October 2, 2010 – 3:14 pm
Let the baking go on…
Sweetwater’s Executive Directors, Agnes and Lizy, are leading a baking endeavor at Sweetwater House. They bake all the breads for Sweetwater as well as bread to sell in the community and at the market. This exciting new venture is working as a means to teach the girls another skill to supplement their […]
I received some new pictures of the Sweetwater Graduation 2010 that I want to share with you. The first is a traditional Ghanaian dance that the girls performed in celebration of this eventful day. In attendance at graduation were not only the parents and family of the girls, but also the Pastors, Deacons and congregation […]
By God’s Grace every thing went on very well with the preparation and the graduation itself.
On Friday the 16th of July the Sweetwater House was full of parents and relations of the girls as well as pastors, deacons and congregation members from Charismatic Baptist Church to celebrate with the girls their graduation. We were priviledged […]
As Westerners, it is very difficult for us to understand the grip that superstition and fear have on West Africans who practice African traditional religions (known as ATR, animism, voodoo, etc…). It is this fear that drives such horrendous practices as Trokosi slavery.
What is Trokosi?
Trokosi is an old cultural and ATR practice found primarly among the Ewe […]
I had the privilege to meet Charlotte in January of 2010 and she shared this story with me in our small group one day … it’s her story. I want to recognize the great boldness it took for her to share this in front of her peers… She brought her story out of the depths […]
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17
(The photo at the top of this post is from Sept., 2008. the girls had just arrived at Sweetwater House.)
This verse has taken on a totally different meaning for me as a […]
On January 22, 2010 I joined five other women on a trip to the Sweetwater House in Ghana, West Africa. Sweetwater House is a ministry of Today’s Choices, and is a residential home for young ladies 16-21 years of age, designed to give them a safe place to prepare for life. During their 2-year […]
February 10, 2010 – 12:15 pm
Report, Ghana Trip, 2010 - by Margaret Callahan
We recently spent 10 days in Ghana at Sweetwater House. On Wednesday a girl named Elizabeth shared her story. She was given as a virgin sacrifice to the fetish priest when she was an infant. She lived on the shrine and was forced to work and live naked all […]
December 15, 2009 – 4:10 pm
About the Castle
Elmina Castle was erected by the Portuguese in 1482 as São Jorge da Mina (St. George of the Mine) Castle, also known simply as Mina or Feitoriada Mina) in present-day Elmina, Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast). It was the first trading post built on the Gulf of Guinea, so is the oldest European building […]
November 10, 2009 – 10:52 am
This month I am proud to present the latest newsletter describing life at Sweetwater House and reporting on many of the facets of ministry in Ghana. I hope that you will read it and feel free comment on any of the articles. Thank you for your support and encouragement over the years. We are very […]