Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. Isaiah 25:1 NIV
It's January, the start of a new year, and the perfect time to implement fresh strategies that will shape the rest of the year. The GCM leadership has been diligently meeting, planning, reviewing, and repositioning itself to make an even greater impact in spreading the love of Christ through Church Planting, Medical Outreach, Community Development, and Christian Education.
In 2023, thanks to your support, we were able to establish 5 new small churches, baptize over 300 individuals, provide medical treatment to over 70,000 people in our clinics, share the gospel with many who visited the clinics, drill 2 wells, offer assistance to flood victims, train 5 individuals at the Bible college, provide leadership training for our churches, receive two containers of medical supplies, completed an extension of Makango Clinic and even acquired 2 new motorcycles among other things.
God has been faithful, and you have played a significant role in this faithfulness. This year, our overarching goal in all these areas is to increase in the demonstration of Christ's love in a more practical way. As we preach about Him, we also aim to show His compassion and mercy through our actions. Our desire is to impact lives spiritually, physically, and socially in a more significant way than we have ever done. We firmly believe that with your continued support, we can achieve this and more. We remain dedicated to serving the Lord as He leads and guides us.
Wishing you a Happy New and blessed year ahead. May God's light guide your way in 2024.
Prayer Point
· Praise the Lord for all the things we were able to accomplish in 2023.
· Praise the Lord for the 3 new students who joined the other 3 at the Bible school.
· Praise God for Daniel Tetteh who has joined our team as the church Planter for
Sisaala Pasaale (more about him later).
· Pray for God to help us accomplish our plans for the year.
· Pray for the clinics to have safer means of transporting patients.
· Pray for the upcoming staff retreat.
DECEMBER 2023 MONTHLY REPORTS
Sampson Darko
Words cannot express how grateful we are to the Lord Almighty for caring, protecting, providing for us and ushering us into 2024. We praise the Lord for the lives of our sponsors, management, staff, family and the churches.
I want to thank our director and management for declaring emergency prayer and fasting for three days for God to intervene in the tribal war at Nkwanta and its environs. We are grateful, brethren.
An elderly man received Christ and was baptized yesterday. Pray for his maturity in the Lord and also pray for our safety; the conflict is not over yet. I wish you all a prosperous and fruitful 2024.
Pastor Ernest Nyador
I thank God for His goodness and provisions for the church. Despite some challenges in the year, His presence and love has been sufficient for us.
Evangelism is being intensified, with souls won for Jesus Christ. Some church projects took place in the year are under review.
Fundraising for church development is slated for February 25 2024.
A Love feast was organized for the church for their loyalty and hard work.
We hope for the best fortunes in 2024 and beyond.
Pastor Yeboah Ernest Junior
Our Lord Jesus Christ has been so good to us from the beginning to the end of the year 2023; we are grateful to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Teaching the Word, discipleship, evangelism and other church service activities are still ongoing. In our journey of evangelism in Garu, there are people who are open to hearing the gospel of Jesus Christ from us, but do not want be born again or to become Christians, because of their Islamic faith and the fear of being rejected by their family and other worries.
Our continuous prayers to our Lord Jesus Christ is that He would reveal himself to persons to whom we witness good news of Jesus Christ, converting their hearts to accept Christ that they may become part of Yeshua Love Christian Church. We need your prayer support.
Pastor Daniel Liwamor
I'm deeply grateful for what the Lord has done for me throughout the year. Over the year I have encountered some few temptations such as the fire incident, sicknesses in the family, etc. but in the end, we have seen the year end successfully.
Secondly, my Bible teaching class at Bombari PCC has been completed the first six books and received their certificate on the 17th of December 2023. Out of ten students who started, five of them completed.
I started a new church at Kachinke with eight souls, six of which have been baptized.
Prayer Request:
I need your prayers and support for the new church to grow spiritually and sustain in the church.
Pastor Paul Akuteye
The year has come to an end. The Pistis family in Kumasi is grateful to God and grateful to the Fellowship Associates of Medical Evangelism (FAME) and the Mission Resource of Ghana for the support given to the Pistis family in the Ashanti Region of Ghana – Kumasi.
We are happy to say, that you have helped the churches in Kumasi to train ten (10) elders of the church in the Dunamic Bible Institute of Ghana.
Indeed, we are believing God that 2024 will be the year of Our Lord during the National Easter Convention which will be happening in Kumasi. We are believing God for the whole Pistis churches in Ghana to see how far the training of those ten (10) elders is of great help to the Pistis family in Ghana. The graduation comes off the 25th of February, 2024.
We want to appeal to FAME to come to our aid as we now have ten (10) more elders who are prepared to attend the Bible school for training. To God be the glory.
The revival fire is burning ceaselessly.
The month of December brought us a big catch. We have fifteen (15) souls that are yet to be baptized. The river in which we have been baptizing our members is dried up. The other option is very dirty due to the dry season. The members asked that we hold on till the rains come.
We are believing God for the construction of a baptistery.
Please kindly pray with us and come and help us complete our auditorium
Your partnership and prayer support is highly appreciated.
Pastor Bismark Kassata
I bring you warm greetings from the Ntrubo Churches and Merry Christmas to you. By God’s grace we are doing well and we hope you are doing well too.
We're thankful to God for how much He took care of the members despite all challenging moments during the year; He still remained faithful to us.
My family and I want to appreciate the Lord for the grace offered to us to have been able to host a family of 5 during the tribal conflict in the Nkwanta municipal.
By grace 10 new souls received Christ and were baptized and we ask for prayers for them.
We are about starting a church in Ahondwo community. We’ve been having a Bible study with 3 people; pray for us to be able to open a new branch in 2024.
Prayer Request
· I humbly request that you pray for the church in the Nkwanta municipal; because of the tribal conflicts, we could not have our annual Christmas convention.
· Pray for my family that the Lord would strengthen us to do His will in the year ahead of us.
· By God’s grace I’m a committee member of the health center of my community and the report reaching us is out of every 10 people that goes to the hospital to access healthcare, there are 7 cases of typhoid. To ease the above problem l humbly request that you kindly show love by providing good drinking water for your loved ones here, my family and I included. My own children and some of my church members are victims of the typhoid.
I wish all of us a happy New year and God's blessings beyond measure Amen.
Pastor Paul
We give glory and thanks to the Almighty God for his protection.
We thank FAME Ghana for the various equipment received to help improve the work in the facilities.
Just after our Christmas program in one of our communities, a shooting incident happened resulting in a casualty. Lots of people were wounded. The staff managed very well to assist the victims and later referred them to a bigger facility.
Spiritual assistance and the sharing of the Good News of our Savior are still ongoing. Together we were able to set the goals for next year.
Our prayer is 2024 will be more fruitful for God's glory.
Pastor Kingsley Nyindam
We praise God Almighty for seeing us through the last month of the year. The month was full of events and challenges too.
The church was filled to capacity on the Christmas day to mark the birth of Christ, and also on December 31 for the watch night service.
No baptisms were recorded. One naming ceremony was made.
Continue to pray for the growth of the churches both spiritually and numerically. Also pray for the Tatale church as we’re looking for a land to build a chapel. Pray and also work on reviewing our salaries upwards to meet the prevailing economic situation of country.
Mathew Nwedo and Yahaya Abraham
To God be the glory for his sufficient grace and gift of life upon us and the Chakali communities. Glory be to God for a successful naming ceremony and dedication of our sons.
Thanks be to God for a safe journey from Bulenga to Banda and from Banda to Yonyoo for my late father-in-law's pre-funeral.
Mr. Dawuda is still afraid of the chief imam and the community leader, but in all we thank God almighty. Thanks be to God for his sufficient grace over the life of Danaa Dajiema and his recovery.
By God’s grace our church service and weekly activities are ongoing.
Prayer request
1. Pray for our father Dawuda to remain firm in his faith and the new converts that have problems with their families for worshiping God.
2. Pray for God's grace and strength over our lives to do His work and win the heart, mind and souls of the Chakalis for Him.
3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth about Jesus Christ to the Chakali group of people.
4. Pray for God's speedy recovery over our brother Danaa Dajiema.
Pastor John Newman Peni
We are grateful to God for protecting and providing for the needs of His people especially for the churches under which I am serving. As I reported earlier, there has not been peace at the area so church activities have come to a stop in Nkwanta except Sunday Services. Attendance is very low because many people are out of the town and have not come back to resettle yet.
We could not have our 31st December all-night service to praise and thank God for His goodness towards us throughout the year. In all these circumstances we know that God is working all for good for the area and His church.
The Kpassa Church under Elder Collins Mawusi is also growing. We praise God for using him to establish His church. Attached are the photos of their All-Night Celebration at the end of the year.
Prayer Request
Our prayers should be intensified for peace to prevail in the Nkwanta area because one of the paramount chiefs wants justice for the lives lost and properties destroyed before he sits Mathew Nwedo and Yahaya Abraham
To God be the glory for his sufficient grace and gift of life upon us and the Chakali communities. Glory be to God for a successful naming ceremony and dedication of our sons.
Thanks be to God for a safe journey from Bulenga to Banda and from Banda to Yonyoo for my late father-in-law's pre-funeral.
Mr. Dawuda is still afraid of the chief imam and the community leader, but in all we thank God almighty. Thanks be to God for his sufficient grace over the life of Danaa Dajiema and his recovery.
By God’s grace our church service and weekly activities are ongoing.
Prayer request
1. Pray for our father Dawuda to remain firm in his faith and the new converts that have problems with their families for worshiping God.
2. Pray for God's grace and strength over our lives to do His work and win the heart, mind and souls of the Chakalis for Him.
3. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth about Jesus Christ to the Chakali group of people.
4. Pray for God's speedy recovery over our brother Danaa Dajiema.