Nichols Edgar Mabel 1965 Ghana

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U

riCHOLS FEV/S letter

Repor t

of

Tr ip . oaong Congrega t ions

of

th e

Universa l Chr i s t i ans Church

of

Ghana by Digar

Ficho l s

At f ive th i r ty A. Li. April 7th, Brothers liayford and ITelson,

our

cook,

ICweiloi

Atta

and

I

began

our

t r i p

to the

congregat ions of

the Universal Christian Church of Ghana, At the r a i l v/ay s ta t ion I

discove redone of

those

anomolies v/hich

malce

Ghana such an in teres t ing

place to

l ive .

Although

the

railv/ay i s s ta te

ov/ned and oxjerated it

grants

the

clergy hal f

faro

r a t e s , so v/e t raveled in

comparative

lu3(ury of

second c la ss v hi lc paying

3rd

c lass r a t e s . The

Diesel

pov/ered ICuraasi Express

offered

a fa i r ly

comfortable r ide,

though

it .took .7 hours

to

malce the 17^ t r ip to Kumasi.

At

ICumasi

v/e v/ere met by

ministers

and e lder s

of

th e are a7 l;ine

of us p ile d in to bro ther

I s a ac s smal l

I t a l i an

made car

bu t

it v/as tao

small

so two of us took a bus the 60 miles to /ifrantwo. 7e had a good

d r i ve r ,

bu t I m su re we

h i t

100 to

120 liPil

a t th e

bot tom

of some of

t h o s e

hills

A large crov/d was at the church to greet-us, I cannot get used

to

the

effusive v/ay

one

is

v/elcomed

for they

are a

warm hearted people.

Due to centuries of being in a subservient

position,

however, they

make it

di f f i cu l t

fo r

one

to

t r ea t

them

as equals ,

and th i s

bothers

me.

After enthusiastic singing,

prayer

and the v/elcome address I spoke,

then p layed the

tape

of greetings

from

the

Ark Valley Church and Ghana

Christian

I ission

Eollov/ing this

service

I was talcen to

the

home

of

elder Isaiah,

where I v/as

s ettled in the

sumptiously furnished guest apartment,

which had a polished stone f loor , in ne r sp rin g mattre ss

bed

jnd a tw

burner

gas stove. Four

or

five families occupied

the ground floor of

the concret block house,

buil t

around a court and two faiiiilies, Inclu

ding

Issiali, lived

on

the

second. The house

is

v/ired

for

electricity

but the high line

has

not reached this village

yet.

Brother Sampong

started

and built up the

three

congx^=Q 6hs of

iifrantv/o, Tanaso nd Techiman almost single handedly.

llatteri^xhe

had

the

help of Brothers nffro and Felson. I judge broth^ Felson^tb be

one

of our finest men as he

is intelligent,

well edufeted, af-^ipleasing

personality

and honest. At Techiman there are tv/o

fk^^ftil Christian

families. A neighboring Chief has asked us to begin a

church in

his

v i l l age . These two p l aces need

Chr i s t i an

Min i s t e r s .

Je returned

to

Kumasi on I.onday,

April

12 and I

spoke

at

Christ s

Revival Church

that

evening. They have a public address system

that

takes the message into the street. One wonders how many actually l is

ten but

i t i s

a t

l e a s t

sowing

the

seed.

Prom Kumasi

we

went

to

Accra

on

the visa

and

quota business.

I

was

required

to

put in writing that

the

maintainance and repatr iat ion

of

missionaries

would be

guaranteed

by Christ ian Churches in the U.S..

St i l l there

has

been no action. I /hile in Accra ^I stayed in the

Baptist mission

home, where i unerican

missions, the

Carlins, are

in

charge .

Prom Accra

we went,

to

Swedru

and

Gomoa Bensu. These tov/ns a re

in the

central region. Pour congregations are under the leadership

of

A.K. idun. The t rouble

with Idun i s t ha t

he

d idn t do.

There

was

scarcely any preparation

made for

our

coming.

\ e

were quarted

in

a

vacant house with

no

furnishings.

A cot was brought in

for

me

to sleep

on but brother

Felson

and Kweilcu had

to

curl up on chai rs . There was

no

provision

fo r

preparmg

meals,

\le

held

a

meeting

under

a

brush

arbor in the presence of the villa chief and

his court

and

the

congrega

tion representing

about

20 women

and

children. e

need a hard working


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Just

previous to the afternoon meeting the Chief with his retinue,

followed hy the

whole

congregation,came to escort

me

to the meeting

place

arranged

in the

public market. lie marched along

under

the

royal

unbrella and an unbrella

was

also

provided for me, The picture

taken of this procession will be something to

shoi/ my

great grand

possibly

300 people

gathered

in

the

market-place

vvuth about 200 of them being chrisidans of the area. There was sing

ing

, a

welcome

and

short

speech by the Chief to which I responded

^d played the recorded greetings from the U.S. followed by my sermon.

spoke here again the next morning at a 9:00oclock service which the

ch i e f aga in a t t ended

.7e

were

at .dcim Oda

for

the

weekend-

and I spoke there four

times. Since the

minister

le ft

two

strong el der s le ad the sizable

congregation

though

i t

had

previously

been

torn

vd,th s tr if e over

l o c a t i n g

a c l in ic or

h o s p i t a l

t h e r e

Prom

Oda

we went

to

./inneba, a

college torn the seat of the

Kwame illcrume Idealogical

Institute

th e elite

educational

institution

ot Ghma. nere brother John Gyedu,

older

brother of Joseph Gyedu,

ministers, ue

is an Uncle Tom

type character, simple gentle

and

nonest. I have taJten his son Isaac from his very

fine

family, to be

my

iirst

T imothy.

The

last congregation

visited

was Uawjias^ff ^nere there is a

strong congregation but they

have no

churclWiiS^lding

and must meet -in

a.

r e n t e d haii

Summary

The Universal Christian Church

in

Chana has at present 15

active

congregationswith between one

to

two thousand members. Only six of

these congregations have their.ovm building. One

is

operating a

kindergarten at

idcim Oda. There

are eight preachers, one lady

evan

gelist

and

the g eneral

chairraan, I r hayford. Uone of these

are salar-

led.

i.ost of them live from the

offerings

of the churches but some

do

a

little

farming .

on

the side, host of the preachers believe they

have

a

calling

from

God and,

that the holy .

Spirit

r/ill

tell them what

to say so a through and intensive bible study is not too important,

however,

their

songs are bible jtmth^r^eated. oveir_and-v-er - There-^

i-

a grca^-needwfoT teaching although the church has come a long way J

in restoring the IT.T. church

in

Ghana.

yfi ews Prom

Hckinley

Indi a n

S e s s i o n

n u I home front i .able ITichols continues to vrork in the

Childrens home. Since we

last

wrote, new house parents

hr.

and I

rs

Garland bressler vdth their five children have joined

us.

hable

continues

to

live in th e

home

and does

the

cooking. There

are

now

2b

people

at

the dinner

table

each evening, hable also helps v/ith

distributing

clothing so you can se e she

is kept

busy.

Reuben had his base ball season ruined when he broke his leg

a t

pratioe in

april.

The

doctor felt

a pin should he put in the ankle

to strengthen i t so he

underwent

that surgery also. ;fter getting

back- on his feet again,the cast

has

not slowed

him dovm any.

he

was

yestSda^^ the rest at the Jr. hi., hi School pLnK

bp has recovered

remarkably

from her surgery

and is

glad t(a

e

relieved of the previous discomfort. She is now busy preparing

for V.n.S.

which

will begin June 7th.

Je vail

again have three

schools

las t ing through June.

P r a y e r

h e e d s

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Akin JDcia, (Thana

29 September 1965

Dear

Fr i end s :

The Special Conference of the Universal Christian Church In Ghana met in Akin-Oda on

the 17th September,

and

closed on 19th September.

The Conference was

called by the

Chairman

to

condiser t le

matter

of affi lat ion with Ghana Christian Council and to

adopt Constitution

and

^y-Laws.

The

attendance was

quite good

and a spirit of cau-

t ious optomism

prevai led

The Brethren faced frankly the dangers inherent in affiliation with the Ghana Christ^*

ian Council. There

is

no question of

modernism,

as all the Churches are fundamental

in doctrine H owever, there remains the question whether the Church can remain

really free

and

be a member of the Council. Since i t

is

now the

settles

policy of

the Government to

deal

with Churches only through the Council , i t

was

fel t that since

religious

freedom

is

guaranteed

ty their

constitution (Ghana),

and

they are not sur

rendering any of their liberties by

affiliation, i t was

the

only

thing they could do.

If i t came to the point

where

they felt their

liberties were

threatened, they

would

make their

fight

at

t'^'at

point and at

that time. This

was

a question

which

the

Ghanian Churches had to decide for themselves, as your missionary could not take part

in ary debate of

tiis

nature.

We

believe thsy

made

the right decision, but cer tainly

the

power

of intercessory prayer

needs

to be unleashed to

hold

back the forces of

e v i l which t h r e a t e n th e Church i n Ghana

The Brethren

showed

both courage

and

vision as they planned

to

begin a work in

Kumasi, re-establish the

Church

in Takoradi,

and

investigate the possibilities of

establishing

Churches

at

W

Kaw Kaw

and

Wenchi. Another encouraging

factor

was a

letter from Brother

DaPaah

of Asesewa, explaining his inability

to

attend. Brother

DaPaah

represents 12 Assemblies

and

about ^00

members

who

withdrew

from

the fellow

ship

about

2 years

ago.

Present

at the Convention wore

Pastor Moses

Osei and Brother Asare, Akim-Oda; pastor

John-Gyedu-and-B-rethe-r Ansahr^ wS^xas^-S stnr Nnrtnnoh, Aanco;

Pastor

Sampong,

m + Vi/a

Afrantwo; Pastor Mensah, Techlman; Brother

Moses,

Tanso,

and

an Elder for

the

Ntronang congregation; also General Chairman, Nichols, and Secretary 0, Nelson.

Brother Joseph Gyedu did not attend and a committee was appointed to investigate, as

i t is reported that he has accepted other

emplcyment,

and his congregation is

suf

fering from lack of leadership. Brother John Quansah represented Takoradi, and

reports

the

former Church

is

now closed. Brother Samson just arrived this

(Monday)

morning. e

reports the Ntronang Congregation solidly behind the present organiza

t i o n

h^V^^liree

objectives

tp^b^ accomplished in

the

next

three

months. First

and most

lmi5ortant.,i,Jlq_secure'-t ii

Second, to establish a

work

at Kumasi, and thirdly

to re-establish the work at Takoradi,

We

have one of the finlst men in our fellow

ship in Brother John Quansah, former

Elder

in the Taloradi Congregation. But wo will

have

to

have

considerable increase

in Mission

income to

be enabled

to

do this. We

have the will

and

the

men

to accomplish these

objectives,

but we do not

have

the

money,

I cannot take much

more

of this tension which develops

when

the expenses con

tinually

exceed

receipts, I believe, However,

that

you

will

respond, and our prayers

will be answered. Travel aid

living

expenses, especially

when

one is

travelling,

are incrediably high. My travel to accra

have

not

been

for personal reasons, but

to secure the Quota, But I have had

to

bear a

large

part of the expense from my

personal

income.

Thf rtwo great difficultly^ in the work so far

have

been: (1) Finding leaders

who


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Nov. 10 1965

V 17 8e

Again

I

gree t you from

Ghana,

in the name of the Lord Jesus

Chr i s t

who

loved us

who

bought us with His

own

blood,

by whom we

_are

reconc i led

Wcbd,

and are

given this ministry

of

rehohcTiatidh.

What

i s

Ghana

lilce? This ques t ion

undoubte dly o cc ur s to many.

I t i s

r a t h e r difficult to d es c rib e to one who ha s

neve r

v i s i t e d a t r o p i c a l

o r

semi-tropical

country.

The

southern

one-third

of

the

country

i s

gently

ro l l ing

to

rough in character and i s heavi ly fores ted . Travel l ing

by

bus

or t ra in one might a t

f i r s t

thinh the country is 90 forest . However,

c lose r obse rva t ion wi l l r evea l

many

patches

o f- cu l t i v a t i on ;

corn

yams,

cas sava p l an t a i n bananas , si^id papaya .

The

Ghanains pract ice burn

cultivation -.

They

go

in the fores t

and

cut the grass, rushes, ferns, and small t rees and

vines;

everything that

wi l l f a l l

to

t h e i r cu l t a a s . When t h i s i s d ry

they s e t it

a f i r e . Everything

i s

ki l led except the l a rge r t r e e s .

The Afric ian

i s described as

an ex ten

s ive bu t no t an in tens ive

cu l t i v a t o r

and t h i s desc r ip t ion i s f i t t i n g .

He

is

by no means lazy, he works hard, but his chief tools,

cutlass

and

mattock

(a

shor t

handled

hoe)

are

not

very

e f f ic ien t .

He f igures

t ha t

wnatever

he

does ,

th e ground i s

going to be covered with

vegeta t ion anyway

so he plants

as many

as

three or four

crops as th ickly as

possible

in the

same patch. He makes no

attempt

to keep the

ground

clean, j us t cuts

the

vegeta t ion back so t ha t it does not smotner his

crop.

He general ly gets a

good yield tne

f i r s t

year

af te r a

burn,

with

diminishing yield

for three

on-f-our

. ye ar s . .u nt il -h e Let s

. . i t .^o. b a c k a n d .tnen he

. goes, in ,the

jungle- to.

mak e a

new burn

At Winneba,-with the coconut

palms

swaying and the roar

of

breakers

on the

beaches in

one s

ears

one could

th ink

he was in Hawaii. In

fac t

the

temperature

range

does

not di f fe r

grea t ly from

Hawaii,

But

I under

s tand t h a t in cen t r a l and nor thern Ghana, where the

cos t a l breezes

do

no t

temper

the

c l ima te

the

temperature

gets

much ho t t e r

CHRISTMS CONVMTION

Plans

are

going

forward

for the Christmas

Convention

of the Universal

Chr is t i an Church

a t

Asesewa.

This looks

l ike it

might

mean a grea t for\7ard

step

in the

movement.

The

Universal Chris t ian

Fellowsnip, which

is center

ed there, claims fourteen

congregations and

700

membership.

I t

has

been

separate from the Universal Christ ian Church

for

about two years now. They

write

me

of the i r rejoicing tha t divis ive

elements have been

removed from

the

church. I t also appears

t ha t about

a l l

of

the churches wil l be repre

sented at

the Co n v e n t i o n .


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10/12

HAIL THE HEAVEN BORN PRINCE OF PEACE

HAIL THE SON OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS-

LIGHT AND LIFE TO ALL HE BRINGS,

RISEN WITH HEALING IN H IS WINGS.

V)/? ^ HIS glory by

born THAT M N NO

MORE

M Y DIE

BORN TO RAISE THE SONS

OF

EARTH,

BORN

TOGIVE

THEM

SECOND

B I R T H .

Greetings ^]?^om

thT

Nicliols

at McKinley

Mission, ot

20

As this

Christmas season brings us to the

close

of another

year

our thoughts are turned

back

to

view

the

events and accomplishments of

the year

1965. May we

review i t t o g e t h e r .

Last

year at

this time Edgar was with us through

the holidays

and

most of

January.

His presence was greately

a pp re ci at ed a s Mabel

was

looking

a f t e r

th e C h i l d r e n s Home a t th e tim e.

. The

las t

of

February

Dorothy underwent

surgery

on

her

ear

for

the

second

time.

Recovery was

rapid

and

we

thank God

that

much of

the

previou

t r o u b l e

h a s

c l e a r e d up .

In March Edgar l e f t

for

Ghana,

A fr ic a l ea vi ng

an empty

place

here but

becoming a

b l e s s i n g to th e C h r is tia n s in Ghana. Also

in March new

house

parents Mr. and Mrs.

Dressier

and family

arrivied.

They had a boys home

in northern Calif for several years so are w el l p re pa re d for the job.

Mabel continued in

the Home, preparing

meals, until

July

Through the four weeks

of

June

we

taught in V.B.S. Even Reuben

worked as a helper. Reuben has also taken an active part in the Church

as

song

leader

and

providing

special

music

through

the

year.

Dorothy and Reuben each had a week of

camp in July

The l at er part of

th e month

Mabel went to Indiana to help Lois Bangs (youngest daughter)

during the arriiral- of

their

uhird

child

second boy, Steven- Matthew-Barrgs

The f i rs t

week

of August Reuben and Dorothy

spent in missions

week

at Wi

Ne

Ma

camp

on the

Oregon coast.

Upon

returning

Dorothy taught

another

two weeks

at ou r

local

camp.

She

also

enjoyed a

short vi s i t

from

her

cousin and previous coworker Shirley Hasselquist

_ Mabel arrivied

home

in September in time

to s t a rt

Reuben off on

h is

se nio r yea r

of

high

school.

Hi s favorite subject is auto mechanics.

In

beptember our preacher and^family, Dalton

and

Ann

Carr

left

us to begin a

new^work

among

the Navajo in Arizona. Mabel accompanied them to the

National Missionary Convention

in

Joplin Mo. and enjoyed the Christian

psp i ra t ion

and fello w sh ip t h e r e . Upon h e r

r e t u r n

she an d Reuben moved

in to th e

h o u s e arrs

vacated

In October our Bible clubs and ladies meeting began.

We

have Bible

clubs

i. ionday

through Thursday and ladies meeting on

Friday.

Mabel works

in the clothing but does not help in the Home

now. These

tasks kept us

busy through November

except for

one

week

Dorothy

took off to

nurse a

s tre p th ro a t in fe ct io n

Now

in

this

month

preparation and

pratice

for

our Christmas program

is

added

to

our

daily

schedule.

After the

Progran, Dec.

22nd

there

will

be

tw o busy days p a c k in g

Christmas

b o x e s.


11/12

F o r w a r d i n g Ag e n t :

M r s

aula

B o u n d s

5712 E a g l e Lane

BetLany, Oklahoma

D e a r

hristian F r i e n d s :

CHEISTiviAS 1965

E d g a r N i ch o l s

P

0

Box 1977

Eumas i Ghana

Dec.

14 19^5

As I

look back to

Chris tmas

1964, which

I

spen t

wi th

my

fami ly

a t

Toppenish,

Washington,

I

can

hardly

rea l ize

a

year

has passed so

quickly.

Much

has

been accomplished

in

t h i s t ime

but

much

t h a t

I had

hoped

fo r i s

not yet an

accomplished

fac t However, I

can

not but praise God, who has

brought me h ere , s ustain ed me in the

face of

m^any t r i a l s and

di f f icu l i t ie s

and

given

me

a

ministry

among

th is

people.

The

length

of

time

of

th is

m i n i s t r y we must l e av e

to

Him.

There

are signs of Chri stmas eve rywhere, even

with

the thermometer

regis ter ing around 85 degrees. The stores are fu l l

of shoppers,

but very

shy, we would

say, of Christmas things to

buy. A few

toys, Christmas

cards, and some

cheap Christmas decorations and

that i s

about

i t I

imagine that

most

of

the

Christmas

money

will

be

spent

on

new clothing,

which

i s

quite the most sensible af te r

a l l

We can not but remind ourse lves , as

we

ce lebra te the bi r th of the

Prince of Peace, whose Kingdom shal l know no l imits , and whose reign shal l

know no

end,

ow

we

need

to

pray, as

God

in

His

mercy

extends

this

age

of

grace, that

we

may be more

diligent

in sowing the

seed

that bears frui t

u n t o life

e v e r l a s t i n g

C H R I S T M S CONVENTION

The Ghanaian

has

his holidays based

largely

on loca l

t rad i t ions

when

i f

at a ll

possible

the family

returns

home

to

celebrate. But Christmas is

the time f or Ch ri st ians to get to geth er for fellowship.^ Personally, I

think i t

is

a good idea,

but

I know i t would be quite

diff icul t to

get

Americans to adopt the

idea.

At any r a te we are p la nn ing

for

a large

gathering of

the

fai thful

at

Asesewa December 24-27.

Asesewa

i s quite

a

unique

vil lage. I t

i s located

in

the hi l ls about

45 miles from Koforidua at

the end

of

the

paved

highway.

I t

i s

in an

excellent farming

community and has one of the

largest markets

in a l l

of

Ghana People

come

from

as

far

as

5OO miles

to trad e th ere .

expect

to

be

there

on Monday Dec

27, preaching the

Gospel and

passing

out

t racts.

Continued

on

the

Back)

iBi r


12/12

v. .A. SYSTEM

We

have l ong needed,

a publ ic address

sys tem fo r

conven t ions

and

evange l i s t i c mee tin gs. B ro th er John Gyedu

has

re sur rec ted one which we

have had

r epa i r ed and pu t

in

good working o rde r . However, it needs

ano the r

speaker

and

a 12 v o l t b at te ry so t h a t

it can be used

in th e

coun t ry . The a dd ed e qu ipment and r epa i r s t o t a l 60.

We

would apprec ia te

added c o ntr ib ut io n s to help pay fo r

t h i s

much needed p i e c e o f equ ipment .

S IGH IE ICANT S IGNS

Vi s i t o r s

to

West A fr ic a a re gene r a l l y i n t r i g u e d

wi t h

th e names and

s logans which are p ain te d on

most

of th e busses

and

passenger

l o r r i e s .

Some o f them wh ich have

amused

us a re The Wages o f S i n , To Be o r Not to

Be ,

Excep t

th e

Lord , and No

Bus iness , No

Wife ,

The

l a s t i s an

appea

Ride

wi th

me so t h a t I can ge t

enough

money to marry . And when you see

..n i .ory hh hhi^ ngan P repa re

to

Ivieet .Thy God bea r i ng down upon you,

you f e e l

it

be s t to

ge t

c l e a r o f f th e

road .

The

sign which has

the greates t

appeal ( to our sense

of humor,

t ha t

i s )

a ppe ars over

a den t i s t s of f ice

and r eads

PERSEVERENCE

DENT L

PARLOR

F IRST

CHRISTIAN

CHURCH

Box

8

Rol l i ng P r a i r i e ,

Ind

46371

May

th e

P r in ce o f Peace

give

you peace ,

Edga r Nicho l s

LRU JO

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