I always expected that I would get a good education, a good job and, eventually, all of my father’s possessions. My father made great sacrifices to provide for my education, and he was obviously pleased and proud of me. He had high expectations for his first-born son. Neither of us gave any thought to what God might be planning.

Then when I was 20 and about to graduate, a Christian friend named Francis Kupoe began to send me many letters telling me about Jesus and enclosing Christian leaflets. Some I threw away, and some I read. One day, reading John 3: 7, 16 and 36, I put my faith in Jesus. At once I was filled with joy. I joined the Kanania Good News Church, part of the Bible Church of Africa (BCA) which relates to SIM in Ghana. Soon the church made me an elder and then overseer of several neighboring churches. But my parents were not pleased. Culturally, it’s almost impossible for an eldest son in my hometown to become a committed Christian. Even though I was not living at home, I experienced a great deal of opposition. (I thank God that now my mother is a believer.)

Four years after my conversion, I was called to serve as an evangelist, and later I became a pioneer missionary with the Evangelical Missionary Alliance (EMA), the mission arm of the BCA. In 1994, EMA named me coordinator for other Ghanaian missionaries. Leaders of their newly planted churches are eager to do evangelism and church planting themselves, and I call them my “Timothys.”

Whilst on the mission field I have encountered many difficulties. Converts sometimes slip back from their faith, inadequate finances retard the progress of the work, and my family has suffered many health challenges. Praise the Lord that in each of these difficulties, we have learned to trust Him for all our needs. I have learned of His faithfulness in all situations, and I understand that He is always with me.

God has opened a new door of opportunity for us to reach out through radio broadcasting. The Ghana Broadcasting System network in our town provides a free hour on Sunday mornings to a number of churches and mosques on a rotating basis. Sometimes new people come to church after hearing us on the radio. Once a stranger overheard me talking with a friend on the street, and he recognized my voice from the radio broadcasts. He is the chief of an area where they don’t yet have a Christian church, and he invited us to preach in his area. Now I am planning to begin a paid weekly radio program because I can see that radio is a good missionary.