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Dear Friends in Ghrist,

February 1975

I haven't written you since last year!

And now the New Year is swiftly passing.

The evening of February 1st, Mr. Christian Adjei, three students and I drove to Dominase^ about 30 miles from here, for the opening service of a harvest weekend. In the town itself , the streets were thronged with merrymakers, some of whom had been drinking. A certain man had hired a b^d to come and entertain the town

because his mother had died. It's not that he was glad she died, but rather a way of honoring the dead person. Fortunately, the palm shed was outside of town a few hundred yards, so the service was undisturbed. Two small congregations had joined together for the occasion. After the initial singing and rejoiciTig, the

women carried their benches across the road and I shared with them in a teaching " session on "Women's Work in the Church". There was no* time for questions, so

I'm not sure what their reaction was.

same time.

Mr. Adjei was teaching the men. at ,the

We reconvened, then, and shared the Load's Supper.

was a Saturday night.

The one kerosene lamp which

That

had been brought could hardly dispel the darkness of night and black skin!

They had the Lord's Supper then, because they thought

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that at the main harvest on Sunday there would be many strangers and perhaps even unbelievers. After the service the people danced and sang in two parallel lines in front of the car lights as we drove into town. There they bid,.us farewell.

We hope that very soon another student can take over these two groups, and the first man will be free to begin new groups in his ox^ language area. _He is the

one who can't read the language of the people whom he's leading.
Life has been so full, I hardly know what to tell you first. Christmas was some

what different from what we h^d planned.

Our trip to Ivory Coast just didn't

work out, so we kept busy here in Accra instead. All the college faculty visited different services of the Church of JesusChristian Church convention just before Christmas. Mr. Adjei and I again shared teaching responsibilities, tfy topic was the same as at EasterThe Christian Home. Having learned more of their needs, I handled it a bit differently, and they really seemed to appreciate it. In fact, they applauded! I teased Christian about that, but he said his men gave him gave him 40 pesewas! He shared the 40 pesewas with me, so we all came out even.

At that convention, there were 7 or 8 alumni or students. Keep praying.that the Lord will guide us and them into a true brotherhood. The young men still stand

back for the old men, and the. old men haven't been taught, so there are problems. The oldest congregation wants to control the others, so harmonious unity is still some distance off. ,
Christmas Day itself was a lovely occasion. Since my electricity is more con

sistent than Hostetters or Taylors, and because I don't have children, I volunteered my house for a joint dinner. So we three women divided the responsibilities and put together a delicious dinner. Nancy cooked part of hers here because her oven
had burnt out the week beforenot a very nice Christmas present. We ate by

candlelight in the evening and afterwards enjoyed visiting and the children's fireworks. Fireworks are purchased in the market and are an essential part of

the holidays here.

During the holidays I finally got busy with some student help and finished con structing a soakaway (underground drain) fot one of the outdoor taps at the college. We began it a year ago, but it was still in the open, rock-filled pit
stage. Now it is completed except for some grass or flowers on top.

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Nowadays, the library work is beginning to show some progress.

If I enlist some

of the students on their work day, we can get quite a lot of books numbered.

It's

a little embarrassing to learn what mistakes in arrangements I've made in the past.

A few weeks ago we started a new series of lessons in our Sunday School.
on the Parables bfJe^us; for the rest of us.

Dick is

teaching Christian Doctrine to the teenagers, and Nancy arid I are writing lessons
I run them 6ff on the ditto machine

here in my study (it's really convenient) and also ti^ to dig out visuals for

three different classes. This week I couldn't find a single picture for the prayers of the Pharisee and the Publican. Sometimes I wish I had a computerized library instead of dozens of packets to look through. But I'm thankful for the packets!
Some of the children and I spent hours during the vacatidn putting our last unit of lessons into booklets for those had been reasonably regular. We have enjoyed three "stewardship" visits with the church at Berganor. Bro. Noah is their longtime preacher and he was able to be with us even though he was teaching at the new sites some of the time. The congregations meet under a metal roof that covers the compound.of one member's house. The floor is just dirt. This church has already been taught well by their young pastor. On the second visit they gave us three cedis to-.heXp wit^h the gasoline and the third time they gave us

four cedis^^' Their special tithing demonstration offering was fairly good. Since we know they are better givers,than most,'we were not disappointed. Each time they
gave us fresh young coconuts to luring home. I^m beginning to like them more and more. You just"scoop out. the soft "meat" with a spoon, or with your thumbnail if
no spoon is available. . .

Berganor- is^about 1/4 mile from the se.aj 'but they have no year round source of fresh water. 'Diiriiig the d^y season now, thely have to walk several miles to wash their clothes and.they are dependent on occasional tankers for drinking water. A hard life. On o\ir, last visit we took three gallon jugs of water. Next Sunday we start our teaching in a new,village, but we are going to make a detour through
Berganor and take all the jugs that we can borrow. Think about these Christians

next time you turn on your tap. Why do they live there? They are fishermen, who fish in the sea part of th^ year. At other times, the men live inland on the Volta Lake and fish there. Most of the women stay behind. Souls are being- won..,, .In December I drove four people, and the two students who had taught them to the .lagoon for baptism. Just a week ago a listener to

"Christian Conversation", the Ga radio program, came to ithe college requesting

immersion. It was the yery afternoon we had made arrangements to baptize a lady
taught by a student. And they were both Catholics. The lady has just discovered the joy of reading the Bible for herself and she can hardly get enough of it. At the lagoon, the Ewe student exhorted the Ewe lady, and a Twi student exhorted the
Then they were baptized into Christ, in whom there is no East or West. The land pxoblcm-io otill-quiefc, but-a^lll unseULled.KeiiL aud pliilaLIau continue to follow every lead they can tb imi>rove our status. Keep praying. Two men representing three small groups near Peki, about 100. miles away, came to the college requesting teaching and guidance in organizing their churches for real growth and progress. Since our' student from that area graduates in June, there is real potential for self-governing, Bible-following churches there. There are also possible pitfalls. .jWe are praying for Mr. Bansah and Dick Hostet.ter ais they visit these people to assess the situation more completely. .
We have.lost one more first year student to a Church of Christ school that

Ga student.

will give him an allowance and guarantee him a church upoii:graduation. We are sorry to lose him, but if he didn't have the faith and grit to stick out our program of church planting, it's better he go rather than discourage the other students. We are halfway through the school year, and it is a good one as far as our teaching
and campus morale is,concerned.

We are looking forward to our annual lectureship in March and the -correspond
ing of Conley Silsby.

May God bless you all with joy in your Bible Study and in your fellowiship
with one another.... Pray for us.
In His service,

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Apfil 1975

23\S75

We are on Easter vacation, and the conventions are over; so this is a good time to bring, you up to date on life here in Ghana. Church conventions are a big ;

of Easter, Friday, i took Christian Adjei, Martha Nee-Whang, her two children ' and three men from the college congregation to the Church of Jesus convention.'-We
though, so we continued on to the right place;and arrived an hoiar late." Ih" Ghana that's no big problem The people were called back together and the singing began

to. rouse them from'their afternoon.sleepiness. Mr. Adjei taught and answered questions "about stewardship. It was a very lively session. I contributed a visual '' dem!onistratiori that they seemed to appreciate very much. (The many weeks of teaching
are beginning to.bear fruit. Christian reported that -Sunday at the convention the
An hour

people were giving very generously and even pledgingi)'^ '

.After a quick supper ty candlelight, the evening service was begun.

and a half later,.we left for home, and they had- been singing and dancing all that
timec After delivering everybody, I reached home by 11:30 P.M.
A week earlier, .1 had listened to plans for the food at the convention. A

new phrase came, to ray. ears? "N. C., N. C." No contribution, no chop (food).
took a pawpaw and my usual ice water with meI

So I

Saturday I rose late and got ready for the next trip^ I had four people with me to go in the opposite.directiop. from the other convention. Peki is the

district where one of ot^ senior students, Seth Bansah, has.:begun to work -with "' three. bfanobes of a.^ spiritual church. I mentioneid them last time.. Seth is .very enthused ahd iihe'branches are growing. Tlie- minirconvention-.was .held in the-middle village of'the'three. Because of the corrupt behaviour of the evangelist who started
these groups, the village men ^e especially sipw .to come. ..cTime and Mr. Bansah*s
excellentr^charac'ber~anc^ the Spirit- of-the Lor^ shoul(^. help ttihat -raatter^;^

I Was settled in the home where I-was to sitay, and en

_ajgoo^jajick^t bath:::::

in the nearby unrqofed bathing, .cubicle. For the first time that ^ening I used~he
filmstrip projector that operates ,on the car'battery. ,:it:..rli^rkd: like a charm, much

to msy relief o The men nailed a piece of. muslin to the: waLlL .of a mud house for the
screen, I read the script in English and Seth translated it into: Ewev Although I had .not noticed, any mosquitoes in the evening, I was- given a net-

to sleep uhdei-c

AC four I was aw^ened by the sound of singing.

-I peered out the

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window and saw people with white, head-dresses, waging slowly by, singing hymns.

learrifed it is a custom'of the Presbyterians.to. go to the cemetery early on Easter

morning and then walk the Ttiain streets, of the village singing hymns of praise.

like that custom milch better than.th^' corresponding one we-had seen ^Viday': Churches
walking slowly through the streets of towns in moaning cloth, carrying'fl6wers or
a cross to the cemetery -fco "bury" Jesus. "
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The service was to tegin at 9:30 Sunday mprning but since the Easter service ^ is a long one, aiid'^Easter a special day, the.women got. busy cooking a big meal to

be eaten before the service. So after .anQtVfiip" hath tn waRh axjay -hVift warm'^ stuffiness of sleep, t'watched my host's family pound fufu. Then the-host himself.,
took me around to greet some of his relatives. Seth and some church men came to take me to greet the chief. Fortunately, I didn't have to say anything. All the

I tion of the old corrupt ways of the founding evangelist, he thought the chief should
encourage the village men to show interest again.
church elderc We hope the chief will do just that.

j now that they co\ild see that this was a new effort in the church and not a continuaThis was a village elder, not a

formal greetings, inquiries, and message were given in Ewe.

One elder said that

Seth says he has a lot of teaching to do.

He had spent the previous day

crosses iir^ candles. I gave some of the stewardship teaching with posters that we
have b^OT doing in other villages. Seth is really solid ih Bible Doctrine, so pray for him; and' for these people that they -will continue to :grow in number and Christian maturi-fy.* "'They have taken the name Qiristian Church. After taking five people, their luggage and about 50 pounds of water yams
back to Seth's home village, we continued on to Accra. One of the students was teaching my S.S, class. In the service, news was given of the conventions. -Jwenty

exhorting them strongly from the Scripture to put their faith in Christ, not in

^-^Reople had^C-onfessed Christ and been baptized at Obuasi and six had done the sam^in ^he Peki gr^pl'r -

e have at last traded an old college plot of land in Kokomlemie for the new one

This is. The return of the money from the Abeka chief was readily promised, butnothing yet. Even after this trade, the land is not completely and legally ours until it is
registered in the lands department and there ;^er obstacles to that. If tribulation

over which there has been so much trouble in Abeka, adjacent to the college. a financial loss, but we decided the land was more important than the money.

worketh patience, then we should have gained some from this experience.

will be worked out. We are thankful that the dispute was discovered so soon.
was complete and then order it to be torn down!

a much needed new church building. Then they discovered that the land on which they were building was under.dispute after all. Sounds familiarl Pray that their problem
man claiming real ownership said he had.originally planned to waif until the building
We are now involved in the teaching at the newest Christian church at Kunmore

On the jlg|Qonstrat|2^^ day they had thirty cedis tithing offering plus more than lien cedl^s-in-^Tineir'Ireginif offering. They are progressing, well and have begun ^
The

Mr. Adjei ^d,^ I have completed our sj-ewardsjiip teaching series at Ocansey Korpe.

Since they are such a young group, we are going there four times instead of three.
They;.had more than 25 people attend the convention] The end of February I visited ^Joseph Nsiah and. his extension classes for the

arising out of the Bible Club there. .They, have only about six adult, self-supporting members but twenty or so young people out of school still farming with their parents.
college in T^oradi. The evening classes are attended by working people, so sometimes

because of shift work they are not all present.

Two weeks before, my arrival the "group had an all night prayer mee'ting and then, even"^ =
its meaning and-.^^cessity. Not one had inquired about a certificate because they all ^
knew that the act, and not a piece of paper w^s ^hat.they needed. at IDzebetato, is laying the foundation Francis Kumah, thejig-vp^^ for beginning a new church in. a nearby village^- One Sunday he took his members to
before dawn, had gone to the beach for the baptism of those seven who had learned of

evenings I visited.

Joseph is_an exc_ellfint,.teacher and has great faith

There were about twelve on the

ihese^-EasteiLlLPlidays. .This .yep^s theme was "The ^rj^sthood of all Believers".

if he didn't like what was happening, he could leave. PRAISE THE LORDi Pray for Francis, for Dzebetato, and for the new .Work (I haven't learned their name yet;) .^;&=aBaual-;^,paAaareship took place after second term finals and just before

gi^re testimony about.their joy in the Lord and the.power of Jesus over all the fetish ways. The fetish priest in the new village complained, but the chief said

//(Hostetter) and one guest speaker. About a dozen:0f our former students returned, /so It T^s a time of fellowship and refreshment for them as well as for present
; students, facuity, and visitors, lectures, <iuestions and ariwOT periods, testi-

"^:lege axid "now IjX TraveJLin^ /(aristi^ College, brought two of .the lectures along with one alumni, one professor

' ^rprofSaS^wSk^ seminar by Kent Taylor and volley: baU matches made it a full
and busy months ahead. Plans for ny tl-.ip hoine^are under way. By leaving two days
+u .to thehave Ga radio has been baptized the first two listener local converts also program been obedient in that w^ and the wives of There are so many things to be thankful for. And there are more opportunities
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of us, involved in Ghana"TSrIsIi5E Thanks,,for your siipport, love and prayers. Please continue!
Love,

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(Written May 26/1975)

Dear Friends in Christ,

This will be my last newsletter to you from Ghana for quite some time.

Less than

five weeks to go before my departure for furlough. As of now, I'll be leaving the very morning of graduation. I hate to miss it, but I've accepted the idea. After three days in Paris, I'll fly home on July 2. It's going to be a lot cheaper to stay in Paris than it is to stay in Detroit for the NACC. That's where I must be by July 8. The Lord has provided that I share a room with Hostetters' forwarding agient, Eloise Grant, and her friend. I know He'll provide transportation, even though I don't know how yet!

Now for .the most exciting news of all.

On April 1, open doors began to appear ito-=

After discussing the matter of graduate

quick, succession for Christen Adjei to go to this States to study at Cinclnniiti

Christian Seminary for the siliraiier session.

study for him for literally/years, and praying about it, the time, situation, '

school, and finances all s;e|med right. Just six weeks were left to apply to the school, meet all requirements of both governments, plan for reorganization of responsibilities here to cover his absence, and for Christian himself to get r^ady*

In,the trppics things don't move very fast, but God had given the "GO" signal* On

May 8, Dick.Hbstetter made his last weary trip to the American Embassy and got the

precious visa. Oii the evening 'of May 13, many friends and relatives gathered at the airport to wish him godspeed. At first (we learned later) the stewardesses

did not want to take him because of his wheelchair cbndition, but when hie proved he could take care of himself, they relaxed and so could he.

Ch^stians from Hicksville Chiirch of Christ in New York met him at JFK ahd-^&isiStfed
him throuj^ customs and onto his flight to Cinciiinati. There he was met by David an^ Barbara Kalb. David will be working on his Master's Thesis in Theology all

thif,s summer. With C.B.S.'s special offer for Bible college personnel, Christian
After his school

should have a marvelous spiritual and intellectuai experience.

ing and after my trip to the NACC, he will spend a week or so with iny family in Blqomsburg, Pa. After that his schedule is open, but he will be free.tto visit* ' friends', relatives or churches who invite him. He will come back to Ackira in' time for the September school term. We rejoice in this opportunity for'him aridpray that it will bear much fruit in the Lord's kingdom back here in Ghwa. I 'I"; hope many of you get to meet him. If ybu can't afford to come! to- Ghana, meetinjg Christian is a fine way to become personally acquainted with the Lord's business
here. Sorry we couldn't let ybu know sooner.

To date, the chief of Abeka has returned to us less than one-third of the tnbxley
that is due us from the land matter. With Christian'i schooling, we cbuldi sure

use that money! Keep praying abbut it, please. The inan building next dbbr iis9till using the new lot for his cemkrit blocks, sand, and general thruwayi We trust that will end some day, too. The new house is to be used as a clinic with a doctor and nurse. Far better that, than a driving bar!

-Ar^ng last, M^h^Nee-Whang, the student preacher's wife, is showing nta'rked

oim booking. The ttyO'lit^^^^^ been given a course of medicine for it^
the others will bi safe, too.
disease..

improvement in her figHt agiainst TB. Now she feels strbng enough tb db all her
a baby, and Noah'himself have all If it can bis cured ift tht wife^ then
Two women in Martha's family have died of the

Nbah hikseif had to fight disbburagement whfeh a dfehoininational pastor came to the
to become member^ '6f his denotoination. ' This was to be done^^through sprinkling.

village where h^ hdd won 18 people to Christ; This pastor convinced some of themThe grbiip had tnet fdr a few weeks in the schbol where somec. teachers had been halding dei^ices of that chutch for some time.- When Noah started preaching and teaching in the village, the teachers had said, "You'll never convert the adults
here. We have already'tried." They had only school children in their sei^ices,

These adults are converts direct from paganism, and we deeply regret the conflict

they are seeing among the Christians. Pray that the matter can be settled honourably with the real victory belonging to Christ. A few of the converts have been baptized in.the ocean and are attending services in Noah's home iJase village about a mile away. But the original village needs a thriving congregation witnessing in its midst.

The Christian Bible Club had its final Bible Contest with two other village youth groups. We came in second place, but our score was not very good, ^e Kungmore youth won, and they deserved it. We were happy that a third group joined us this time, and the contest was held in their village to encourage them. Christian and I completed our stewardship preaching/teaching at Kungmore. He and three men from our Abeka fellowship were present on their Tithing Demonstra tion Day. They did very well. They have made two regular payments on their loan from the Abeka congregation also. We fejoipe in their faithfulness. Speaking of stewardship^ our offerings from the college congregation are very
good, considering our small number. I believe that the men who went on some of our

stewardship teaching treks learned something, too.

quarters.

They are also learning how one

congregation can help others or individuals without having a central fund or head Three of the men are taking a real interest in preparing themselves to con

duct the service of the congregation, except for the preaching.

On two Saturday

afternoons they have come to my house to learn more hymns, so they can lead the.

song service well.

They have been happy to leam some new ones that are espec^ially

suitable for certain parts of the service. We thank God for their faithfulness." They walk, every time - 3, 4, or 5 miles one way! I have mentioned before the "big-voiced" preacher of Dzebetato.. We have

learned that he often uses his big voice to berate,the people instead of preparing Bible sermons to edify the people. I am afraid he is lazy. Pray, for him. He did
launch a new congregation, and, with his ready agreement, one of our" freshmen has

been, going there every weekend with evangelistic sermons and Bible teaching in the

afternoons. The people are gladly responding. More have been Won (directly from paganism)one man asked Jacob to come to his room and remove all his fetish paraphanalia. We praise pod. This particular freshman does not seem to ae a .leader at
all, but God is using him!

.I^ear the end of April, one of our school boys was ba,ptized.

He is a very,

mature youngster, and we rejoice in his thoughtful decision. I remember the afternoon well because on our way to the lagoon, we took Mr.

Christian's sick puppy to the vetl

Two days afterward~he-died-of-Jtiabies. _As this

Four people had been bitten,

had been suspected^ they did the test^the very day.

including Christian's son and myself. The bites were not serious, but no. chances could be taken. American acquaintances helped us make contact with the American embassy, which allowed us to buy a vaccine that is "more comfortable" than., the. vaccine normally supplied here. Three year old Baby Christian and.I .went .every day for 14 days , to my doctor's office where we were ^ven the injections by a nuyse.^
Neither of us had any adverse side reactions and it's all over now. We;thank the.
Lord for taking care of us and providing the vaccine. , There are dozens of things to be done for the housej car and travel plans be fore I leave. The car is to be sold, but at the moment three workshop sessions

haven't solved morning starting troubles, especially .after a rain.

Yes, I pray

about that, too!i . Thank you for your prayers and faithful support of our, work
here. I am looking forward to seeing many of you soon. Our NACC booth is No. 601. Look for me there. I should be in Orlando by the first Sunday in August, Lord willing.
Love.in Him,
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Dear Friends in Christ,

Well, here I am, in Orlando, Florida, U. S. A. Dorothy Hackworth has again opened her home to me. She had a swimming pool put in during the spring, so you see I am going to suffer a lot during my furlough. My brother and sister-in-law have given me the loan of a car. I am grateful
to these people through whom the Lord has met these needs. In Accra, before I left, the landlord paid to have the soakaway "repaired ah^ new Greening put on th^house. TEe patches seved over l;he~ holes were no longer adequate. David and Barbara Kalb, who returned to

.Ghana SepjLgmber *71 will be living ^^^^^the ^use.

When I left, a man had

paid for my car by cHec"E7~^"ut there w^s'"so^me question about the validity of the checks. With great relief, I learned later that they were good and the money had been deposited in the college account. Inflation is revealed by the fact that I sold the car for more than I paid for it (duty-free) in I968. That money will be held in reserve toward the pur chase of a new one when I return to Ghana, Lord willing, in September

next ;^ar,. - -'^"''^'1l~very successful graduation for five students was held the afternoon
of the day I left. The government department failed to bring the chairs
that had been ordered, but by using every available chair and bench from

the college, the teachers' houses, and neighbors' houses, about 250 people were seated and about 50 had to stand. All reports indicated a

very fine occasion, with our own teacher, Joseph Nsiah, presenting the
message.

We also rejoice that the four members of the Nee-Whang family had X-rays in July and their lungs are clear of TB. Martha, the wife, must
always keejD a very close watch against reoccurrence because she had it so severely and so long. She has resumed her trading and Noah has a good 3"6"B~tTiat still permits him to carry on his past oral"work in the
villages. Praise the Lord.

The three men in our Abeka congregation who had been taking on more leadership responsibility continued their music lessons up till the week I left. One was elected by the group to serve as treasurer, as I had held
that post for a couple years.

The Kungmor church has continued to pay back their loan faithfully.

A letter from the schoolteacher/preacher says that the money stretched to make I6 benches, drums, and a bass fiddle. He was very happy about
the deep dedication of four of the young men in the congregation. Ghana Christian College classes were to begin this week. Ten new students were accepted, but we won't know how many will actually come until
a couple weeks have passed!

Wlien I left Accra I spent three days in Paris seeing the famous sights. The best part of all was standing in awe and excitement in the Louvre,
gazing at the very same beautiful wall mosaics that Daniel and Esther had

gazed upon in the palace of Darius, the Persian king.

Wow!

The flight

to New York stopped in Iceland, and nearly all the v/ay to the U. S. the sun continued to shine into the plane. It was 1 a.m. Ghana time and 9 p.m. New York Time. The next morning my parents were astonished to see

me flying into Wilkes-Barre in a very small commuter plane after three

years overseas!

After five days at home, I

joined Nancy and Tim Hostetter and Eloise

Grant for the North American Christian Convention in Detroit. I spent less time at our display booth than I did enjoying the preaching, singing, and renewal of friendships. It was a great experience. Having become more and more aware t>f language barriers, I was stirred by the Lord-'s Prayer in the sign language of the deaf and the signing of the services for the deaf in attendance. May God bless those who patiently minister in
this way.

Christian Ad.jei finished his studies at C. B. S. at convention time, so he went home, with me to visit two more weeks ;\rith my parents. During that time a family reunion brought all my sisters, brothers, and in-laws and their families together for a happy weekend. Christian preached in the Bloomsburg church and we visited two different weeks of camp nearby
for a brief presentation about Ghana and God's work there.

Then we traveled south, part of the way with Barbara and Tom Barkes, my forwarding agent family. One pleasant night was spent with Miriam Haynes Douglass and her husband Dan at Atlanta Christian College. Miriam
worked in Ghana when I was home on furlough last time. Tim Hostetter was

also there; he will be a freshman there this year. Next, I.dropped Christian off at a cousin's house in Tifton, Ga,, and I came on down to
Orlando. How happy I am to be back with Christian friends here. The

Barkes's spent a few days with us here and enjoyed Florida sight~seeing,
including a trip to Disney World, The elders of First Christian Church here met with me and gave me full freedom to travel, write and speak as the Lord leads to support the work
in Ghana.

If I were a missionary to the U. S. from Ghana, I would write back to Ghana and tell my friends about the horrible diseases here. I came back

from camp with an ear fungus and came of chigger bites. But we survive and The camp week was a few days for career group. This was followed by a
home church.

back from a youth outing with a rash the work goes on. fourth graders and later for a collegeweek of V. B. S. right here in my

Christian Adjei came down on August 26 and spoke .in four churches. I live in two different worlds, both of which I love. Having Christian here to meet American Christians, and enabling them to know a Ghanaian who loves the Lord and His Word and who shares with us in Ghana, helps to blend
those two different worlds into one for me. It was beautiful. Christian

returned to his family and to Ghana September

Wowmy own speaking and scbeduling^'fes"^hsibilities ha^ve begun.

May

the Lord use me as He provides the sizeable funds that will be needed for

the college by mid-1976.

project of any size.

Also needed are funds to help replace my car,

purchase amplifiers, extra projector bulbs, filmstrips.and other supplies, for our work in Ghana. Let me know if you want to take on a special
Except for special requests, I will be based in FTnr-ida until April,

at which time I will make a trip all the way north and baclT to speak.

Let

me know if you want to speak and share the story of our mission work in Ghana. During Thanksgiving week I will be in St. Louis, Mo. for the National Missionary Convention. Our booth number is 67. Stop by and see
us. ^ -

It's really great to be with you and share in the joys and sorrows of the Kingdom in the U. S. for a little while. Let's pray for one another.
In His love,

CuyYUUryL^

First Christian Church

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Orlando, FL 32806

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DOROTHY EUNSON NEVJSLETTER

November 20, 1975

Dear Friends in Christ,

Furlough time is flying.

Since August 9th, I've traveled ^,000 miles,

and ail within the state of Florida.

My brother's faithful Cutlass passed

the 100,000 mark, and it's still purring. First Christian Church here in Orlando has arranged an office corner fot me that helps tremendously in correspondence and record-keeping. I see our ministers and secretary quite often but not many members since I am often gone

"on SWdays and Wednesdays^" T^did enjoy a full day with the church in October, "reporting", and in several circles, the Ladies' Auxiliary and in the^ir
annual Missions Fair. I hope the new members and I are a little l6ss like
strangers to one" another now.

(jlhis is the story in all my travelsmeeting, sharing and rejoicing

with 61d friends and making new ones. For example, one of my trips took me this month'to Miami, my first visit to churches there. I was much impressed
with the attitudes of the ministers and Christians I met. I thank God for

their'efforts in difficult conditions.

Wliile there, I learned to my amazement

that injections of terramycin are being given palm trees to prevent the spread
of a virus that has killed many of these lovely trees. It was fun to visit Nancy Hostett.er's sister and parents in that area, too. l^ien.I prepared letters to send out to churches, I thought it would be
about'110 for Florida. I am behind the times: the number is nearer IkOl

Now ygu^^^ee .why I spend much of my furlough in this state.

The more our col

lege ^upport, and my personal support comes from one or two concentrated areas,
the less,time and expense I expend in travel. I'd rather use that time in

stimuij-ating missions interest, and helping in local churches, camps, etc.

Dorothy Hackworth, whose home I share, helped me a lot at the Florida Christian ]'C6hvention in Sarasota. We carried boards and fastened bolts and arjcanged ligjits to prepare the display for Ghana Christian College#^Theecon vention was a time of inspiration and fellowship and helpful contacts.for the

future# All this in spite of a purple convention center. As our main speaker pointed out, what more appropriate color for our theme, "The Royal Priesthood."
.One of the best parts of the Daytona Faith Promise Rally, in itself a rich

experience, was getting to know Ron and Ellen Ritchey, missionaries to Indonesia.
The Daytona Christians make us feel Probably because I am a woman, a number of women's meetings. They the personal side of a missionary's
swers',

like a part of their family, too. I have had the privilege of visiting quite have a special flavour: great interest in life and more time for questions and an

^very offering and gift for the Gh^na Missionary work is greatly appreciated. Usually it's money or a check, but it's been fun to receive cloth, writing paper, a radio, a purse, gasoline, rabbits, car servicing, avocadoes and persimmons,
too.

One last comment about furlough time: all physical exams have been normal. After^years of believing I had a hearing loss, and believing that it had wor sened in the last three years, the verdict of the audiologist was startling: "You are not hard of hearing: you just don't pay attention!"
Some news notes from Ghana: I have written several times about the men

who a-jjtend worship services at the college and who walk several miles each way to do so. They are now helping to start a new assembly in their own area.I don't know all the details, only that it is going well. They continue to attend the college services in the evening. Praise the Lord. The school year is going well. There has been only one dropout so far,

leaving 18 or I9 students.
Thomas.

Four of these are Nigerian, recruited by Reggie

The staff learned that the Nigerians could not stay permanently unless

the college received permission to educate foreign students from the government.
After frantic work and much prayer, this "registration" was granted for a period
of two years.

Joseph Nsiah, who teaches extension classes to ivorkers in Takoradi, has

written that there were I3 beginning his English-speaking classes plus others in the Twi-speaking class. During his "summer" holidays, he assisted one of his students at a revival and six people were baptized into His church.
The Senior Prefect of the college is the equivalent of the President of

the Student Council. He writes that he is planning to open a new congregation in addition to the two he already ministers to every weekend.

Little David Kalb,, l8 months old, is adjusting well to Ghana, although he

has suffered one bout of malaria already. Barbara Kalb has decided to keep my dog, partly because It killed two big rats and a mouse in the back yard. ..The sugar factories (only two) have been broken since May and will not be
repait*ed until December. Barbara bought some for $1,73 a pound. Since the September newsletter, I have learned what happened in Ghana to

the price of cars. On July I-,--the government*s new regulatory budget came out. With new taxes and import duties, a new Datsun will cost about $10,000. This

is an' enormous sum, but a car saves many, many hours of time, huge amount of
human, energy, and its capabilities to carry us and the Ghanaians to the villages
to help and teach is unsurpassed. Dear friends, I am dependent on the Lord

as He'works through you to meet this need and others. This undoubtedly will
make the annual cost of insurance much, much higher. Hostetters have just bought a small battery for their car for $12600. In September of 1974 I paid

$6l.o6 and thought it was terrible.

Since, prices are not likely to drop, buying

In an
Now I must
. .

a car'is spmewhat of an investment, for resale value remains high.

appeal to ..the churches I ,$^sked for $2,500 to help purchase a car.
savings. . :
Other needs are:

raise .tliat to $6,000 to be added to money from the sale of tiiy old one and my
.

$150 additional monthly living link support

$600 monthly support for the college to replace-that which will be lost in mid-1976 through change of.personnel . \ .. $1500 foir return travel, shipping, and college supplies The college ,and related pro jects, .vise more than $1000 monthly to operate. . There, is mny a man in.America, who receives that much as his salary. - I helve

. ,

worked but.a rough budget of" how the college money is spent.

Since I dp; not

is ve^ approximate:
:
. .

have all the.records, and those I do have are listed in "bookeeperese"", this

' 8420.00
200.00

'

'Two Ghanaian teachers and student secretary

Student expenses (medical, travel)

Takoradi extension work
Utilities & maintenance '

20.00
50.00'
60.00

Books, office supplies, printing, postage

. Radio program '

50.00
120.00

'

' provements.

U. S. A. book and supply bill

lOO.OO
$1020.00

Please write me if you have specific questions about my personal

needs; or the. needs of the school.

?Phe Lord willing, Thanksgiving week is being spent in St. Louis; Mo. at the National Missionary Convention. It is my first and the program looks great. After a hectic ten days back in IT.orida I will be joining my parents for the Christmas holidays in Pennsylvania. Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas
to you, too.

Thanks to all those who returned their "coupons" signifying they wished
to continue receiving this newsletter. Perhaps this is a needed reminder to some who have not done it yet. God is so good to us. May His mercy and grace heal our broken relation ships, and give us new power for the future.
Helpless without Him,

Dorothy Eunson

First Christian Church

2565 S. Kaley Avenue Orlando, FL 32806

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A REQUEST TO THE CHURCHES

Dear Friends in Christ,

Before you read any further, please take a few minutes to read the

accompanying "West Africa Witness" about our work in Ghana....Thank youj The Lord willing, I will return to Ghana on September 1, 1976, but be fore that time, many responsibilities must be fulfilled here. We need partners in prayer. V/ithout the undergirding power and guidance of the Lord, our needs will not be met and the Kingdom work in Ghana will not prosper. Your prayers will be greatly appreciated. We need financial help. Wlien you help us financially, you are help ing to train evangelists and build up Christians in Ghana, We will be thankful for all who give, both new contributors and those who increase their present support.

S6OO.OO new monthly support for the college as explained in the

"West Africa Witness"

SI5O.OO additional monthly support for me S25OO.OO to help purchase my replacement car in Ghana

11500.00 for my return travel,,shipping, portable amplifiers,

and other school supplies We need teachers and workers (described in the W. A. W.). We will be happy to talk to you or to anyone you knov/ who might be challenged
to t h i s v;ork.

I am available in Florida for speaking and slide presentations until April, except for special out-of-state invitations. During April and May I will travel as far north as New York for speaking. June
and July can be given to camps, V. B. S. or wherever the Lord leadsSome of you are ready for new challenges and opportunities in missions. When the Lord touches your heart about this mission, please contact me.

Even if you cannot consider regular support, your interest, help, and prayers will be a great blessing. Ask any questions you like about the information given here. Elders, mission committees, or other groups can be furnished with additional copies of these two papers, a sample budget of Ghana Christian College,
my own most recent financial report, or a list of special projects. May the Lord use you and me for His glory. In His service.

(Miss) Dorothy Eunson

5323 Hermosa Street
First Christian Church

Orlando, FL 3280?
305-275-0223

2565 East Kaley Avenue Orlando, FL 328o6 305-898-1001