It had been a long day at work and
the home drive was looked for-
ward to. But with the post office
bills overdue, grudgingly I make
my way to the central business
district of the capital city, Accra,
where the antiquated structures
that house the general post office
stands. It was in the trotro (com-
mercial vehicle) I boarded that I
met this lanky preacher in action.
Scriptures – both old and New Tes-
tament – were dispensed in rapid
succession like an AK47 machine
gun would bullets. By the time
the, about 30.4km (44mins) trip
was done – and the sermon end-
ed - he might have quoted about
50 scriptures, if not more! TCM
features Samuel Mintah for our
Street Preacher segment for July.
TCM: How did you know this is your
life’s call?
SP: I discovered this at the age of
32 years. It wasn’t very clear from
the onset and so I was doing oth-
er secular jobs and was having lots
of challenges. This continued until
I received prophetic direction to
make that decision.
TCM: What were you doing for a
living then?
SP: I’ve been a driver, trader, offi-
cer with an import/export compa-
ny and many others. At the import/
export company, I was laid off for
no apparent reason with a month’s
notice to find another job. Follow-
ing this, I went into driving com-
mercial vehicles. For the first three
weeks, everything was fine until
I begun to hear voices telling me
to stop driving and go to church!
I ignored these until my car start-
ed giving me headaches – theft of
battery, breakdowns, etc. I took
them all as normal and meticulous-
ly solved all the problems as they
occurred.
TCM: What was the last straw that
broke the camel’s back?
SP: I gave the car to a friend to
work with while i embarked on a
journey. He absconded with the
car and wouldn’t pick his calls. I
was informed that the vehicle had
been spotted somewhere in Kasoa
– broken down and abandoned. I
ended up having to fix repair the
vehicle and render accounts to the
vehicle owner for all the time my
friend had worked with the car. I
was broke when I was done set-
tling all my debts. On top of all this,
I got involved in an accident with
a company staff bus I was driving
which finally made me realize I
was off course and that, “to obey
is better than sacrifice”. The grace