Thank you to everyone who has been praying for the follow-ups our church has been making after the medical and vision clinics that we held in November. Please do not stop. Our church is still following up on these contacts, and we are still having visitors to our church as a result. As you can imagine, it takes some time to follow up with over 2,000 people! Over the past couple of months, we have had several people start coming to church regularly because of the clinics and follow-ups. As I said before, please continue to pray.
I have had some enjoyable experiences while doing clinic follow-ups. I witnessed to a very elderly lady, who warned me that her mind was not good anymore and she forgot things quickly, but when I gave her the Gospel, she was very attentive and demonstrated a clear understanding of the Gospel. In fact, it was easier to witness to her than many young people!
Another time, while I was waiting for my ride after doing some clinic follow-ups, I went into a small laundry business intending only to give a tract, but when I met Felix, the business owner, I could see that he was very open to the Gospel. He quickly saw what the Bible verses were teaching, and he asked questions that led to the very next point I was going to make! I had a lot of fun witnessing to Felix, and he readily accepted Jesus as his Saviour. When I was finished, I found out that he actually lives in a city about six hours away, and he was going back home that day! He doesn’t spend much time in Kumasi, but the timing had worked out perfectly for Felix to hear the Gospel.
Another time while I was making follow-up visits, very few people were answering their phones. In Ghana, people’s houses do not have addresses that you can use to find the house. If you have not been to their house before and you do not have a guide, talking to them on the phone and following their directions until you can find them is usually the only way you can get to them . . . and the people I was trying to contact were not answering their phones. So, we just went soul winning. I started talking to some teenage boys only to realize that their English was not strong enough to understand the Gospel, but my translator was already witnessing to somebody else. I used my Twi as far as I could to give those three boys the Gospel, and just when I was no longer able to get my point across, my translator walked up to me. He continued giving the Gospel to those three boys, and one of them ended up trusting in Jesus. While he talked to the teenagers, I went to see how a new soul winner was doing. He is from the northern part of Ghana and does not speak much Twi. He had explained the first point of the Gospel plan, but then he was stuck. I took over and explained as much as I could in Twi, since this boy’s English was not strong either. I reached a point where I could not get the boy to understand what I was trying to explain. Then, my translator showed up again! I gave him that boy to witness to also. It took three people witnessing to him, but that boy trusted in Jesus to save him! That is what I call tag-team soul winning!
Please also pray as the school starts up a new term. I am trying to implement some changes to make our school more effective and to push myself and the teachers to grow academically, personally, and spiritually.
Yours for souls,
Micah Christiansen
