Answered prayers in sweet unexpectaed ways

Aflao, Ghana
Tuesday June 24, 2008
By Gloria Gault Geary
Photo by Reid Geary

I stood in front of them praying for God to stop the rain so we could give them a chance to accept Jesus. In answer to my prayer, the rain did not stop, but the sweet sound of teenagers singing praises to God began. Spontaneously these teenagers started singing!

I didn’t recognize the song but the few words I caught were ones of lifting praises to Him. It touched my heart. After several verses, the song ended and they looked at me. I braved the first few bars of “You are the most high God” and one girl in the front nodded and turned to the group. Immediately the whole group belted out this joyous song.

I raised my hands to praise the Lord as we sang.

It was a beautiful time and the sounds of their voices were overpowering the sound of rain. When they finished singing the rain had tapered off enough for us to speak. Several children raised their hands that they wanted to accept Christ and we all prayed together.

God always answers prayers; sometimes He just answers them in a more beautiful way than we could have thought to ask.

Can you think of a time that God answered your prayer in a different and yet better way than you had asked?

Thank Him for that gift.

Thank you God for answering prayers!

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.” 1 John 5:14-15

A short trip to Adina Beach

Victory Baptist Church
Adina, Ghana
By: Gloria Gault Geary

We took a short trip to a neighboring town called Adina. Pastor Christian has been a part of our ministry team and we visited his church in Adina. Pastor Christian actually oversees 12 churches, is the Pastor of two churches and ministers in the country of Togo each Monday.

He also works a job to support his family. He has a gentle and kind spirit about him and it is obvious he has a heart to serve the Lord by serving others.

Earlier in our visit I had shared with the team that we had been at IHOP (http://www.ihop.org/) and what their prayer room was like. Pastor Christian had shared that he wanted to open a prayer room at their church in Adina. Other churches in the area come to where the church is to pray. The church is on the beach. When Pastor Christian asked why they came there to pray, he was told they felt the presence of God there more. Since then Pastor Christian has wanted to create a place where all can come and pray.

As we visited several local people gathered and we prayed for the community, the church and the local fishermen.

We all dipped our toes in the Gulf of Guinea while we were there.

It Rained...

Just at the end of our second presentation, the rain started again.

The timing was great in that they had heard the Gospel presented and they had listened well.
This was another group of teenagers.

Hatcher spoke and the kids were very much interested in what he said.

We all ran into a room seconds before the onslaught started. The rain was so heavy on the tin roof that it was impossible for the kids to hear us.

The Eavesdropper

Aflao, Ghana

We visited two schools today. Our first was a pre-school full of precious children. The boys and I have sung the song, “You are the most high God” almost constantly since we first heard it here. So when we arrived at the school we sang the song and the children sang along.

I spoke to the children and shared about God. While I was speaking I noticed a woman peaking through the fence, listening. It touched me that she wanted to hear and see what was happening at this pre-school.

Hatcher began sharing the Gospel and I realized this woman was still listening. I began praying for her. I knew that this message was for her and God had scheduled this visit just for her. She mostly tried to stay hidden but every now and then she would get very close to the fence. She stayed and listened for the entire time we were there. When we left, I looked for her but she was no place to be found.

Please pray for this dear woman who wanted to hear the message of God bad enough to eavesdrop through a fence in a school yard.

Joyfully serving our Lord,

Gloria, Hatcher, Reid and Harrison

The Man with the Evil Spirit

Hotel Makavo
Aflao, Ghana
By Gloria Gault Geary

I had prayed for him during the service. There was something about him that called me to pray for him, but I couldn’t tell you what it was. I didn’t think much about it until when we got in the van to leave; he got in the van too. He was the only person in the van who I had not met before. The minute I saw him climb in I knew God was calling me to pray for him.

Coffe, this man and Osborne were all in the front seat. The boys and I were spread out in the back three seats. As soon as we took off I asked Osborne to tell me about this man. I knew he was a part of one of the new churches they had just planted. He was a member and had come to Christ one month and 10 days ago. I asked Osborne if he would ask the man if I could pray for him. The man agreed and I asked Osborne to ask him what prayer request he had. The man spoke and Osborne translated.

He was a fisherman and there was an evil spirit in his house that continued to shut down his business. His forefathers had allowed the evil spirit to come in. He wanted me to pray for the evil spirit to leave, so he could make a living in his business.

As I heard the translation several things went through my mind and I felt God was showing me what to do to deliver this man from his situation. I told Osborne to explain to the man that he would first need to “stand in the gap” for his forefathers. The door had to be shut in order to take away the legal right the evil spirit had there. Now that he belonged to God, he could go before God and ask Him to forgive his forefathers for what they had done to allow this evil into his home. As I shared this, the Lord put on my heart the story of when Moses had “stood in the gap” for the Israelites. I used this story as an example. (Exodus 32: 7-14) I explained that he would have to be like Moses and stand in the gap.

Osborne nodded and explained this, then led the man to pray and ask forgiveness. When they were done I prayed and rebuked the evil spirit. I stood in the authority Jesus has given me and poured the blood of Jesus on this man, his business and his home.

We arrived at the hotel and all three men got out of the van to tell us goodbye. I snapped a picture of them and asked Osborne what the man’s name was. He grinned and said, “Moses.” I smiled very big and said, “That is God!” I knew then that God was answering this man’s prayer and had brought us together for this short ride to do just that.

“And these signs will follow those who believe in My name they will cast out demons…” Mark 16:17

Hatcher shares the Gospel at a school in Ghana

Hotel Makavo

Aflao, Ghana, West Africa
By: Gloria Gault Geary

Photo by Reid Geary: Hatcher shares the Gospel at a school

Please pray for the Christians in Ghana, they have a daily spiritual battle with the many cults and voodoo fetish priests here.

Thank you for your prayers and encouragement to us.

Ghana has been everything I expected and more...

We are in Aflao, Ghana (on the Gulf of Guinea) and leave for India in two days. Ghana has been everything I expected and more.

We have spoken to several thousand children and adults, visited the sick in the hospital, prayed over many who are ill or are fighting evil spirits.

Ghana is a country where voodoo is still practiced regularly.

God has used us in many ways and He has used Ghana to teach us.

Photo: Hrrison and the children who visit us daily at the hotel to play with the boys.

Preparing to speak in Ghana

It is 8:00am

The boys and I will be speaking to a joint service today.

I have prepared a speech for the adults and we have prepared a program for the kids.

Harrison wakes up complaining that he doesn’t feel good, he has a stomach ache. I feel his forehead and he has a fever. We all gather around him to pray and before we have finished I can feel his fever has left. We all start to get ready and Harrison suddenly throws up, not a serious one but one none the less.

He lays down to rest and within the hour he is back to his vivacious self.

5:20 pm
No more signs of illness for Harrison, he ate like a horse at lunch and is happily singing and playing legos beside me now.

Thank you Jesus! :-)

Fun & Interesting Facts in Ghana

Yes, it is an anthill! (ok, mountain) We estimated it was taller than Uncle Jimmy (6’9”) These anthills were plentiful in some areas.






Because everyone walks and they are so close to the ocean, the sand can prove to be tiresome for transportation. To improve the consistency of the roads (which are sand) they sometimes put trash on the road to mix into the sand.






Families of chickens are everywhere. Once during a talk at a school, a hen and her chicks walked right between us and the audience. Reid and I both looked at each other, grinned and then kept talking.




Children are active in the family businesses. They learn the trade at a young age. Almost everything is carried on the head. We were a rarity with our backpacks.

A boy witnesses in Ewe language

One little boy was brave enough to get in front of the whole school and show that he had learned the meaning of the colors.

We took a video of him and I pray we can put it on the website for others from Ghana to hear the Gospel in their own Ewe language.