We didn’t have to drive very far this morning to visit the small group of Christians that live in the village of Kulkpanga. This is an unusual congregation because it is made up of people of the Dagomba Tribe that are predominately Muslim. The group consists of two men and two women. Early last year I preached the funeral for the family of Brother James who started the congregation. His death made the group even smaller. Not only did they lose James but they also lost his wife and children because she had to go back to live in her home village. When we visit a small group like Kulkpanga it causes me to think back to the early Church when Christians would meet in someone’s house as we did this morning.
I am glad that Timothy Niligrini also speaks Dagbani, the language of the Dagomba tribe. He interpreted my short lesson this morning about the hope we have in God and Christ. We worshipped under the veranda of the house. There were more children than adults sitting with us. The children did very well considering their ages. The brethren were happy to receive the gifts that we brought; bench, bread & juice, communion tray, disinfectant for washing hands, a Dagbani bible, and pad and pen. Before we left we gave one of the men some money to give to the chief because this chief usually doesn’t live in the village.
Timothy said his wife Rita is doing well along with the new baby boy. They haven’t named the child so that will be later this month. Kandie and I gave him some newborn boy’s clothes this morning. Please keep Timothy’s family in your prayers.
Later in the afternoon we made two trips to the market area where we purchased the bikes yesterday to pick up the greased bicycles. We still have a couple of bicycles that need a little work on them but they are a higher quality than the last ones we bought.
At Kulkpeni tonight we didn’t get a chance to have the children’s class before services. You should have seen the forlorn faces when the opening prayer was about to be said. After we closed I had my little class with them dealing with the first two days of creation. Before Timothy came around to interpret for me they didn’t understand what I was saying to them so each of them started saying the names of the apostles. Of course I said “Good” even if that wasn’t what I asked. Children are little sponges and it’s our job to give them the right stuff to suck up.
That’s it for today. Hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. We don’t have DST in Ghana. May God bless!
In His service,
Stephen and Kandie Taylor
