MARY ADDAE

Emmanuel, our Mission Resource director in Ghana, sent a WhatsApp message that Mary Addae had passed away unexpectedly.

Mary was the devoted wife of Pastor Francis Addae. 

I met her last year when she and Francis hosted Emmanuel and me for a couple of days while I was in Ghana to meet some of our loan clients.

Mary was incredibly gracious and hospitable. And a good cook. Their house is very humble, yet they were sharing meals not only with me but with three neighbor children whose parents were struggling to put food on the table at home.

Pastor Francis is a remarkable man. He has planted 12 churches in the tiny fishing villages around his area and he manages about 55 Mission Resource borrowers. Life has been very difficult as of late in his community - his clients are the fishermen we have been raising funds for after the recent flooding washed away so many houses and boats and fish traps.

If you think of Francis, his children, and the church, would you say a prayer for God to work in and through this tragedy?

Mary and Francis outside their house:

Mary was much loved by Emmanuel, too. She and Francis have been his longtime friends.