Kpatinga Witch Camp of Northern Ghana

They aren't witches at all.  They are the beautiful women of KPatinga who we have had the privilege of visiting the past two summers. They have been marginalized and shunned by most of society, but not by God.

Pastor Mohammed shared the Gosepl with the women and explained to them that God had spoken to someone in the US who obeyed His voice and provided the food.  The timing of this was no coincidence.  The women were suffering because they had very little food due to the fact that is the lean season in the Northern Region. 

Pure shea butter, hand-proceessed by women in other villages, is used as cooking oil.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 1:27

Shalom Preschool

Students begin their day singing praises to their King

The children in Tamale carry their books and lunches to school

The children are learning to honor God as they pray

Futbol (soccer) is a favorite recess sport!

The students are learning sounds and letters

A Waterless Village

Today is World Water Day 2012

Last summer, as I sat in a small village church in the Northern Region of Ghana, West Africa, waiting for services to begin, an old woman brought a bowl of liquid and sat it at my feet.  I didn't know what it was until a local villager who spoke English told me that it was the water collected at the local watering hole.  The water that the villagers drank, washed clothes in, bathed in and cooked with.  The same water that the village animals drank from and bathed in. The water the children played in to get relief from the heat.

By God's grace, Sankpem village will have clean water very soon.  Funds have been collected and a pipeline is within reach.  Please join us in praying not only for clean water, but for Living Water to reach this village, where most villagers are enslaved to voodoo.

Let's continue the fight to provide clean water to everyone who needs it.



This village woman has never add access to clean water.

You Came

Saleem and Hanani, sons of Pastor Mohammed and Sis. Dorcas of Shalom Baptist Church

"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me..."    Matt. 25:36                                                                                                                  

Ghana 2012

The mission this year is the same as it has been for the last eight years:

Share the love of Jesus with the Dagomba tribe of Ghana, West Africa.

We show that love in many different ways, but mostly just through building relationships and Bible storytelling in mud hut villages among a predominantly Muslim people group.  Along the way we help feed hungry orphans and widows, provide training and support for the church pre-school, rock and hold infant orphans at a local orphanage, provide funds for poverty-stricken children to attend school, pray over sick children and adults, and raise our hearts and hands in worship with our African brothers and sisters.

Here is more information about the mission if you're interested:

Read more about the Dagomba tribe, an unreached people group, here.

Get more information about the trip here.

Previous mission blogs:  2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

It is the Lord Christ you are Serving

Eunice is one of the young ladies who lives in Tarikpaa.  Her father is a long-time deacon at Shalom Baptist Church. Eunice is a dedicated Christian and part of the IHH/Shalom Ghana Mission Team each summer.  She is one of the students who is sponsored by IHH.  For the past couple of years, she has been attending Poly-Technic school in an effort to get her certificate in catering.  Her dream is to one day manage or own a catering business. 

For the New Year's Day Celebration in Kushibo village, Eunice delighted in using her new skills in preparing food for the people in attendance.

We thank God for Eunice's gift of cooking and especially for her gift of serving others.  She is a wonderful example to all of us.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,  since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 

 Col 3:23,24

Can Short-Term Teams Foster Long-Term Church-Planting Movements?

For the past several years, our team has engaged in supporting a local village church in church planting efforts.  We do this by going into the unreached village with the Gospel.  Sometimes that means holding nightly crusades, or hut-to-hut evangelism, or both.  Once we leave the field, the local church (Shalom Baptist), follows up with strong efforts to disciple the new converts and get a church started.

If you've ever wondered whether a short-term mission team can have an impact on church planting movements in the mission field, read this article from Mission Frontiers magazine.