In the name of Jesus I send greetings to every reader of this paper and to all saints.

I thank our Lord Jesus Christ for saving me through his blood and cleansing my heart from all sins, for making me his servant and making me free from my service for the satan. I thank him that he is also the saviour and physician of my family and that he is the one on whom we trust and hope.

Already three years ago the Lord called me to missionary service in Africa and talked about a certain state – the state Ghana. When I looked at the map, the Lord showed me Ghana, but at this time I did not understand the voice of the Lord clearly enough and I also did not know the state. So I decided to travel to another state called Ivory Coast which I knew a little. Not before the last day before our departure to Ivory Coast I got to know that this states main language is French and I do not understand a word of French. But thank God, even being in dangers, among robbers and murderers, the Almighty held his hand over us and helped us in every situation. A year later we travelled to Kenya. Later, when I heard about Bro. Michael Smith’s homepage and visited it I read the report about Ghana and God again talked to me and reminded me of having talked to me earlier. After this we decided to travel to Ghana in order to visit the saints there and to help them. Already in Germany the Lord lead us so wonderful. I did not have the address of the saints in Ghana but my letter arrived at its destination, so that I was able to establish contact with Bro. Maxwell. But we also had difficulties. When we arrived in Accra at the airport nobody was there to receive us because the letter with our itinerary which I’ve sent there already over two weeks before our departure has still not arrived there when we arrived there. We had to stay in a hotel for one night and find our way there the next day. But thank God. The Lord helped us and we arrived there fine.

Ghana is a free but a poor land and most of the people understand the English language. The people there are thirsty and hungry for the word of god and also eager to learn in all things. Most of the time during our visit we stayed at the mission house which Sis. Dorothy Keiser, who was the first missionary from the Church of God in Ghana, has built. We also visited the congregations in the three neighbour villages and held services in the evenings. In some villages was no electricity and we had to use oil lamps. Most of the people are dressed poorly and only eat one meal per day. The preachers there ask for their food daily and God fulfils his promises. With the funds that one family offered we were able to buy 25 bibles for some of the ones in need. The Church of God in Roetgesbuettel also offered money so that we were able to start sinking a well to make it easier to the women to get water who have to buy their water or bring it from a valley which takes a lot of time. Because the well was not finished until our departure from Ghana we and many of the saints in the whole world prayed earnestly that they may find water and thank God, in a letter which I received recently, Bro. Maxwell wrote that they found water.

There are more needs in Ghana. Please pray for the saints in Ghana and in the whole world. Please pray for the missionary work and especially for me, the least of your brethren. We have the longing to support the saints there further on and to travel back to Ghana. May God bless you all and especially those, who support the work of God with prayers and in deed.

Your (minor) least brother, Alen Laukert, Germany