Friday, October 9, 2020
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TRIBUTE TO PASTOR JOEL:
ROMANS 14:8
IF WE LIVE, WE LIVE FOR THE LORD;AND IF WE DIE, WE DIE FOR THE LORD. SO, WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE, WE BELONG TO THE LORD.
IT'S OFTEN SAID THAT IT'S NOT HOW LONG A MAN LIVED BUT HOW DEEPLY HE LIVED.
WE MET PASTOR JOEL 3YEARS AGO THROUGH THE MEDICAL MISSIONS TO GHANA, WEST AFRICA, AFTER WHICH WE BECAME A FAMILY. THESE PAST YEARS, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RAISING TUITION FEES ON OUR BEHALF BY GIVING AMIDST HIS DIFFICULTIES, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGED OTHERS AND THE CHURCH TO DO THE SAME.
GOD USED PASTOR JOEL MASSIVELY TO TOUCH NOT JUST OUR LIVES BUT THE MANY LIVES HE WITNESSED TO DURING MEDICAL MISSION 2017 TO GHANA.
WE LOVED HIM DEARLY AS A FATHER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE PROVED TO BE IN OUR LIVES. OUR HOPE WAS TO SEE HIM AGAIN IN GHANA NEXT YEAR GOD WILLING DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT UNENDING.
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR BOTH OF US AS HE BATTLED ILLNESS.
WE PRAYED WITH HIM THROUGHOUT BUT THE LORD WOULD HAVE IT OTHERWISE.
WE ARE SAD HE IS GONE BUT A GREATER JOY FILLS OUR HEART KNOWING THAT HE IS IN HEAVEN WITH OUR FATHER, EXPERIENCING NEITHER PAIN, NOR SUFFERINGS.
PASTOR JOEL, WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING YOU THOUGH SEEMS BRIEF BUT TO US AN ETERNITY GONE BY.
YES WE HAD PRAYED YOU WOULD STAY A BIT LONGER WITH US BUT GOD LOVES YOU MORE AND SO HE HAS TAKEN YOU TO BE WITH HIM. WE TAKE SOLACE IN THE FACT THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY MEET AGAIN SOON.
WE WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR THE SEED OF GENEROSITY YOU PLANTED IN OUR LIVES AND WE PROMISE TO WATER AND CARE FOR IT TO BARE MUCH FRUIT TO SUPPORT OTHERS AND THE WORK OF GOD.
TILL WE MEET AGAIN, REST IN PEACE PASTOR JOEL.
WITH LOVE,
FROM GIDEON AND SALSA DAPAAH
SOLID ROCK BAPTIST MISSION,
GHANA- WEST AFRICA.
