May 19, 2008
Journal Update from Ellen Abramson
The most powerful force in this world is not the enemy of our soul, it is not Islam, it is not greed, it is not the fallen human soul, rather it is the transforming power of the Holy Spirit of God. He has gained the victory.
In Kumasi, Ghana West Africa with ants crawling out of the keyboard of my laptop, I am composing this article. Our team of eight university women from Jacksonville, FL has finished meeting for six hours with 15 to 18 year olds talking with them about their hope for the future which God has planned for them. One of the 15 year olds in class today is an aspiring cyber journalist who is helping to lead 100 Ghanains ages 2-18 year olds in a weekly neighborhood Bible club. Her vision is to train up future leaders for Christ. She spent 8 years in such a Bible club which was run by an ex-patriot American missionary. She became a leader at 15 and is now raising up others in her peer group to lead them first to Christ and to disciple them. The dedication of this young Ghanaian is an inspiration to our team. This young leader’s name is Grace. Another leader in the class is 18 years old and his Christian name is Abraham. He converted from Islam just three years ago. For a time his family disowned him and he slept on the ground. Eventually, his family did take him back in even though he was a Christian. Abraham wants to become a pastor. When the team mentioned phrases of scripture, Abraham would tell them where to find each verse and quote it for them. He has studied very hard and enthusiastically in the three years he has walked with Christ.
We shared with the Ghanaians in class today that we needed them to pray for the U.S. We told them that there are many people on our streets who do not know Jesus and who are not interested in hearing about Him. They were amazed. One of the students said, “Then, I need to come to your country as a missionary.” Twice today, my team heard for the first time in their lives, the Muslim call to prayer from a local minaret. It is a haunting audible reminder of the need of the message they are carrying. Tomorrow morning, we will travel 10 hours by van over dusty, bumpy roads to the far northwest corner of Ghana to a community called Lawra where we will spend 8 days carrying Christ to several tribal villages and where we will work in an orphanage, nutrition center and HIV hospice. We came to be a blessing, but we are being blessed and transformed. Pray for us – pray for Ghana!
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