Mission Report
November 2025

Greetings to everyone in the name of Jesus Christ:

 

     I arrived in Accra, Ghana on Sept. 18th.  I preached that Sunday at the Amrahiya Church and departed on Monday for Salaga.  I continued preaching and teaching on Sunday and Wednesday in the church at Salaga, which in turn freed Ulanja to spend more time preaching in the surrounding villages.  We are presently working closely with 28 churches in the Salaga area. Ulanja is also teaching on a radio program every Saturday from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M.  I am also moving out with other church members to do house to house prayers.   

 

     We held leadership classes for the Salaga area on October 9, 10, and 11.  We had 53 participants in the classes.  I then traveled to the Bolgatanga area with our daughter Martha and her son Maxton on October 23rd to do leadership classes.  More than 50 people came to the classes from 6 churches in the area.  We were to depart on the morning of October 28th, but at 9:30 P.M. on the 27th, Paul, the preacher whom we housed with and is the evangelist of three of the churches, was sitting in his compound dressing his daughters leg wound when he suddenly lost all of the feeling on his left side.  His face drooped on the left side and his speech slurred.  It was obvious signs of a stroke. We prayed with him and took off for the hospital in Bolgatanga.  By the time we reached the hospital he was able to walk again and his symptoms became milder.  The hospital had no doctors on staff and only a couple of nurses.  After waiting more than an hour with no service, we went on the regional hospital.  There was only one doctor on duty because of the late hour.  A nurse did take his vitals right away, but he had to wait in a long queue to see the doctor.  By this time the symptoms were unnoticeable.  The doctor saw him and sent him to the lab for tests, but the lab tech said he was too busy to attend to him for a long time.  By this time the doctor had left the hospital, so we returned home at 2:00 A.M. I took Paul back the next day for the tests.  However, none of the tests given have anything to do with stroke symptoms, so they were all negative. He is to go back this Tuesday to see the doctor and I have told him to request a brain scan.  In the meantime, we are giving the glory to God and prayer, as it was certainly not through human intervention that he so quickly got over the malady.  This story should also give you some idea about the operation of third world hospitals, and it should make you thankful for what we are blessed with in a first world nation.

 

     When I was in the states, I had informed many about two needed surgeries for the saints here in Ghana, Tengnal from the Salaga area and Oliver from the Bolgatanga area.  Both of them needed back surgery and could no longer walk.  Each surgery was to be about $5,000.  I was told that they raised enough money in Ghana for Tengnal’s surgery and we had enough from our accounts to cover Oliver’s surgery.  Oliver is scheduled to go for testing in Tamale shortly in preparation for the surgery.  Tengnal’s surgery was successful.  She has been recovering and is now able to walk about 20 feet without her walker.  However, I just found out that what I believed about the money raised for her was not correct.  They were only able to raise about one third of the money.  The family took out an unsecured loan for the rest.  This is not good at all, as the APR on an unsecured loan here is 50%.  We will be looking to help the family with more funds in the future, as I do not know how they will be able to keep up these payments.  It is only desperation that forced them to get the loan.  If they are unable to pay, the signees can be imprisoned, as there is no collateral to be collected.   

 

     Please continue to pray for Paul, Tengnal, and Oliver.  We so appreciate your prayers and financial support that enables us to spread the good news and aid the poor among the saints in Christ Jesus.  May the God of peace and love strengthen all of you. 

 

His Servants, Bob and Rose

 

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