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agcUn to aJU oi ouJl ^cUth^uZ mppoJitoJU. Much hcuhappamd Unco, m la^t puhtuhzd a nmUdttoA, and we hopo that thnaiA^^tettoA wiJUi an^u^eA any quQ^ttoni that you might have.A youi pKohably fenow Coh,etha, Stephanie, Sam and T had tofiztuJin to the ^tate^ In July {^OA medical puApo^e^. I t tuAned outve ^.ecelved much mohe than u>e boAgalned ^oA. The ^oZZou^lng lb a bA^ummoAy ojj events that have happened to a5 ^Ince ouA KOJtxiAn:July 15 - aAAlved ^a^eZy at AkAon-Canton AlApoKt a^tvi 20 hou^Zcght. Luggage ^omeu hen.e eZ^e.JuZy 22 - begin immediate testing to dLUcoveh naXuAe oi Rlckstomach pJioblem^.Augu^t 15 - GaZZ bladder /LenTiOved at AuZtman HobpltaZ, Canton.August 20 Aetea^ed ^Aom hobpltaZAugust 31 - pedlatAlclan In^oAmb a6 that SaAa, 2 y/u. oZd, li>j^uiiViXng ^/Lom malnutrition due to combination o^ acfe o^ Immunities to Ghanaian environment and heA alAeady excebblveZylow u^elght.August 31 - Coretha comes doum u^ith hepatltUSeptembeA 7 - Coretha enteJU hospital ior tAeatment ^September 14 - CoreXha relejosed ^rom hospital confined tohouse ior three u^eeks.SeptembeA 24 - Rick In bed alZ week with ^la.

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you. can ouA ^tay In the ha heen anything huta vacation. We u SAe ^aczd with a jjew dilemma^ We iln^t needed todecu.de what we. weAe. going to do about SaAa. A^teA con^ldeAcng ^e.vqjuxl optJ.onJ >, wt decided that the bef^t thing would be ioA me tofiUuAn to Ghana and CoAetha and the chlldAen would join me whenSoAa uKU deemed physically able to withstand living In Ghana without su^^eAlng any advefue e^^ectf-. . Uihen the ml6slonaAle^ on the ileld heoAd -oi t h ^ plan theylAVLOte US and told us that 7 should stay In the states until thenext school teAjn begins. They Said that any un-nece^safiy sepafmtlwould only make It moAe dlUlcuLt to do my woAk oveA thejie Thenext teAsf\ begins In qaaIu JanuaAij so I plan to leave {^oA GhanaVecejvbeA 12. ^ ^ .Scnce the end o^ SeptemheA we have ^oa the most paAt beenstaying with ouA {^oAunAdlng agents Tijn and Veb Hanze athome In Kingston Tn, 1 have spoken at some chuAches but th^ tAhas blen a medical ^uAlough so we did not make plans to vlf-itmany oi ouA suppoAteAS. .We u>ant to especially thank all oua su^opoAteAS oa the-iA^aUth^ulness In thelA giving to the mission while we have beenhome, even though you may not have been au\iAe ]5 that hasbeen happening to us duA^ng thi^ thtie. We apologize {^oa not communicating bettcA hut i t has taken us a lAttle while to so^tthlnqs out. We centatnly didn t plan to be In/the states thl^ lonyouA sappont has been vexy hoZpiul to us e^peclaUy since we haIncuAjied extAa medical expen^e5 because oi CoAetha s and my stayIn the hospital. ^S^Kice we have AetuAned we have leoAned ^Aom the m^s^onaA^in Ghana that things OAe ijnpAovlng little by little. Enoughhas fallen to help the cAops this yeoA, and iq Aol^e the level 06Lake Volta enough to Aan moAe o^ the tuAhlne^ so that the electAAcity Ajztlonlng has been suspended. The mlsslonahlesthat i t Is now ea^leA to buy petAol [gasoLtne] hut aX sZaXJCAotloned. ^you have any questions ^oa us oa about oua plans ue canbe contacted thAough oua ^oAwoAolng agents. Thetn addAe^s Is:Tim S Vehby HanzeSOO Oak P l a t a T ^ f ^ ^Kingston Tn Yilbl

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