I WENT ON A MISSION WORK RECENTLY TO A WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY. WHEN I WAS LEAVING, I TOOK MY WIFE, MY CHILD AND MY PA WITH ME. THE ASSIGNMENT WAS TO MEET THE GRASS-ROOT CHURCHES. AS THE DAY DREW NEAR, I TRIED TO SET TIME APART TO PREPARE FOR THE VISIT BUT EACH TIME, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL MINISTER TO ME, SAYING I DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO DO OR SAY AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS AHEAD OF ME AND WILL TELL WHAT TO DO. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT BECAME AND EACH MEETING WAS UNIQUE AND POWERFUL. IN ALL THE CHURCHES THAT WE VISITED, WE DIDN'T RAISE ANY FORM OF OFFERING AND WE DIDN'T TAKE WHERE WE WERE OFFERED. THIS WAS CONTRARY TO THE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATION AND PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES. NOW, AT THE END OF THE 16 DAYS MISSION WORK, SOMEONE FROM NOWHERE, GAVE ME 20 ACRES OF FARM LAND WITH THE FULL TITLE TRANSFERRED TO MY NAME, FREE. ANOTHER PERSON CAME UP WITH A SOIL TEST AND A CERTIFICATE FROM GOVERNMENT THAT IT IS OK FOR COCOA FARMING, ANOTHER PERSON CAME UP AND SAID I WILL PRODUCE PLANTAIN SUCKER THAT WILL SHIELD THE COCOA TREES AS THEY GROW AND ALSO MAKE SOME COOL CASH BEFORE THE COCOA MATURES AND YET ANOTHER PERSON CAME UP TO SAY, "I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH PINEAPPLE SUCKERS FOR THE COCOA FLAVOUR AND FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES". TODAY, THE LAND IS BEING PREPARED FOR THE TRANSPLANT OF ABOUT 10,000 COCOA TREES. THIS CAN ONLY BE GOD AND TO HIM ALONE BE ALL THE GLORY. OSAZEE WILLIAMS