Is God at Work in Africa? part 2

So as I continue my "Is God at work in Africa" theme, I went back to the very beginning of our trip and pulled out these photos. In my previous post most of the images that I shared focused on the work of the Zimmerman's in Ghana. This post is going to revolve around the ministry that the Butlers have in Ghana. As I said before it is hard to photograph God at work but I hope these images will shed a light on how missionaries are God's hands and feet on a daily basis. I also hope that all who read and look at this blog will realize that though these are photos of missionaries in Africa, they represent the same things that God expects from all Christians regardless of where we live.
Martin in the foreground and his brother working on Martin's house. Martin is one of the guards employed by the Butlers. Chad and I were able to help put a roof on Martin's house.

Marnie introduces Kelly to one of her friends at a church in Dzakpo on our first Sunday in Ghana.

Head and shoulders knees and toes during a Sunday School hour with the children of Dzakpo village. Have you considered working with the children in your church?

Chad preaching in Dzakpo village.

A great opportunity to share Christ is at the local market. Making friends with the vendors at the market gives you a weekly opportunity to get to know someone. Here in the U.S. we don't normally have a market like this to visit daily or weekly but we do have Wal-Mart and Kroger.

I mentioned cell phone charging in my last post. This lady would regularly bring her cell phone to the Butlers to charge it. This gave them an opportunity to get to know her and will hopefully open into an opportunity to share Christ.

Wednesday was game day in Kodzobi village. Another great way to show God's love to the children. Lead a child to Christ and you have an in road to leading the whole family to Christ.

I hope that I have given you a better understanding of what missionary life is like and hopefully showed you that you don't have to be a missionary in Africa to be used by God.

Gary Phillips