Bible Institute

This week we are finishing up final exams for the second semester of our Bible Institute. Classes offered this semester include Bible Doctrine 2- (the Doctrine of Christ & the Holy Spirit), the Epistle of Romans, New Testament Survey, and Practical Christian Living. We are thankful for the faithfulness of our students and pray that they would continue to be students of the Word.

All of our students are looking forward to the semester break. With six hours of classes every week in addition to our regular weekly services and various ongoing mininstries during the week has kept everyone busy. We plan to redeem the time wisely, however, and work on our building project and devote more time to evangelism in the area. We plan to organize some evangelistic services in the villages surrounding our area. There are over 150,000 people living in the Cape Coast area.

Pray that we will receive our land documents soon, so we can begin the work on our foundation. We have over 1400 cement blocks waiting to go in the foundation. Our building plans are still in the works as we consider what the Lord would have us to do. It is an exciting time for our members and we are thankful for the Lord's blessings.

Building Blocks

This past week the masons have made over 800 building blocks for our foundation. Here in Ghana most all of the buildings are made of cement blocks with metal roofs. Our goal is to make 1500 blocks to lay the foundation of our church. We are planning a two-story building that will serve the various ministries of our church. There will be a sanctuary, classrooms for Sunday School and our Bible Institute, offices, and a dormitory for our Bible Students.

We have been meeting in a school for two years now. The school has no lights, electricity, fans, or screens on the windows. This is no problem in Africa for our morning services on Sunday, but can sometimes be a problem in the evening services and for our Institute classes. The rechargeable lamps sometimes will burn out during the services leaving us in the dark. Mosquitos are always a nuisance and at times we can hear them singing "Nothing but the Blood." (just kidding).

However, we are grateful that the Lord has provided us a place to meet these past two years, rent-free. Also, we are excited that He has given us two plots of land to build our own building. Pray that the Lord would continue to provide through His people and give us wisdom for the building project.