The Gulf of Guinea

Hotel Makavo Aflao, Ghana
By Gloria Gault Geary

Both Rev. Wisdom and Moses grew up in families where voo-doo was regularly practiced. It is still a common practice today in the country. Rev Wisdom had an encounter with the Lord at age 15. One day he felt a call to pray to God. He wasn’t really sure what that meant or how to do it, but he knew God was calling.
Photo: Part of our ministry team is Pastor Courage, Coffe, and Rev. Wisdom in front of our hotel.

The next day he experienced the same feeling and on Sunday decided he needed to go to church. His family members laughed when he told them he was going. At church he gave his life to Christ and immediately he was mentored by a man of God who led the planting of many churches.

Rev. Wisdom now heads up 73 (now 75, they have planted 2 more churches while we’ve been here) churches in the Lake Volta Region. They are of the Baptist faith.

Rev. Wisdom is a man of prayer and regularly spends hours a day in prayer. He is a man who knows and stands in his spiritual authority before the Lord often standing against evil and demons as the Lord makes them known to him.

In the country of Ghana, there are approximately 40% Christians and 20% Muslim. According to Rev. Wisdom, the statistics quoted by the country are higher for Christian, but they include many beliefs that are not truly Christian. The remainder are mostly practicing some form of voo-doo or are part of a cult. (I later learned that many who have been baptized and profess to be Christian still practice some form of voo-doo on occasion. When they are fearful, they sometimes return to what they were taught as youths.)

We traveled many streets filled with water and holes. We didn’t always stay on the right hand side of the road, because the left side was smoother. We arrived at our hotel and have a delightful room with a refrigerator, air conditioning and the really nice gift, a pool!

We settled in quickly to our new home in Aflao and slept soundly. Thank you God for safe travels and men of God who help get us settled.

Our first encounter with the local children on Sunday morning…a soccer ball transcends the language barrier.