tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:15:01 +0000Medical TeamReturn trip to Ghana September 2009February 2007NLGO DEDICATION OF 1ST WORSHIP CENTERTime to BuildOur recent and past adventures... while living in West Africa & updates on the ministry there.http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-1784093544708611504Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:39:00 +00002015-07-29T03:39:10.597+01:00 Why can't we be more Kingdom Minded and less "Me Minded". John Burton does an awesome job at bringing this home. Jealousy truly has no place in our lives as Christians and as Christians in Church/Ministry Leadership. To paraphrase what Burton says in this video blog: When our aim in Christian Ministry is to advance the kingdom and to disciple followers of Christ we can't be jealous when http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2015/07/competition-accusation-and-jealousy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-695053978702620510Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:24:00 +00002014-04-02T01:24:16.128+01:00 New Life Global Outreach (a mission ministry of the New Life Outreach Intl. mother church in VA) here in Ghana, West Africa is thriving! We are happy to give you the report of the Lord! Pastors Karikari and Charlotte and their four children are well. They are healthy, growing and strong. The children are in school and the oldest, their only son, hopes to attend college one day in the near http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2014/04/report-card-by-feliza-cabrera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-2397483798638317969Tue, 01 Apr 2014 23:57:00 +00002014-04-02T00:57:31.480+01:00 We are writing you to say thank you. Thank you for your prayers, John 17:9. Thank you for standing alongside us as we serve, Galations 6:2. Thank you...you who gave, Leviticus 23:38. Thank you for loving us, I John 4:7-12. It's hard to trust in God sometimes isn't it? But He's so good. He's more than faithful and more than enough. When you are a natural thinker, you think a lot. When you are ahttp://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2014/04/thank-you-to-friends-out-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3127143916098392137Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:35:00 +00002014-04-02T00:24:09.674+01:00 It's what we all love to receive but seldom get. On occasion there are a few who receive it frequently and others not so much. We can go for long periods of time, at times, with very little of it. . . and we get along, we survive, we manage. When it is paired with another thing it's even better. What is it? It's called encouragement and paired with love it can go far in making a difference in http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2013/11/devotion-on-encouragement-written-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-4633825300964070898Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:37:00 +00002013-01-20T21:49:31.054+00:00 Disclaimer:  The following post is not intended to make anyone who reads this feel "guilty" but only to serve as a guide and reminder that many missionaries disappear from a case of being "out of sight - out of mind". This post is to also serve as a "little flag" to wave out there and hopefully bring awareness to the needs of missionaries.  We welcome your comments and http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-how-to-guide-on-supporting-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-1162179130780552926Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:50:00 +00002012-11-18T23:50:48.712+00:00 If I am feeling overwhelmed or find myself in a situation such as "an unfortunate event" I don't write. I may write small thoughts that come to my mind but I don't feel prepared to string them all together on display for a public viewing. This, of course, explains why I have not updated our blog in quite some time. I do not want you to get the idea that my (our) life has been a series of of http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-5396394883437570047Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:51:00 +00002011-12-11T18:20:41.052+00:00 Following up on a previous post dated October 21, 2010. While living in New York, I was working from home and Angelo was looking for a job. The entire time we were in New York he absolutely could not find any work! It was very frustrating. Looooong story short around the month of December 2010, he accepted an opportunity to train as a Police Officer in West Texas. Right before leaving to http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-own-reality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0Texas, USA31.9685988 -99.90181310000002726.6368288 -106.47061660000003 37.3003688 -93.333009600000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-8621072415713988488Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:01:00 +00002011-04-28T18:01:00.054+01:00Greetings to you from the pastors at the mother church of New Life in Ghana! As I write this I am filled with renewed excitement once again for what the Lord is doing there. Pastor and his wife Charlotte just called me to say hello. The church continues to move forward. The other branches there continue to meet and the church in Liberia and in the Ivory Coast are alive and well praise God! One http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2011/04/update-from-pastors-at-new-life-go-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-9086378352633779592Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:22:00 +00002011-04-21T15:22:09.013+01:00What He starts He completes! What I have come to realize in my life and in working in ministry is that when God's hand is at work and He begins something, through us, He continues it to completion. When we answered the call to begin a work in Ghana we knew that we knew that we knew it was a direct mission from above. Plans were made and before we knew it in a year's time, we were there. One http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2011/04/gods-not-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-2105792067040286938Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:19:00 +00002010-12-25T21:19:56.186+00:00Here's an update for you...just got off the phone with the Pastors of New Life Global Outreach in Ghana West Africa. Angelo, our daughters, and I were able to get on the phone with them via speakerphone and give an encouraging word to the entire congregation! I was so happy. I cried, of course!!! Happy to hear that they were all there watching the Christmas movie, The Nativity using the projectorhttp://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2010/12/ghana-christmas-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3580059247482488748Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-10-21T15:32:58.373+01:00God is so faithful, I am thankful that there is food on the table and we are still able to pay our bills, praise God. I was awake last night, or rather early this morning at about 2:00 a.m. and couldn't go back to sleep. This has been the case many nights in a row since we moved to New York City back in July of this year. I began to pray and read my Bible. I was feeling....I guess kind of like a http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-york-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3553944894742421918Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:07:00 +00002009-10-01T15:27:18.530+01:00Return trip to Ghana September 2009After spending an awesome Sunday morning with Pastors Fernando & Elvia @ NLOI Bronx NY we were able to wash our clothes and refresh and prepare to give it another go, this would be our 3rd try to head for Accra, Ghana. Monday afternoon came and this time our gate was changed to Gate 23. Dad came along to the airport as his flight was scheduled after ours was set to depart. He kept telling us we http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2009/10/try-try-and-succeed-continuation-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3322443524078546430Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:34:00 +00002009-10-01T15:07:30.369+01:00Return trip to Ghana September 2009We returned to the Delta Counter/JFK, Gate 04 and once again we lined up with the other passengers to re-check the Visas again and to await for the madness to begin! For those of you who've never flown internationally to Ghana, on Delta Airlines, you may not understand why I said we awaited for the madness to begin...you'll have to take my word on that...The boarding began and we, alongside the http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2009/10/try-try-try-and-succeed-part-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-6223286773758954132Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:44:00 +00002009-09-25T20:18:07.354+01:00Return trip to Ghana September 2009It has been over a year since we were last in Ghana. For the last several months we have been preparing for a return journey. Our journey began with several "hiccups"! This is part one of our story...A friend of ours, also an employee of the Richmond airport, met us, bright and early, to assist us with our luggage (12 pieces)and to ensure all would go smoothly from our first departure city (the http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2009/09/try-try-try-and-succeed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-5912701962007445914Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:47:00 +00002009-06-01T04:27:17.947+01:00It's almost been one year since we moved back to the U.S. from Ghana, West Africa...our time in Ghana was short-lived but very, very full!We are so grateful for the rare opportunity to serve God and others in Ghana, West Africa. Yes, we have been busy doing the Lord's work here in Richmond, VA as part of the Pastoral Team at New Life Outreach Intl but it has not kept us from praying for keeping http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-2009-update-by-feliza-cabrera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3482347542700787398Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:26:00 +00002008-12-30T06:20:00.922+00:00Hmmmm the year in review...where to begin? Our Christmas was wonderful with time well spent around family, close friends, and our awesome church family which we love very much. But even with all the merriment and joy of Christmas and the upcoming celebration of the old year passing and new one beginning, a part of me misses being in Ghana very much. This past Sunday morning found me struggling http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-in-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3117393466318144144Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:49:00 +00002008-07-31T02:06:31.231+01:00Wow, two months...time flies. It was just the other day when I was writing the last blog entry about having 15 days until we leave for the U.S.God is good, we have been busy since we arrived back in Richmond, Virginia. We did experience some loong delays in the airports on our way here but we arrived safely, praise God! The first two plus weeks we stayed at my parent's home until our house was http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-in-us-and-we-are-digging-well.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-1902917380727915672Mon, 26 May 2008 09:19:00 +00002008-05-26T11:19:23.038+01:00Our days are leaving us here in Ghana. It is going by fast. I woke up this morning thinking that before I know it I will be opening my eyes to different surroundings. My ears will hear different sounds. We will sorely miss the New Lifers here in Ghana that we have grown to love and care for. We will also miss the wonderful community of international friends; some missionaries, others business menhttp://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/05/15-days-left-in-ghana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-1949168485077575402Mon, 12 May 2008 16:57:00 +00002008-05-12T18:52:52.341+01:00http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-7901975929839465704Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:00 +00002008-05-12T17:57:43.227+01:00NLGO DEDICATION OF 1ST WORSHIP CENTERDedication Sunday, May 4, 2008. Pastor Angelo opening the service in prayer, asking everyone to hold hands and join in prayer.http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-3095705097788097678Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:44:00 +00002008-04-24T01:04:59.132+01:00Medical Teamhttp://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/04/clinic-at-aburi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-8960004727913131634Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +00002008-04-24T00:43:53.931+01:00http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/04/seeing-patients.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-1321042539796888293Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:17:00 +00002008-04-24T00:24:33.985+01:00Here is Pastor Angelo one night recently helping to count pills for the doctors and nurses from the medical team...http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/04/pharmacist-angelo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-8356339426162506992Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:29:00 +00002008-04-19T18:38:35.066+01:00Medical TeamThese are three young ladies ages 13, 16, and 19 that came into the clinic. They are beautifully adorned and dressed this way as they are going through puberty rites.http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/04/medical-team-shai-hills-day-two-video-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8152241042028586378.post-9208119535964666869Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:09:00 +00002008-04-19T18:29:15.026+01:00Medical TeamVideo clip: Day two is here! Day Two has arrived. We drove about 1 hour North to the Shai Hills Manya Village to set up the free outreach clinic where the Chief welcomed us and allowed us to used his own private home which was still in the building process. It was absolutely perfect for our needs. The night before our arrival the Chief sounded the "gong-gong" drum to alert the village and the http://takingthedive.blogspot.com/2008/04/medical-team-day-two-at-shai-hills.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0