We are His instruments of grace!

“Jesus looked at them and said, with man this is impossible, but with God all

things are possible.” Mathew 19:26

The number of child slaves may seem incredibly large or even an impossibility

to man. However, through this journey of Ghana Rock, we all must continue to

remember that God has a purpose and NO number is too massive for him. We all

must remember that “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

(Philippians 4:13). As human beings, we can't end child slavery in Africa or even

just on Lake Volta in Ghana. But the Lord can through us! We are His instruments

of grace! Everyday, we must remember to, “trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and

he will make your paths straight” (Psalms 3:5, 6). Help Ghana Rock to be an

instrument of grace to the Lord. Through God, we can make a difference and 

impact a life of a child slave in Ghana!

~ Lauren Blakey

What can I do to help?

Hey Friends!

Lots of you have asked us what you can do right now to

 help with preparations for Ghana Rock! So, here you have it...

We are looking for glass bottles!

 If you recycle any kind of glass bottles, we would be more 

than happy to take them off your hands! 

Also, we are looking for MAPS! We're talking old school, 

before we had GPS' kind of maps. If you have old ones that have been collecting dusts since you got a tom-tom, they don't need to be anymore :) 

If you have either of those, email ghanarockteam@gmail.com so we can arrange to take them off your hands! That's all... for now! We have lots of exciting things coming up, but more on that later :) 

Thank you all for your incredible support, we can't put into words how much we appreciate it. 

encouraged by this today. 

It's not another feather in my cap.

There has always been much confusion about how to fill life. When I tell people about Ghana Rock, many react almost as though they were responding to a clever joke... “Oh. That was good. Nice! You must be funny.” Similarly, I can almost hear their silent thought, “Wow. How cool! You must be such a good person.” When, following the concert, I listened to some say, “Congratulations,” it struck me as odd. They were impressed because they viewed Ghana Rock merely as my discovery of a means of fulfillment that was not harmful to me and provided a real sense of accomplishment and joy. They believed I had somehow maneuvered life to construct for myself a niche of gratification in Ghana Rock, much as words, ideas, emotions, and stereotypes might be manipulated to craft a humorous remark. Perhaps they had been relying on substitute fulfillment through any number of the harmful products and vices encouraged by the clueless society in which we live. Perhaps they had been searching high and low for security and contentment, only to be let down time and again. (Those feelings were at one time all too familiar to me. That they could even see the peace of Christ in me is testimony in itself to the grace of God.) But whatever their past experience, they had tragically missed the point.

What a shame that this amazing opportunity to witness God’s hand at work is overlooked merely as a good way to “fill” life. The concert and the cause behind it is NOT and has never been a means of fulfillment. And the joy that I have experienced as a result of Ghana Rock I know I never would have felt had I been searching for my life’s purpose, rather than responding to and leaning upon God throughout the process. I will gladly testify to such a joy because I realize it was the product of grace that seemed unlikely to me at the time, of love that seemed absurd, of God’s overwhelming and glorious display of sovereignty and steadfastness as He brought light out of darkness and loveliness out of hopelessness before my very eyes.

As the Ghana Rock team is planning and praying for the concert, we are incessantly reminded about the reason for Ghana Rock 2012 – to watch a miracle unfold, to see God move in ground-shaking, faith-building, unforgettable ways. Thank You Lord for lavishing all that You are on the undeserving. Thank You for giving us true fulfillment and purpose, for allowing us to find our identity and our sustenance, in You.

-Katie Hensel 

Oh, Oprah.

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Upon reading articles about Human Trafficking, someone shared a story Oprah did a few years ago about Lake Volta. When reading it, I started to cry... The story itself is heartbreaking and informative but that wasn’t what really bothered me. What bothered me was that someone with as much influence and fame as Oprah could not make a significant dent in ending child slavery.

Oprah did this story in 2007-- five years ago and child slavery on Lake Volta is still going on, in fact all the statistics are the same. Not necessarily an encouragement for us.  Ghana Rock has way less influence, fame, connections, and funding than her. Can we make even difference? I was forgetting one major difference though. What's different about Oprah and Ghana Rock is we have one super power much stronger than anything Oprah does. 

His name is Jesus. 

My encouragement? This would all be lame, worthless, and a complete waste of time if we are  trying to bring awareness by ourselves... but we're not. Jesus is right here, constantly providing for us. We have the unity of the body of Christ praying for us. We are a force, and we are a strong one at that. 

(to read the whole article Oprah did, click here)