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"This child is cursed!"   "He is talking to demons!"   "Don't go near him or touch him - he is of the devil!"   "His mother is cursed.  Someone performed magic on her while she was pregnant to give her a child that is not a human being!" "The thing needs to be killed!  Look at his head - it's deformed!  Kill it!   Kill it!   Kill it! " These were actual words spoken over this little boy.  The villagers were making plans to end his life because his head is misshapen.  People did not believe he was human, but did believe he was possessed.   He would sit alone without being fed or even touched because everyone was so afraid of him.  His mother was shamed within her own village, ostracized from the others because of her strange looking baby. Now, meet Shadrach.  This child doomed for death was rescued by Daddy Paul.  Daddy Paul runs two orphanages here in Ghana.  When Daddy Paul heard about the situation from one of...

     Guest blogger:  Mason Beebe, age 16 yrs.      Recently, I read an article online about a certain social media application. The author was warning readers about the dangers of the application and his ultimate goal was to have the reader delete the app from their phone or electronic device. His argument against the application was that, when advertised, the application seemed safe, but under careful study the application is very dangerous. This bad application was being disguised with good advertisements.            As you probably know, living in Ghana has greatly changed our view on American/Western culture and values, and most are not for the better. After living here in Ghana for some time, I realized that it is nearly impossible to truly see certain pieces of Western values for what they are until you are no longer immersed in the culture. There is so much wickedness in the country that people don’t see b...

Enjoy Meagan's post about the outreach on Saturday.  What a blessing!