Eunson Dorothy 1980 Ghana

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D I R E C T MAIL TO GrIANA?Mifu o Doroth; ^ EunsonP^ O B o x 3 7 2 2Acc r a , N . G h a n a

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They did cooking outdoors and a te in the carpor t . The men from t h e i r churchwould also come around at eating timeIJ The ladies did their washing andapread i t on the ground to dry. They had their own key and could come and goas they wished .Sunday morning a very impressive o rd in a tion s er vic e was held fo r someministers, elde.rs and church helpers (both men and women). Many of the churcheshad not even had real elders, so i t was decided to ordain qualified people thisway. I t was encouraging to see these people committed in th is way. In spiteof some very real problems of leadership and economics, I believe the brotherhood i s going to move ahead in the next few years. Afte r the convention closedthe 23rd, we were sa t i s f i ed t ha t good had been done fo r th e Lord.

THE CRATES, three fu l l of suppl ies fo r the school , and one fo r the Couches,arrived the day David Kalb l e f t Ghana, Oct. 1. He had hoped to clear them.Because they were in his name, it took quite a b it of extra red tape. Just forfun, I kept a journal and on f i f teen separate t r ips to town o r to Tema, we conducted busi ne ss r egardi ng the crates . In ad ditio n we spent a l l of December 2?and most of December 28 in Tema, where the por t i s . In the process , a big dumpt ruck; reversed very quickly out o f a parking lo t and slammed into the side ofmy ca r . One o f my new d r i ve r s was a t th e wheel . We were knocked s ideways afoot or two and t ipped up on one sid^, but when the t ruck stopped, the car se tt l ed back down on four wheels . None of us were hur t and nothing c r i t i c a l inthe running of the ca r was damaged, so we are th an kful to God. Afte r makinga f u l l repo rt to the po l i ce , the dr ive r o f th e t ruck was given till Jan. 7 thto r epa i r my car . I f he does, then none of us has to go to court . Going tocourt i s a grea t and exasperat ing spender of t ime. As of the ^th , the s t raightening and weld ing h as been done. The pa in t ing should be done tomorrowand the rea r window replaced Monday). The owner of the t ruck has been qui tecooperat ive in ge t t ing t h i s done quick ly . (And tha t , too, i s a bless ing Here).Af t e r the po l ice repor t s were f in i shed , we cont inued with our por t businessand b ar ely f in is he d every th ing by s eve ra l deadl ines . Again, weary bu t thankf u l , th e fou r c r a t e s were brought to Couch s fu tu re house and qu ick ly unloaded by f r i ends . Every th ing i s here and in exce l l en t cond i t ion .

OU HES Pray for them. On the ^th of January, the Immigrat ion Dept .to ld me something in d ire ct cont radic t ion to what they had to ld TWI E inDecember. So now t h e i r v i sa i s delayed fo r sever-al more weeks. But it i scloser to being g rant ed , so keep us a l l in your p r a y e r s ^ od must have arearson iot th e d e la y .The new government budget is outgasoline has increased from 03-5^per gallon to J2 7.50. That is 2.70 per gallono Rations have been increasedto 8 gallons weekly per private car, and supplies are up, so no mo re . .long queues . . .There are queues fo r everyth ing e l s e , though, from matches, to c lo th , tosoap and sugar i f you are lucky enough to f ind it Don t worry, we are

ab le to ge t what we need from Togo, Af t e r yea r s o f low power we a re on anew subs ta t ion sending out 250-260 vo l t s . It bums out our l i gh t bulbs a ta phenominal r a t e , and the re are none to buy he re . Something e l se to b r ingin from Togo,Thank you fo r your par tne r sh ip in prayer and expressed l ove .

In Chr i s t ,Doro thy

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than I usual ly do a t Conventions. Sometimes C h r i s t i a n and Jos iah , h i s son,ate with us,too. Twice I shared t h e i r Ghanaian food a f t e r the evening services.Those v i l l a g e s catch t i n y shrimp i n the r i v e r . You can e a t the whole th ing,shell a n d all a n d it is d e l i c i o u s .The convention theme was The Second Coming . Three o f th e f o u r sermonswere v e r y good. We had t h e u s u a l hours o f s i n g i n g and dancing . They o f t e n c a l lon an i n d i v i a u a l church to give a song and l e a d out i n the dancing, so Abeka(us) took I t s turn. One of our young men set up and supervised the sound system.Oth er s h elp ed with son^ l e a d i n g and i n t e r p r e t i n g . I thank God f o r t h e i r a b i l i t yand w i l l i n g n e s s t o e n t e r r i g h t i n w it h ou t s hy ne ss . Our church t r e a s u r e r was ont h e committee to count o f f e r i n g s . Anothe r was e l e c t e d t o s e r v e on t h e Counc i lo f t h e Brotherhood. It s amazing--two years ago our l o c a l church h a r d l y e x i s t e dand c e r t a i n l y d i d n o t even know o f a b r o t h e r h o o d .

It i s necessary t o say t h i s each t ime: t h e r e a r e very r e a l problems i nthe churches and so in the brotherhood. At the same time, I see some pro.^ esseach t ime we .n^eet i n the convention. We must a l l pray t h a t Satan w i l l not 's p o i l -what i s a l r e a d y accomplished, and t h a t t h e S p i r i t o f God w i l l d i r e c tall o u r h e a r t s and l i v e s f o r t h e f u tu re growth.A Ghanaian lady assigned t o teach on C h r i s t i a n Womanhood, with Debbieand me a s s i s t i n g never got involved. A f t e r some indecis ion, we agreed to di=vide the women i n t o two groups--married and unmarried. I taug ht the unmarriedsand r e a l l y enjoyed it. How t o Marry i n th e Lord itiade a narrow enough t o p i cI could go i n t o more d e t a i l t h a n if we had a l l been t o g e t h e r . Debbie was a l s op l e a s e d w i t h t h e response o f t h e women and good h e l p o f h e r i n t e r p r e t e r s .

It was n e a r l y midnight each n i g h t b e f o r e we s l e p t . Each n i g h t a f t e r t h eevening s e r v i c e o u r own Abeka group gathered f o r a song and p r a y e r c i r c l e .All from Abeka were s a f e l y home again i n t ime f o r the evening s e r v i c e a tE a s t e r . One l a s t commentone night a b i g scorpion was crawling toward my f o o t .It was j u s t a few i n c h e s away when Debbie happened t o n o t i c e it i h t h e dark .I stepped quickly away and one of the young men grabbed a piece of rubbish andk i l l e d it. I thank t h e Lord f o r p r o t e c t i n g me and a l s o t h e b a r e f o o t c h i l d r e n .We have had both heavy .problems and joys,, t o o among church members.The young man I mentioned e |Wie^r in a letter who had unaccountably withdrawspent several weeks locked.^up in a pdlice s t a t i o n on a f ra ud ch arge . We v i s i t e dhim once. Since we were busy with t n e convent ion, I d o n t know t h e t r i a l outcome.The case I mentioned e a r l i e r was a woman who s u f f e r s p e r i o d i c a t t a c k s o f iapparent derangement. After much prayer on tha t afternoon, her daughter, ^ u rTTtniaTOir-ctiurclTTielp'^r93id~-i to^^ aTi^ irig camp alDbut 60 miles from here.She was t h e r e l e s s t h e n a week a n d came home i n n o r m a l c o n d i t i o n P r a i s e GodiWe have had more commitments to C h r i s t and baptisms i n the church s inceI w r o t e l a s t o Some o f o u r members c o n t i n u e t o be f r u i t f u l i n s o u l w i n n i n g .I have c u r r e n t l y resumed teaching the Thursday night Bible Study f o r an abbrev i a t e d survey o f the B ible t o help us l e a m th e books.===The Bridges r e - e n t r yvisa (cancelled during Summer's revolut ion) has been re-act ivated===the l o c a lchu rch guidance committee has been meet ing f requent ly==because o f B i b l i c a l r e f e rences and stro ng , u niv er sa l custom, a l l women cover t h e i r heads during services .I,have a plane reservation to come home on furlough June 21. I have not ^previous ly taken t ime t o do much planning o r w r i t i n g about it. Therefore , t h e r ya r e o n l y a few f irm d a t e s on my c a l e n d a r so f a r but 1 w i l l t r y t o be i n a r e a so f support ing churches when I know it w i l l be most h e l p f u l . I m looking f o rward t o s e e i n g many o f you between J u l y 1980 and J u l y 1981. Thank You f o rs t a n d i n g by us i n p r a y e r and h e l p e s p e c i a l l y when my l e t t e r s have been s c a r c e .This w i l l probably be t h e l a s t n e w s l e t t e r u n t i l J u l y . God b l e s s you a l l .

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/ ^ GAUG 2 7 98DIRECT M IL TO H NA: FORW R ING GENT NE^LETTERMiss Dorothy Eunson Mrs Tom Parkes Vefa Henderson

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Vo l , 2 No . 38Dear Fr i ends i n C h ris t,

God is still in con t ro l o f t he u niv er se . I s n t t ha t a r e l i e f Sometimes I had th e mistaken idea in Ghana tha t too much depended on me No wonder I look a l i t t l e haggard.God brought me safely home on June 22 and i s giving me a good res t . All of my familyare well and happy in the Lord. What a blessing. From July 7 to the 19th, I ll be in California to take a language/culture course . I hope to gain enough motivation and pr inc ip leso f learning a language in a non-c lass s i t ua t ion to help me learn one o f Ghana's languageswhen I r e t u r n t h e r e .

Let me br ing you up to date on some o f the good th ings t ha t happened in Ghana s ince Ilast wro t e .The students of Ghana Christian College each spen^ two weeks just before Easter in various congregations o f the ir choice doing the pract ical 'work of the ministry. Almost a l lcame back very pleased with what they l ea rn ed, i nc ludi ng problems and di f f icu l t i e s . Severalmentioned what a temptation the young women are to them. Another discovered how lonely hefe l t when he discovered that many of the people to whom he went to minister couldn ' t speakhis language This is the second year of th is program and it has cer tainly been a good addit ion. The young man who helped us in Abeka did a f ine job and has started a drama groupamong the youth. They presented t he i r f i r s t play the n igh t before I l e f t .The church a t Akramang won a number of converts in a nearby vi l lage just a t Eastertime.One of the Akramang young men i s doing his best to teach them. He got a few ideas from me,but has to do a lo t on his own He hopes to come to the college in 1981.The bro therhood has an evangel i s t ic group tha t has schedule^ a preaching campaign in atown called Tefle, beginning July 25 to establ ish a new congregation. Some of the nearbychurches will also help. David Couch will preach one night before he continues on to thevillage where he is teach ing to lay the ground work for another new church. Please prayf o r t h e s e .In mid-May, Chris t ian Adjei , graduate Isaac Oppatah, student Enoch Nyador and I t raveled to the church in Amate about a six hour t r ip. Saturday night a storm that blew dir tand pebbles roof high (tin roof, too) befo re th e rain came cancelled our^plans for out-doorpreaching. We had no choice but to go to bed early for a grand night 's sleep. Sunday weshared in the morning service and th ir teen young people who had been fa ith fu l in SundaySchool gave t he ir l iv es to Christ. That evening we had songs, film-strips and preachingout-of-doors. One older man responded to the invitat ion. The youth were baptized in thelake after the morning service and th e man was baptized about 11 p m

There are about twenty members from Azizania church a t Amate because of the f ishing.(Azizania is on th e coast.) Because of their work and/or a language difference, they rarelytake part in the Amate church. Pray for them and Amate preacher. Hayford Ansong strugglingto earn a l iving by farming. He said l a t e r that he real ly fe l t lonely when we l e f tfor Accra on Monday morning.

On May 11, our congregation tha t meets in the col l ege , held an outdoor preaching service.I t was in an area of the community not far from us but we had not preached there before. Theprevious week th e youth club was given some instruction and role play in house to house evangelism. On Saturday, th e 10th, the youth gathered a t the empty lo t and worked hard to cleari t of rubbish and weeds That afternoon, eight of us met and prayed and then went up and downboth sides of the lane in teams to invite the people to come to hear about Christ. People arenot rude there and are usually ready to l i s t en . My partner was a 15 year old school boy whospeaks three Ghanaian languages. At one of our f i r s t houses about e ight adu lt s gathered roundand they brought us chairs . This a ll happened outdoors where much of the l iving i s done. Oneman and h is wife were Muslim but they conversed with us very kindly and a t ten t ive ly . Althoughnone from tha t house responded on Sunday, three have accepted Ch ri st s in ce then.Sunday evening many members helped to carry and s e t up a l l the equipment. The e lec t r icity had been off for ten days but it came on in time so we didn 't have to use a generator.Christian Adjel p reached in English, Joseph Nsiah, our other Ghanaian teacher, interpretedinto Twi and one of the church members interpreted into Ewe After the sermon Joseph gavea long, f ie ry i nv it at io n. Members who had been taught what to do talked with them individual ly . Our counsellors are mostly young people in the i r early 20's . We have learned fromexperience tha t many who respond in s uch mee tin gs simp ly do not follow through in sp i teof careful follow up. Each counsellor, however, accepted the responsibi l i ty to maintainc o n t a c t and do w ha te ve r h e c ou l d to conse rve th e c on ve rt . Less than h a l f o f t h o s e t h i r t e e nare members bu t t he i r inf luence has helped br ing four o r f iv e other s . We pra i se the Lordfor that


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This led to the need to teach the new members some special l ess ons to help ground them inthe Word of Cod After prayer and some puzzlement a young we man who also speaks good Twigreeed to teach them He will have an outline to help guide him as this is his first teachingventure. Another cause for pra ise. The visitation group that does shepherding will be ledfuring the holidays by Kwame 20 our college watchman-student-Christian brother. Three ofthese young men will be helping Christian plan the monthly schedule of a ll church servicesand responsibilities. A year ago they were no t ready for such work. We just thank the Lordhow he raised them up and helped them learn.Remember the yovng men I was teaching to drive? Two of them took my car one Sunday afternoon and went x^^lth David Cou^ to the lake to take people for baptism. On a recent SaturdayJohn drove C hr istian and thi^e others to a brotherhood council meeting using siy car. What awonderful help to have others who can drive f

We concluded our mini-Bible survey class with a test and then some small prizes I wasgrat i f ied with the response. Now Carl Bridges who arrived back in Ghana with Glenda and thechildren on June 11 has taken over the English Bible study during the week.Four students graduated in a nice ceremony on June 14 . that leaves 19 possiblereturnees Abeka Christian Church s t a r t e d giving our act ive s tudent l eader a small sumweekly in appreciation for his h^p . . . . Debbie ouch took charge of the Sunday School acouple months before I l e f t . . . luy car which ran so well for over t hr ee yea rs star tedneeding attention in the last fei nonths. I tried hard to get i t in shape but the Bridgeswill have a l i t t l e work to do on i t so they can use it unti l their new one comes. A new batte ry c os ts more than 100 in Togo. There were none in Ghana food prices for Ghanaians we re e sc al a ti n g more than ever . It means poor food f o r them.The Lord wil l ing I 1 1 he going to F lo rid a in Early August and wil l be there u n t i l nearthe end of October when I will be going to the National Missionary Convention in SpringfieldI l l i n o i s . Then a f t e r a Missions Rally in Pennsylvania I ll be returning to F lo rid a bout themiddle o f November. I f you are in between and you want me to v i s i t l e t me know soon.

I am happy to be i n the United S t a t e s . Thank you f o r your i n t e r e s t i n the work i n Ghana.May He grant us a l l the s t r e n g t h and cont inuing d e s i r e to serve Him.I n C h r i s t i a n L o v eD o r o t h y Eunson

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IJIRECT MIL TO FORWARDING AGENT NEWSLETTER ^ IqqMiss Dorothy Eunson Mrs. Tom Barkes Dorothy Eunson ^SQ3250 S. Semoran Blvd., Apt. 21 603 Twin Brook Lane First Christian CliurchOrlando, FL 3280? Joppa, MD 21085 2565 E. Kaley Ave.Orlando FL 328o6DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERVol. 2, No, 39 October, I98O

D e a r F r i e n d s i n C h r i s tI am writing to you from Orlando, Florida a few days before I leave fo rt he N at io na l Missionary Convention. God i s r e stor ing my strength day by dayand working out the: .plans for th e future. I am restin g in His care.In the l a s t l et t er I told you of plans to attend a language/culturecourse in California. Although I could barely get there in time i t was well-woT^lrh W^ it ea Tn ^d m eth od s a nd ha d to g e t f i e l d experience in t i i o ^ methodsusing a practice language. I t was easy to find Spanish speakers so I choseSpanish. As we practiced th e learning cycles I went out in th e streets andspoke my few newlymemorized sentences to as many as fifty people. We com

pleted four cycles in two weeks. The biggest value of the course was to showmo that I learn a language i f I have the right attitude and put in thenecessary work (6 to 8 hours a day). Speaking to people in their own languager e a l l y o p en s up t h e i r h e a r t s

That number of hours i s not available when college i s in session. TheLord willing I will return to Ghana about July 1 next year and devote sixto eight weeks fulltime learning some basic language. That is not much, butI hope i t will give me a good foundation to build on later. Pray fo r me asT decide between Ewe and Twi, the two languages we use in our local church andwhich a re widely used elsew here a s wellc

By August 1st this year, I was in Orlando, having enjoyed brief visitswith my forwarding agent, my brother and sister-in-law and Carl Bridges*parents along the way. It was wonderful to reunite with my friends at FirstChristian Church here a f t e r a four year absenceo I spent a lively week a tLake Aurora Camp with sixth and seventh graderse The rest of the month ofAugust went-quickly-by, but without too much pressur-e. I pickeii up_the.^gift_cf a new typewriter from First Church of Christ in Eustis and managed tov i s i t th r e e dear f ri en ds th er e on th:L.3 f i r s t t r i p . Near the end of the monthI had my slides in order at last and gave my first presentation of the workto the church here


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Speaking of le t ters i t has made me happy to receive numerous le t te rsfrom my friends in Ghana. Not a l l the news i s good, but we can share the i rjoys and t h e i r so r rows

In August, Couches* house was broken into while they were sleeping. Theth ie f to ok abou t $500 worth of goods. To date , they have no clue about h isidenti ty and none of the things has been recovered

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