Dear friends,
I count it a great privilege to love and serve God's children
indeed, throughout Ghana and other parts of Africa, and by working with charities
and organizations have recently founded Children's
Medical Mission-Ghana. I have prayed with children
in rural areas for good crops, and I have been a guest in the homes of many children and families
who have felt that all hope was gone. And I have walked with people from diverse family backgrounds
as poverty robs them of their childhood hopes and expectations.
But those stories are not the full picture, and I thank God that
I have also seen the unspeakable joy families experience after their children have received medical
treatment. Jesus told his followers that the poor will always be among you. He also made it clear
that we must do what we can to aid them, in accordance with Deuteronomy 15:11: “There will always
be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward
the poor and needy in your land.”
Poverty is a complex issue that goes beyond a lack of material goods, and dealing
with poverty demands a perspective that goes beyond mere economic matters straight to the issues
of the heart.
As Christians, the staff of Children's Medical Mission believe that ministry to
the poor must address a complete range of concerns that face each of us, because we know that poverty
impacts people in a number of different ways.
I
have witnessed children dying just because they have no
access to medical treatment and their parents do not have money to help them. and then I asked God
what I could do to help these little ones you have entrusted into our hands? God responded immediately
and this gave birth to Children's Medical Missions Ghana.
I encourage you that if you are looking for a ministry to be part of, that you
consider CMM-Ghana. As children of God we believe effective ministry to the poor can equip families
to become who God wants them to be. Together we can save lives by brining hope to health, one child
at a time!