Eunson Dorothy 1989 Ghana

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D o r o t h y E u n s o nGhana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g eB o x 5 7 2 2

A c c r a N G h a n a J a n u a r y 1989

D e a r F r i e n d s i n C h r i s t ,

F O R TH E C O N T R I B U TO R S

To r e - r e a d t h e N o v e m b e r l e t t e r j u s t no w m a d e me s m i l e a l i t t l e Iw as u n c o m f o rt a b l e w i t h m a l a r i a when I w r o t e i t a n d t h i n g s w e n ts t e a d i l y d o w n h i l l Tha t t h i r d o c c u r r e n c e d i d n o t r e s p o n d t o o u rm o s t common t r e a t m e n t n o r t o o n e o f t h e n e w e r o n e s t h a t h e l p e dDavid Couch and C h r i s t i a n A d j e i l a s t y e a r . By t h e 2 6 t h I c o u l db a r e l y d r a g m y s e l f t o my f r i e n d s c a r t o r e t u r n t o t h e d o c t o r . Iwas so g l a d h e r c a r had a r e c l i n i n g f r o n t s e a t . I was e v e n moreg l a d t h a t sh e i s a n u r s e , when a f t e r two more b l o o d t e s t s , th ed o c t o r d e c i d e d I s h o u l d go t o t h e h o s p i t a l .

Anna Mar i e s t a y e d r i g h t w i t h me u n t i l I was f i n a l l y s e t t l e din a ward f o r o f f i c e r s wives a t t h e M i l i t a r y h o s p i t a l . Then sh ew e n t home t o In form t h o s e h e r e a t t h e c o l l e g e where I w a s .Everyone r e s p o n d e d w i t h l o v i n g c o n c e r n . Mensah Ganyo p r e p a r e dfood f o r me an d b r o u g h t i t t o t h e h o s p i t a l t h r e e t i m e s a d a y. Il o v e G h a n a i an f o o d , b u t n o t when I m s o s i c k I d o n t w a n t t o e a ta t a l l . M a n y o t h e r s v i s i t e d , and p r a y e d made t r i p s t o t h e l a b ,shopped f o r m e d i c i n e e t c . I was on d r i p s f o r 1 /2 days an dr e s p o n d e d r a p i d l y t o t h e d r u g t h e d o c t o r s t h e r e u s e d . The n u r s e sand ray roommates were a l l k i n d and h e l p f u l . The d o c t o r was veryf r i e n d l y and a l w a y s r e a d y t o e x p l a i n t h i n g s and a n s w e r q u e s t i o n s .

Thursday December 1 s t , th e d o c t o r s a i d I c o u l d go home th en e x t day i f I would be c a r e f u l a b o u t p e r s o n a l h y g i e n e a s a l a bt e s t showed I had a l s o p i c k e d up t y p h o i d s o m e p l a c e . So I camehome on t h e 2n d s t i l l v e r y w e a k t o o k t h e new m e d i c i n e f o r 14d a y s and s l o w l y by s t e a d i l y r e g a i n e d s t r e n g t h . Th e d o c t o r s a i d Is h o u l d r e s t t h e whole month . As I f e l t l i k e i t I s t a r t e d work ingon l e s s o n p l a n s f o r s e c o n d t e r m , b u t r e s t e d w h e n e v e r I needed t o .

S in ce c on ve n t i o ns a r e s t r e nu o u s , I d i d n t go t o t h eC h r i s t m a s c o n v e n t i o n a t Sunyan i where H o s t e t t e r s a r e . F i f t y - f o u rp e o p l e went from Abeka a l o n e , an d th e r e p o r t s from th e c o n v e n t i o nwere v e r y f a v o r a b l e . On e b i g improvement was t h e s e p a r a t i o n o fe a c h workshop i n t o f o u r l anguage g r o u p s , e a ch w ith i t s ownt e a c h e r . Enoch s a i d i t g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e d p a r t i c i p a t i o n andi n t e r e s t

While n e a r l y t h e whole c h u r c h was a t t h e c o n v e n t i o n , I a tl e a s t e n j o y e d g o i n g t o a m i s s i o n a r y p o t l u c k d i n n e r and c a r o l

s i n g .E v e r y b o d y came home on t h e 1 9 t h , a n d H o s te t t e rs a ls o came

down t o Accra in p re p a ra ti o n f o r l e a v i n g f o r fu rlo ug h th e veryn e x t n i g h t . I went t o t h e a i r p o r t w i t h t h e m t a k i n g a lawn c h a i rt o s i t on a s t h e r e a r e s e a t s f o r s c a r c e l y a dozen p e o p l e .

Th e n e x t day we had f a c u l t y meet ing- f i r s t in more t han amonth . Th e r e s t o f t h e week I worked p r e t t y h a r d t o f i n i s h myl e s s o n p l a n s and t ype t h e s t e n c i l s so I c o u l d go on a h o l i d a yt h e n e x t w e e k w i t h a c l e a r c o n s c i e n c e .

A f t e r c h u r c h on C h r i s t m a s Day I j u s t r e s t e d i n t h e h o u s ea n d a t e w i t h t h e G anyos on a n i c e l y s e t t a b l e o u t - o f - d o o r s . I twas a q u i e t day and t h a t s u i t e d me v e r y w e l l .

From t h e 2 6 t h t o J a n u a r y 2nd Anna M arie an d I were a t B u s u a


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Beach l i k e l a s t y e a r swimming t a k i n g w a l k s cook ing on akerosene b u r n e r and l o t s o f r e a d i n g and r e s t i n g . By th e end o fth e week I c o u l d t e l l t h a t I was even s t r o n g e r t h a n b e f o r e .

e resumed c l a s s e s th e 4 t h and I am t e a c h i n g a l l myc l a s s e s . Since I missed f i n a l s week I m t r y i n g t o g i v e themd u r i n g t h e s e f i r s t tw o w e e k s .

I t hank t h e Lord f o r H is p r e s e n c e and H is h e a l i n g s t r e n g t hand I t h a n k Him f o r t h e k in d l y c ar e and c o n c e r n shown b y G h a na i a nC h r i s t i a n s . fe w A me rica ns a nd Europeans who l e a r n e d a b o u t i t i nt i m e l s o v i s i t e d

Thank yo u f o r your p r a y e r s even though yo u d i d n t know a l lt h a t was g o i n g on . ow we a r e p r a y i n g and p re pa rin g f o r K a l b sa r r i v a l a s soon a s p o s s i b l e . Thank you f o r your s u p p o r t whiche n a b l e s us t o c o n t i n u e wi th o u r B ib le t e a c h i n g and now t ou n d e r t a k e t h e r e n o v a t i o n s o n t h e h o u s e K a l b s w i l l l i v e i n .

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D o r o t h y E u n s o nGhana C h r i s t i a n Col legeB o x 5 7 2 2

A c c r a N o r t h , G h a n a F e b r u a r y , 1989

F O R T H E C O N T R I B U TO R SD e a r F r i e n d s ,

ow moving i t has been to receive so many expressions of concern forhealth, assurance of prayers and get well cards. y the Lord's grace, Idoing everyth ing tha t I usual ly do. The only difference perhaps i s tha ts t i l l e a t a l o t of meals re laxed in the yellow r e c l i n e r in my bedroom.Mensah probably does more of the fresh vegetable an d f ru i t shopping thanused to . The h o s p i t a l doc to r was s a t i s f i e d with my progress and j u s t t o ldme t o come back in t h r e e months f o r a checkup .

Classes an d facul ty committee meetings continue in the col lege as usuTh e l i b r a r y work i s s t i l l w a i t i n g . . .

The renovat ions on what wil l be the Kalbs ' house are in fu l l swing. Tnew r o o f i s on and s e a l e d , w ith on ly the r i d g e cap y e t undone. Th ere f loor ing , plas te r ing , an d patching is v i r t ua l l y done. The l a s t big jobs

(b es id es c le an up ) a re p a i n t i n g , bathroom f l o o r cover ing and the w ate rt nk a n d towerTh e o v e r s e a s mail s e r v i c e seems t o have im proved s i n c e C h r i s t m a s . We

f ina l ly got Kalbs ' papers an d app lied fo r t h e i r quota space in ear lyJ a n u a r y. I t co u ld ta k e two months o r a y e a r, so p l ea se t ake t h i s m a t t e rthe Lord in prayer. The Kalbs are t ry ing on t h e i r s ide to be ready by Ap15. To g e t some n ec e ss ar y i nf or m at io n from Kalbs , we purchased one o f th enew e l e c t r o n i c t e lephone ca rds and d i r e c t - d i a l e d them from a pay booth .The human element i s s t i l l invo lved , because I had to wai t in a queue fo rmy t u r n , b u t o n c e t h r o u g h , t h e c o n n e c t i o n was a s c l e a r a s i f n e x t d o o r .b i g i m p r o v e m e n t f o r G h a n a .

Th e t w e n t y - y e a r - o l d so n o f one o f o u r c h u r c h f a m i l i e s d i e d l a s t weeka f t e r a sudden i l l n e s s . e was bapt ized f ive years ago as a f a i t h f u l SundSchool youth, bu t had not p a r t i c i p a t e d fo r seve ra l yea r s . The family askethe church to conduct the wake-keeping an d the fune ra l . Fr iday evening ,h i r e d a c o m m e r c i a l p a s s e n g e r t r u c k and used mine an d E n o c h s t o t a k emembers t o t h e h o u s e . The w h o l e e n d o f t h e s t r e e t w as b l o c k e d o f f t op r o v i d e more s e a t i n g f o r t h e m o u r n e r s . O ur two h o u r s e r v i c e w aso c c a s i o n a l l y i n t e r r u p t e d by b i z a r r e l y - d r e s s e d you th who e x p r e s s t h e i rmourning by s i n g i n g , d a n c i n g , s h o u t i n g and p a r a d i n g up and down. They wervery much in ev idence a t th e f u n e r a l and a t t h e cemete ry on S a tu rd ay , to o .

S i n c e th e f a t h e r s f ami ly i s Ewe, th e M o t h e r ' s f ami ly i s Twi, and Accri s a Ga c i t y , our church l e a d e r s used t h e i r own language fo r t h e i r p a r tthe s e r v i ce . C h ri s ti a n Adjei and th e e l d e r s a re Ga, Joseph Nsiah i s Twi,an d Encoh i s Ewe. When I l e d hymns I used E n g l i s h . So eve rybody h e a r ds o m e t h i n g

F u n e r a l s a r e a v e r y i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f t h e c u l t u r e h e r e . The c h u r c hmembers r e s p o n d e d w e l l . I t was somewhat l i k e a s o c i a l o u t i n g a s w e l l a sbe ing an a c t o f love and concern fo r th e bereaved f a m i l y. There i s noth ingso lemn a b o u t 35 p e o p l e s c r a m b l i n g f o r p l a c e s in th e t r o - t r o ( t r u c k ) , b u tt h e e v e n t s h el p ed t o b i n d u s t o g e t h e r a s a f a m i l y .

T h a n k you f o r y o u r c o n t i n u e d l o v e a n d s u p p o r t .

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D o r o t h y E u n s o nG h a n a C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g eB o x 5 7 2 2

A c c r a N o r t h G h a n a M a r c h 1989

FOR THE C O N T R I B U TO R S

D e a r F r i e n d s

P r a i s e t h e L o r d f o r t h e a p p r o v a l o f K a l b s by t h e G h a n a Q u ota C om m it te e t oo c c u p y a s p a c e o n t h e c o l l e g e s q u o t a . T h i s i s t h e f i r s t a n d b i g g e s th u r d l e . The a p p r o v a l l e t t e r w as s i g n e d on M arch 3 . A p p r o v a l f romI m m i g r a t i o n s h o u l d n o t b e t o o d i f f i c u l t The L o r d w i l l i n g t h e K a l b s w i l lb e l e a v i n g t h e U S on A p r i l 1 6 T h e i r h o u s e i s f r e s h l y p a i n t e d i n s i d e a no u t . B a t h r o o m f l o o r i n g t h e w at e r t a n k a n d t o w e r a n d i n s e c t e x t e r m i n a t i o ns t i l l r e m a i n . T h a n k you a l l f o r c o n t r i b u t i n g s o t h a t t h e s e p r e p a r a t i o n sc o u l d b e m a d e .

C o l l e g e c l a s s e s a r e g o i n g f i n e . m i s s e d one d a y when t h e g o v e r n m e n td e c l a r e d a h o l i d a y f o r d i s t r i c t e l e c t i o n s a n d u s e d o u r c a m p u s f o r a p o l l i n gs t a t i o n . T h r e e o f o u r f i r s t y e a r s t u d e n t s a r e h a v i n g t r o u b l e m a k i n g t h eg r a d e s o t h e y may n o t be a b l e t o come b a c k n e x t y e a r . We h a v e tw o w e e k sc l a s s e s l e f t t h i s t e r m . The d a y a f t e r e x a m s a r e f i n i s h e d t h e A c c r aR e g i o n a l C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h E a s t e r c o n v e n t i o n b e g i n s on c a m p u s

C h u r c h a f f a i r s c o n t i n u e t o o c c u p y much o f my t i m e . I n F e b r u a r y I d r o v eC h r i s t i a n t o v i s i t o n e o f t h e v i l l a g e c h u r c h e s t h a t h a s no p r e a c h e r . A b e k ai s g o i n g t o c o n s i d e r h e l p i n g by p a y i n g s o m e o n e s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o go t h e ron w e e k e n d s a t l e a s t . The c h u r c h c o m m i t t e e h e r e i s b e c o m i n g more a w a r e o ft h e n e e d t o g e t i n v o l v e d i n m i s s i o n s . They h a v e a s k e d t h eE v a n g e l i s m / S h e p h e r d i n g Commit tee t o a d d t h i s t o t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . w i l l do o u r b e s t a n d hope t h a t s o m e d a y i t w i l l be a s e p a r a t e c o m m i t t e e .

They h a v e i n s t i t u t e d t h e u s e o f Ga a s one o f t h e l a n g u a g e s u s e d i n m o r n i n gw o r s h i p . n e w l y - r e c o n s t i t u t e d Wo r s h i p c o m m i t t e e i s w o r k i n g v e r y h a r d a n dt h e g e n e r a l c h u r c h c o m m i t t e e i s a l s o p r e s e n t l y work ing on g u i d e l i n e s f o rm u c h - n e e d e d B e n e v o l e n c e C o m m i t t e e . T h a t s h o u l d m a k e o ur b en ev ol en ce m o r es t a b l e a n d c o n s i s t e n t

Some o f o u r o r i g i n a l v o l u n t a r y s h e p h e r d s have n o t been f a i t h f u l so t h i smonth t h e w h o l e p r o g r a m w i l l be e v a l u a t e d a n d c h a n g e s made t o make i t moree f f e c t i v e f o r t h e o r d

B o t h S e t h C r o w f f i e a n d Kwame A f a k u l e f o r m e r A b e k a d e a c o n s h a v e l e f t f o rt h e i r f i e l d s o f e va ng el i s m a n d c h u r c h p l a n t i n g . S e t h a n d h i s w i f e a r e i nt h e f a r w e s t o f G h a n a a n d Kwame a n d h i s w i f e h a v e moved t o To g o t h ec o u n t r y t o o u r e a s t . B o t h me n t o o k J e f f H o s t e t t e r s P r a c t i c a l E v a n g e l i s mProgram f o r a y e a r a f t e r t h e y g r a d u a t e d f rom G hana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e . Theyw i l l b o t h be s u p p o r t e d by H a r v e s t F i e l d s a m i s s i o n b a s e d i n N o r t hC a r o l i n a . The A b e k a c o n g r e g a t i o n s u p p o r t s t hem w i t h p r a y e r a n d we h o p e t ov i s i t them s o m e t i m e . They a r e b o t h i n d i f f i c u l t a r e a s s p i r i t u a l l y a n d Togi s more d i f f i c u l t e c o n o m i c a l l y t h a n G h a n a


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Yesterday one of our young wo n came to with an amazing s to ry Herf a t h e r had been p ro no un ce d d ea d a t one h o s p i t a l and s e n t to th e mor tua ryOn the way he opened h i s eyes and was admit ted to the hosp i t a l near themortuary I t was only the ne x t day t h a t the fam ily l ea rned he was a l i v ea f t e r a l l No v i s i t o r s a r e a l l o w e d a t p r e s e n t What a shock t o have d eepg r i e f and joy fo l lo w so c l o s e l y The tw o d a u g h t e r s in our church a r et h a n k i n g Go d f o r s p a r i n g t h e i r f a t h e r

Cont inue t o p r a y f o r t h e h e a l t h and s t r e n g t h o f LL o f th e f a c u l t y ands t a f f Everyone i s ove rworked and t h e h o t t e s t s e a s o n i s now upon u s Thanyou f o r y o u r l o v i n g c a r e e x p r e s s e d i n s o many w a y s

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DIRECT MAIL TO :Miss Dorothy EunsonBo x 5722Accra n , Ghana

Vo l . 5 . No . 7

FORWARDING AGENT:

M r s . Tom B a r k e s662 G o l f C o u r s e D r i v eE l l z a b e t h t o n , TN 37643

OROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER:

Mrs. Judy Tobin2565 E. Kaley AvenueO r l a n d o , FL 32806

March 1 2 , 1989

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Dear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,

Many of you have not heard from me since l a s t August. But the college andr e la t ed m i n is tr ie s are s t i l l here, occupying our time fu l ly. thank God foryour continued i n t e res t and prayers , even when the communication gap is wide.

Our best news i s th a t the.Ghana Quota Committee h as a ppr ov ed the David Kalbfamily to occupy a place on t he c olle ge quota. The Immigration department hassaid they should come on a vis i to r s visa and then apply for t he i r residencepermit when they arr ive . The Lord will ing, th e Kalbs will leave th e StatesApril 16 , arriving here on th e 21st . Kofi 14, and Seth 11, will be a coupleweeks l a t e fo r th i rd term a t Ghana In te rna t iona l Sc ho ol, bu t t h e i r f a t h e r wil lbe on time for ou r th i rd term which b eg in s Ap ril 24. are looking forwardto t h i s renewed partnership with the Kalbs.

Brian Jennings, o f the Bri t i sh Churches of Chr i s t , will be in the U. S. inApril under th e a us pi ce s of Christ ian Missionary Fellowship, ra is ing somesupport to supplement t h a t given by the Br i t i sh churches . He expects to behere by September and will l ive in my house while I m on furlough. I t i s n t my house.

With Couches gone, we t r i ed to maintain as much of the col lege and church workas we could. John Dadzie was designated Treasure r, but because he s t a r t ednigh t c lasses f ive nights a week in September, and because he was busy witht he r en ov at io ns on the s t a f f uni t s a t the new hostel s i t e , he d i d n t ac tua l lytake over un t i l January. This meant t ha t Joseph Nsiah, new Academic Dean s t i l lcarr ied the f inanc ia l r e spons ib i l i t i e s for everyone except me. Since I type , Itry to help him by doing my own. Manue] also helps Joseph a l o t in regard toplanning schedules , ordering and dis t r ibut ing textbooks, e tc . Christ ian Adjeiusua l ly goes to town twice a week on admin is t ra t ive business as p r i n c i p a l , plusteach ing a f u l l l o a d .

Mrs. ghagha is Public Relat ions Officer in addition to being a teacher. Shea lso walks a mile and a hal f in the hot sun twice a day since sh e l ives o ffcampus with her husband. The r e s t o f us l ive within a hundred yards o f themain campus.

Enoch Nyador i s th e Dean o f S t u d e n t s , f u l l t ime t eacher, an d F.A.M.E. s repre

s en t a t i ve in Ghana. He supervised th e b uild in g o f t h e i r f i r s t rural c l i n i c inh is home v i l l a g e . He i s a l so superv i s ing a F.A.M.E. New Fields p r o j e c t involvin g t hr ee e v an g el is ts in the northern Volta region. He v i s i t s the c l i n i c a tl e a s t once a month and the th ree evangel is ts once a month.

Then there s me. In l i gh t of what o the rs are doing, I should be able to managesome l i b r a ry work in addit ion to my teaching but I haven t . What with the bi tsof administrative work I pick up from other areas and the church work which aJJ_o f us are heav i ly involved i n , I j u s t d o n t g et to i t .

began the school year with twelve f i r s t year s tudents , making a to ta l of 49 .One dropped ou t a f t e r t h r e e weeks. There are th ree o t h e r freshmen who are notdoiny wel l . are now in our l a s t week o f c la sse s for second term. willsqueeze exams into thTee days and A/acate^in~irtTTre~for stutfeTits tor rush home fo rthe beginning of Easter conventions the f ol lo wi ng e v en i ng . Abeka Chr is t ianChurch w i l l hos t the convent ion fo r the g r e a t e r Accra reg ion


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Every term a few students come to school l a t e with v a ri ou s e xc us es ; some ar eflimsy and others are highly unusual. Last September two students were delayedbecause a t r iba l war with real shooting was going on over farmland in t he i rarea. The Ghana army came in to impose peace and declared a curfew that requiredpeople to stay in their houses 24 hours a day fo r several days. These two students t r ied to sneak ou t of town to come to school but were arrested and fined.A few days l a te r th e curfew was l i f ted and they came on to school. AfterChristmas, Sunday Ude was more than a week late because the harmattan, th e aircurrent tha t brings dry dusty a ir down to the coas t was so s ev er e ov er Accrathat the planes from Nigeria could not. see well enough to land.

During that pre-Christmas period, the Hostetters enjoyed the presence and helpof Eddie Hancuff, senior s tudent at Roanoke Bible College. e came on a visi tor svjjia_jthe_jiiiddljejDf_jLu.gustajuLAvas--able-to- stay-4:ia4_mid-Novenvber-, hel-ped-4n -the Sunyani church, directed the V.B.S. and visited a school fo r the disabledincluding the hearing impaired, to see i f his skill in sign language could beused by the Lord in Ghana. Pray for Eddie and his f inal decision about his l i f ew o r k

In September I enjoyed a quick weekend t r ip to Abidjand Ivory Coast to vis i t theBob Shefflers and the George Pickens. e women worked on plans for workshops witha family orientat ion for the Missionary Seminar to be held there this June. Sincethen we have worked through correspondence and the mail service to Ghana beforeChristmas was poor and f rus t ra t ing . t looks as i f the air fare to West Africais j u s t to o much formany of the other Christian Church missionaries in Africa.There will be some American visitors however we will just have to rearrangeor combine our workshops to best meet the needs of those who do come. Even foral l the West African missionaries less than 15 of us) to meet in one place willbe an exciting development. The Wayne Shaws from Lincoln Christian College willv i s i t us here in Ghana e i t h e r before or a f t e r the Seminar.

Also in September, Christian, Joseph, and I took part in the f irst graduationof the Koforidua extension taught by.Patrick Mensah There were six graduateswho had been in night classes for two years. I t is a different program fromthe resident school here, but lavs a very gond fminHat.Inn. flnp of thncp graH-uates is now the preacher for the Akim Manso church, and i t is growing. Sincethe changing exchange rate has given the col lege more cedis we gave theKoforidua extension a lump sum to use fo r this academic year.

Last August, we researched and made plans for a consumer shop in the college wherefaculty and staff can buy food and other, commodities for a small percentage ofactual cost. This is an acceptable way in Ghana of helping employees withoutraising their taxes. Mrs Nsiah is the shopkeeper, and I do the driving for theonce a month shopping. She buys wholesale so we come home with cartons oftomato paste mackerel, soap powder, bath soap, etc. and 100 pound sacks ofsugar and rice. e tr ied flour and corn but they got buggy before we coulduse them up. I m s t i l l buying buggy corn to make dog food. Ben doesn t mind.

In August, some church leaders finally met to work on restructure plans fo r thebrotherhood. These ideas were presented to the pastors elders and deacons ata leadership retreat. They gave their reactions and ideas, and the f i rs t groupmet again a t Sunyani in October. These plans were then presented to th eChristmas convention a t Sunyani. The most notable change is a means fo r churchesin the same geographical area to work cooperatively in evangelism and benevolence. e already meet r eg io na ll y f or Easter conventions. The churches liked t h i s ideaand agreed that national officers be chosen out of these regional groupings.The biggest disappointment to some of us was that the people did not agree thatthe national chairman should have just a four year term, although eligible fo r


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The next morning I d i d n t feel wel l so stayed home from church. That was th ef i r s t of three attacks of malaria tha t month. The third one did not respond toany of the usual medicines and I ended up in th e mil i ta ry hospital for six days.An /\merican Mennonite nurse was with me the day I was admitted bu t from then onth e vis i t s food, bi l l s and errands and prayers were all taken care of by GhanaianChrist ians. Mensah, my house helper prepared and brought food to me three timesa day. I didn t feel l ike eating Ghanaian food, although usually I l ike i t verymuch. The drug the doctor used was very effective but i t gave me rubber legstherefore a l l locomotion was by wheelchair for a few days. By the sixth day th eblood t e s t s had been free of malaria parasi tes for three days and I was scheduledfor release the next day. Then an outside la b t es t came back indicating I hadtyphoid fever. The doc to r sa id I could e i t h e r be t r a n s f e r r e d to the i n f e c t i o u sdiseases ward fo r two more weeks, or go home and be ext ra careful about personal

-hygiene. I opted fo r home I took the prescribed-medicine everyday f^r tKenext two weeks, and Mensah did his best to s tuff me full of food. I graduallygained strength and began to write l e t t e r s or work on lesson plans when I fe l tl ike i t . I had missed f i r s t term finals and the school Christmas party. I didnot go to th e Christmas convention in Sunyani because i t takes a lo t of physicalsp r i r i t ua l and emotional energy.

Hoste t t e r s came down the da y a f t e r the convent ion ended and flew out the nextevening for fur lough. I went to the a i rpo r t and sa t in a lawn chai r as the t e rminal is woefully short of seating. After church Christmas Day, I rested in th ehouse unt i l Mensah told me dinner was ready a t t he i r house. had shared someof th e f ixings but Happy did a ll th e work. Dinner was delicious curry-flavoredr i c e an d f r i e d c h i c k e n .

The next day Anna Marie the Mennonite nurse and I went to Busua beach fo r aweek. cooked ou r own meals on a kerosene burner swam walked rested andread. I t was a week t ha t d ef in it el y added to my strength. When school reopenedon January 3 I was ready to go .

In January we started th e renovations on. the house Kalbs will use: a new roofsome masonry work, new water ta nk and tower extermination and painting. I m

-glad__we_sta^rted when we did because i t a l l takes time. I gave Mensah two weeksoff without pay so he could take the p ain tin g contract . He is very neat and wevalue tha t t r a i t highly. He was able to get two professional painters who arefriends of his to help him. All th e work is done except th e w at er t ow er. Thela t te r i s half done but I m sure we ll meet t he deadl ine. I m only sorry th eCouches could not enjoy a l l t h i s when they were here.

Before Christmas Dadzie had completed hi s own s ta ff apartment enough for thefamily to move in to . Because of busyness he kept delaying th e move, so while hewas a t th e Christmas convention hi s wife moved the family herse l f . After Kalbsare se t t l ed renovation on the second s t a f f aprtment can resume.

The church here in Abeka is working hard to move out and forward for the Lord.Some of our or ig ina l shepherds have no t been fa i th fu l and next weekend an evaluation will be held to improve i t . A newly-reconstituted worship committee i s alsobringing some change and improvement. Las t night I taught a song-leading classthe f i r s t in two years fo r new people. A current series of Sunday morning teachings (instead of sermons) is planned to give members a better grasp of the contento f S cr ip tu ra l witnessing.

The g enera 1 church committee is also struggling to prepare g ui de li ne s f or a benevolent committee. One needs to be a cultural expert to apply Christian principles

-well. hom to help and how to help in time of death is a d i f f i c u l t question. participated recently in th e funeral of th e son of church members. Although th eyoung man had been baptized about five years ago, he had no t been participating


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Some o f our former Abeka members a re moving o u t fo r th e Lord. Bro . S eth C ro wf fieand his wife moved to the far western region to plant churches among th e Nzimas.Bro. Kwame Afakuee and wife Del a have moved to Togo, where they face enormousc ha lle ng es o f p ov er ty, t r ad i t i ona l worship, and government r eg ul ati on o f churches.Please pray for them in these new endeavors. Both Seth and Kwame will be supportedby H a r v e s t F i e l d s , a m i s s i o n based in Nor th C a r o l i n a .

In February I enjoyed my f i r s t vis i t in a long time to a village church. I droveChrist ian to v i s i t a group t ha t has no permanent leader since th e pastor whostarted th e church le f t and joined th e Jehovah s Witnesses. Abeka church is goingto find a way to help send someone to teach and lead. The vil lage church willfeed and house him on the weekends. rea l ize we must s t a r t reaching out moreto help o t h e r s .

Although we miss th e Couches, we rejoice t ha t they are a ll well . Deb had a miscarr iage a t four months a f t e r they went home, but is f ine now. David i s doingsubs t i tu te teaching in the public sc hoo l sy st em before deciding on a more per

manent course. This enables Jeremiah to be in a very goodschool

for the hearingimpaired. He now has an aid in each ear. Faith i s very happy in her new school .

Another building has been...of-fered-for sa l e , and we need more space for s t a f f ,l ibrary, o ff ic es , e tc . So far I haven t had enough fa i th to even go look a t i t

The way things look now, I l l be coming to the U S. a t th e end of August. I l lspend a few weeks with my mother in Pennsylvania, buy a ca r, and get appropriatec lo th ing . After t ha t IM I at tend th e N at io na l M i ss io na ry Convention the l a s tweek o f September in C i n c i n n a t i . Then I l l head fo r Flor ida fo r most o f th ewinter months. I l l travel in the north in the spring. Let m hear from you abou\

x.speaking and report ing an d shar ing .

Many, many thanks for SlT ybur love and caring. Your beaut iful cards and l e t t e r sand assurances of prayer when you heard about my i l lness were very comfort ing.May God bless you as you grow in your loving s e rv i ce .

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH2565 E K l A

In C h ri st ia n l ov e, f

Dorothy

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D o r o t h y E u n s o nGhana Chr i s t i an CollegeB o x 5 7 2 2Accra Nor th , Ghana4 A p r i l , 1989 FOR THE ONTRI UTORS

Dear F r i e n d s

Praise the Lord again The Lord wil l ing , the Kalbs wil l arr ive here on thmorning of Apri l 21, th ree days before r e g i s t r a t i o n for th i rd term. Atthe i r cabled instructions, w have ordered a double cab pickup truck l ikemine, and a shipment is due th i s week I f they are cleared in th e th i rdweek, i t w i l l be a g r e a t convenience to a l l o f us fo r Kalbs to have t h e i rown v e h i c l e from th e b e g i n n i n g .

have learned that fresh cement f loors need to dry a long time beforethey are painted. Mensah and the thr ee he lpers scrubbed the sticky paintfrom th e tw o new f l o o r s in K a l b s house . In th e fu ture when th e f l o o r s a rrea l ly dry, the Kalbs can go away for a weekend while we t ry again. Theplumber promises to f in ish ins ta l l ing the water storage tank th i s weekThen we can begin to unstore furnishings and f in is h g ett in g ready

As scheduled, we squeezed exams into the f i r s t three days of Easter weekan d then began the convent ions the fo llow ing evening. Here a t Abeka, therewere b a s i c a l l y j u s t t hr ee c on gr eg ati on s. One o the r preacher came, and a find iv idua ls from two o the r congrega t ions came on Easter Sunday. Our themewa s evangel ism and I saw f i r s t h a n d th e f u n c t io n in g o f te a c h in g workshopslanguage. Some groups met in rooms, and some met outs ide where they couldf ind a shady spot . Besides being more in te res t ing to the par t i c ipan t s , sol o c a l members who have n e v e r t a u g h t b e f o r e d i d so a t t h i s c o n v e n t i o n .Experienced people prep are d th e ou t l ines and new people s tud i ed them. I

r e a l l y thank the Lord fo r t h i s improvement and prog re s s . There was noEnglish c l a s s but I a t tended a l l the worship sess ions an d the dawn prayermeetings , so ld Bib l e s , an d coord ina ted (and helped) c lean the chapel twicea day. On Fr iday a f t e r the morning s e s s i o n , t h r ee young men went with methe t ruck to a nearby s to re and ren ted 25 e x t r a benches. Sunday morning wa grand c e l e b r a t i o n with a very f u l l chape l . The l i ne fo r danc ing was sol o n g t h a t t h e y c i r c l e d o u t o f one d o o r an d in t h e o t h e r t o make room f o reveryone . Sunday ev en in g , th e youth from on e o f th e v i l l a g e ch urch es p uta play and then we had pot luck d inne r, with e x t r a food prepared by Abekawomen To me i t i s a lmos t unbearab le mass c o n f u s i o n , b u t everybody e l s eloved i t The fe l lowship was r e a l l y good, and I have hopes t h a t th e nex tfew y e a r s wi l l see even more prog re s s in our a b i l i t y to work t o g e t h e r.

Bro. I .K . Owusu from Sunyani s a i d t h a t the f e l l o w s h i p t hey had a t Yej i waw o n d e r f u l , and he was v e ry im pres sed w ith t h e r e a l d e s i r e o f C h r i s t i a n st h e r e to know th e w i l l of God from s c r i p t u r e Bro. Enoch N ya do r he lped thr e g i o n a l c o n v e n t io n in th e Ada a r e a and he s a i d i t a l s o went very w e l lThe Kofor ldua c h u r c h e s me t in a town where they hope to e s t a b l i s h a new h u r h

S i n c e E a s t e r th e f a c u l t y and s t a f f h as o f f i c i a l l y been on a v a c a t i o n f o rone week. I have n o t i c e d s e v e r a l p e o p l e t e n d i n g t o one r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o ra n o t h e r b u t a t l e a s t we a r e f r e e f rom s c h e d u l e d c o l l e g e m e e t i n g s


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Tomorrow we have f a c u l t y meet ing g r a d e s a r e due e t c . e t c .

he m n who r e v i v e d on the w y to th e mortuary d i e d tw o days l a t e r . hef u n e r a l w i l l b e h e l d t i s w e e k e n d i n t h e m a n s h o m e t o w n a b o u t 8 0 m i l e s f rhe re . S ix o f th e youth w i l l go f o r th e wake keeping and f u n e r a l in lov ings y m p a t h y f o r t h e i r tw o C h r i s t i a n s i s t r s who h a v e s u f f e r e d t h e l o s s .

God b l e s s yo u a s yo u s e r v e him a t home and h e r e t h r o u g h your s u p p o r t o f tc o l l e g e .

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D o r o t h y E u n s o nGhana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g eB ok 5 7 2 2A c c r a N o r t h , G h a n a19 May, 1989

D e a r F r i e n d s ,

FO R TH E C O N T R I B U TO R S

T h i s i s two weeks l a t e . I t h a s been a v e r y busy t i m e . G e t t i n gKalbs house ready took e x t r a t ime even though I d i d n t do thework m y s e l f ) , and t hen h e l p i n g them g e t s e t t l e d a f t e r t h e ya r r i v e d took e x t r a t i m e , t o o . But we a re very t h a n k f u l t o havethem h e r e . Th e two o l d e r boys a r e i n s c h o o l , and l i t t l e J o n a t h a nI s a l r e a d y a t home In ou r I n t e r l o c k i n g compounds, p l a y i n g a t th e

v a r i o u s h o u s e s . Kalbs g o t t h e i r t r u c k a b o u t 1 /2 weeks a f t e rt hey a r r i v e d . They a re t r y i n g to g e t used to th e heavy t r a f f i c ,th e t ed ious money exchange sys tem, th e h o t w e a t h e r a l t h o u g h th er a i n s have s t a r t e d , and Ghanaian E n g l i s h . David has a l r eady madea v i s i t t o a v i l l a g e c h u r c h he h e l p e d s t a r t y e a r s a g o .

The very morning Kalbs a r r i v e d , we had some unwelcome e x c i t e m e n t .They were t a k i n g naps In t h e i r house , and I wa s g e t t i n g our luncha t m i n e . We h e a r d some u n u s u a l n o i s e o u t s i d e s o r u s h e d o u t t os e e . One o f th e young men who I s very c l o s e t o us b u t who h a s hadm e n t a l t r o u b l e b e f o r e h a d s m a s h e d tw o o f t h e t r u c k s s i d e w i n d o w sa n d t h e d r i v e r s s i d e o f t h e w i n d s h i e l d . He s h o u t e d t h a t I h a dbeen t r y i n g to k i l l him. e l a t e r s a i d the same t h i n g a b o u tEnoch, b u t E n o c h s v e h i c l e was n o t a t home. Th e young man wast a k e n t o t h e menta l h o s p i t a l t h e same d a y, b u t has s i n c e s l i p p e do u t . pray f o r peace In h i s mind, a s such t w i s t e d t h o u g h t s mustmake him m i s e r a b l e . I t t ook many h o u r s t o g e t a l l t h e windowsr e p l a c e d ; we g o t the l a s t tw o l e ft h an d s id e windows In thec o u n t r y, I b e l i e v e . a l s o a re p r a y i n g I t d o e s n t happen a g a i n .

D-r-4rngthehol idays we h e l d e a r l y e n t r a n c e exams f o r t h eSeptember c l a s s . a c c e p te d te n o r e l e v e n , a l t h o u g h we n e v e rknow how many w i l l a c t u a l l y come. Late e n t r a n c e exams w i l l beh e l d In August . S i n c e we w i l l g r a d u a t e twenty In J u l y , we a rer e a l l y p r a y i n g f o r more s t u d e n t s . have f i n i s h e d four weeks o ft h i r d t e r m

C h r i s t i a n , J o s e p h and I had a b o u t f o u r work ing s e s s i o n s t op rep are n ex t academic y e a r s budge t in t ime fo r th e semi -annua lboard meet ing . I missed t h e very l a s t s e s s i o n because I s p e n t t h emorning a t the bank wi th John Dadzle w a i t i n g , w a it in g, w ai t in gf o r c a s h d o l l a r s In o r d e r t o g e t t h e b e s t e x c h a n g e r a t e s a tfo re ign exchange bureaus o u t s i d e . I sugges ted t h a t the next t imewe s h o uld ta k e o u r l u n c h , and s i t and p l a y monopoly w h i l e wew a i t


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The C h r i s t i a n E d u c a t i o n s t u d e n t s o f t h e c o l l e g e a n d a r e l e a d i n ga t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g course fo r th e Abeka c h u r c h I t i s a r e q u i r e dp r o j e c t and good exper ience fo r the s tuden t s and i s prepa r ingsome new t e a c h e r s f o r t h e c h u r c h a s w e l l a s r e v i v i n g t h e o l do n e s we h o p e .

I m s o r r y t h a t I v e b e e n u n a b l e t o a n s w e r t h e many n o t e s a n dc a r d s t h a t h a v e s t b e e n c o m i n g a f t e r my i l l n e s s . Thank you f o rt h o s e s p e c i a l e x p r e s s i o n s o f l ove a s w e l l a s your f a i t h f u l c a r i n ge v e r y month P l e a s e p r a y a s b e g i n t o make f u r l o u g h p l a n s .

w i l l r e m a i n a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n and t r y t o g e t some work done i nth e l i b r a r y b e f o r e coming home a t the end o f August motherw i l l h a v e moved t o a s m a l l h o u s e a n d a f t e r s p e n d i n g a few weekswi th h e r in Bloomsburg P a . hope to a t t e n d th e N a t i o n a lM i s s i o n a r y C o n v e n t i o n i n C i n c i n n a t i t h e l a s t week o f S e p t e m b e rbefore head ing s o u t h Th e Lord w i l l i n g shou ld be in OrlandoF l o r i d a b e f o r e O c t o b e r 1 5 Mrs B e t t y Hughes i s o p e n i n g h e r home

t o me and F i r s t C h r i s t i a n my l i v i n g l i n k c h u r c h has g r a c i o u s l ya g r e e d t o p r o v i d e o f f i c e s p a c e . I t w o n t be l ong now

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A c c r a N o r t h G h a n a18 J u n e 1989

FO R TH E CONTRIBUTORS

D e a r F r i e n d s in C h r i s t

May th e Lord b l e s s you a s yo u love and s e r v e hi m d u r i n g yoursummer. p r a y t h a t v a c a t i o n t i m e s do n o t b r i n g you th ed i s c o u r a g i n g summer s l u m p s .

a r e e n jo y i n g o u r r a i n y s e a s o n . E v e r y t h i n g i s b e a u t i f u l a n dg r e e n and g r a s s t r e e s and s h r u b s need f r e q u e n t t r imming . Somen e i g h b o r c h i l d r e n were h a p p y when some s i z e a b l e b r a n c h e s w e r e c u tfrom a neem t r e e in my f r o n t y a r d . They f e l l i n t o t h e ya rd o f anu n f i n i s h e d house where t hey p l a y and t h e y immedia te ly madep l a n s t o t a k e i t t o t h e i r p a r e n t s f o r f i r e w o o d .

The c o l l e g e y e a r i s s p e e d i n g a l o n g : o n l y t h r e e more w e e k s o fc l a s s e s t h e n e x a m s . T h i s y e a r we w i l l h a v e a n e x t r a week b e t w e e nexams a n d g r a d u a t i o n . We d i d t h i s i n o r d e r t o h i r e a n o u t s i d eh a l l t o accommodate t h e b ig crowd we e x p e c t t o r e j o i c e w i t h t h i sy e a r s t w e n t y g r a d u a t e s .

Th e C h r i s t i a n E d u c a t i o n s t u d e n t s a n d c o m p le te d o u r f i v eS a t u r d a y e v e n i n gs o f t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g f o r Abeka C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h .Th e l a s t e v e n i n g wa s a d em o ns tra tio n o f d i f f e r e n t t e a c h i n g a i d san d l e a r n i n g a c t i v i t i e s . The most p o p u l a r was t h e f r e e h a n dd r a w i n g a n d c o l o r i n g o f a r a i n b o w.

Abeka C h r i s t i a n Church commi t t ed i t s e l f t h i s morning to s u p p o r tt h e i r own m i s s i o n a r y / e v a n g e l i s t in a f a rming r e g i o n a b o u t anh o u r s d r i v e from h e r e . have been making th e p r e p a r a t i o n s f o ra l o n g t i m e . young ma n t r a i n e d i n t h e e x t e n s i o n c l a s s e s i nK o f o r i d u a i s w i l l i n g t o go t h e r e and farm and h e l p t h e youngchurch a t Honi and v i s i t o t h e r groups o f c o n v e r t s in nea rbyv i l l a g e s . On t h e 4 t h Ju ne t h e young man a n d some Abeka l e a d e r sv i s i t e d th e Honi church t o se e i f t hey were w i l l i n g t o a c c e p t t h ep r e a c h e r a n d h e l p l o o k a f t e r h i m . were p l e a s e d t o l e a r n t h a tt h e y a l r e a d y h a d a room r e a d y f o r h im Most o f t h e members a r e

young me n o r women some o f whom a r e m a r r i e d . They h ad b e e n b u s yw i t n e s s i n g o f C h r i s t and t h i r t y - f o u r p e o p l e were b a p t i z e d in as m a l l r i v e r t t h e c l o s e o f t h e s e r v i c e . T h a t d o u b l e s t h e i rmembership This morning th e Abeka ch urch vo ted to g iv e Bro.L a r t e y the young p r e a c h e r a sma l l s a l a r y each month f o r a y e a rp l u s a c a s h g r a n t to h e l p hi m g e t s t a r t e d f a rming . p r a i s e th eLord fo r t h i s s t e p forward in m i s s i o n s e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e Abeka i sl o o k i n g f o r someone t o h i r e f o r t h e i r ow n f u H t i m e m i n i s t e r . tw i l l be a b i g s t e p in f i n a n c i a l f a i t h f o r u s .


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This p a s t week the government here banned the Mormons theJ e h o v a h s Witnesses , and two indigenous churches t h a t a re r a t h e rb i z a r r e . The m i s s i o n a r i e s working with t h e s e groups have beeng i v e n one week t o l ea ve the c o u n t r y. Church b u i l d i n g s have beenl ocked and v eh ic le s s e i z e d . e have prayed t h a t od w i l l s i l e n c ef al s e te ac he rs in Ghana, b u t we a l s o know what happens to somec a n h a p p e n t o o t h e r s . P l e a s e o r a v t h a t t h e L o r d ^ s c h u r c h w i l lr e m a i n t r o n g f r e e h e r e

Th e l a s t month h a s shown me t h a t I h a v e n o t r e c o v e r e d my f u l ls t r e n g t h s i n c e my December i l l n e s s a f t e r a l l . S e v e r a l o th e r t h in g snow seem t o be wrong. f9]r mv h e a l t h p l e a s e and mv wisdomin b a l a n c i n g w o r k a n d r s t

R e n o v a t i o n s a r e go ing on a s r a p i d l y a s p o s s i b l e on second s t a f fa p a r t m e n t a t t h e new p r o p e r t y. I t had been on h o l d whi l e we g o tK a l b s house r e a d y. e a re s t i l l m a i n t a i n i n g our b u i l d i n g fundf o r much needed work on t h e whole c a m p u s . y E n g l i s h s t u d e n t s

came up w i t h t h e p h r a s e o u r d e a r d i l a p i d a t e d c a m p u s . Than k youwh o h e l p c a r r y on o u r t e a c h i n g work a n d t h o s e wh o h a v e h e l p e d t h eb u i l d i n g f u n d .

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We r e q u e s t s e r i o u s a n d s u s t a i n e d p r a y e r f o r t h e c h u r c h i n G h a n af rom t h e t i m e vou r e a d t h i s u n t i l f u r t h e r n o t i c e . The g o v e r n m e n ti s r e q u ir i n g a l l c h u r c h e s t o r e g i s t e r , o r t o r e - r e g i s t e r i f t h e yh a v e d o n e s o b e f o r e , a s t h e C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h e s h a v e . T h e i rs t a n d a r d s f o r a c c e p t a n c e i n t h i s c u r re n t e x e r c is e h a v e r i s e nc o n s i d e r a b l y , i n c l u d i n g p e r m a n e n t b u i l d i n g s a n d a d e q u a t ef i n a n c i a l r e c o r d s . They do n o t seem t o f a v o r c h u r c h e s t h a t a r eb r e a k - o f f s f rom o t h e r c h u r c h e s . The a p p l i c a t i o n s o f t h i r t e e nd e n o m i n a t i o n s h a v e b e e n t u r n e d d o w n s o f a r T h e l e a d e r s of th e

C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h e s w i l l be m e e t i n g on A u g u s t t o p r a y an d p l a n .

P l e a s e s u p p o r t them i n p r a y e r .

The i m m i g r a t i o n q u o t a c o m m i t t e e t o ld C h r i s t i a n A d j e i t h a t B i b l ec o l l e g e s must w a i t u n t i l t h e c h u r c h r e g i s t r a t i o n i s c o m p l e t eb e f o r e t h e y c a n h a v e ne w e x p a t r i a t e s a p p r o v e d . T h i s ma y d e l a y t h ec o m i n g o f B r i a n J e n n i n g s f rom E n g l a n d . P l e a s e p r a y f o r B r i a np e r s o n a l l y a n d t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t ma y a l l o w h im t o come i n e a r l yS e p t e m b e r .

The c o l l e g e h a s f i n i s h e d c l a s s e s a n d e x a m s a n d we a r e r e a d y f o ro u r f r e e w e e k I h a v e o n e more d a y o f p r o j e c t m a r k i n g a n dp r e p a r i n g o f g r a d e s . T h r e e o r f o u r o f u s w i l l s p e n d a m o r n i n gr e c o r d i n g t h o s e , a n d t h e n we h a v e v a r i o u s t a s k s i n p r e p a r a t i o nf o r g r a d u a t i o n . A f t e r g r a d u a t i o n , I l l g e t t o t h e l i b r a r y a n da l s o s p e n d some t i m e w i t h K a l b s h a n d i n g o v e r a n d d i s c u s s i n gf u t u r e p l a n s .

The K a l b s ' s h i p m e n t f i n a l l y made i t t o t h e i r h o u s e a f t e r s e v e nweeks o f b u r e a u c r a c y . They d i d a m a r v e l o u s j o b o f g e t t i n g i t p u ta w a y i n j u s t a w e e k I t t o o k me m o n t h s t o d o m i n e

On J u n e 9 , I h ad a b r e a s t lump r e m o v e d u n d e r l o c a l a n e s t h e t i c a n dcame home tw o h o u r s l a t e r . I d i d n ' t i n f o r m you l a s t month b e c a u s et h e r e p o r t w a s n ' t b a c k y e t . The d i a g n o s i s w as c y s t i c f i b r o s i s no s i g n o f m a l i g n a n c y . P r a i s e t h e L o r d P e r h a p s some o f t h e o t h e rp r o b l e m s I m e n t i o n e d l a s t m o n t h w e r e r e l a t e d b e c a u s e t h e y a r eg r a d u a l l y c l e a r i n g u p Thank you f o r y o u r p r a y e r s .

The l a s t two w e e k s o f J u n e were b u s y w i t h v i s i t o r s a n d t h eM i s s i o n a r y S e m i n a r i n A b i d j a n , I v o r y C o a s t . Z i d e n N u t t , o f GoodNews P r o d u c t i o n s , and h i s s o n - i n - l a w who i s a m i s s i o n a r y in Kenyaa n d a y o u n g e r b r o t h e r w e r e h e r e o v e r a w e e k e n d They s p e n t tw od a y s i n S u n y a n i , t o o .

Th e S e m i n a r l a s t e d f o u r an d a h a l f d a y s . T h e r e were t w e n ty -o ne o fu s a s o p p o s e d t o t h e e i g h t y o r s o i n Z im babw e tw o y e a r s a g o .


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T he d i s t a n c e a n d c o s t w e r e j u s t t o o much f o r t h o s e i n E a s t a n dS o u t h e r n A f r i c a . t was a g o o d t i m e o f i n s p i r a t i o n s e l fexamina t ion and f e l l o w s h i p . One s t r a n g e a s p e c t i s t h a t sevenp e o p l e i n c l u d i n g me came down w i t h w h a t I s u s p e c t was a v i r u s .There was a wide v a r i a t i o n in s e v e r i t y : mine l a s t e d on ly onee v e ni n g . O t h er s were v e r y i l l f o r two o r t h r e e d a y s . h e a r dt h a t two more p e o p l e came down w i t h i t a f t e r t h e c o n f e r e n c e .

D r. a n d Mrs . Wayne Shaw o f L i n c o l n C h r i s t i a n Semina ry s p e n t t h ew e e k e n d w i t h us a f t e r t h e c o n f e r e n c e . B e s i d e s p r e a c h i n g t w i c et h e y accom p a n i e d C h r i s t i a n s t o a w a k e k e e p i n g F r i d a y n i g h t f o r ac o u p l e h o u r s . B a r b a r a K a lb a n d I t a k e t u r n s p r e p a r i n g m e a l s f o rV i s i t o r s

J u s t r e c e n t l y I r e a l i z e d t h a t t h e F l o r i d a C h r i s t i a n C o n v e n t i o n i sO c t o b e r a n d i n O r l a n do s o I w i l l t r y my b e s t t o be t h e r e f o ri

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o u p h o l d us w i t h p r a y e r s .

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DIRECT fAIL TO: FORW R ING AGENT: NEWSLETTER:Miss Dorothy Eunson Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. Judy TobinBox 5722 662 Golf Course Drive 2565 E. Kaley AvenueAccra N, Ghana E l i z a b e t h t o n , TN 37643 Orlando, FL 32806

Vol. 5, No. 8 4th September, 1989

OROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTER

Dear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,

On August 29 , the Lord brought me safely back to the U. S. for a yea r s furlough.After at tending the National Missionary Convention i n C in ci nn at i from Sept . 23 to27 , I will dr ive to Orlando, Florida by October 4 in time for the F lorida Chr is t ianConvention. I will remain in Florida through February, a t l eas t to report on thewc Pk i^i^-Ghafla-and-t-^rve-^nd encothrage-wherever^-eaniiMrs-sBefety-Hu ^ ofF i r s t Christ ian in Orlando has g ra ci ou sl y o ff er ed to share her home with me, andFi r s t Christ ian will provide off ice space. The Lord wil l ing , I will v i s i t supportin g churches and other in te res ted groups north of Florida from March through May,

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The most cur ren t concern fo r se r ious prayer fo r th e work in Ghana i s the government requirement t ha t a l l churches r eg i s t e r or r e - r eg i s t e r. The present standards fo r approval seem to be s t i f f e r with grea t i n t e r e s t in what the churchesare doing to help develop th e n atio n, meaning economic development. The originalend-of-August deadl ine ha s been postponed t i l l the middle o f November. TheChr i s t i an c h ur ch e s b ro th er ho od have made t h e i r i n i t i a l a p p l i c a t i o n an d a re nowwaiting fo r government response. In June the government banned the Mormons, theJ o h o v a h s W i t n e s s e s an d tw o b i z a r r e l o c a l c h u r c h e s . The m i ss io n ar ie s o f t h o s egroups were given one week to leave Ghana. o on e i s ce r t a in how the law will bein te rpre ted and enforced , so we ask you to in te rc ed e f or the Church o f Chr is t inGhana tha t i t stand strong and f ree .

The re la t ionship o f the la w to Bible col leges i s one o f the areas surrounded byuncer ta in ty. I t has caused a delay in the approval o f a col lege quota spacefor Brian Jennings o f the Br i t i sh Churches o f Chris t . The other t ea ch er s w il ltake 4iis c l a s s e s fo r f i r s t term an d we pray t h a t he wil l be ab le to go to Ghana-soon. The delay wil l be d i f f i c u l t fo r him, so pray fo r him too .

The David Kalb family ar r ived in Ghana on April 21. We welcomed them with g r e a tjoy an d very hot , humid weather. Within two hours o f t h e i r a r r i v a l in Abeka, ayoung man with mental t roub le came to my house an d s mas hed the two l e f t windowsin the pickup and made a b ig ho le in th e windsh ie ld . This was d is tu rb in g tofolks newly ar r ived and to th e r e s t o f us too . I t a l so complicated t r a n s p o r t at ion fo r several days while we worked to ge t the windows rep laced . We got thel a s t two l e f thand windows in Ghana a t t h a t t ime bu t had to s e t t l e f o r a l o c a l l ymade windsh ie ld . The l a t t e r s h a t t e r e d a l l by i t s e l f two months l a t e r when th etruck was s i t t i n g on the carpor t . Now the t ruck ha s a safe ty glass windshieldt h a t d o e s n t q u i t e f i t . . . y o u not ice when i t r a i n s .

Th ird term a t Ghana Chr i s t i an College proceeded smoothly, and the graduat ion o ftwenty s tuden ts on Ju ly 22 was a very grand occas ion . To accommodate gues t s ,we hired an o uts id e h al l an d a bu s to t r a n s p o r t th e s tu de nts . Even so , morethan 100 people out o f a t o t a l o f over 500 had to s ta y o ut si de . Al l the facu l tyand s t a f f were proud o f the graduates , but we know the d i f f i c u l t i e s and temptat ions they face . Please jo in us in prayer fo r them.

Two o f the new graduates wil l remain very c lose . Bro the r Charles i s th e newpreacher for Abeka Chris t ian Church. Though he i s young and inexperienced, weexpect he wil l serve usefu l ly in many ways as he l ea rns and grow s. The church


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The renovation of th e second s ta ff apartment on the new property, occupied bythe Manuel Adjei family, was completed since Kalbs came. David is in charge

of Bui ld ing and Maintenance in addition to hi s teaching duties. Duringvacation, some other improvement projects have been underway including lo tsof painting and the stone facing of one end of the chapel. The chapel floorwas also finished and i t is gett ing a ceil ing. e are so thankful for th efunds to make the campus look a l i t t l e more attractive. Staff housing l ibraryand c la ss ro om s pa ce are a l so needs .

Some good things happened in th e churches since I l a s t wrote. There were a tleas t four regional conventions held at Easter. The greater Accra regiongathered a t the college. One of th e best features was teaching workshops bylanguage groups. o need fo r in terpre ters . The fellowship at these conventions is one of th e main elements in binding th e churches together.

A new undertaking tha t r ea lly th r i l l s me is th e sending of an evangelist toa rural area with a new church and the poten t ia l for several more in s urro un din g v i l l ages . This young man was t ra ined in the Koforidua extension o f th ecollege. beka church is giving him a small sa lary ; th e Easter conventionofferings will provide a farming grant for th e next season, and th e youngchurch has given him a room a bed and some foodstuffs . e praise God forth e congrega t io n s w i ll i ng n e ss to commit themselves to t h i s venture in f a i th .

On June 9, I had a breas t lump removed under local anes the t ic and was allowedto come home two hours la ter. The report came in ten days: fibrocysticdisease--no sign of malignancy. e thank God

At the end of June twenty one missionaries and vis i tors gathered in Abidj anIvory Coast fo r the b ienn ia l confe rence o f C h ris tia n Church miss ionar ies inAfrica, Though we were small, we had good fellowship, worship and learningexperiences. The college enjoyed vis i ts from Ziden Nutt, Mike Shrage and

_hi_s bj othe,r, and_Wayne and-Janet_Shaw ij i connec t ion with the_coaference

I remained in Ghana longe r than usual af ter graduation fo r the specific purpose of v/orking in the l ibrary. One of t he s tu de nt s who is a typist cameback to th e c ol le ge and worked six days a week for three weeks with me.Others also helped on occasion and we got over three hundred books ready fo rth e s he lv es . I was grateful for very pleasant weather.

Jeff and Sherrie Hos te tt er r eturn to Ghana September 11 to work in Sunyani.Since they are already on th e quota, we do no t anticipate any diff icul ty int h e i r r e - e n t r y. Pray fo r t h e i r sa fe re tu rn an d s e r v i c e .

I am looking forward to seeing many of you th is year. e are so thankfulfor your prayers, in teres t and support. How I wish you and ou r Ghanaian co -workers and Christ ian brothers and s i s t e r s could meet, too.

2112 Henderson AvenueOr la nd o , FL 32806(407)898-1624

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH2565 E Kaley Avenue

In His s e r v i c e

Dorothy Eunson

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I t has been my pr iv i l ege to speak e leven t imes to var ious groupss i n c e I wrote l a s t month. y l i v i n g l i n k c h u r c h . F i r s t C h r i s t i a nChurch in Orlando, preceded my presenta t ion with a nice dinner inmy h o n o r .

Unfortunately, my medical t e s t s a r e n t f in ish ed y et . I ha d some

minor surgery as a outpat ient on Nov. 15. Those resu l t s a r e n tback ye t , but other t e s t s have turned out j u s t f ine .

B a r b a r a and J o n a t h a n Kalb a r e j u s t f i n e , b u t S e t h , 11, h asc o n t i n u e d d i z z i n e s s and n a u s e a . He c a n t r e a d w i t h o u t g e t t i n gs i c k . There i s some d o u b t a s t o w h e t h e r th e b eg in nin g i f t h i swas even typhoid a t a l l . B ar ba ra b ro ug ht him hom to the U.S.Nov. 10 an d he is s t i l l undergoing t e s t s , too. Please pray for l l o f u s w i t h h e a l t h p r o b l e m s .

Brian Jennings , the man from B r i t a i n , should have a r r ived inGhana on November 17. W ith B a r b a r a Kalb h e r e , t means t h a t Davidand Kofi Kalb, w ith the help of Mr. Mensah, our house he lpe r,would be welcoming a new European t e ache r w ithout the help of thel a d i e s B r i a n w i l l be s t a y i n g in my house t h e f i r s t y e a r .

Jo sep h N si ah , the Academic Dean has wri t ten tha t the studentbody numbers 40. That means a few of the r et ur ni ng s tu de nt s weren o t a b l e t o come b a c k . One o f them i s o u t r e c o v e r i n g fromt y p h o i d .

One of the youth wrote t ha t eleven churches were represented a tthe S ep te mb er y ou th convention. That is be t t e r than the two tha ts h o w e d up l s t y e a r .

I l l be spending two weeks with mother in Pennsylvania dur ingth e Chris tmas ho l idays , then back to F l o r i d a fo r January andF e b r u a r y .

Thank you fo r your prayers an d cont inu ing f inanc ia l suppor t .Wi t h o u t t h e m , we c a n n o t c o n t i n u e .

I n C h r i s t , D o r o t h y

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