Category: 2022

  • The Joy of Connection: How the Giving Challenge Sparked Global Friendships

    by Debi Frock, Executive Director, Ghanaian Mothers’ Hope Nothing is more rewarding than seeing joy and excitement spread across a child’s face. Thanks to the 2024 Giving Challenge, I watched that joy ripple across more than 160 faces this year. Through the Ghanaian Mothers’ Hope Cultural Book Exchange, children from Alta Vista Elementary in Sarasota…

  • I know the plans I have for you….

    It is Thursday evening, 8:08pm in Accra. Tomorrow at this time the last poem will have been read, the words echoing on the evening breeze. The last song sung, notes will fade away into the villages. Treasured new books will have been carried home by children who may have no other books at all. The…

  • “The future of Ghana sits in your classroom every day.” by Zach Neumann

    This was the closing charge I left with the teachers at the end of two days of teacher training. I have been coming to Ghana since 2008 and have been helping to lead the teacher training sessions for several years. This year’s training, which combined preparation and training for reading camp with strategies, tools, and…

  • Give Me Your Eyes

    Jose Carrillo Often, I get caught up in ministry and missions and in the daily routine of life and miss the larger picture. If you can relate, we can all fall into this season of life, being consumers instead of contributors to the kingdom of God. We forget how privileged we are whether through the…

  • As I ponder

    by Jenise Nelson As I ponder what to write, all I can think is God is good, all the time. My experience in Ghana has been a lifetime dream. I have always since becoming a Christian (at 19 years old) had a heart for missionaries, and their mission work in other countries.  Day 9 in…

  • GOD PROVIDES

    BY Selena Granillo-Vera In education, we all wish to have a facility where we learn and enjoy to being. Today we traveled to Boate and got to experience a different type of education. Education where God blessed them 2 years ago with computers filled with all the information they will need to succeed, without access…

  • Then Sings My Soul

    by Kaylie Fenwick We started today by going back to Akramaman for church, which was also at the primary school we have been working in. Our first blessing was to arrive and see that about 150 of the kids that came to Jesus camp yesterday were there as opposed to their typical 20-30 at church.…

  • It’s Hard to Say Goodbye

    by Faith Holtz – Day 5 Today was our last day at Akramaman. As a group we visited this village not fully understanding the hold they would have on us. Although we only spent 4 days at the Kg school painting and getting to know the children, they now hold a permanent spot in my…

  • Day 4 – Reflection

    By Dru Lindsey Ghana has already changed my life in such a beautiful way. Today marks the 4th day of our journey, and my heart has already been filled with such a genuine joy. We traveled to the small village of Akramaman to do a Jesus camp, switch is basically a vacation bible school. We…

  • Day 3 – Lights, Camera, Action

    Lily Condray We started off on day 3 with breakfast sandwiches, fresh mango, and prayers that we would do our best serving the Lord and teachers at St. Paul’s Anglican Preschool/Kindergarten. While riding there in the bus, I could see how far some children have to walk to get to school every day. I noticed…