Mosquito Net Sunday

Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords

Sunday, September 30, 2012

When New Life in Christ Baptist Church in Lusk, Wyoming, had their Vacation Bible School this summer, the kids who came gave toward the purchase of mosquito nets…

When New Life in Christ Baptist Church in Lusk, Wyoming, had their

Vacation Bible School this summer, the kids who came gave toward the

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.

purchase of mosquito nets in Africa. With the money that they sent,

we were able to purchase 54 mosquito nets. We handed them out in

church today. We did not tell anyone ahead of time, or we would have

had a riot. We gave them out to the people who arrived first.

Between Sunday School and church, some children went home to tell

their parents that we were giving out mosquito nets. After church had

started and all of the mosquito nets had been handed out, a wave of

newcomers came. They did not get a mosquito net, but they did hear

the gospel.

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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