why we're going

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me." Isaiah 6:8

The Challenge:

Ghana, in equatorial West Africa, is blessed with a friendly people and a stable society. But Ghana also faces huge challenges. One in every nineteen children dies in infancy, primarily from bad water or malaria. Per capita gross domestic product is around $1,400. The Ghanaians are working to improve their homeland: Ghana was the first sub-Saharan nation in colonial Africa to gain independence, the first nation to host the United States Peace Corps, and is free from civil unrest.

Our Response:

Dunwoody United Methodist Church helps support missionaries in Ghana and is sending a short-team mission team for 2008. The Jackson missionary family is based on the coast in Accra, the capitol. Charlie teaches at Methodist University and Mary Kay works for Methodist Development and Relief Services in Community Development. The Jernigan missionary family works in the interior at Lake Bosomtwe. Andrew is a pastor and Juliana is a physician. Together they operate the Lake Bosomtwe Methodist Clinic, which serves numerous villages in the area.

Our mission team for 2008 goes to support the Lake Bosomtwe Methodist Clinic with the guidance and aid of the Jernigans and Jacksons. The team is divided into two task groups: medical and construction. Our medical professionals assist with treatment at the clinic, and our construction team helps with expansion of the clinic. We, the mission team, thank God for the Jacksons and Jernigans, our guides through the jungle of Africa, with faith as our compass.