November 17, 2011 – 9:56 pm
by Debbie French, Co-Founder of Today’s Choices
After twenty years of serving Christ through the ministry of Today’s Choices, here in the U.S. and Ghana, West Africa, the time has come to ENTRUST these things to the next generation, who have faithfully served with us. For almost twenty years, God has been transforming the lives of […]
October 2, 2010 – 4:37 pm
Many of you may be reading this and thinking I want to make a difference or get involved but I don’t know how or I don’t have much to give. I am here to tell you that there is no such thing as a small gift to these young women. It costs less than one […]
October 2, 2010 – 3:55 pm
We are excited to share some news with you which is near and dear to Today’s Choices heart. On September 1, 2010, Margaret Callahan started as the full-time Administrator of Today’s Choices at the request of the Board. As the ministry has grown, the work load has continued to increase significantly. Having a full-time Administrator […]
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 […]