Dear
Family and Friends,
Before even you read the greeting, please note that our two email
addresses are mmozley@yahoo.com and mclairemozley@yahoo.com!!!
Greetings
from Accra, Ghana! It’s been a long time
since I’ve written so prepare for a bulleted and brief news update since we
returned on January 3rd.
Major Transition to Accra: We were anxious, as we
prepared to return without our Anna Mozley who remained behind with our dear friends, the
DeJarnetts, to finish her sophomore year at Marietta High School. Once here we
had to find a home and reestablish in a new
city. God is good and within two weeks we
found a home and moved all of our belongings from Kumasi and were in our house by January 31.
The road to our house is not paved but at least it is fairly
smooth! “Chairman,” aka Camron Faulkner also arrived in February to teach
our kids and has risen to the occasion and exceeded our wildest expectations as
a partner and friend in ministry!
Kenya: Attended the MANI
Conference in Nairobi,
MANI stands for Movement of African National Initiative. There were 40
African countries represented and 20 other nations that came to support (over
600 people). African Christian Leaders believe that they will usher in
the next great movement of missions and evangelism. I stand with them in this belief and am anticipating HIS
Power to Move throughout the African Continent! Best quote of the
conference was during a prayer seminar for the Global Day of Prayer which will
be held on June 4th. (The whole world will be praying, I
hope you’ll join in.) As we were lifting up prayer request for
various war-torn African countries, we raised the need for unity. One man
said, “Never pray for a spirit of unity, pray
for a spirit of brokenness and unity will come.” It was like the Holy Spirit seared all
our hearts with that truth. Would to God that we asked for brokenness
instead of our own agenda!
Thailand: A conference based on relating to our Islamic brothers and
sisters and finding bridges in their cultural forms to show the deeper meaning
of what Christ has done for them. Ponder this thought; many new believers
in Jesus are still wearing their traditional Islamic cloth but are praying to
Issa (Jesus) in their prayer centers. Incarnational ministry at its core. Best highlight was having a
roommate from a predominant Islamic country whose brother had been killed in a
village dispute because they were followers of Issa (Jesus). He wept as
he told me of how he blamed himself for his brother’s death because he was a follower
of Jesus. I also wept with him and again in the middle of the night as I
thought of the hundreds and even thousands who are dying for their faith and
many churches throughout the world have no idea. God, open the eyes of
your church to catch a vision of the daily sacrifices that are going on all
over the world.
Zambia: Conference on the Holy
Spirit held by Delbert and Sandy Groves, UM Missionaries, in Kitwe,
Zambia.
Pastor Blake Lorenz and team from
Pine Castle UMC in Orlando
also came to assist in the leadership of the conference. The Holy Spirit
did not disappoint as people were broken, blessed and filled to overflowing in
the power of the Holy Spirit. People were ministered to in healing,
deliverance and salvation. It was truly one of my
best times in ministry. God is moving
and I believe we will soon
see God raise up missionaries from Ghana,
Zambia
and beyond…it’s exciting to see Africans lit up in the Holy Spirit and hungry
to go wherever He leads them.
Northern Outreach: After returning from Zambia
I spent five days in the North visiting my fellow foot soldiers and pastors who
lead in some of the most desolate places in Ghana. I visited
Damongo, Tamale, Bolgatanga, Bawku and Navrongo. God is on the
move…testimony from Pastor Manu-Yeboah reported that nearby villages were
calling church leaders from the adjoining villages where churches were already
established to come over and begin a church in their village…just from the
sounds of praise in a nearby village, God is wooing people into His presence.
Please pray for our co-worker, Rev. Job Chemogo who
serves in the Gonja village
of Bole. He has
been sick for several months and desperately needs God’s touch of healing!
Upcoming trips:
I leave this Wednesday for Cameroon where my good friend John Quashie
and I will be teaching two three day ILI conferences in Douala and Yaoundé with our co-worker, Rev.
Florence Fokoua of I_Care Ministry based out of Yaounde.
My last trip for 2006 is set to be working with Barry St. Clair and his Jesus
Focused Youth Ministry in Ouagadougou,
Burkina
Faso.
Exciting News: I have received my letter of acceptance to the
Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission
and Culture for the MTh program and upon completion of my first year, will
begin my PhD. I’m not looking for titles, I’m looking for a testimony but
this has been a dream for many years to write my heart and mind in research in
missions.
Family News: Anna returns from U.S. with her grandma on June 6th.
Claire
and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage on June 21st!!!! Maggie is loving riding horses at the Military Camp and a zoo helper in the
local zoo in Accra.
Luke is full tilt, all boy, with soccer, baseball, bicycle, dad, Chairman, anything and anyone that is willing
to play… he’s game! Claire is steadfast in her devotion to our family as
wife, mom and minister to everyone who enters our door. Scores have
already visited and tens have stayed in our home. She’s also the best
organizer of short term teams and keeping up with her children’s ministry in Kumasi.
Short Term Teams: We were blessed to have Rev. Andy VomSteeg and his
crew from New Vintage in Santa Rosa
in March. We will have 15 from UGA Wesley Foundation from May 17-30 and
another team from Smyrna UMC with 13 from June 17-July 1.
We are blessed to be partners with you in ministry. Fail not
to pray for us. We love ministering alongside you here in Ghana
and beyond.
Michael
for the Mozleys