BEAR VALLEY INSTITUTE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES, TAMALE - GHANA
JULY 2024 OPERATING REPORT
We give God all the glory and honor for the month of July 2024. We continued with our duties as servants of the most high in doing our best to serve our beloved master in our various capacities. Because He lives, we are not consumed, praise Him. Amen
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Students have gone on a break to try to do their farming activities as the rains began. It is a long break, arranged to accord them the opportunity to do their major farming activities and return back to school. This is important because we do not want to train irresponsible preachers. We therefore are doing our best to encourage them to involve themselves in some little productive activities that can help them to be more responsible in carrying out their duties as preachers. Farming is the major work across Northern Ghana. It is our prayer that the Lord remembers them and blesses the work of their hands.
SCHOOL COMPOUND MAINTENANCE
We are doing our best to put the school compound in a more presentable state. The rains not being stable made us slow down with some of the things we intended to do to put the compound in order. Notwithstanding, in the month of July 2024, we were able to transport some local fence building flowers from Yendi area to try to demarcate the school compound from the school garden. We are however going to need more helping hands to push the agenda of keeping our environment to a certain standard. It is our prayers that the Lord makes a way.
VISITATION AND CHURCH STRENGTHENING
Brother Paul Laar, a past student of Bear Valley Tamale was sent to the newly established congregation in the Savannah Region (Nahari Ziiri) to spend some days to strengthen the congregation and as well as make efforts to convert souls. Working with Brother Abraham, also a past student from the Upper West Region, one soul was added to the church. We thank God for the blessing of the soul.
KPALSI SOUTH CONGREGATION
As part of our duty as a congregation to preach Christ to the world, we believe good works aid us to have access to souls. As a result of that, benevolence is one of the greatest tools of good works that draw the attention of people to the gospel. While we used benevolence too wisely to maintain our needy members, we equally used the same tool to draw the attention of people to the gospel. In the month of July, we once again embarked on an in house and outside benevolence as well. Some needy members were supported according to their needs and the strength of the church. We also reached out to souls as well.
As a sign of maturity of the members, there was a benevolent donation made by couples who are members to aid our benevolence activities. They donated ten (10) bundles of powdered soap to support the church. We praise God.
Working with the campuses in Tamale, one soul was added to the Lord’s church.
SCHOOL GARDEN
In the month of July 2024, we harvested the groundnut we sowed in the school garden. We had a fairly good harvest, though the rain pattern wasn’t the best. We have plans to sow different crops on the land, as we observe the rain pattern to decide what to sow.
Thank you,
Bear Valley Tamale