To Ghana with the Gospel : 2018

September - October Prayer Letter

The Launderville Family September - October Prayer Letter

We want to thank all our friends and Partners for their faithful prayer and support. God has blessed us greatly in the last 2 months and we want to share this with Y'all. We have also given some specific prayer requests and ask that you bring them before the Lord. If any of you have some specific prayer requests please feel free to email them to me so that we can bring them before the Lord as well.

July - August Prayer Letter

The Launderville Family July - August Prayer Letter.

We want to thank those who have been praying for us. God is working and we know it is because you are praying. We also want to thank our Partners in this ministry, for your faithful support it has been a much needed blessing.

Dear Friends and Partners,
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Ephesians 3:20 Thank God we are seeing this promise being fulfilled.
Praise God we are at 45%. Since our last prayer letter we have been in at least 24 meetings in SC, GA, TN, NC, IN, and VA. God has blessed many times allowing us to experience His presence and be a blessing to others. We have had at least 8 Churches take us on for support in the last 2 months.
Thank God for Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We were in Primrose Georgia at Faith Baptist Church Missions Conference when our van broke down. It was number 4 cylinder diesel injector that decided to quit about 5 miles from the Church. The Lord allowed us to get to the Church as well as to the mechanic. God is faithful. He knew we didn’t have the $1200.00 to repair it so He used some precious Brothers and Sisters in Christ to help us. The bill was paid and the van got fixed. We want to personally thank Pastor Ogle and all those that have donated and helped in this situation. We pray that God will richly bless you.
God has given us a goal for departure, December 2019. God has given us peace about this date. Just like the principle of Faith Promise Giving, He lays upon our heart a time and by faith we will see this come to pass. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1Thessalonians 5:24
Please pray about our Transition Fund. We need to raise $50,000 to transition from the USA to Ghana. The Transition Fund would include money for the following:
$15,000 to buy an automobile. Hopefully something 4X4 because the roads are terrible in the rainy season.
$10,000 for 2 years of rent. Most house rent contracts require you to pay for the entire 2 year rent upfront.
$3,500 for house repairs. I expect to have to work on the house I rent. Most houses are not finished but the owner will still rent it to us anyway. We will need to build a storage shed to keep things from being stolen.
$4,000 Immigration fees. This is for us to get legal alien status so we won’t have to go out every 60 days.
$5,500 for appliances and generator.
$8,000 for shipping a container with our belongings and customs fees.
$4,000 for flight tickets.
If anyone desires to donate to this please mark for “Launderville Transition Fund”.
We want to close by telling you we are thankful for your prayers and support. Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

May God bless all of you as you serve our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,

Bro. John and Family

May - June Prayer Letter

The Launderville Family May - June Prayer Letter.

We want to thank all those who have been praying for us. We also want to thank our Partners in this ministry, for your faithful support it has been a blessing.

Dear Friends and Partners,
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. Psalm 54:4. We are thankful that God is our helper as we strive to serve Him, but we are even more thankful that He is with all of you who uphold and support us financially and prayerfully.
Thank God for Safety to Ghana and back. We left on May the 27th from Richmond to JFK in New York. Our flight to Accra, Ghana left at 6pm and was a 10.5 hr flight. We arrived in Accra at 8:30 AM. The Ghanaian Immigration and Customs staff were very friendly as they assisted us especially since our 2 youngest children were crying. The Ghanaians enjoyed seeing the children especially Sam. All the ladies wanted to hold him. My wife was able to see several places in Ghana. We went to the city of Takoradi and as we walked into the market the Ghanaian ladies all got excited at the sight of Paula and Sam and they started to chatter about how she was holding Sam the wrong way. Carrie was holding him in her arms and not on her back. We stayed in the village of Kanasaworado and my wife was able to see what an average sized village is like. We also visited the small village of Mampong several miles outside of Kanasaworado. You pass through several miles of jungle and farms on the old road to Tarkwa to get to this village. We stopped and talked to some of the locals as they were distilling coconut oil. I was able to get some pictures of my wife and children with these people as they talked. You can find these pictures and others about the trip on our website www.gospelforghana.blogspot.com . We were able to get a lot of financial information and put together a list of things to bring with us when we move. I was able to preach twice at the Kanasaworado Independent Baptist Church. We returned on the 5th of June. God truly blessed the trip and we are looking forward to the day when we are able to leave and go to the place of God’s calling.
Praise God we are at 31% of our support needed. God has blessed and we had several take us on recently.
Please continue to pray for us as we have started back on a full schedule. We are praying that God would allow us to reach 75% by the first of next year. This may seem to be a high goal, but we serve a God who “… is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Eph 3:20 Thank you all again for your faithful prayer and support.

May God bless all of you as you serve our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,

Bro. John and Family

Specific prayer requests.
That we would see souls saved.
Safety while traveling.
$50,000 transition fund. This is the amount needed to move, buy a vehicle, 2 years upfront rent, and visas.
That we may be an encouragement to the churches we are in.

Survey Trip 2018

This is a special newsletter to update our friends and partners concerning our recent survey trip to Ghana. We want to thank you for your faithful prayers and support.

We left on May 27th from Richmond International Airport

This is the first time my wife and all 5 of our children have ever flown. The first flight was to JFK in NY, about 1 hr long. The flight to Accra was 10.5 Hrs. Thank the Lord no one got sick flying.
We went with several things to get accomplished and the Lord allowed us to get them done. My wife was able to see Ghana and I was able to get financial info that was greatly needed.

My wife was able to see several areas of the city of Takoradi, including the market square where she became the center of attention and talk among the ladies as they tried to explain to her in Fante that she was holding Samuel the wrong way because he wasn't on her back. These ladies wanted to hold Sam and we could clearly see this was a rare opportunity for them of which they enjoyed.

We stayed in the outskirts of the village of Kanasaworado in the Western Region.

A local Mosque near where we stayed

Signs of Spiritual Confusion, every kind of charismatic, satanic, religious conglomeration imaginable is there.

This is one of the local Charismatic groups that in just a few years, after nonstop sensual dancing and satanic speaking in tongues has built this massive building you see in the center of the picture.

Sam gets the opportunity to ride Ghana style. It didn't take long and he was asleep.

Please Pray for the girl Jenny in the Picture as well as her sister and brother due to the recent passing of their mother.

We took a trip to the village of Mampong several miles outside of Kanasaworado on the old road to Tarkwa. Of course this road is a dirt road with many potholes and it washes out in the rainy season.

Along the way we see this sign for a prayer camp.

(For your own info google Ghana prayer camps and you will find the demonic influence these prayer camps are having)

In the village of Mampong we got to see some locals distilling coconut oil. They were glad to see our family as we were a rare sight there in that village.

I had the opportunity to preach twice at the Kanasaworado Independent Baptist Church they are meeting at the local Methodist high school.
Please pray for the man in this picture Eric as he is in technical school learning to be a mechanic.

We got back home on June the 5th. Please pray for us as we continue deputation and Lord willing be able to go to place of God's calling, Ghana.

March - April Prayer Letter

The Launderville Family March - April Prayer Letter.

We want to thank those who have been praying for us. We can see God working and we know it is because you are praying. We also want to thank our Partners in this ministry, your faithful support has been a blessing.

January - February Prayer Letter

Dear Friends and Partners,

We hope and pray that each and everyone of you all are experiencing good health and the abundant life that God intended for His children. John 10:10 I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. We have experienced God’s presence in several of our meetings and it’s a joy to see God move on the seen and take control of the service.

We want to thank God for His protection as we travel. In January we had several meetings in TN and as we were coming out of the mountains of TN down to Wilson, NC we started to here some strange sounds coming from the engine. We made it all the way to Wilson and just as we were pulling into the church the brakes went out in our van. The vacuum pump that runs the brakes on our diesel had broke. God protected us the entire way by keeping it going until we came to where it could be fixed. Had the pump failed on the highway we could have had a major accident. God blessed above and beyond by allowing churches to help us with the repair bill. Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. This is my life verse and not a day goes by that God don’t allow me to see the numbers 8:28 somewhere on a clock or sign in which I instantly remember God’s grace and leadership in my life as described in this verse. All things good or bad are used by God to work for our good.

Praise God our support level is about 20%. We are fully booked through April and much of May. We are now Full-time Deputation. The Lord began to deal with my heart about going full-time deputation at the end of January. I hesitated at first but God reminded me that our life is a walk of faith, so I obeyed, shut down my business and watched God prove to me He could take care of us. Please pray for us to be able to contact Pastors and continue to book 8 to 12 meetings a month.

Please pray about our upcoming survey trip to Ghana the end of May into June. We have been busy trying to get all the passports, visas and shots taken care of. The cost of yellow fever shots has doubled but we know God can supply all our needs. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

May God bless you as we labor together with Christ in the harvest fields.

Bro. John and Family