Sunday, August 21, 2011

Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Bonjour, We had a good morning at church. We are having a special Sunday next Sunday with a couple guest speakers from the States.  Each children's class is…

Missions With the Consfords

Ghana Field Journal — Serving the Lord for Over 25 Years

These daily journal entries document the Consfords’ missionary life across Ivory Coast and Ghana. Over 1,630 entries capture the church planting, the hard days, the answered prayers, and the everyday reality of following God wherever He leads. Browse the full archive or join the Consfords as a prayer partner.

Bonjour,

We had a good morning at church. We are having a special Sunday next Sunday with a couple guest speakers from the States.  Each children's class is going to sing a song and quote two verses.  We have been working on Ephesians 2:8-9 with our six and under class and a song called "I Believe the Bible."  They did fine when we practiced in Sunday school, but when we tried it again during junior church, they acted like they had forgotten everything.  We will see how it goes next week.  Our boys are going to get baptized next week.  They are excited about that too.
There were several visitors in the morning service.  One lady who came today for the first time got saved yesterday.  Joe said he thinks there will be about ten people getting baptized next Sunday.  There has not been a baptismal service in a while; so, there are several who need to be baptized.
Kristine made a chicken stew type dish in the crockpot for lunch.  When we got home, I whipped up some biscuits, and she made a salad.  We were all set.
After naps, I was not feeling well.  I think the antibiotic I am taking for the typhoid is pretty rough on the stomach.  Bonnie and I stayed home tonight.  Bonnie took me by the hand and said, "Mom, I'm staying with you because we have to stick together, right?"
When Joe and the boys got home from church, Gilbert said, "Mom, Dad only told some tiny stories tonight, but Danny and me were better than soldiers!  We sat up straight and tall the whole time!" 
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie

Joe Consford

Baptist Missionary — Ghana, West Africa

Joe and Laura Consford are independent Baptist missionaries sent from Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas. They plant churches, train national pastors, and run a Bible institute in West Africa. Joe is also the author of That's My Goat and Missionary on Fire, and the host of two podcasts.

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