What a joy it has been to have John with us here in Ghana for a couple of months. As you may know, he is a missions major at Hyles-Anderson College, and he is doing an internship with our team this semester.

John’s Internship

We have been able to enjoy many meals and laughs with John since his arrival on September 4. His fellow intern, Levi Norton, has joined us for many meals as well; it has been a delight to get to know him. What a blessing it has been to see John involved in so many ways. John has seen many souls saved, several visitors come, and one convert baptized.

John and I made visits together along my normal visiting area, and John was able to win one young man named Bright to the Lord using primarily the local Twi language—I did not know John had learned Twi that well! On Wednesday and Friday mornings, John and others have been preaching the Gospel in some local schools. This past weekend, John went with Pastor Speer to Sunyani for Pastor Rexford Aning’s 13th anniversary of pastoring the church there. The next two weekends, he will be with two more of our graduates – Pastor Kingsley Addai and Pastor Michael Naab. Thank you to those who helped John make this internship a reality. Pray for God to guide and direct John’s steps.

Bible College

Last month, I was privileged to teach Church Finance; this month, I will be teaching on the right (and wrong) kind of music. Also last month, God blessed our college with four new students sent to us by four of our graduates! Here they are with the student’s name in bold and the pastor’s name in parenthesis: Cyrus D. Cooper (Pastor George Menyon, Monrovia, Liberia), Bismark Boakye (Pastor Jonas Osei-Owusu, Kuntenase, Ghana), Pastor Lovely K. Nyamadu (Pastor Gyasi Boateng, Foase, Ghana), and John K. Domfeh (Pastor Kingsley Addai, Mamponteng, Ghana). Please pray that God would help us train these men to serve Him!

Soul Winning

On Saturdays, I have been going soul winning with Rocky, the son of our fellow missionaries, Rocky and Melanie Hall. I appreciate Rocky’s zeal for souls. On a recent Saturday, I parked the car, we got out, and the first person we met was a young man named Patrick Amofa. He agreed to hear what the Bible says about going to Heaven. Rocky did a great job of explaining the Gospel. Patrick had some great questions, which I helped to field. In the end, Patrick trusted Christ and agreed to come to church the next day! He came and brought five neighbor children to church with him. He was also baptized that day! I have an appointment to meet Patrick this Saturday for the purpose of preaching the Gospel to more people in the compound where he stays. Please pray for Patrick to grow in grace and for more in his house to be saved.

Thank you for praying for our family and for the work here!

Mike, Maria, John, Joy, Faith, and Ben Sarver