DTS Outreach


	DTS Outreach

Our team of 10 people (4 staff and 6 students) arrived in Ghana at the end of May.
We stayed at the Kerygma Teams house in Koforidua. Paul and Bernice Otoo welcomed us into their house. Antony, a member of Kerygma Teams Ghana, also arrived in Ghana with us.
For 3 weeks, we participated in local prayer group meetings where we gave teachings and prayed for people, a lot of people We visited primary schools where we gave teachings and played with the kids. They are very enthusiastic, outgoing and very open to what we had to say. And at the local hospital we talked and prayed over pregnant women.
We organized a youth weekend for students and that was really great. We could really get to know them and build relationships.

Following this, we travelled to Tamale in Northern Ghana for two weeks. Tamale is a mainly Muslim area. The local Charismatic Renewal had organized a programme, where we could visit people in the villages. Villagers didnt speak English so we went with a translator to talk to them and tell them about Jesus. A lot of people wanted to give their lives to Jesus but they were scared because of the fear of getting ostracized from their families. Their situation was not easy, but the people were very friendly and open to hear the Gospel.


	We also went to help out at local orphanages. There were kids who were left by their parents, and there was a girl who had the HIV virus. Visiting them made quite an impact on our team; it made me realize not to take things for granted. We visited prayer groups and youth meetings, where we gave teaching and prayed over people.

We also got the opportunity to work with street kids; and once, at night, we went into the city to look if we could find more street kids. We could really see where some people actually sleep: on benches, the floor, in sheds and under pieces of cardboard.

After 2 weeks we went back to the south and we came to Accra, the capital of Ghana, where we organized a weekend youth program. The parish where we stayed was amazing, we built great friendships with the priest and the seminarians.

After Accra it was almost time to say goodbye. We said our farewells to the prayer groups and people we had come to know in Koforidua, but it was not easy to say goodbye. You really get a heart for Ghana and especially the people, who were very open to what we had to share and we definitely learned a lot from them.

The outreach was a great experience where God really showed up and blessed us with the time we had in Ghana.

Ideline Meijer - The Netherlands (A Student from the DTS)