2014 Missionary Journey, Ghana West Africa
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| John Michael Stainsby Step by Step Worldwide Ministries |
It is with great joy we are able to share Papa John's mission agenda where he will be on
the mission field from February 1, 2014 to August 31, 2014.
His missionary assignment will take him to three regions of Ghana: Western, Brong Ahafo, and Eastern.
He will spend
one month in each of seven specific areas within those regions working with a
team comprised of a guide, interpreter, and an evangelist from
one of the established regional churches.
Each area
has been designated as a priority mission field due to the lack of penetration
into those areas because of location and accessibility. Many are in the bush
and can only be accessed by foot. In each area he will be doing home to home
evangelism.
In each
area, John will be seeking souls for Christ while also establishing churches in
areas where this is no church available to the people.
Church
services will be held wherever they can find shelter, since much of the work will
be done during the rainy seasons. According to custom, they will first meet with
the local chief who will hear our mission and grant us permission to do our
evangelistic work.
The chief
will be the one to provide us with a structure, if any, to have their worship
service. Most will be at night, seven days a week. In many cases, services will
be held by the light of a flashlight.
In the event
there is no shelter, the services will be outside in a designated open area.
Ministering
to children in the villages will be a priority. John will spend much of his time
with the children in each area sharing the love of Jesus and telling them of
their Savior.
The mission
field is where the Holy Spirit told John He would lead me to the orphans for Step
By Step.
When his time
is complete at the end of August, it is tentatively scheduled in
September, to greet the arriving mission team from New Hampshire, and join them
in their mission for the duration of their stay.
We pray that as John starts this Journey, we all come along side him in support of the great mission the Lord has set him on. We intend to update this blog often as we get information sent to us from Ghana. We hope we can share this process together.
Blessings to you.
The Step By Step Support Team.
