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Keiser Reports From Ghana - March

(Faith & Victory : May 1985)
 
Mar. 29- Dear Sis. Maybelle, Bro. Wayne, workers and all saints scattered abroad: Greetings to all of you from your missionary to Ghana, in the lovely name of Jesus. 

After 3 months of rest and recuperation, I am back at the job again. It took almost 3 full days and 2 full nights to make the trip to Ghana, but I arrived safely and on schedule. 

It was raining here when I arrived. Even though I had sent 3 cables to different brothers to meet me, it didn't seem anyone was there. I went through customs by myself and had no problems. When I got outside I found that one of my cables had gotten through, Bro's. John Reproh and Appiah Isaiah were waiting for me. I was most happy to see someone I knew, and to have help with the 150 lbs. of luggage I brought with me. 

We went to see Jim's Uncle Duku. He hadn't received my cables so he wasn't expecting me. Since it was early in the day we continued on to Kumasi, spending the night at a hotel owned by one of Appiah's brothers. It was nice and I rested real well. We went on to Akumadan-Ash the next morning, (Sunday) arriving early in the afternoon. 

I preached here at Akumadan the next Sunday on love, faith and obedience. The response was good. In the afternoon we went to a nearby village and did some personal work. At one place the people gathered around in a large crowd and after preaching the Word many hands were raised for prayer. After prayer I saw many relieved faces; many tears. Surely God changed some lives that day. We are going back there shortly to preach some more. 

Next week, two of the brothers will go to Kumasi to purchase a loud speaker system for street work. This is a real need right now. It will be purchased with some of the offerings received while I was home. 

I have a visa now for three months. During this time Duku will be working on the church registration, and a resident visa for me so that I can stay as long as I want to. 

Do pray God to work all of this out. This is the time for Ghana to be saved. God surely opened the door for me to come back. Not much can be accomplished in three months and my heart is open to stay and take advantage of this great opportunity to see souls saved. I do know that if God opens a door, (and God can find a person to enter it) that no man can close it. Herein lies my hope. Pray for me. I am trusting that soon I will be located in Kumasi where I will fare better. 

Yours for many souls,

-Sis. Dorothy Keiser
 

Keiser Reports From Ghana - May

(Faith & Victory : July 1985)
 
May 28- Dear Sis. Maybelle, Bro. Wayne, workers at the Print Shop, and all other saints scattered abroad: Greetings of Christian love to everyone. 

Once again we come your way by the printed page with news from Ghana. We have been back on the field now for better than two months. Many trips have been made to Accra on behalf of the registration of the church. We can at last report the church registered as of April 30, 1985. This is surely a work of God for churchs are not being registered here. Duku Agyemang, an uncle to Jim Akwasi, has given much time to the church registration, and we are indeed grateful to him for the good work he has done on behalf of the establishing of the church here. 

Since we are free to operate every place in Ghana now, we are planning a series of street meetings in the surrounding villages. We will be using the loud speaker system that we were able to purchase with some of the offerings given when I was home at Christmas time. 

We are also able to have a church bank account at the Commercial Bank of Ghana in Kumasi. This bank deals with the Foreign Exchange and is better located for our work in Ghana. 

I don't know yet how much time I am going to get here. The ministers have signed a letter requesting I be permitted to stay on. The Head Master of the Secondary School gave me a nice letter requesting I get to stay on and another titled man here in the village gave me two sheets of letterhead paper signed and with his seal, and said just "say what you, want." I am very happy for the confidence that people are having in me and for the progress of the, truth reaching hearts in Ghana. 

I am confident of extended time here and as soon as I can find a place in Kumasi to live, I will be residing there. The bank, the post office, city water, electricity and a better food supply is waiting for me there. As soon as I can get a post office box number I will let everyone know. 

Pray for the work here and for me that God make me little enough and big enough for the work cut out for me.

Your missionary to Ghana,

-Sis. Dorothy Keiser
 

Keiser Reports From Ghana - July

(Faith & Victory : September 1985)
 
July -Dear Sis. Maybelle, Bro. Wayne, all workers at the Print Shop and saints everywhere: Greetings of Christian love to all, from your missionary to Ghana, in the lovely name of Jesus Christ. Once again I come your way with good news from Ghana. Since the Church of God is registered, we are free to operate in Ghana, so we have started to hold street meetings in nearby villages. 

The young man, Kafi Marfo, who was on the robbery case with the police department when I was robbed last year, gave us a special invitation and requested us to hold a meeting in his home village of Wenchi. We arranged for the meeting to be held June 27-29, 1985. The chief of the village, the preachers of different churches and all the village people turned out to welcome us. We went to a school room, borrowed benches from another church, and had a full house morning and evening. The meeting was a wonderful success. Bro. Marfo fed and lodged us in his brother's modern house. He got saved along with a church house full of people. There were many prayers and fastings that went into this meeting and God hath given the increase. We are praising God for the Church that has been raised in Wenchi on a solid foundation. 

Ghana is open to the gospel. We can only go as fast as prayers, fasting and funds to work with come our way; In spite of many hindrances, God is moving the Church of God forward in Ghana. There is a real hunger amongst the people for truth. All that most of the church-going people know is a form of godliness, but they are dead, denying the power of God to live free from sin. The people themselves tell me this: "born, raised, live and die in a church, but never made a new creature in Christ Jesus." Pray for us and help us to get the gospel out. 

I am still working on a resident permit. If I don't get it by August 27th, I will have to leave the country and return again. I will have to either go to Togo or Nigeria, and enter Ghana again with another short visa. They have given me all the time they can on my present visa (6 months). 

There is another evil in Ghana that needs to be stopped, and that is witch and wizard craft. Many be­lieve that when a baby is born, if they are not protected, a witch or a wizard can get to them and either feed them something or bathe them in something that is supposed to cause them to be witches and wizards in life. Every family has someone afflicted with this craft. The land is full of these spirits. I have been told that there are many evil spirits working against me here, but if I keep myself in the love of God, they cannot harm me. I shall prevail over them with fasting and prayer. 

I have asked Bro. John Peprah to relate his experiences with witchcraft in regards to his daughter. It took a week of fasting and prayer to break the power of it. She is delivered. Praise God!

-Sis. Dorothy Keiser
 

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