Afrihope missions (Ghana)newsletter

(a subsidiary of africas hope, inc-usa)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope
fall edition (september 30, 2012 a.d.)

FfOoUuNnDdEeRrSs CcOoRrNnEeRr
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1)
*Pain is the instrument by which our skilful Maker brings out the
The last year has been particularly challenging,
best in the ones He would use greatly. God uses immeasurably the
interesting and truly filled with many opportunities for
ones he hurts painfully.*
ministry. The Lord has been faithful to our mission and He deserves all
Our painful experiences in life were Gods way of preparing
our praise. Our staff and families have been protected and provided for
us to meet the right people at the right time so we could do His
by our good Lord and our hearts are sincerely thankful to God in every
will as missionaries.
way. He has granted our staff who have travelled in many different direcThink about the story of Ruth, a stranger and foreigner from
tions, our drillers who have worked with all kinds of equipments and under
Moab who had absolutely no portion in the history of the Jews
certain difficult conditions, survival because of His grace. In spite of all
the problems we face both spiritually and physically, we were able to pay
not to talk about the lineage of the Christ of God. When God
all our staff salaries which they so badly depend on to support their famidecided in all eternity to make her part of the genealogy of the
lies. As meager as the salaries were, we are glad that the Lord provides
coming Messiah, God crafted it skillfully and hinged that door
for us and we are hoping that conditions may improve so we may be able
on the comfortless pain of a Jewish woman called Naomi (Ruth
to raise incomes for our staff as they consequentially raise their levels of
as well losing her husband), her demonstrated sacrificial love
productivity.
toward her mother-in-law and the providential heart of Boaz the
Bethlehemite. What Boaz was to Ruth, so has the Governor
We cannot chalk our progress without an emphatic mention of all our
been to Esther and I and Africas HOPE. For over seven years
donors who support us in various ways. We thank all our donors so
as the only major supporter of the Missions in Ghana, Gov.
much. I must take this opportunity to extend my greatest appreciation to
Leader has not run out of ideas to move Africas HOPE to the
Pennsylvanias former Governor from the last half of the 1950s, Gov.
next level and may God bless him for that. He has always put
George M. Leader. Of course, I cannot thank the Governor alone without
his money where his heart and words are. And may his blessa memoriam to his late wife Mrs. Mary Jane Leader who started work with
ing extend down to his third and fourth generations as the Lord
has promised to do.
this ministry with her husband. Whenever, Esther and I talk about Africas
The Lord bless you and keep you and the Lord make His counHOPE and AfriHOPE Missions, we will always talk about the Leaders and
tenance to shine upon you and give you peace in all your entheir children and grandchildren all of whom have had a major part to play
deavors and in all the days ahead. Amen!
in lifting this ministry to the level where we are today.

Douglas & Esther Yeboah-Awusi

*Pain is the instrument by which

our skilful Maker brings out the
best in the ones He would use
greatly. God uses immeasurably
the ones he hurts painfully.*

ITS HARVEST TIME AT GARDEN OF HOPE

It is the Lord who provides the

seed to the sower

This year has been particularly

busy year for our farming activities. We planted eleven acres of
corn which is now being harvested. We started preparing
the land and the soil for cultivation in April and actually planted
in May. Finding permanent farm
workers has not been easy but
we managed to work with temporary farm workers with two
permanent staff who managed
and supervised the work on the
farm. Apart from the corn, we
planted five acres of hot pepper
which are doing well. We have
planted 1,000 plantains which

will provide food for our farm

workers next year. Also, we
made over 8,900 mounds of
yams which are growing well.
We send some of our produce
to Sunyani Prisons for Male
and Female and Keep the rest
for our orphanage and the
school feeding program.
The future looks bright with
possibilities of raising poultry,
livestock and growing cocoa.
Plans have already been laid
out for those projects to start
before the end of the year.
God help us!

It is the Lord who sets the time to

plant and the time to pluck

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CHILDRENS HOSPITAL (EMERGING SLOWLY, BUT SURELY)

The building project at the Chil- ($60,000.00), we will be able to finish the building, acquire a working
drens Hospital is going very well.
diesel generator to provide electricity for the hospital since we are about
In spite of all the opposition and
efforts to distract the building pro- 2.5 miles away from any public utility (electric) source, we will be able
Ground Zero
ject, we are pressing on very well. to build an access road from the main road to the hospital which we
We started from ground zero when the place was nothing but
have already started. We are not counting on government for any of this to
wilderness and now the building is going up quite steadily. As
the work on the first building is progressing so well, our excite- happen but we know we have a Father in heaven who has other children on
ment has been raised with hopes of realizing a dream for chil- earth that He will send forth the ones He has called and prepared to do this for
Him when the fullness of time is come. Faith indeed is our winner
dren in that rural community. Having a place
Historical
Ground
Breaking
Moment
and the God of heaven is the author and finisher of that faith. He
exclusively for pediatric health will help imwill finish the good thing He has started.
prove the quality of life for children and hopeConsidering the building under construction and the cost figures that
fully reduce infant mortality. The children in
have been mentioned are quite unrealistic but that is the truth. The
that community will be afforded the opportusecret is a very simple one. A couple of years ago, Gov. Leader
nity to get childhood immunizations which
helped Africas HOPE to purchase 2 wheel loaders, and a flatbed
most children in Ghana dont get anyway.
truck which is also a dump. A few years before I retired from the DeThe hospital will be able to send out staff to
partment of Corrections Esther and I pulled our resources together to
visit area schools for general screening and referrals to the
purchase
a
Freightliner truck with a flatbed which we intended to use for the carthospital so those who need proper care could receive it.
As part of our (w)holistic ministry, we will teach children to ing of goods to raise money to support our prison ministry in Ghana. Mr. David
appreciate the Word of God and the power of God to heal Powell and his family donated a flat tanker to Africas HOPE which carries 1000
spiritually which can be manifested in the physical realm. The gallons of water. We pull all these resources together which allows us to cut our
hospital will provide chaplaincy and cost in half. Preparation of the hospital sight which could have cost us over
pastoral counseling services to sick $50,000.00 a year ago was less than $15,000.00 in fuel, operators labor and
children and their fear-stricken fami- maintenance. We used our wheel loaders to do that work and hence the savings! When we needed cement, we sent
lies with the HOPE of
our Freightliner truck to the Diamond cebringing healing to Behold, my pulpit, my sanctuary and my church
ment factory at Aflao and with the help of
those who are physiAs part of our
an agent, we were able to buy a truck load
cally and spiritually
(w)holistic ministry, we
of cement at factory price which saved us
sick through Christ,
a third of what we would have paid as
will teach children to
creating opportuniretailers price.
appreciate the Word of ties for those in deWe were able to cart our own sand and
spair, proclaiming the
God and the power of
Worship Service at Hospital Site
gravels
from quite a distance and here
truth of God which is able to set
God to heal spiritually
again, the savings was huge!! We didnt have to buy a whole lot of water, we
the captive free and empowering
which can be
used a flat tanker to supply what was needed and we
the powerless.
manifested in the
With the able assistance of Pennsyl- paid very little compared to what we would have paid
physical realm.
vanias former Governor George M. to outside vendors. This is our secret why we are
making so much progress with a comparatively small
Leader and Media Presbyterian
funding on a huge project. Thank God for His
Church, we
2 Months ago
guidance and direction as well as His provision
have already spent close to forty thouand favor. One step behind another, we are
sand dollars ($40,000.00) on a building
climbing out of the valley of despair and soon we
that will house 3 doctors consulting
will be standing hand-in-hand on the mountain
rooms, 2-3 dental chairs, 1 room for Opcalled HOPE where our dreams will be in sight.
tometry, an in-house pharmacy, physiWe invite you to join the circle but do so from your
cians office, an administrators office, a
most favored position so the circle will remain unlarge patient lobby or waiting area and a
broken.
As a missionary, I take advantage of
couple bathrooms. This is all on the ground floor only.
every knocking opportunity to share my faith and the
With close to another sixty thousand dollars
Goodnews of HOPE and that to me is creative ministry.

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THE REST OF AFRIHOPE MISSIONS STORY IN GHANA

afrihope christian church & prison
program
The church has not been growing as anticipated. The
good thing is that the number of children attending Sunday service has been growing gradually which gives the
church a better future if programs for the children are
sustained and improved.
The Prison ministry has been doing very well and this
may be attributed to the fact that at the beginning of the
year, Gov. Leader started to donate money to buy more
food for the prisoners. This was done in exchange for
more Bible study and worship time in the prisons. The
donation of food has definitely increased and improved
the food ration for the prisoners. Consequently, the
number attending Bible studies and worship services
throughout all the 5
prisons has gone up
dramatically which the
prison officials are
very pleased.
For I was hungry, and
you gave me something to eat.I was in
prison and you came to me .

house of hope orphanage

The House of HOPE Orphanage has a new
manager in the person of Ms. Victoria Aboagye. She started in August 2012 and has
been doing well so far. She is a graduate of
one of the Diploma granting Polytechnics
and holds a Higher National Diploma with
experience in catering. Ms. Rejoice who
started with the House three years ago left
in July to go take care of her sick mother
and she was replaced by Ms. Georgina Fobi
who was the recording clerk at the Blocks of
Hope. She has been temporarily reassigned to the House until a permanent
replacement is found.
The children are back in school after a
months recess. They are doing well and
growing well. The children at the orphanage received dental screening recently from
a young dental student who was on a temporary training assignment at the Regional
Hospital in Sunyani. We have 19 orphans
in our care at this moment.

fountain of hope drilling program

The Fountain of HOPE drilling program experienced problems
with the compressor for one of the Stinger 30 rigs. A used engine was purchased for installation which will be up and running
by the end of the first week of October and the team will be
back to work. The Schramm is still waiting to be fixed so that
rig can go back to work. The needed parts have been identified
and they will be purchased as funds become available. We
hope to get it up and running shortly. We started the year off on
a great footing and steady speed but we were slowed down by
mechanical problems which we are gradually but surely fixing
them. AfriHOPE Missions has two rigs ready to go to work.
Our mission is to give water to rural folks but our ultimate mission is to bring them the living water , the Fountain of Hope
(which is Jesus) which springs forth in people when they have
Him and will never thirst again. Churches and other organizations are encouraged to donate $3,500.00 and AfriHOPE
will drill a well in a rural community and name it after the
church or the individual who
donates toward a well. How
would you want your name to
be associated with a well
where revival could spring up
and spread to a whole town like what happened at Jacobs Well
in Samaria (John 4).

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breakfast for underprivileged school children

The school breakfast program is
going very well. We feed 200
school children with breakfast
everyday school is in session.
We spend five hundred dollars a
month to feed 200 poor school
children per month. Teachers
and even our own staff who take
the meals on wheels to the children at their schools have been
asking if the program could be
expanded to include more children. As the Lord provides opportunities for funding we will expand
the program to include more children.

blocks of hope
The Block factory has been doing quite well
this year. The factory provided over 4,000
blocks in January when we started building
the Childrens Hospital. As we approach the
second phase of that project, the factory has
made another 3,000 blocks to finish the
ground floor. Besides what have been made
for us, they have made several thousand
blocks for outside clients. The goal is to create jobs for some of the young men in that
community. With recent increase in fuel and
petroleum products in Ghana, prices of cement and sand have gone up which makes it
impossible to make anything out of the production. I am happy if we break even so that
the employees will be able to feed their families and take care of the childrens education.
The ability to earn some income from a job to
feed family boosts morale and self-esteem of
those who have suffered a flaw in their self
image because of poverty. We are empowering people one person at time by helping
them assume responsibilities as real people.
God has good things in store for us and so
we will keep pressing on until we get to Gods
promise to us.

talents of hope
The Talents of HOPE
Microfinance program is
still alive but not quite well.
There are currently about
23 clients who are actually
benefitting well from the
program.
The current
Loan Officer for the program, Ms. Cecilia, is doing
quite well collecting the
money and tracking down
defaulted clients. Ms. Cecilia seems quite optimistic
that through prayer, hard
work and persuasion, she
will be able to retrieve
some of the money from
defaulted clients. It is only
a matter of time and the
Lord will give back to us all
that seem to have been
lost. I am convinced that
He will restore to us a
hundredfold of all that
Satan has stolen from us.

fashion of hope
Thank God, Fashion of HOPE program is
continues to expand. We have just added
another woman to the 6 existing trainees
who are learning to become seamstresses so
they can work on their own
to earn some living to
support their families. By
the end of October 2012,
we may need to include a
daycare facility next door
since the number would
increase to include 3 infants. One of the
trainees had a baby a month ago and another trainee has a baby that is on the
way. The female trainer is also, expecting
her first child by the end of the month. Our
prayers are with the expectant mothers for
safe delivery and return to work. We are
thankful to Gov. Leader who donated ten
sewing machines and tables and chairs
which enabled me to fulfill this part of my
dream for young grade school dropouts
most of whom are women who have no
skills or job prospects of any kind. God

bless those who consider the needs of the

poor and may the lord measure unto such
folks the same measure they used which is
pressed down and shaken together to the
point of overflowing so they
may continue to be guided
by their faith to reach out to
those who live outside the
walls of the city of hope with
some love. We may be hard
pressed at times but we are
not discouraged. We will
keep on keeping on. Esther
and I have learned to put forward our best
foot first at all times and in doing our best as
missionaries to rural folks, we may suffer
abuse, we may be pushed down occasionally, we may be deceived and disappointed
once a while but one thing we have learned
so well is to focus all our attention on God,
rid ourselves of al unnecessary distractions,
keep our minds stayed on the Lord, trust
Him fully and expect great things from Him.
He has promised and He will surely do it.
We are convinced that even if we have to
fail in anything we must fail faithfully.

TtHhEe KkIiNnGgSs BbIiRrTtHhDdAaYy (CcHhRrIiSsTtMmAaSs )

celebration
Christmas in Ghana can be gloomy for some
children who come from poor families. For
some children, getting a Christmas meal is not
something they look
forward to. Every year
for the last 4 years, we
have organizes a party
for over a thousand
children in our
neighborhood on
Christmas Day and for prisoners the next day.
We hold Bible quiz and other fun activities for
the children and at the end of the program we
give them clothes to take home. This is the
only party you attend to have fun and then
receive a gift rather than giving a gift to the
one who celebrates His birthday.

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USA

Douglas & Esther Yeboah-Awusi (Founders)

Africas HOPE, Inc.
354 Windermere Avenue
Lansdowne, PA 19050, USA
Tel.: 610-284-2602 or 484-557-2010
Fax:610-284-5183
E-mail:dyawusi@comcast.net
www.africaonline.com

GHANA

Douglas & Esther Yeboah-Awusi (Founders)

AfriHOPE Missions
c/o P. O. Box 98 (H/NO. KW 136)
Berekum-B/A, GHANA
011-233-275289702/011-233-248923384
Office: 011-233-289552215/011-233-289552215
Web address: www.afrihopeonline.com
E-mail:dyawusi@comcast.net
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