By Jim Reed
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When to give? Heavens knows we have plenty to save for. When you are a child, you really don’t have any money, at least the lemonade stand doesn’t bring enough in to give any away. As you reach adolescence you could give money away, but what would you do when it came time to buy […]
I mentioned in an earlier post how we witnessed people working hard for survival in Ghana, and my thoughts have consistently gone back to that over the past several weeks. There is a tendency to think that here in the United States we work hard for a living and that we understand the concept of hard […]
Our Journey in July This week please join us in prayer for the upcoming Two Pennies Journey in July. There are many things that we hope to accomplish on our trip and it all requires planning. We have a medical team that would like to do wellness checks and health care training. We have purchased […]
Every life has significance. From the Chilean boy living in squalor to the billionaire cruising in his yacht, we were all paid for by the same blood. Christ died for all. We cannot earn more significance by “being good” or refraining from evil, but we certainly can honor God by following his commandments. And what […]
Day 3 The third day of our Journey was spent entirely at Countryside Orphanage. Kevin, Ben and I spent our time doing interviews for a video Alighted Lantern is producing for the orphanage. It also gave us the opportunity to extensively tour the facility. Countryside Orphanage Over the course of our interviews we discovered that […]
Our Journey I have been asked by several people to give a brief account of the Two Pennies Journey to Ghana this spring. I have decided to do this in a series of four blogs that will each cover two days of our journey. I hope this gives you an idea of how we progressed […]
Opportunity. The latest trip to Ghana taught me something. I learned that the people of that beautiful country aren’t looking for money or support, and certainly not pity. They are looking for opportunity. At the orphanages they want the opportunity to support themselves and not have to rely on outside help. At the schools they […]
[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last]What an amazing trip! Last week I returned to Ghana withBen Grey and Kevin Ramos. We had an extremely busy and productive trip. We were able to visit schools to deliver letters from students at Highland School, pass out supplies and meet with teachers and administrators. We conducted almost two dozen interviews, met with […]
The sixth grade students at Highland Elementary in Elgin have packed gifts for their pen-pals in Cape Coast. They have spent the last month fund-raising with candy sales in order to provide books and other school supplies for the four schools we are in contact with. They are very excited to hear back from their […]
The chickens purchased by First Baptist Church have acquired a disease called gumboro. This is a highly contagious disease which, from what I understand is not curable, only treatable. This is a moment for prayer. The chicks are God’s and we know that he is big enough to deal with this. It is certainly […]