Long Road to Kumasi, Part IV of IV

While I was in Kumasi I was blessed to be able to meet with the Christians to remember the Lord Jesus through the breaking of bread. It was one of the highlights of my time in Kumasi. They like to sing a LOT of songs during their meeting which was nice. They use the Believers Hymn Book, which I have on my iPhone, but I think they thought I was texting or something because they promptly handed me a hymnbook ;)

My friend, Paul Robertson, from Saint John happened to be visiting in Kumasi that weekend as he was helping with a  team of young people who were in the country to spread the word about a new local church which was going to start in Adumasah (near Kumasi) soon. I was really happy to be able to be there to hear Paul’s ministry as it was very insightful. He spoke on Psalms 22, 23 and 24 and reviewed how 22 is about Jesus’ past work, 23 describes His current work in the world, and 24 describes His future work in the world. He related all three to the gospel and it was a great message.

It was being translated by one of the elders which was smooth for the most part though he had a hard time explaining to the congregation the meaning of words like “Fog” and “Anchor”. Here is a picture of him using gestures to get across the gist of an Anchor’s purpose…

Here are some other pictures of the church in Kumasi. It meets in the home of one of the other missionaries in Kumasi, which was neat.

Here is a picture of the north american team that had just finished doing the gospel work in Kumasi:

After church the family treated me to some local Sunday munchies bought on the street on the way home. There were homemade plantain chips, roasted cassava and roasted corn. The roasted corn was sold to us wrapped up in someone’s French homework assignment paper…

On Sunday night, Joseph holds a teen bible study at one of the local schoolhouses. This schoolhouse is straight out of the 1800s complete with double wooden bench/desks and slates! Even though the focus is on teenagers for the study, we had people from age 3 to age 40 something show up for it throughout the evening.

Sorry this Kumasi story has been so long, but I had so many pictures I wanted to put up about it. But that about sums it up. I had such a wonderful time up there, I’m hoping to be back up there about once a month or so – but I think I might try flying next time…. ;)