The young disciple Yakubu’s body was returned to his hometown of Pulima after he’d crashed in a ditch and been thrown from his motorbike. Yakubu was the only known Christian in the Muslim town of Pulima, in Ghana’s upper-west region, with a population of around a thousand people.,,
Clean Water and Living Water – gifts that are changing Chaagbuni
The village of Chaagbuni, Ash with Dokugiku, children who will benefit from clean water and the gospel in Chaagbuni, testing the new clean water, the Chaagbuni water project. Dokugiku from Chaagbuni is a sub-chief in his village. Years ago, he converted to Islam and brought Muslim teachers from Tamale to Chaagbuni to instruct the peopleContinue reading “Clean Water and Living Water – gifts that are changing Chaagbuni”
YLI reaches Burkina Faso – Isaac disciples young village leaders
YLI Coach Isaac Gyesaw has been with YLI since 2002. Ever since I met Isaac he has been discipling young people in Ghana’s more developed and Christianized city, Kumasi. Over the years he has met with numerous young leaders for discipleship and taught as many YLI conferences as anyone else in our ministry. But theContinue reading “YLI reaches Burkina Faso – Isaac disciples young village leaders”
YLI Trained Leaders – Elijah of Kintampo
I met my friend Elijah in 2010 during YLI training in the town of Kintampo. Over the following year I kept hearing reports from the coaches about this Elijah from Kintampo who was seeing amazing ministry as he lived out our teaching on love evangelism and deep discipleship. Elijah is an auto mechanic andContinue reading “YLI Trained Leaders – Elijah of Kintampo”
YLI Trained Leaders – Bossman and Samuel
Almost a decade ago, Yeboah Bossman felt called by God to start a church in the midst of a community of northern immigrants who had moved south to his town of Sunyani to seek a better life. The community, nicknamed “Angola,” was notorious for alcoholism, drug abuse, poverty and sexual promiscuity. Bossman and hisContinue reading “YLI Trained Leaders – Bossman and Samuel”
Abukari from Komlanyili – from defender to disciple
I wasn’t introduced to Abukari the first time I visited Komlanyili, but I couldn’t help noticing him. His imposing presence stood between us and the children of the village. His protectiveness was understandable–as far as I know, we were the first non-Africans to visit their village. Komlanyili’s chief had invited us to come after seeingContinue reading “Abukari from Komlanyili – from defender to disciple”
Photos from my August trip to Paga, Tamale and Kumasi
A YLI trained Timothy grows into a paul
For Isaac to travel from Kumasi to Navrongo, he must commit to a long journey by bus that takes as long as it takes me to travel to Ghana—except he doesn’t have the luxuries of air-conditioning, movies, or airline cuisine. Relatively speaking, it costs more for Isaac to travel to Navrongo than for me toContinue reading “A YLI trained Timothy grows into a paul”
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