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January HeartBeat

By KATHY Cooley

may be asking, why would Kathy feel it necessary to share these experiences when we’ ve seen the RFS videos and read the letters from pastors, even though a single chapter raises enough money to purchase a bike? Maybe, like Mark and me, you’ ve always given to RFS, and you know the impact of each dollar given. However, after meeting the pastors in Ghana in person and hearing firsthand about their struggles in spreading the Gospel and the difference our RFS dollars make through MVI, Jesus Film Project ®, and Global Christian Relief, I have a desire to dig deeper and give more liberally to RFS! Each person on this planet needs to hear about Jesus, both at home and abroad, so my prayer is that by sharing my experiences, your passion is ignited even more than before! Whether that means igniting

a desire to go on a mission trip, increasing the urgency in your prayer life for the lost and persecuted, or giving sacrificially to RFS – I pray you will be receptive to the Lord’ s leading. Below is just a snapshot of what our mission team was a part of.

We went to the Call of Hope headquarters in Tamale. Their leader for Ghana, Abukari, introduced us to many pastors who had previously received a motorcycle, and to the five who would be receiving one that day. The primary purpose of Call of Hope is to reach out to the Muslim community, via the school system, using Christian literature written by former Muslims.

This literature is given to students in upper elementary grades through high school, at no charge. They’ ve developed a series of 18 packets that contain multiple

pieces of Christian literature. Each time students answer and submit the questions in a packet, the next packet is brought to them. Call of Hope tracks each student who receives the packets and has seen many come to faith as a result. They’ ve even gone as far as receiving children whose families disowned them after they received Christ.

Sister Constance was the only female to receive a motorcycle that day, and I had the joy of praying over her and her bike! I talked with her beforehand and learned she has been married for four years and is anxious to start a family. The bike will help her to take both food and the packets of Christian literature to more students. She also serves at the Vocational Center, where the bike can help her ministry. What a privilege to see the faces of those