Eunson Dorothy 1975 Ghana

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DIRECT MAIL TO GHANA: FORWARDING AGENT: NEWSLETTER:Mis s Doro thy Eunson Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. JerryOwenP . 0 . Box 5722,: 603 Twin Brook Lane 617 M a r s h a l l S t .Accra N., Ghana Joppa, 21085 Altamonte Springs

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DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTER

Vol. 2, No. 16 February 1975Dear F r i e n d s i n G h r i s tI haven't written you since l a s t year And now the New Year is swiftly passing.The evening of February 1 s t Mr. C h r i s t i a n Adjei , t h r e e s tudents and I drove t oDominase^ about 30 miles from h e r e f o r th e opening s e r v i c e o f a h a r v e s t weekend.I n t h e town i t s e l f , the s t r e e t s were thronged w i t h merrymakers, some o f whom hadbeen d r i n k i n g . A c e r t a i n man had h i r e d a b ^ d to come and e n t e r t a i n th e townbecause h is mothe r had died. I t s not t h a t he was glad she died, but ra ther away o f honoring the dead person. F o r t u n a t e l y the palm shed was o uts id e o f towna few hundred yards , so the s e r v i c e was undis turbed. Two small congregations hadj oi ned t og e th e r for the occas ion. After the i n i t i a l singing and rejoiciTig, thewomen carr ied t h e i r 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, soI'm not sure what their reaction was. Mr. Adjei was t each ing the men at ,thes a m e t im e .

We reconvened, then, and shared the Load's Supper. The one kerosene lamp whichhad been broug ht c ou ld hardly d i s p e l the darkness of night and black skin Thatwas a Saturday night. They had the Lord's Supper then, because they thoughtt h a t a t the main h a r v e s t on Sunday t h e r e would be many s t r a n g e r s and perhapseven u n b e l i e v e r s . A f t e r t h e s e r v i c e t h e people danced and sang i n two p a r a l l e ll i n e s i n f r o n t o f the c a r l i g h t s as we drove i n t o town. There they bid,.us f a r e - \w e l l .We hope t h a t very soon another s tudent can take over these two groups, and t h ef i r s t man w i l l be f r e e t o b e g i n new groups i n h i s ox^ language a r e a . _He i s th eone who can ' t read the language of the people whom he's leading.L i f e has been so f u l l I h a r d l y know what t o t e l l you f i r s t . Christmas was somewhat different from what we h^d planned. Our t r i p to Ivory Coast j u s t didn ' twork o u t so we kept busy here i n Accra i n s t e a d . A l l th e c o l l e g e f a c u l t y v i s i t e dd i f f e r e n t s e r v i c e s o f the Church o f J e s u s C h r i s t i a n Church convent ion j u s t b e f o r eChristmas. Mr. Adjei and I a ga in sh are d teaching r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s tfy topic wast h e same as a t EasterThe C h r i s t i a n Home. Having l e a r n e d more o f t h e i r needs,I handled t a b i t d i f f e r e n t l y and they r e a l l y seemed to apprec ia te t In f a c tthey applauded I t e a s e d C h r i s t i a n about t h a t b u t he s a i d h i s men gave him gavehim 40 pesewas He shared the 40 pesewas with me, so we a l l came out even.At t h a t convention, t h e r e were 7 or 8 alumni or s t u d e n t s . Keep p r a y i n g . t h a t theLord w i l l guide us and them i n t o a t r u e brotherhood. The young men s t i l l standback f o r the old men, and the. old men haven't been taught , so there are problems.The oldest congregation wants to co ntro l the o t h e r s so harmonious unity i s st llsome distance off . ,Christmas Day i t s e l f was a lovely occas ion. Since my e l e c t r i c i t y i s more cons i s t e n t than Hostetters or Taylors, and because I don' t have children, I volunteeredmy house for a j o i n t dinner. So we three women divided the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s andput together a del ic ious dinner . Nancy cooked p a r t of h ers h ere because her ovenhad out the a t e by


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A few weeks ago we started a new series of lessons in our Sunday School. Dick isteaching Christian Doctrine to the teenagers, and Nancy arid I are writing lessonson the Parables bfJe^us; for the r e s t of us. I ru n them 6ff on the di t to machinehere in my study i t s really convenient) and also ti^ to dig out visuals forthree different classes. This week I couldn't find a single picture for the prayersof the Pharisee and the Publican. Sometimes I wish I had a computerized libraryinstead of dozens of packets to look through. But I 'm thankful for the packetsSome of the children and I spent hours during the vacatidn putting our las t unit oflessons into booklets for those had been reasonably regular. have enjoyed three stewardship visi ts with the church at Berganor.Bro. Noah is their longtime preacher and he was able to be with us even though hewas teaching at the new sites some of the time. The congregations meet under ametal 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 th e second v i s i tthey gave us three cedis to-.heXp wit^h the gasoline and the third time they gave usfour cedis^^ Their special tithing demonstration offering was fairly good. Sincewe know they are better givers,than most,'we were not disappointed. Each time theygave us fresh young coconuts to luring home. I^m beginning to l ike them more andmore. You just scoop out. the soft meat with a spoon, or with your thumbnail i fno spoon i s a v a i l a b l e . . .Berganor- is^about 1/4 mile from th e se.aj 'but they have no year round sourceof fresh water. 'Diiriiig th e d^y season now, thely have to walk several miles towash their clothes and.they are dependent on occasional tankers for drinking water.A hard l ife. On o\ir last visi t we took three gal lon jugs of water. Next Sundaywe s t a r t our teaching in a new,v il lage , but we are going to make a detour throughBerganor and take a l l the jugs t h a t we c an bor row. Think about t he se Ch ri st ia nsnext time you turn on your tap. Why do they l ive there? They are fishermen, whofish in the sea part of th^ year. At other tim es, the men l ive inland on the VoltaLake and f i s h there. Most of the women stay behind.

Souls are being- won..,, .In December I drove four people, and the two studentswho had taught them to the .lagoon for baptism. Just a week ago a l is tener toChristian Conversation , the Ga radio program, came to ithe college requestingimmersion. I t was the yery afternoon we had made arrangements to baptize a ladytaught by a student. And they were both Catholics. The lady has just discoveredthe joy of reading the Bible for herself and she can hardly get enough of i t . Atthe lagoon, the Ewe student exhorted the Ewe lady, and a Twi student exhorted theGa student . Then they were baptized into Chris t , i n whom there i s no East or West.The land pxoblcm-io otill-quiefc, but-a^ l l l unseULled.KeiiL aud pliilaLIaucontinue 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 churchesfor real growth and progress. Since our' student from that area graduates in June,there i s real potential for self-governing, Bible-following churches there. Therea re also p ossible p i t f a l l s . .jWe are praying for Mr. Bansah and Dick Hostet.ter aisthey v i s i t these people to assess the situation more completely. .

We h a v e . l o s t one more f i r s t year student to a Church o f C h r i s t school t h a twill give him an allowance and guarantee him a church upoii:graduation. aresorry to lose him, but i f he didn't have th e faith and gri t to stick out our programof church planting, i t s better he go rather than discourage the other s tudents. are halfway through th e school year, and i t is a good one as far as our teachingand campus morale i s , c o n c e r n e d . are looking forward to our annual lectureship in March and the -corresponding of Conley Silsby.May God bless you a l l with joy in your Bible Study and in your fellowishipwith one a n o t h e r . . . . Pray for us.

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DIRECT M IL TO GHANA:Miss Dorothy* EunsonP. 0. Box 5722Accra Nc, Ghana

Dear Friends in Chris t ,

FORWARDING AGENTMrs , Tom Barkes603 Twin Brook LaneJoppa, M 21085

DOROTHI EUNSON NEWSLETTER

VOL. 2, No. 17

NEWSLETTERiMrs, Jer ry Owen617 Marshall S t .Altamdhte SpriiigsFlorida 32701

Apfil 1975 23\S75We are on Easter vacat ion , and the conventions a re over ; so th i s is a goodt ime to bring, you up to date on l i f e here in Ghana. Church conventions are a big ;of Eas ter , 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 r igh t place;and arrived an hoiar la te . Ih Ghanatha t s no big problem The people were called back together and the singing beganto. rouse them from'their afternoon.sleepiness. Mr. Adjei taught and answeredquestions about stewardship. I t was a very lively session. I contributed a visual ' 'dem onistratiori that they seemed to appreciate very much. (The many weeks of teachingare beginning to.bear f ru i t . Christian reported that -Sunday a t the convention thepeople were giving very generously and even pledgingi)'^ '.After a quick supper ty candlel ight , the evening service was begun. An hourand a half later,.we left for home, and they hadbeen singing and dancing all thattimec After delivering everybody, I reached home by 11:30 P.M.A week ear l i e r , .1 had l is tened to plans for the food a t the convention. Anew phrase came, to ray. ears? N. C., N. C. No contribution, no chop (food). So Itook a pawpaw and my usual ice water with meISaturday I rose la te and got ready for the next tr ip^ I had four peoplewith me to go in the opposite.direct iop. from th e oth er convention. Peki i s thedistr ic t where one of ot^ senior students, Seth Bansah, has.:begun to work -with three. bfanobes of a.^spiri tual church. I mentioneid them las t time.. Seth is .veryenthused ahd iihe'branches are growing. Tlie- minirconvention-.was .held in the-middlevillage of'the'three. Because of the corrupt behaviour of the evange list who startedthese groups, the vil lage men ^ e especially sipw .to come. ..cTime and Mr. Bansah*sexcellentr^charac'ber~anc^ the Spi r it - o f - the Lor^ shoul(^. help ttihat -raatter^;^ I Was set t led 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 êning I used~hefilmstrip projector tha t operates ,on the car 'battery. ,:it:..rli^rkd: l ike a charm, muchto msy relief o The men nailed a piece of. muslin to the: waLlL .of a mud house for thescreen, I read the scrip t in English and Seth translated i t 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 awêned by the sound of singing. -I peered out thewindow and saw people with white, head-dresses, waging slowly by , singing hymns. Ilearrifed i t is a custom'of the Presbyterians. to . go to th e cemetery early on Eastermorning and then walk the Ttiain s t reets , of the vi l lage singing hymns of praise . Ilike that custom milch better than.th^' corresponding one we-had seen ^Viday : Churcheswalking slowly through the streets of towns in moaning cloth, carrying'fl6wers ora cross to the cemetery fco bury Jesus. -The service was to tegin at 9:30 Sunday mprning but since the Easter service îs a long one, aiid'Êaster a special day, the.women got. busy cooking a big meal tobe eaten before the service . So after .anQtVfiip hath tn waRh axjay h ift warm stuffiness of sleep, t'watched my host's family pound fufu. Then the-host himself.,took me around to greet some of h is re la t ives . Seth and some church men came totake me to g reet the chief . Fortunately, I didn ' t have to say anything. All theformal greetings, inquiries, and message were given in Ewe. One elder said tha tj now that they co\ild see that this was a new effort in the church and not a continua-I tion of the old corrupt ways of the founding evangelist, he thought the chief should

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e have at las t traded an old college plot of land in Kokomlemie for the new oneover which there has been so much trouble in Abeka, adjacent to the col lege. This is.a financial loss, but we decided the land was more important than the money. Thereturn 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 i t isregistered in the lands department and there ;êr obstacles to that . I f tribulationworketh patience, then we should have gained some from this experience.Mr. Adjei ^d,^ I have completed our sj-ewardsjiip teaching series at Ocansey Korpe.On the jlg|Qonstrat|2^^ day they had thirty cedis tithing offering plus morethan lien cedl^s-in-^Tineir'Ireginif offering. They are progressing, well and have begun â much needed new church building. Then they discovered that the land on which theywere building was under.dispute after all. Sounds familiarl Pray that their problemwill be worked out. We are thankful that the dispute was discovered so soon. Theman claiming real ownership said he had.originally planned to waif until the building

was complete and then order it to be torn downWe are now involved in the teaching at the newest Christian church at Kunmorearising out of the Bible Club there. .They, have only about six adult, self-supportingmembers but twenty or so young people out of school sti l l farming with their parents.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 thecollege in Tôradi. The evening classes are attended by working people, so sometimesbecause of shift work they are not a ll present. There were about twelve on theevenings I visited. Joseph is_an exc_ellfint,.teacher and has great faithTwo weeks before, my arrival the group had an all night prayer mee'ting and then, even ^ =before dawn, had gone to the beach for the baptism of th os e seven who had learned ofit smeaning 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.Francis Kumah, thejig-vp^^ at IDzebetato, is laying the foundation for beginning a new church in. a nearby village^- One Sunday he took his members togi^re testimony about.their joy in the Lord and the.power of Jesus over all thefetish ways. The fetish priest in the new village complained, but the chief said

if he didn t like what was happening, he could leave. PRAISE THE LORDi Pray forFrancis, for Dzebetato, and for the new .Work I haven't learned their name yet;).^;&=aBaual-;^,paAaareship took place after second term finals and just beforeihese^-EasteiLlLPlidays. .This .yep^s theme was The ^rj^sthood of all Believers .^:lege axid nowIjX TraveJLin^/ aristi^ College, brought two of .the lectures along with one alumni, one professor//(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,


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received JUN 30 97FORWARDING AGENT: NEWSLETTER;Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. J e r r y Owen6Q3 Twin Brook Lape , 617 Marshall StreetJoppa, MD 21085 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERVol . 2 No. 17

J u n e 1 9 7 5(Written May 26/1975)Dear F r i e n d s i n C h r i s t

This w i l l be my l a s t n e w s l e t t e r t o you from Ghana f o r q u i t e some t ime. Less thanfive weeks to go before my departure for furlough. As of now, ll be leaving thevery morning of graduation. I hate to miss i t but I v e accepted the idea. Afterthree days in Par is , ll fly home on July 2. I t s going to be a l o t cheaper tostay in Paris than i t i s to stay in Detroit for the NACC. That 's where I must beby July 8. The Lord has provided that I share a room with Hostetters' forwardingagient, Eloise Grant, and her friend. I know He'l l provide transportation, eventhough I don ' t know how yetNow for .the most exciting news of a l l . On April 1, open doors began to appear ito-=quick, succession for Christen Adjei to go to this States to study at CinclnniitiChristian Seminary for the siliraiier session. After discussing t he mat te r of graduatestudy 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 theschool, meet all requirements of both governments, plan fo r reorganization ofresponsibilities 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* OnMay 8, Dick.Hbstetter made his last weary trip to the American Embassy and got theprecious visa. Oii the evening 'of May 13, many friends and relatives gathered atthe airport to wish him godspeed. At first (we learned later) the stewardessesdid not want to take him because of h i s wheelchair cbndit ion, bu t when hie provedhe could tak e ca re of himself, they relaxed and so could he.Ch^stians from Hicksville Chiirch of Christ in New York met him at JFK ahd-^&isiStfedhim throuj^ customs and onto his flight to Cinciiinati. There he was met by Davidan^ Barbara Kalb. David will be working on his Master's Thesis in Theology allthif,s summer. With C.B.S.'s special offer for Bible college personnel, Christianshould have a marvelous spiritual and intellectuai experience. After his schooling and after my trip to the NACC, he will spend a week or so with iny family inBlqomsburg, 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 arid-pray that i t 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, meetinjgChristian is a fine way to become personally acquainted with the Lord's businesshere. Sorry we couldn' t l e t ybu know sooner.To date, the chief of Abeka has returned to us less than one-third of the tnbxley that i s due us from the land matter. With Christ ian ' i schooling, we cbuldi sureuse that money Keep praying abbut i t , please. The inan building next dbbr iis-9till using the new lot for his cemkrit blocks, sand, and general thruwayi Wetrust that will end some day, too. The new house is to be used as a clinic witha doctor and nurse. Far bet ter that, than a driving bar-Ar^ng last, M^h^Nee-Whang, the student preacher's wife, is showing nta'rkedimprovement in her figHt agiainst TB. Now she feels strbng enough tb db all her


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These adults are converts direct from paganism, and we deeply regret the confl ic tthey are seeing among the Christians. Pray that th e matter can be settled honourablywith the real victory belonging to Christ. A few of th e converts have been baptizedin.the ocean and are attending services in Noah's home iJase village about a mileaway. But the origina l v il lage needs a thriving congregation witnessing in i t s midst.The Christian Bible Club had i ts final Bible Contest with two other villageyouth groups. e came in second place, but our score was not very good, ^ e Kungmore youth won, and they deserved i t e were happy that a third group joined usthis time, and the contest was held in their village to encourage them.Christian and I completed our stewardship preaching/teaching a t Kungmore.He and three men from our Abeka fellowship were present on their Tithing Demonstrat ion Day. They did very well. They have made two regular payments on their loanfrom the Abeka congregation also. e fejoipe in thei r faithfulness.Speaking of stewardship^ our offerings from the college congregation are verygood, considering our small number. I bel ieve tha t the men who went on some of ourstewardship teaching treks learned something, too. They are a lso le arn ing how onecongregation can help o th er s o r in div id ua ls without having a cent ra l fund or headq u a r t e r s

Three of the men are taking a rea l in teres t in preparing themselves to conduct the s erv ic e o f the congregation, except for the preaching. On two Saturdayafternoons they have come to my house to l ea rn more hymns , so they can lead the.song service well. They have been happy to leam some new ones that are espec^iallysui table for ce rt ai n pa rt s of the service. We thank God for the i r faithfulness.They walk, every time - 3, 4, or 5 miles one wayI have mentioned before the b ig -voiced p reache r o f Dzebe ta to .. e havelearned that he often uses his big voice to berate,the people instead of preparingBible sermons to edify the people. I am afraid he is lazy. Pray, for him. He didlaunch a new congregation, and, with his ready agreement, one of our freshmen hasbeen, going there every weekend with evangelist ic sermons and Bible t each ing in theafternoons. The people are gladly responding. More have been Won (directly frompaganism)one man asked Jacob to come to his room and remove a ll his fetish para-phanalia. We praise pod. This par t icular f reshman does not seem to ae a . leader a ta l l bu t God i s using him.I^ear the end of April, one of our school boys was ba,ptized. He i s a very,mature youngs ter , and we r e jo ice in h is thoughtful decis ion.I remember the afternoon well because on our way to the lagoon, we took Mr.Christian's sick puppy to the vetl wo days afterward~he-died-of-Jtiabies. _ s thishad been suspected^ they did the t es t^ the very day. Four people had been b i t t enincluding Christian's son and myself. The bites were not serious, but no. chancescould be taken. American acquaintances helped us make contact with the Americanembassy, which allowed us to buy a vaccine that is more comfortable than., the.vaccine normally supplied here. Three year old Baby Chri st ian and. I .went .every dayfor 14 days , to my doc to r's o ff ic e where we were ^ven the injections by a nuyse.^Neither of us had any adverse s ide react ions and it s a l l over now. We;thank theLord fo r taking care of us an d providing th e vaccine ,

There are dozens of th ings to be done for the housej car and t r ave l plans before I l eave The car i s to be so ld bu t a t the moment t h r ee workshop sessionshaven't solved morning starting t roubles , espec ia lly .after a rain. Yes, I prayabout that too i . Thank you for your prayers and fa i th fu l support of our, workhere . I am looking forward to seeing many of you soon. Our N CC booth i s No. 601.Look fo r me there I should be in Orlando by the f i r s t Sunday in August, Lordwil l ing

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FORW RDING GENT ^ NEWSLETTER. > Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. Je r ry Owen603 Twin Brook Lane 617 MarshallJoppa, MD 21085 Altamonte Springs, FL 32701DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERVol. 2, No. 18

September 10 , 1975Dear Fr iends in Chr i s t ,

Well, here I am, in Orlando, Flo r ida , U. S. A. Dorothy Hackworth hasagain opened her home to me. She had a swimming pool put in during thespr ing , so you see I am going to suf f e r a lo t during my furlough. Mybro ther and s i s t e r - in - l aw have given me the loan of a car . I am gra te fu lto t hes e people through whom th e Lord has met t hes e needs .

In Accra , before I l e f t , th e la nd lo rd paid to have the soakawayrepaired ah^ new Green ing put on t h ^hou s e . TEe patches seved over l ;he~holes were no l on g er a de qu ate . David and Barbara Kalb, who re tu rn ed t oGhana SepjLgmber 7 will be living ^^^^^the ^use. When I left, a man hadpaid for my car by cHec E7~^ ut there w^s so^me question about the val id i tyof the checks. With great r e l i e f , I learned l a t e r t ha t they were goodand the money had been deposi ted in the col lege account . In f la t ion i srevealed by the fact tha t I sold the car for more than I paid for i t(duty-free) in I968. That money will be held in reserve toward the purchase of a new one when I re turn to Ghana, Lord wil l ing , in Septembernext ;^ar,. - - - ^ 1l~very successful graduation for five students was held the afternoonof the day I l e f t . The government department fa iled to brin g th e chair st h a t had been ordered , but by us ing every a va il ab le c ha ir and bench fromthe col lege, the teachers houses, and neighbors houses, about 250people were seated and about 50 had to s tand . A ll repor ts ind icated avery fine occasion, with our own teacher, Jo seph Nsiah, presenting theme s s a g e .

We also re jo ic e th at the four members of the Nee-Whang family hadX-rays in July and t he i r lungs are clear of TB. Martha, the wife, mustalways keejD a very close watch aga ins t reoccurrence b ecau se sh e had itso severe ly and so long. She has resumed her t rading and Noah has agood 3 6 B~tTiat still permi t s him to carry on h is pas t o ra l work in thev i l l a g e s . Pra i se th e Lord .

The th ree men in our Abeka congregation who had been t ak ing on moreleadersh ip re spons ib i l i ty continued the i r music lessons up till the weekI l e f t . One was elec ted by the group to serve as t r easure r , as I had heldt h a t pos t fo r a couple yea r s .

The Kungmor church has cont inued to pay back t h e i r loan f a i t h fu l l y .A l e t t e r from the schoolteacher /p reacher says that the money stretchedto make I6 benches, drums, and a bass f iddle. He was very happy aboutthe deep dedicat ion of four of the young men in t he congr egat ion.

Ghana Chr i s t i an College c lasses were to begin t h i s week. Ten news tudents were accepted, but we won t know how many wil l actua l ly come un t i la couple weeks have passedWlien I l e f t Accra I spent three days in Par is seeing the famous s igh ts .The bes t par t of a l l was standing in awe and excitement in the Louvre,gazing a t th e very same beau t i f u l wal l mosaics t h a t Danie l and Es ther hadgazed upon in the palace of Darius, the Persian king. Wow The f l ightto New York s topped in Ice land , and near ly ll th e v/ay to the U. S. thesun cont inued to sh ine in to the p lan e. I t was 1 a .m. Ghana t ime and9 p.m. New York T ime. The next morning my parents were as tonished to seeme f ly ing in to Wilkes-Barre in a very smal l commuter plane a f t e r th reey rs o v e r s e a sA fte r f iv e days a t home, I jo ined Nancy and Tim Hos t e t t e r and Elo i s eGrant for the North American Chr is t ian Convention in Detroi t . I spent less


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a l s o t h e r e ; he w i l l be a freshman t h e r e t h i s y e a r . Next, I .droppedC h r i s t i a n o f f a t a c o u s i n s house i n T if t o n Ga, , and I came on down t oO r l a n d o . How happy I am t o be back with C h ri st i an f ri e n d s h e r e . TheBarkes s spent a few days with us here and enjoyed Florida sight~seeing,i n c l u d i n g a t r i p t o Disney World,

The e l d e r s o f F i r s t C h r i s t i a n Church here met with me and gave me f u l lfreedom to t r a v e l w r i t e and speak a s t h e Lord le a d s to support the workin G h a n a .

If I were a m i s s i o n a r y t o t h e U S. from Ghana, I would w r i t e backto Ghana and tell my f r i e n d s abou t t h e h o r r i b l e d is ea se s h er e . I came backfrom camp with an ear fungus and came back from a youth out ing with a rasho f chigger b i t e s . But we s u r v i v e and the work goes on.The camp week was a few days f o r fo urth g ra de rs and l a t e r fo r a c o l l e g e -c a r e e r group. This was fol lowed by a week of V B. S. r i g h t here i n my h o m e c h u r c h .

C h r i s t i a n Adjei ca me down on August 26 and spoke .i n four churches .I l i v e i n two d i f f e r e n t worlds , both o f which I l o v e . Having C h r i s t i a n heret o mee t Ameri ca n C h r i s t i a n s and e n a b l i n g them to know a Ghanaian who l o v e sth e Lord and His Word and who s h a r e s with us i n Ghana, helps t o blendt h o s e tw o different w o r l d s into o n e f o r m e . It w a s beautiful C h r i s t i a nr e t u r n e d t o h i s f a m i l y and t o Ghana September

Wowmy own speaking and scbeduling ^ fes ^hsibilities ha^ve begun. Mayt h e Lord u s e me a s He p r o v i d e s t h e s i z e a b l e f u n d s t h a t w i l l be needed f o rthe college by mid-1976. Also needed are funds to help replace my car,purchase a m p l i f i e r s extra p r o j e c t o r bulbs, f i l m s t r i p s . a n d o th er s uppli es ,for our work i n Ghana. Let me know if you want to take on a s p e c i a lp r o j e c t o f a n y s i z e .

Except f o r s p e c i a l r e q u e s t s I w i l l be based i n FTnr-ida u n t i l A p r i la t which time I will make a t r i p a l l the way north and baclT to speak. Letme know if you want to speak and share the s t o r y of our mission work i nGhana. During Thanksgiving week I w i l l be i n S t. Louis, Mo for theNat ional Missionary Convention. Our booth number i s 67. Stop by and seeus ^

I t s r e a l l y great to be with you and share in the joys and sorrows ofthe Kingdom in the U S for a l i t t l e while. Let s pray for on e another.I n His l o v e

CuyYUUryL^

First Christian Church Non-profit Org.


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ABOUT T HE N EW SL ET TE R

In the past eight years we have b u i l t up a mailing l i s t of Onames who r e c e i v e th is n e w s l e t t e r regular ly . We a r e grateful f o r a l lth e y ears o f in te res t an d p r a y e r f u l concern th is r e p r e s e n t s . a r ehappy to continue to send i t to a ll those who v/ant i t . However duringthose years, some have married, some have moved an d some have becomeoverwhelmed with m issio n ary l i te ra ture In th e in te res t o f economy an dr e a l i t y , w ill you please f i l l ou t the couxDon below i f you want to continueto receive th is l e t t e r giving yo u inf or mation and pr ayer needs o f GhanaChristian College an d rel at ed work. You do not need to do this i f you a rea member of a congregation who reg u l arl y contributes to our work or i fyou contribute yourself, or i f you have recently requested the newsletter.Co n trib u tio n s a r e not a requirement to r e c e i v e it J u s t le t us know yourdesire T h a n k s .

Yes I would like to continue to receive Dorothy Eunson s newsletter abouta p o rtio n o f th e L o r d s work in Ghana West A fri c a .

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FORWARDING AGENT:M r s . Tom B a r k e s603 Twin Brook LaneJoppa, 21085

Dear Fr i ends i n Chr i s t ,

HOME ADDRESS:Doro thy Eunson5323 Hermosa S t .Orlando, FL 3280?

NEWSLETTER:Mrs. J e r r y Owen617 Marsha l lAltamonte Spr ings , FL 32701

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DOROTHY EUNSON NEVJSLETTERVol . 3 , No. 20

November 20 , 1975

Furlough time i s flying. Since August 9th, I 've t raveled ^,000 miles,and a i l within the state of Florida. y brother 's fai thful Cutlass passedthe 100,000 mark, and it s still pur r ing .

F i r s t Chr i s t i an Church here i n Orlando has a r ranged an o f f i c e co rne r fo tme t h a t he lps t remendously in correspondence and r eco rd -keep ing . I see ourmini s t e r s and sec re t a ry q uite o fte n but not many members s ince I am of ten goneon SWdays and Wednesdays^ T^did enjoy a fu l l day with the church in October,report ing , and in severa l ci rc les , th e L ad ies' Auxil iary and in theîrannual Missions Fa i r . I hope the new members and I are a little l6s s l ikes t r a nge r s to one ano the r now.

jlhis i s the story in a l l my travelsmeeting, sharing and rejoicingwith 61d f r iends and making new ones . For example, one of my t r i p s took met h i s month ' to Miami, my f i r s t v i s i t to churches the re . I was much impressedwith the a t t i t u d e s o f th e min is t e r s and Chr i s t i an s I met . I thank God fo rt he i r ' e f fo r t s in d i f f i cu l t condi t ions . Wliile there , I learn ed to my amazementthat injections of terramycin are being given palm trees to prevent the spreadof a virus t ha t has ki l led many of these lovely t r ees . I t was fun to v i s i tNancy Hoste t t .e r ' s s i s t e r and paren ts in tha t a rea , too .

l î en .I p repared l e t t e r s to send out to churches, I thought it would bea bo ut '1 10 f or F l o r i d a . I am beh i nd th e t ime s : th e number is ne a r e r IkOlNow ygu^^êe .why I spend much of my furlough in t h i s s t a t e . The more our co llege ûpport, and my personal support comes from one or two concentrated areas ,the l e s s , t ime and expense I expend in t r ave l . I 'd ra the r use t ha t t ime instimuij-ating missions interest, and helping in local churches camps etc.

Dorothy Hackworth, whose home I share , helped me a l o t a t th e F lo rid aChr i s t i an ]'C6hvention in Sara so t a . ca r r i ed boards and fas tened bo l t s andarjcanged l ig j i t s to p re pare th e d isp lay fo r Ghana Chris t ian College ^Theeconvent ion was a t ime of i n sp i r a t i on and fe l lowship and he lpfu l con tac t s . fo r thefuture All t h i s in sp i t e of a purple convention center . As our main speakerpoin ted out, what more appropriate color for our theme, The Royal Priesthood..One of the best pa r t s o f the Daytona Fai th Promise Ral ly , in i t s e l f a r ichexperience, was g ettin g to know Ron and Ellen Ritchey, missiona ri es to Indonesia.The Daytona Chris t ians make us f ee l l ike a par t of t he i r family, too .Probably because I am a woman I have had the pr iv i l ege of v is i t ing qui tea number of women's meetings . They have a spec ia l f lavour: great i n t e re s t inth e p erso na l s ide of a missionary 's l i f e and more t ime for quest ions and answe r s ' ,^very of fe r ing and g i f t fo r the Gh^na Missionary work i s grea t ly apprecia tedUsually it s money or a check, but it s been fun to receive c lo th , w ritin g paper ,a radio , a purse, gasol ine , r abb i t s , car servic ing, avocadoes and persimmons,too

One l a s t comment about furlough t ime: a l l physica l exams have been normal .After^years o f b el ie vin g I had a hear ing l o s s , and bel ieving tha t it had worsened in the l a s t th ree years , the verdic t of the audiologis t was s t a r t l i ng :You a re not hard o f h earin g: you jus t don ' t pay a t t en t ion

Some news notes f rom Ghan a : I h av e w ri tt en s ev er al t im e s a bo ut th e menwho a-jjtend worship services a t the col lege and who walk severa l miles each wayto do so . They a re now he lp ing to s t a r t a new assembly in t h e i r own a re a .Idon ' t know a l l the de ta i l s , only tha t it i s going well . They c on tin ue to at tendthe college services in the evening. Praise the Lord.


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Little David Kalb,, l8 months old, is adjusting well to Ghana, although hehas suffered one bout of malaria already. Barbara Kalb has decided to keep mydog, part ly because I t ki l led two big ra ts and a mouse in the back yard...The sugar factor ies (only two) have been b roken since May and wil l not berepait*ed un t i l December. Barbara bought some for 1,73 a pound.Since the September newsle t te r , I have learned what happened in Ghana tothe pr ice of cars . On July I-,--the government*s new regulatory budget came out .With new taxes and import dut ies , a new Datsun wil l cost about 10,000. Thisis an' enormous sum but a car saves many many hours of time, huge amount ofhuman energy, and i t s capabil i t ies to carry us and the Ghanaians to the villagesto help and teach i s unsurpassed. Dear f r i ends , I am dependent on the Lordas He'works through you to meet this need and others. This undoubtedly willmake the annual cost of insurance much, much higher. Hostet ters have justbought a small battery for their car for 12600. In September of 1974 I paid6l.o6 and thought i t was terrible. Since, prices are not likely to drop, buyinga car is spmewhat of an investment, for resale value remains high. In anappeal to ..the churches I , ^sked for 2,500 to help purchase a ca r . Now I mustraise .tliat to 6,000 to be added to money from the sale of tiiy old one and mys av ings . . : . . .

O t h e r n e e d s are150 addi t iona l monthly l iv ing l ink support

. , 600 monthly support for the college to replace-that whichwil l be los t in mid-1976 through change of.personnel. \ 1500 foir return travel, shipping, and college suppliesThe college ,and related pro jects, vise more than 1000 monthly to operate. There, i s mny a man in.America, who receives tha t much as his salary. - I helveworked but.a rough budget of how the college money is spent. Since I dp; nothave a l l the.records, and those I do have are l is ted in bookeeperese , thisis ve^ approximate: ' 842 'T w o Ghanaian teachers and s tudent sec re t a ry 200.00: Student expenses (medical, t rave l ) 20.00Takoradi extens ion work 50.00'

. . Utilities & main tenance ' 60 .00i Books, off ice suppl ies , pr in t ing , postage 50.00. ' . . Rad io p ro gr am ' 120 .00' U. S. A. book and supply b i l l lOO.OO

1020 .00provements. Please write me i f you have specif ic questions about my personalneed s ; o r t h e . n e e d s o f t h e s c h o o l . ?Phe Lord wil l ing, Thanksgiving week i s b ein g sp en t in S t. Louis; Mo. a tthe National Missionary Convention. I t i s my f i r s t and the program looks great .After a hect ic ten days back in IT.orida I wil l be joining my p aren ts fo r theChristmas holidays in Pennsylvania. Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmasto you, t oo .Thanks to a l l those who returned t he i r coupons signifying they wishedto cont inue r ece iv ing t h i s news le t t e r . Perhaps t h i s i s a needed reminder tosome who have no t done it ye t .God i s so good to us. May His mercy and grace hea l our broken re la t ionsh ips , and give us new power fo r the fu tu re .

Helpless withou t Him,

First hristianChurch2565 S. Kaley Avenue

Dorothy Eunson

Non-Prof i t Org.


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DOROTW E H8ONTEACHER

6HAMA CHRinvWc o l l e g e :

A REQUEST TO THE CHURCHESDear Fr iends in Chr i s t ,

Before you r e ad any f u r t h e r , p l e a s e t a k e a few minu t e s to r e ad th eaccompanying West Afr ica Witness about our work in Ghana. . . .Thank youjThe Lord wil l ing , I w ill r etu rn to Ghana on September 1 , 1976, but before t h a t t ime , many r e spons ib i l i t i e s must be f u l f i l l ed he re .We need p ar tn ers in praye r . V/i thout the unde rg i rd i ng power andguidance of the Lord, our needs wi l l not be met and the Kingdom work inGhana wi l l not prosper . Your prayers wi l l be grea t ly apprec ia ted .

We need f i nanc i a l he lp . Wlien you help us f i nanc i a l l y , you are helpin g to t r a i n evange l i s t s and bu i ld up Chr i s t i an s in Ghana, We w i l l bethankfu l fo r all who g ive , both new con t r ibu to r s and t hose who i nc r ea set h e i r presen t suppor t .

S6OO OO new monthly support for the college as explained in theW e s t frica W i tn e s s

SI5O.OO add i t i o n a l monthly suppor t fo r meS 5OO OO to h elp p urc has e my r ep lacemen t ca r in Ghana11500.00 fo r my re turn t r ave l , , sh ipp ing , por table ampl i f i e r s ,and o t h e r s choo l supp l i e s

We need t e a che r s and workers de s c r i bed in th e W A. W.) . We w i l lbe happy to t a l k to you or to anyone you knov/ who might be cha l lengedto this v ; o r k .I am ava i l ab l e in F lo rid a fo r speaking and s l ide p re sen ta t ionsu n t i l Apr i l , except fo r spec i a l ou t -o f - s t a t e i nv i t a t i on s . DuringApr i l and May I w ill t ra ve l as far north as New York fo r speaking. Juneand Ju ly can be given t o camps, V. B. S . o r wherever t h e Lord l e ads -Some o f you a re r eady fo r new cha l l enge s and oppo r t un i t i e s in m is s i on s .When the Lord touches your hea r t about t h i s miss ion , please con t ac t me.Even if you cannot consider r egu la r suppor t , your i n t e re s t , he lp , andpraye r s wi l l be a grea t b l e s s i ng .Ask any ques t ions you l i ke about the informat ion given he re . E lders ,miss ion commit tees , or o the r groups can be furn i shed with add i t i o n a lcopies o f these two papers , a sample budget of Ghana Chris t ian Col lege ,my own most r e c en t f in a nc ia l r ep o rt , o r a list o f s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s .

May th e Lord use you and me fo r His g lo ry .In His s e r v i c e .

5323 Hermosa S t r e e tOrlando, FL 3280?305 -275 -0223

M iss) Doroth y EunsonFirst hristian C h u r c h2565 East Kaley AvenueOrlando, FL 328o6305-898-1001

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