We are landed in Atlanta, going through customs and rechecking bags!
Brian Bunch
Lake Pointe Student Missions
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Leaving the hotel
We are leaving our hotel..
Here is our current flight schedule from Ghana to Atlanta.
Brian Bunch
Lake Pointe Student Missions
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Here is our current flight schedule from Ghana to Atlanta.
Brian Bunch
Lake Pointe Student Missions
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Last full day...
Wow. Where do I begin?
We had an incredible last full day in Ghana.
We started out by doing evangelism in the Stables Community. It is sad to see the amount of poverty in this community but it so cool to see how JOYFUL the kids are in this community.
Haley brought a Polaroid camera and gave many of the kids a picture of themselves (they loved it, kudos to you Haley).
We then went back to an area where we did evangelism earlier in the week and picked up where we left off. Our students had some great conversations this week through the evangelism and were challenged by it!
We then went and ate lunch at the church and played more games at the church with a number of kids in the community and members of All Souls.
Tonight was our last night of worship. I spoke on Commitment in Serving. We all danced around to the music and took in all that we could from the service with our Ghanaian friends!
When the service ended Pastor Moses, Pastor Joe, Nana and other members of All Souls presented us with certificates and a picture of us thanking us for serving alongside them. The Ghanaians love to give certificates for events that take place and it's a reminder of the things that we have done alongside them.
We ended the night with chicken and chips for dinner along with some delicious pineapple (nothing at home compares to this goodness)!
Nana and some of his team joined us briefly for our team meeting and we did a debrief for them over the trip. Then we had a last team meeting and prayed that we would leave this place challenged and changed!
God has done amazing things this year in this team. We all clicked. We all loved and encouraged one another. We really bonded.
Its crazy to think a team of 23 would be this close!
I love these students and couldn't be more proud of them.
Parents, thank you for letting your kids be a part of this team and coming. I would like to encourage you all to take your students out to eat one night soon after we get home and talk to them about the trip. They've got things to share (I promise).
In saw God work in each and everyone of our students this week. In amazing ways!
Tomorrow we depart for the market at 9AM, then go eat lunch at the Accra Mall, come back to the hotel and pack up.
We leave tomorrow... Sad to leave..
Thanks for all of your prayers.
God has done amazing things...
Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Love Ghana.
Bunch
We had an incredible last full day in Ghana.
We started out by doing evangelism in the Stables Community. It is sad to see the amount of poverty in this community but it so cool to see how JOYFUL the kids are in this community.
Haley brought a Polaroid camera and gave many of the kids a picture of themselves (they loved it, kudos to you Haley).
We then went back to an area where we did evangelism earlier in the week and picked up where we left off. Our students had some great conversations this week through the evangelism and were challenged by it!
We then went and ate lunch at the church and played more games at the church with a number of kids in the community and members of All Souls.
Tonight was our last night of worship. I spoke on Commitment in Serving. We all danced around to the music and took in all that we could from the service with our Ghanaian friends!
When the service ended Pastor Moses, Pastor Joe, Nana and other members of All Souls presented us with certificates and a picture of us thanking us for serving alongside them. The Ghanaians love to give certificates for events that take place and it's a reminder of the things that we have done alongside them.
We ended the night with chicken and chips for dinner along with some delicious pineapple (nothing at home compares to this goodness)!
Nana and some of his team joined us briefly for our team meeting and we did a debrief for them over the trip. Then we had a last team meeting and prayed that we would leave this place challenged and changed!
God has done amazing things this year in this team. We all clicked. We all loved and encouraged one another. We really bonded.
Its crazy to think a team of 23 would be this close!
I love these students and couldn't be more proud of them.
Parents, thank you for letting your kids be a part of this team and coming. I would like to encourage you all to take your students out to eat one night soon after we get home and talk to them about the trip. They've got things to share (I promise).
In saw God work in each and everyone of our students this week. In amazing ways!
Tomorrow we depart for the market at 9AM, then go eat lunch at the Accra Mall, come back to the hotel and pack up.
We leave tomorrow... Sad to leave..
Thanks for all of your prayers.
God has done amazing things...
Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Love Ghana.
Bunch
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wednesday
Incredible.
Ghana is incredible. This team is incredible.
Everyone is doing great and doing an amazing job!
We evangelized this morning to a new area across the main street in South La (which is the area of Accra we are in). We've covered a lot of territory this year and have met a ton of local Ghanaians. I've been so impressed by our students that just walk up to the locals (even without one of church partners)! Our students are so eager to reach out.
One of the groups talked to a guy that accepted Christ today and he came to the church service tonight, that was really cool to see.
Tonight we talked about taking the next step from knowing Christ to actually being committed to Christ. A lot of the Ghanaians are similar to us in this aspect! We all forget the commitment part of our relative on ship with Christ. We often fail to have community and accountability in our lives that are essential for us in our growth and commitment with Christ.
This afternoon we hung out at the church and they played another soccer game while others played on the playground and introduced the Ghanaians kids to Red Rover.
We are now having our team meeting and are sad that tomorrow is our last full day..
We are loving Ghana!
Bunch
Ghana is incredible. This team is incredible.
Everyone is doing great and doing an amazing job!
We evangelized this morning to a new area across the main street in South La (which is the area of Accra we are in). We've covered a lot of territory this year and have met a ton of local Ghanaians. I've been so impressed by our students that just walk up to the locals (even without one of church partners)! Our students are so eager to reach out.
One of the groups talked to a guy that accepted Christ today and he came to the church service tonight, that was really cool to see.
Tonight we talked about taking the next step from knowing Christ to actually being committed to Christ. A lot of the Ghanaians are similar to us in this aspect! We all forget the commitment part of our relative on ship with Christ. We often fail to have community and accountability in our lives that are essential for us in our growth and commitment with Christ.
This afternoon we hung out at the church and they played another soccer game while others played on the playground and introduced the Ghanaians kids to Red Rover.
We are now having our team meeting and are sad that tomorrow is our last full day..
We are loving Ghana!
Bunch
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Tuesday
I'm writing a little earlier today because I got a little rest this afternoon and am not speaking tonight. I'm coming up with some congestion and I'm trying to not push myself (too much).
Josh will be speaking tonight during the service.
We started our day out with evangelism this morning, a couple of our groups were kind of a hike away! But, I've now had the opportunity to see all of our students reach out and share the love of Christ to the local Ghanaians.
It was a little overcast and sprinkled some on us this morning. We then all met back up at the church, ate lunch then made our way back to the hotel to change. The team all went and played soccer at the church (they played Ghana vs. US) and team U.S. actually won!! Granted a couple of the Ghanaians played on our side...
I rested some at the hotel during that time (hard for me to sit back and do that!!) and we are all about to head down to the church for our nightly service.
Pray for us as we lead the service and our students head up the small groups. Pray for great discussion to take place.
This is an amazing team and the students are doing an awesome job!!
Bunch
Josh will be speaking tonight during the service.
We started our day out with evangelism this morning, a couple of our groups were kind of a hike away! But, I've now had the opportunity to see all of our students reach out and share the love of Christ to the local Ghanaians.
It was a little overcast and sprinkled some on us this morning. We then all met back up at the church, ate lunch then made our way back to the hotel to change. The team all went and played soccer at the church (they played Ghana vs. US) and team U.S. actually won!! Granted a couple of the Ghanaians played on our side...
I rested some at the hotel during that time (hard for me to sit back and do that!!) and we are all about to head down to the church for our nightly service.
Pray for us as we lead the service and our students head up the small groups. Pray for great discussion to take place.
This is an amazing team and the students are doing an awesome job!!
Bunch
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday
Today was our first full day of all kinds of work! We began at 9AM at the church where we met at the church and had a quick briefing on how to present the gospel to the Ghanaians.
We then went out on the streets in our groups and had some great conversations with the locals. Our students did an awesome job!
About 1PM we went back to the church and ate lunch then began playing all kinds of games with kids. Baseball, soccer, volleyball, playing on the playground and jump roping were all things we did!
Then from 6-8 we went to the church for the evening service where we had some Ghanaian worship, I spoke and the students led the small groups.
We just ended our night (at midnight) where we had an amazing meeting and team time where we spent a couple of hours praying on our knees before an incredible God. We are all humbled by Gods presence here tonight!
We are excited to see what God is going to do the rest of this week!
This is an AMAZING team!
Bunch
We then went out on the streets in our groups and had some great conversations with the locals. Our students did an awesome job!
About 1PM we went back to the church and ate lunch then began playing all kinds of games with kids. Baseball, soccer, volleyball, playing on the playground and jump roping were all things we did!
Then from 6-8 we went to the church for the evening service where we had some Ghanaian worship, I spoke and the students led the small groups.
We just ended our night (at midnight) where we had an amazing meeting and team time where we spent a couple of hours praying on our knees before an incredible God. We are all humbled by Gods presence here tonight!
We are excited to see what God is going to do the rest of this week!
This is an AMAZING team!
Bunch
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