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DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERN O . 1 7

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D e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d sOn January 18 th fo llo wi ng a well-attended worship serv ice a t Kokom-leme Christian Chur.chj^^^jj5^.a^.us;;^0ge^Qthe beach and shared thejoyous occasion baptism of five y5ua men and one young lady.Two of the men were 3tuasitj^:rS?fe ^iaa:9P^ome to know the w^y oT TKe ^^^^Lord more perfectly. The other three live in the neighborhood ofthe church and college. The g i r l was Pam Rife daughter of ourp r i n c i p a l .We have opened a c h a r t e r membership r o l l an d have more than two dozenmembers already. The men and college students spent two nights doingcanvass calling in the area. A tt en da nc e h as really jumped and thef r u i t s o f th e p re ach in g a r e b eg in n in g to a ppe a r. I t r e a l l y i s enc o u r a g i n g . We a l s o have s e v e r a l dozen names t h a t have a g r e e d to af u r t h e r c a l l . We have hopes o f u s i n g p r i n t e d l e s s o n m a t e r i a l f o rt e a c h i n g i n t h e s e homes .Our c h i l d r e n s Christmas program was quite ty p ic a l of such programse v e r y w h e r e : s o n g s r e c i t a t i o n s and a pantomime o f t h e B i b l e a c c o u n tof C h r i s t s b i r t h . The untypical p a r t was th at the e l e c t r i c i t y waso ff fo r 3/4 of the program but the candlelight production turnedo u t r a t h e r n i c e . So many p e o p l e came t h a t th ey were w a tc hin g t hr ou ght h e d o o r s a n d w i n d o w s .

F or th e f i r s t time we h e l d a Watch Ni ght s e r v i c e on New Y e a r s Eve.We were p le a sa n tl y s u rp r is ed by th e number o f young a d u l t s who camefrom t h e n ei g h b o rh o o d . We h ad a v a r i e t y o f a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d i n gs i n g i n g B i b l e games two f i l m s t r i p s l i g h t r e f r e s h m e n t s t h e nd e v o t i o n s and an o u t d o o r p r a y e r c i r c l e t o u s h e r i n 1970.Our Sunday S c h o o l c o n t i n u e s t o grow and y o u t h a t t e n d a n c e i s h i g h .We a r e w o r k i n g on a B i b l e drama t o p r e s e n t i n E ve ni ng W o rs hi p. A tl a s t we a r e making e f f o r t s t o make a r e a l w i t n e s s r i g h t where ea r e a s w e l l a s h e l p i n g t h o s e i n o t h e r v i l l a g e s . t s h a r d work


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fi s n t i t bu t look at the living fruits in the lives of the peopleI nc i de nt a l l y, the morning serv ice i s translated in to Txî, a l s o.Last newsletter I menc.ioned chat we would help the Abeka congregat i o n wi t h, a b u i l d i n g . P e r ha ps you r e a d i n Tll'ffi o r el s ewhere t h a t th eGhantan gnycjLLjgent is requiring a ll aliens i-7ithout residence permitsto leave, alipîs' making i t harder to get such permits. This does notaffect us, but i t is causing the exodus of thousands of West Africans,many o f whom have l i v e d and w ork ed her e f o r y e a r s . I t causedextreme hardship fo r some, but t h e i r leaving has made av ailab le someland and buildings in the Abeka s ec tio n f or very reasonable pr ices.J u s t t h i s l a s t week x re w e r e a b l e t o p u r c h a s e an e x c e l l e n t c o r n e rlocation with a large sturdy building on i t 'ior use and^ evelbpraehtby th e Abeka group. Mr.' Kuevi is encouraged by the growth of t h i scongfegation and seems well-pleased by the new property.

s&ax.ching for property, we became more and more impressed by theheer si z e of the population in the area. e have seriously begunto consider purchasing land and/or b u i l d i n g s there to re lo ca te thecollege i t s e l f . I t i s f a r t h e r from downtom, but in three years weha-ê u t t e r l y f a i l e d to find an d purchase an y o t h e r r easonablyp r i c e d an d located land. This seems p r o v i d e n t i a l , sp- we may have^Tg news in th a t department next month.I v i s i t e d two v i l l a g e h a r v e s t s t h i s y e a r : t h e s e a re combinationThanksgiving and -Fund-raising s e r vi c e s . At both Manso and Bawjiase,Dock Hostetter. was the guest preacher. Barbara Taylor, ChristianA d j e i and I w e n t a l o n g to p r o v i d e s p e c i a l m u s i c . . The S i m k i n s w e n tt o B awj i as e, t o o , and C y r i l wa s made C ha ir ma n w hich means you a r ei n charge o f counting th e money). At b oth ch urch es we were givenl u n c h . We have a compliment f o r b o t h p l a c e s : - t h e Ilanso c h u r c hs t a r t e d on t i m e , and th e p e o p l e a t Bawjiase l i s t e n e d u n u su ally w e l lto th e p r e a c h i n g . T h e s e a r e a r e a s . o f weakness i n many c h u r c h e s .T H E C O L L E G E NEWS

S i nc e I h a v e n t w r i t t e n f o r tvzo months, a l o t o f i n s t r u c t i o n a l vjaterhas passed under th e bridge of time. B ef or e C hr is tm as holidays, wefave f i n a l eîaminaticnr^ f o r th? f i r s t ter m, and then t a u g h t f o r two


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weeks i n th e new t e rm . regis ration d y for that segond term l ed clotlîrfg w s distributed to the students. It can;e from severaidirf^Sfent sources includinga big ccnsignr.ent tha t Hostet tcrs had col iccted and shipped vjith the i rLjelongings. Êver^^twifint. received a. coiupxete matcued suit, some ofthen brand new, plus sa extrd jackci: or pai r of trou&p.rs and a t l e a s ttwo shirts; 1 :kp m Kagf^. r ; The marrieds tudents rece ived two or throe i tems fo r t h e i r tvîvesV Some of theext ra clo th ing wi l l be given to the Government, Dept. of Socia l Welfa re . I t was and s ince they must approve our per

to receive packages of food and c lothing we were happy to comply.Our col lege Christmas program V7as a happy occasion. The bigges t h i twas a solo by one of the freshmen. He danced as he sang, and t ha tsk i l l is enjoyed and admired in Ghana- I was proudest , I guess, of agroup song Ring the Bells ' by four of the missionary women and s ixstudents. He weren't perfect , but we enjoyed doing i t . Usuallychurch choi rs are overbalanced by Xi/omen but we g i r l s had to singwith grea t e f for t to match these young menThe hol idays passed a l l too quickly and now we have a steady v is taof teaching ahead un t i l spr ing hol idays a t Eas ter t ime.THE_HISSIONARIES

Two bJ^,jXfims in this department: Mr. and Mrs. Cyri l Simkins have9ec5ded to leave Ghana and work again in Rhodesia from whence theycame three years ago. We wi l l miss them very much, but pray God'sbless ings on the i r work there and tha t they wi l l f ind sa t i s fac t ionand contentment in t he i r work with the Bible College there .Bel ieve t or no t I have moved I On the f i r s t day of the new yearI jo ined the re s t of the clan in a love ly , re lax ing beach par ty .Then on the 2nd the agent fo r the house came a t l a s t . That verya f t e r noon I moved one c a r l o ad o f c a r to n s tr t f romHoste t t e rs to my house whi le a s tuden t scrubbed and v/axed the f loors .X s l ep t there t ha t night on mat t ress and spr ings. The next day Dick,r.iiij' îrd Kent helped by moving a l l the f th ingG. They ; .usc carri'B.dthos r igh t across the s t r ee t includir.g the f r idge I have bcuglit


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quite a few things from Simkins and m keeping others t i l l Smaages and McHenry sa r r i v e Lord w i l l i n g i n September.Of course, th ere are no c u r t a i n s ray spr ings an d mattress , are st on the f l o o rand in th e spare bedroom-study there are numerous unpacked cartons, but JLlm-izfiEyhannv tn he Queen. of my own l i t t l e white house with the bright yellow trim. omes e e me Thank you a l l for the cards and l e t t e r s you sent to make Christmas a happy occasionhere. Just i s n t room to say more. God bless you

In C h r i s t i a n love and a p p r e c i a t i o nDOROTHY EUNSON

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Maxch 16, 1970COLLEGE CAmJS PURCHASEDGod has answered our prayers in regard to property for the college. The answeri s n t Tât we used to dream ab out , but i t seems very suitable and practical now. Frona Togolese who will leave for his homeland soon, w have purchased a double lot andbuildings that can be adapted for our needs. The site is developed like an Africancompoundsurrounded on three sides and eventually four with block walls, most ofthe ground is paved, and four or five buildings spaced around the courtyard.

are thankful to have a sizeable sum of money in a building fund; this has enabled us to pay for the property and begin remodeling and construction. First on theagenda was a toilet and shower unit for the hostel, and a bathroom in the house thatwill be used to house African staff members. Those are virtually complete alreadyNow the work on the hostel has begun. New doors and windows will be added and screensand painting will be done. There will be five uni ts of two-room suites, each servingfour men. Suite is a very fancy word for two simple rooms; one for sleeping, another f o r study and r e l a x a t i o n .There i s a small two room building that will serve as a kit chen , but we mu stbuild at least a t emp or ar y she lt er f or a dining ?feen an xinfiniahed shgllbe mod if ied and completed for a classroom building.In the future there will be an art ic le in Horiaons, a long with pictures, so besure to watch for i t . are happy about this step that has been made. There islots of work to be done yet, but we can visualize the convenience and economy of i talready. We thank God f o r opening t h i s door.OTHER COLLEGE NEV7SThe students are now taking their turns at preaching in chapel. Most are doingvery well. This year s freshmen have made a fine beginning, and Dick Hostetter i shappy to see the good results of his homile.tics class. The sermons are far from perf e c t but God s t i l l speaks through them.In late February we had a party for the students on a Friday evening. I hadcharge of the games and was gratified when they really enjoyed them- Bible Charadesbased on the parables of Jesus was real exciting, as was the table game of Cootiethat we often played in Florida. Another h i ^ l i g h t . of the same evening was an unexpected, but welcome, hard rain. I t is early fo r the rains, but we- ve already hads e v e r a l t h a t broke th e h e a t f o r a day o r two.

J u st t h is week we have f i n i s h e d out f i n a l exams f o r second term. We w i l l teachtwo weeks of t h e new term b e f o r e a brealc f o r E a s t e r vaca t ion. This i s the homestretch and Rifes arid Taylors are realizing how close furlou^ time is getting.One chapel period in February was particularly exciting: llr. Doku, Tîom I mentioned l a s t time, was here aga .n from êji and spoke in the service. He made i t areal ciâllenge to the students to comb pi'each in the North where there i s a strongIi5uslim i n f l u e n c e and where C h r i s t i a n workers a r e s c a r c e . He a ls o challenged theoa totrust the Lord for tueir Ixving arrangemants. A lively discussion ensued and God'sSpir i t seemed to be endocsirg the illei.ge in the response of the students. pray that sone of the a will be led to evangelize their Ghanaian countrymen in theNorth, a needy f i e l d .CHURCH NEWS VAPIOC;::. PLACESThe Kokomlemle '.hurcu contii.ueî s+eaiilyt We see great need fo r building upthe young adults in the faith: many nave been irregular in their attendance. Theyouth group staged their Bible drama on th e Ten Virgins very smoothly, even thou^two of the Virgins cane too late to participate. Dick's sermon app lied the parablet o o u r l i v e s v e r y c l e a r l j .In February Taylors ar.d 1 went to Obrachire for a harveai ; service for UniversalChris t ian Church. Thar i b the f i r s t contact we've had with them in a long t ime, andwe decided i s much nicer to be f rie.^d ly with them than to be angry over our formertrouble. Kent preached and the three of us sang several specials. Two of our studentswere t h e r e f o r a whi le , t o o .

As of now, I aifi s t i l l on the U.C.C. quota, but ay visa rtins out April 12. Mr.KuEvi has written to the Immigration people asking to have me changed to Ghana Christian Church s quota. The business is not done yet, but we don't anticipate any difficulty. Nevertheless, i t s a good idea to pray, because w e re never quite sure vAiatw i l l happen h e r e .Yesterday I again shared a trip with the Taylor family. Fourth year student,Peter Barfi, had begun t o estab li sh a new congregation in Oda at the end of last summer, No one of the missionaries had visi ted there, and we wanted to see what he wasdoing and share i n the s e r v i c e s .The f i r s t service a f t e r a two-hour drive was in th e market place. Kent preachedwhile Peter conducted the r e s t of the service. He had a record player and an amplif ier to use. A good-sized crowd, m ostl y women and children, gathered around to l i st e n

Peter admitted that many of Ms f i r s t converts had backslid, and so in the nextworship service in their chapel room in the town there were only a handful of adults,but l o t s of c h i l d r e n . He seems confident t h a t a f t e r graduat ion, he can win manymore people when he works at i t full time. think if anyone can do i t Peter can.At the close of the service, one young man stepped out for Christ and we shared thatafternoon in his baptism in a quiet forest river ou ts ide of town. I t was a lovely


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c l i m a x t o o u r visit t o O d a .Before we l e f t town, P e t e r had taken u s to h i s room- f o r r i c e and stew. Then werelaxed and the men and boys p layed' table games u n t i l time for Sunday School.. . More

than 40 children came and sang, prayed, rev iewed the c re at io n s to ry and practiced someFrench vocabulary words. Then I gave a l i t t l e t a l k about the importance of studyingGod*s Word and l i v i n g itI t was an exhausting day, but very i n t e r e s t i n g and we hope encouraging to P etera n d t h e f e w C h r i s t i a n s i n Oda.

Ron Rife and Dick H o s t e t t e r continue t h e i r weekly c a l l i n g with s t u d e n t s on beh a l f o f t h e Kokomlemle c h u r c h .V/EST AFRT irTTHJ?Bis^s the titlw of the paper to be published by Ghana Christian College? i tw i l l contain news of the school , d o c t r i n a l a r t i c l e s sermon o u t l i n e s e t c . Dickis- ^ ;j.ting it and has done most of thewriting for t h e f i r s t issue, whicha't'the printer's. I iy contribution was helping Christian Adjei type- the modestmailing l i s t onto address s t e n c i l s . For a long time we have recognized the need ofg r e a t e r use of the p r i n t e d word to b u i l d up the church, and t h i s i s the beginnings t e p .I/IISCELLAMEOUS

Cyri l and Mary S imkins have wound up t h e i r a f f a i r s here and by now are wells e t t l e d in th e B ib le College work i n P o rt V i ct or ia Rhodesia.V e had an optimistic tape from th e Both they and th e DavidMcl-Ienrvs are planning to come to Ghana in August, even though as yet t h e i r f inancial

suppor t i s incoGhana C h r i s t i a n Church w i l l h o l d its a n n u a l E a s t e r c o n v e n t i o n h e r e i n A c c r avery f u l l program i s planned. I hope our st rength holds out-Sable Teacher and Leader, the t e a c h e r s q u a r t e r l y has a l o t o f good S c r i p t u r a l'explanation and teaching in i t . We can give them to students, preachers and Christia n le ad er s fo r Bible study and teaching, i f some of you would care to send them toGhaiia_{2iixisila^-College. ^ May Easte3? be a glori bus day for you as you celebrate the resurrection of ourglorious Saviour. Thank you for your partnership in the work here.

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DOROTHY EUNSON NEU^LETTERNO. 19

M Y 1970GREETINGS FROM GHANAlGHANA CHHISTIAN CHURCH CONVMTIONThe Easter convention v/as held in Accra th is year Jus t a blockfrom the college on an empty lo t . Mr Kuevi and some students worked hard to get cleared of t rash, including some rusty auto frames.Usually the framework of the shed i s made of bamboo but theycouldn t get any, so they made this one of young saplings of somesor t and topped with the usual palm branches. They arrangedthe usual amplifiers and-speaker platform with a big space l e f tbetween tha t and the f i r s t row of benches fo r dancing during thesinging .and offer ing .The convention began Thursday evening before Easter; I attended,but virtual ly nothing was said in Siglish. However some of ourKokomlemle teenagers sat with me so maybe my presence encouragedthem. The attendance was only fa i r an not a l l of the groups fromvillage churches ha^ arrived. The service started late and i t wasnearly 11:00 before I got home.Many of the people stayed in the college buildings. I f you wentthere, you saw dozens of people, cooking, eating, bathingor sleeping in every comer and in the courtyard. The children and babieshad come along, too, so was a l ive ly place .The convention was planned in i t s ent ire ty by the Ghanaian Christi ans . Each of our miss ionar ies was scheduled to preach a t l e a s tonce, and I led a v/orkship. All the res t of the preaching andconducting of the services and music was done by Ghanaians. Everyword had to be spoken in a t leas t two languages, a lthough Eng lishwas no t e x te n si ve ly u s ed .The morning and evening services were typical : lo t s of singing,Scrip-cure reading, offer ing, prayer, sermon, and songs by the singing lands (choirs) . Friday eftem.oon I stayed home to work on my


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v/orkship and I learned la ter that all the people v/ere so tiredfrom traveling and from the other services, that no one shov^ed upfo r th e a fte rn oon services a t a l l . t i s understandable and al i t t l e bi t funny, although disappointing for the student preacherswho were to preach short sermons on the seven l a s t words of Christ .Ron Rife was able to come fo r the f i r s t t ime t ha t night . He hadbeen very sick with bronchitis and never did get to preach becauseof coughing. After the service I helped John Adjei show a fi lm-str ip of the Patriarchal Age. John had T/orked hard to put theScript on tape in Pante. I t was so late that most of the peoplehad gone home by the time i t was over. The batter ies got steadilyweaker, too, and I held my breath t i l l the las t slow, low words o u n d e d .

Easter morning we held a shortened Sunday School in the schoolbuilding; the people had cleared their things out in timel Becausemany of the people in our congregat ion don t care fo r the sp i r i tual is t type service, Ron conducted a r eg ula r s er vic e a t the schoolwith a good attendance. I went on down to the convention s i t e andthe others came l a t e r . In addit ion to the Lord s Supper, anotherspecial feature of that service v s an impressive ordination offour of the college s tudent s who will be preaching fo r Ghana Christian Churches. They wil l complete t he i r courses of study t h i s June.Afternoon ac t i v i t i e s were scheduled to begin a t JsOO. I was tenminutes l a t e but others were l a te r s t i l l and we f ina l ly got s ta r ted about 4:201 From my point of view the workshop on Sunday Schoo lteaching was very successful; I pray the par t ic ipants were blessedand helped. The s ix men and four women representing about 4 d ifferent congregations seemed genuinely interested and liven ed th esession v/ith questions and comments. They iinderstood English quite7/ell, so Christ ian t ransla ted into Tv/i or Ga only when they haddi f f icul ty . had the Twi and Ga outlin es fo r them to follow andke e p .I t r ied to give them suggest ions fo r preparing and present ing le ssons, keeping in mind that they probably had only a Bible for sourcemater ia l and littl or no money fo r teaching a ids . At the end Igave them each about a dozen chi ldren s S.S. papers to keep aiid usein the i r teaching. I was so glad t ha t Berwick, PA. had j u s t sent


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me s tacks of o ld papers j some were 15 years oldf bu t the coloredB ib le p ic tu re s, ^e re grea t . I also have the names and addresses ofthe 10^ so I can send them more mater ia ls as I have them. Onechurch already has a S.S . , bu t the othe rs are in te res ted in s t a r ting them. Our allotted time was li- hrs. , but i t was after 6:50before we stopped. One of the benef i t s fo r me was tha t I got toknow some i nd iv idua l s - i n th e churches b e si de s p r ea ch e rs .The evening service was happy and relaxed but everyone has exhausted.Mr. Kuevi made h is farewel l address as chairman t ha t n igh t and theycancel led the Mon, a.m. se rv ice . Monday morning t he m i ss io n ar ie shad the i r monthly prayer and discussion meeting a t Taylors. Kentdidn ' t come \ in t i l very l a te because he v;as taking h is turn a t representing the missionaries a t the G.C.C. preachers ' and elders*meeting. We talked about the convention and could see a lo t of goodin i t . The expenses of the convention exceeded the offerings byonly S24.OO} t ha t i s a big improvement. Two churches agreed to paythe i r preacher 's fu l l salary, and a couple others pledged hal f .Some o f the Ghanaians still th ink the mis s ionar ies ought to pay a l lthe preachers ' salaries , but we e contr ibut ing such a modest sumto their central fund that they can t grow dependent o matter^ ^NIwh t they think w nt to keep showing them they must give for j\ their own spiritual health and so their churches can be supportedgrow It^s a toi^ fight.KOKOMLEMLE CHRISTIM CHURCHIn my S.S. class a new wall chart recording attendance, Bibles andmemory verses has made an amazing difference in the at t i tudes of someo f the ch i ld ren . Afte r weeks o f a t tendances o f 9 o r 10, Apr. 12 and19 the t o t a l jumped to I4 , then 17. Many more a re lea rn in g t he i rScriptures, even the old ones. April 26th the worship service wasabsolutely fu l l . We'll have to re arran ge the room to get morecha i r s in . Attendance i s n ' t th e only a rea o f growth; 4 people werebaptized since the l a s t Newslet ter . Rejoice Rejoicel Rejoice ,Give thanks and s ingThe evening of Apr. 19 we had a f i r s t : a covered dish supper thatprefaced a planning meeting fo r the congregation. This was a newidea fo r the Ghanaians, and they chuckled every t ime we announcedit Well, the table was as loa de d w ith good and varied food as anysuch funct ion in the U.S. Of course , a t home you wouldn ' t have


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fufu or groundnut soup, but they are good, too. As usual we started late buseemed to enjoy i t . had a few too many children who came without their paoverloaded their plates, (some don t even atteid uufc.wa naja. a leilowshxp thato achieve in a short formal service on Sunday mornings and nights.ODDS _ ;n r o sAs of April 15 I have a brand new two year visa imder the quota of-Ghana ChChxirch. Now only Edgar and Mabel Nichols are s t i l l working with Universal CChurch the group who or ig ina l ly invi ted us to Ghana.We continue to be pleased with the chapel sermons preached by the students.faculty and students are plugging away on the last eight weeks of this schoblFloyd S t ^ , recruit to Malawi, will be .ourgraduation..speaker on June 11th.Thank you for your prayers and gifts. You probably get tired and discouragedfrom time to time, but the Lord has never le t us down, and so we must kepp onkeeping on .

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DOROTHY EUNSOtr NE\^SLETTERNO . 20

JULY 1970

Dear Chr i s t i a n F r i e nd sVacation is here at last , bu t i t looks like a busy summer anyway. Personnelchanges have been made s ince the last Newsletter. Smaages' health problems weresuch that their doctor recommended they not return to a tropical climate, so theDavid McHenrys will be coming in August without them Edgar andMiabel Nichols leftin late May for furlough. Kent Taylor has gone home for the summer to raise neededfunds for an extra year s stay; the family is staying here. n Jun6 15th we bid a

sad farewell to the Rifes who will be in th e States on furlough unt i l September of'^1 . That leaves Dick Hostetter and his- harem to hold down th e fort unti l fall-, e hope to be not much trouble, and maybe evenâ l i t t le help in the busy summera h e a d

Academically speaking. . . the last half terra spcid quickly by and we managedto complete the usual final exams papers, and notebooks. Just a couple weeks beforeschool let out, I finally took ray turn at conducting chapel by presenting a flannel-graph lesson and conducting a related Bible Drill. Dick Hostetter will be ActingPrincipal while Ron Rife is gone and Nancy Hostetter will be treasurer. The biggestnews is that Christian Adjei, who has just completed his fourth year, will be addedto the faculty in September. This is a small step toward our ult^-mate goal of putting the school into Ghanaian hands. e re jo ice that we hav3 a man of Christian scaliber ready for this responsibility so soon in the history of the college. Prayfor him that God wil l use him mightily in this ministry to his own people.Since we had our f i rs t four-year degree graduates, we tried to make graduationas fine as possible. Principal Rife ordered his elegant master's academic gotm andhood from America . Professors l iostetter and Eunson ordered the appropriate hoodsand wore them with borrowed Ghanaian gowns. e rented the necessary apparel frbm theUniversity for the speaker (a field worker for Scripture Union) and for the twograduates. The chairman (Master of Ceremonies), Hr. Vigbedor from the Ministry ofEducation, brought his own finery. With the six third-year students in the processiondressed in bri l l iant Kente cloth, we xêre a colorful sight. e rented a nrce âuditorium just up the hill from the college. Mr and Mrs Rife cooperated in handingout the diplomas and various axârds Since all the thirdyear students ^re passingout (the common term for graduating), there will be no fourth year class next year.After the ceremonies, we served soft drinks and biscuits (cookies) from a convenientserving window at the back of the auditorium. e were encouraged to see that morerelatives and church members of g raduate s came than ever before,Aword about the graduates Four.of the six th ird year finishers are preaching for Ghana Christian Churches One of these has been offered a job in a secondaryschool in Takoradi. Kent Taylor has long been interes ted in establishing a newcongregation in that city and vjill do what he can to help Julius laianch one Thefifth young man was highest in his class and has a real drive for, the Lord's workHis mother is a prophetess, self-styled leader of an indigenous spiritualist church. e pray James will use his great ability to center converts* love and loyalty onChrist and net on any earthly leader. The sixth student has no definite plans at themoment but has expressed a desire to work and xîtness in the Upper Region, whosepeople have had l i t t le opportunity to hear the gospel compared with other areas.Christian Adjei will teach in the college and continue as associate minister ofKokomlemle Christian church. Peter Barfi has been working with a struggling group inOda but may soon move to Prampram to teach in a nevj Christian Secondary School.The week since graduation has been a busy one fo r me Last year I assistedRon in a Christian Education workshop for the second year students. Tliis year I wasthe leader and Nancy Hostetter helped me Last year s piano hinges pulled out of theflannelboards, so this year we tried hinges cut from old trouser legs and so far theywork fine. It s good glue The main task was to prepare a whole year s visual aidsfor the Junior X graded lessons and also to teach the lessons in brief form as areview and to demonstrate the correlation of lessons and aids. This year I assignedsome of the lessons for the students to study and teach. They weren t a ll top-notch,but don t we learn by doing? e xrarked all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday andFriday from 8:30 to 1:30. I'm sure most of the five will put these valuable materialsto good use

Religiously speaking. . . Kokomlemie Christian Church has taken a historicstep: They have called Brother John Adjei, third year graduate of G.C.C., to betheir minister beginning July 5. John has shown great zeal and effectiveness inhouse-to-house calling for some months with Dick. This was not required of any


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student and speaks well of John s desire to serve and learn. He came and preached bothservices one week, and th e members voted unanimously to c a l l hira. Ron and Dick haveboth taught th e p eo pl e a bo ut t h ei r r e sp o n si bi li ti es to th e preacher and to the Lord.How we w i l l be praying that John will also be mightily used of God in winning souls inthis community of Accra John loves th e Lord, seems to love people and t al ks e as il ywith them, and speaks Fante, Ga, and English.Relations are not always harmonious between th e missionaries an d thel eaders of Ghana C h r i s t i a n Church; e . g . they a re disappointed i f we make land o rproper ty deci si ons without consulting them, and we are annoyed i f they act too possessiveor i f they ask fo r more money. Pray for us that a l l of us will earnestly and humblyseek to cooperate in th i s v en tu re fo r C h r i s t .

Domestically speaking. . . my house i s crowded with e x tr a f u rn it ur e. I amusing some things of Rifes, and until IIcHenrys come and take what will belong to themand until Smaages things are disposed of,, i t looks like a furniture store. . . A fewnights ago the termites swarmed. They came by the thousands, swarmed around the outsidelights, and beat their wings against the screens. Only a few crawled under th e door,and Roland seemed to enjoy catching and eating them. . . Tlie grass, hedge, and flowersare green and growing quickly from the rains. The whole city looks prettier with thedust washed o ff. When one l i f t s h is eyes from the clu ttered and dir ty s t r e e t s to thebeautiful palm trees and other verdant foilage, he can see the beauty of tropical Accra.

Conclusively speaking. . . In th e two months after Easter, .about 65 peopledied i n Akim Hanso. Wen the disease was i d e n t i f i e d ; as yellow fever, an d t here wasan outbreak in Nsawam, only 20 miles away, Hrs. Rife arranged for h ealth officials tocome to th e s ch o o l an d i n n o c u l a t e a l l th e s t u d e n t s . We were v a c c i n a t e d b e f o r e leavingA m e r i c a . Newest converts a t Kokomlemle C h r i s t i a n Church a r e a photographer an d h i swife. The man stepped out for Christ at a school where Kent Taylor was preaching fo rservices conducted regularly by one of the college students. Mr. Boahene had beenasked to come and take pictures of the event. wo student preachers talked further,withhim the following week and baptized him. His wife has since been baptized. Since theylive near the school, they were encouraged to become a part of this congregation.After one rainy shopping trip downtoim I noted two interesting sights inmy diary: the traffic policemen left their mid-street posts to stand under the drier-Store anr^ ipf th p tTfiffic. battle i t out for themselves. Occasionally, you seea dirty, unkempt man roaming the streets completely naked. These are mad man anda p p a r e n t l y h a r m l e s s .The contractor who is working on th e Abeka school buildings has beenneglecting to pay his x^orkers, so we are a bit uneasy about the slowdown on that work^^The new hostel is ready except for interior paint, as are the housemaster's quarters;..and library rooms. One of the students is doing a ll the painting to work off next- y e a r s school f e e s . 'You may be weary of reading, so I l l stop and leave you some time fo rworking and praying fo r the Kingdoiain your town and here. May the remaining summer,days bring you f*uitful labor as well as r e s t and recreation. :

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Dear Friends in Chris t ,May I t^ll you a l i t t le about my visi t to Akim Manso Sunday.^July 19th? I* lieft. town before 8:00 A.M. with four of our Ghanaian '' 'church attendeesf are meirf)ers. Traffic was light so we covered 'the 84 miles of soê^good and some bad road in less than two hours; ;Samuel Osei, the preacher, met us in the market place and took us to 'his house to rest a bi t He did not take us to the service immediate-:ly so we wouldn't have to wait while the people slowly gathered andgot warmed up with songs. Wejhad time to imload some of Samuel's '

books we had brought from the college and a new sewing machine forhis wife. The machine is part of our scheme to help some of thestudent preachers support themselves i f necessary, while preaching.Our general plan was to wait unti l they graduated, but in ouropinion Samuel had already proved himself, so he got his boost twoyears early. He is the tenor in our mixed quartet, so I xâs pleased ' t fe l l my lo t to help. At l a s t I can write the irs t Christ ian ' ^Church Youth Group in Orlando and te l l them that-part of their special gift has been put to use. The machine is a hand-operatedSinger . Mrs. Osei i s a seamstress .

At last we went to the service. They have made a lot of progress since my last visit a year ago for the foundation stone laying.They have paid i t a ll themselyes except for 200 given them two yearsago by the missionaries. The block walls are finished, the galvanizedroof i s on (so important for the rainy season), some of the insidesurfaces are plastered, and sturdy windows and doors are in place.The floor is s t i l l dirt . About 150 people were present and that many; .more could easily have been accommodated. By the time we arrived .they had nearly finished the congregational singing, but four group^ ' >.presented special songs. The Lord s Supper quietly and reverentlyserved while the people sang softly an appropriate song. A morelively song characterized the offering time as each person came to i Jfjthe front to present his offering.Then i t was nqr turn:- I presented one of Christ s parables fîndaccompanying lesson idLth flannel v isua l a id s. I had printed the three-j


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main points in Twi to be mounted on the board, and Samuel t rans la ted.. the messag^ ^.^ i t preaching and I called i t teaching4^-Thie inen and women s i t in separate sections, and i t isencouraging to see so many men in tha t group. Virtual ly a l l of thewomen, a t le a s t were barefoot in the service Even though Samuelhas taught them it doesn' t apply to us, most-bj l>them l/av 4:bnti;tiuedthe long-time habi t because God to ld Moses to remove h is shoes whilestanding on the holy ground near the burning bushv^ The size of thecbngregatiLon,ythe progress. on their building^^ the orderliness oftheir'service, apd their,attention, to .the message as-x^ell. as to their singing were very, encouraging signs of their growth. My four guests and X.:were given a bount i fu l dinner of r i cef ish stew,, bread and a hot. drink. A fter some pleasant t a lk wfe ^went to another house where ;we were given pineapples, bananas, andeggs to speed us on our X7ayi I t had been a happy day of sharing:with a s i s t e r congregat ion .

Oh Jiine; 28 we spent most of the afternoon in a fund-raisingservice a t and for Abetca Christ ian .Church. They want to add twomore rooms to the fac i l i t ies bought for ^:hem out of school funds.The attendance was small ]?ut the total . f l^fer ing of 86.00 was verygood. Dick gave an excellent message; Barbara and 1 sang. Maybet h i s . ' fall with the new col lege f ac i l i t i e s close to th i s congregat ion some s tudents wi l l at tend and work to bui ld it up and :.winoth rs

The thatched roof of Tamatoku*s temporary shel te r wasruined by the ra ins so they were given 50.00 from the GhanaChris t ian Church reserve fund to buy-^ronrpof ing sheets .Kokomleml 6 CS^ris tian Church welcomed. Jiohn Adjei, as t he i r newpreacher on July 5^ Chriati^ Adjei ccmtinu^. as associate minister. In the evening'we had a carry-in suppej: to welcome tl;^> John Ad^eis,and each family brought a gift^ of soap, sugar, milk, r ice charcoal o r palm o i l Bros. John and. Chri.stian have taken a r e a lhold in leading the congregation. They are trying new ideas tomake the services more effectivei John has revived and strengthenedthe Wed. night service with the main emphasis on prayer rather thati on Bible study. He is calling and working, too. He discoveredt ha t our newest young couple had j u s t los t a young chi ld. , , The . re^tof us didn*t know because a public funeral i s not held for,-young..^chi ldren. The couple was back in the f i r s t service af te r h is v i s i tBest of a ll two have acknowledged Christ as Lord and obeyed -

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V;U|ifortunateZy, on the way home from . the f i r s t baptism, Mr.Hostet. ter suffered'^a broken r ib and bruides i^ a car accident . Noone elseJ^n h is car was hur t . He i s mending slowly but surely and i svery busy in sp i t e o f h is soreness . Pray for-him;Mr. Edmund Nartey, o ff ic er in bottf Ghana Christian Churchand Ghana Chris t ian College, i s working to es tabl ish a Chris t ianSecondary School in his home vi l lage of Prdmpram as his contr ibutionto the Lord*s Kingdom. He has launched out on fai th, having quit agood, government post in order to devote ful^l -t ime to th is new venture,He haa^made go Sd progress in securing buildings for the school andfuhdg.r I visi ted the si te with him during the f i r s t of July and tookpictures fo r the Ministry of Education. The leaders of Ghana Christian Church are very in te res ted in f inding American Chris t ians t ra inedin educa t ion to work with t h i s school and othe rs . I f you a re i n t e res ted , -or know of someone who i s , w rite us .

The new campus i s slowly get t ing in shape. The e lec t r i c i ty i sin nowj and the housemas te r h as already moved in to h is quar te rs . Imentioned l a s t t ime t ha t the cont rac tor was s tag ing a s low-dom.Well, he staged a complete cop out a f te r he had received a sizeablesum o f money fo r phases o f the work ye t unf in ished. Dick Hoste t t e ris nowMoing the'contracting himself with the limited funds we havel e f t . We wil l take act ion aga in st the contractor , but may taketwo years or more to recover the money through the courts . The onlyremaining maior^ proj ec t i s this dining ha l l which wi l l be bu i l t inthe sjLmplest pQrssible way.

During the th i rd week o f July we in te rviewed and t e s ted 19prospect ive freshmen. We have accepted 15 of those, but have noassufance they wi l l al l . turn up in September. Only one man wasdoubtful whether he could pay-his fees . We conducted th e in te rv iewso.n::Ho^tetters* front porch so that Dick could keep his aching bonesin an easy cha i r .

Mrs. Taylor , her chi ldren , and I spent a week in a small c ab inon the Volta River. The facil i t ies were primitive, but the swimmingwas. gre^t . I t was our chance to get away from a l l .Back ip June we enjoyed a one day v i s i t from Mr. and Mrs. BobHall of Capstan, inc . They were on a medical tour-s ince Mrs. Hal l

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The summer months are pas:sing swift ly. They are busy ones with many jobsto accomplish before the new sclTool y ear takes up our time. The weather ispleasant and cool^ and w are a ll well. The David McHenrys are due here onSeptember 1 , Lord wil l ing . Pray for them and fo r the Rifes in the States onfur lough.

Thank you fo r your in te r e s t in th i s work. This newsle t t e r i s a poorsubs t i tu te for your personal v i s i t to Ghana but then no t many of you could affordtha t . May the Lord who loves us a l l give yo u sp i r i tua l peace an d joy in your dai lyl i v ing .

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Dear Fr i ends in Chr i s t ,, The l st News l e t t e r was c l o s ed wi th a no t e abou t ou r vaca t i o n on th e V ol ta . I wro te

tha t before we ac tua l ly went and as t turned out Barbara Tay lo r wa s ll during the wholeweek . She r ema ined on ou r r e t u r n t o Acc r a and on h e r s econd v s t to a doc t o r wasadmitted to the hospi ta l with infecti9u;s hepat i t i s . In;.the weeks since tha t f i r s t week ofAugust we a l l have shared the shopping cooking errands and other tasks fo r the family.Unt i l th i s l a s t week when Mrs. McHenry took ove r I have usua l ly prepared t h e i r main m ealof the da y a t noontime. I m get t ing lo t s of cooking experiencel

Barbara came home on August 18th . but wil l remain vir tua l ly bedfas t unti l . November 1naybe longer. Her husband Kent returned from a summer of speaking engagements in the U.S.on ^ptember 4 ^ a y for Barbara; i t s discouraging to be so l imited in a cti vit y for a l lthese weeks. A ll of us who were in c lo se c on ta ct with her got gamma globulin shots fo rprotection. Having ta ke n o ve r the gathering of materials for her S. S. class I appreciatemore a l l the time she had been spending on i t Two of the college students are doing :theac tua l t each ing .

Since John Adjei took over as aninister a t Kokomlemle, there have been th ir teenbaptisms including four young people ffe praise the Lord fo r th is growth.When t he c ol le ge moved to i t s new campus they took a l l their furni ture of courseso the congregation has ordered chairs tables and benches of i t s own. This i s a verylarge expenditure for them, but they have responded well w ith extra gif t s so that the ..accumulated surplus i s not ent i r e ly wiped out .Bro. Adjei i s woikirig very hard to keep open the l ines of comniunication and fellowship among the members. He keeps a bulletin board of stat is t ics and announcements, andlast week he mimeographed a newsletter. Last Sunday night we enjoyed two duets preparedand presented by four Ghanaians. This indicates a real sense of serving and sharing.

A t r ia l merger between the congregations of Ghana Christian Church and those calledChurches o f J es us about 20 in number, has been worked out. Dick Hostetter has had numerousprea^jhing and teaching contacts with the lat ter but the arrangements were made by theGhanaians. This could be a fine step in encouraging ^ind strengthening both groups. Please ^pray that proper use and repor ting be made of the money that they share for common projectsso that t wil l not hinder or destroy thei r brotherhood in spir i tua l matters .The chairman produced a newsletter for all of the Ghana Christian Churches in August.This, too, could be an effective tool in binding the Christians closer together. Althoughthe financial report included with the newsletter did not have a Balance on Hand line atl eas t t i s a step in the r igh t directioni

Dick Hostetter has been spending much time recently with a small group of Christiansin a part of Accra called Kaneshie. Dick will help them establish a new congregation inthat area. He will help with teaching and preaching for a year, if necessary, while at thesame time giving on the job training to a college student from that very place. Pray fort h i s K a ne sh ie g ro up . ..

Now about school matters I helped a bit during the summer with recording grades,notifying old students of reopening, a makeup session of interviews and tests for prospectivefreshmen, and arranging the office furniture and supplies after i ts removal to the new campusMy role was very small compared with that of Dick Hostetter, He carried out the daily anddetailed supervision of actual construction, saw that the moving was done from old to newcampus installed the louvres and window glass himself, and even swept the rooms and helpedlevel the ground and plant grass sprigs and flowers. You can see that his broken rid didnot slow him down for longl Nancy Hostetter does a superb job vrith the school financialrecords. I t makes for eff ic iency to have the Treasurer and Acting Principal in the samehou s e h o l d .Just around the opening of school, I spent some hours with student help cleaningand rearranging the library. are trying some new methods and rales for library usage,hoping to. lo.s e fewer books.Eleven of the nineteen accepted freshmen actually reported for orientation and onthe whole seem quite capable of the work. Only time will reveal their true dedication anddesire to preach .Every one of the upperclassmen returned, and i t is surely fine to have them back andto be beginning this new year of classes on a new attractive campus I have throughly ^enjoyed the first two weeks of teaching. Mr Christian Adjei one of our new teachers, isdoing well with his classes. The only problem is that they can only find two Greek booksto share among two students and the teacher I


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A highl ight of the opening of school i s t he t es timon ie s given in chapel by ther e tu rn i ng s tu d en ts . May I share a few with you? .

John admit ted t h a t h i s preaching e f f o r t s i n the f i r s t few weeks o f hol iday wereu n f r u i t f u l . In t r a v e l i n g to a new l o c a t i o n he was crossing t h e P ra R iv er b u t was throwni n t o the water by a capsiz ing canoe. Unable t o swim, he clung to a t r e e .fo-r severa l -hoursbefore someone rescued him. ELghty-e i^ t souls were won to Chris t i n the v i l l a g e s hee v a n g e l i z e d from t h a t t ime o n .

.. Franc is - spen t much t ime in teaching and h elp in g th e church min is te re d to by , a-graduate. He s a i d the work waa very e f f e c t i v e . Dick H o s t e t t e r and David McHenry v i s i t e d t h a t church j u s t two v/eeks ago and also brought back a report of encouraging progress.-

Emmanuel, t roubled by the r i g i d t r a d i t i o n s and closed minds o f h i s o l d l i n e denominat ion, organized an evangelical group chiefly among students. He rather emphatically .,re la te d t ha t t h i s group, eager to teach others , was being run by me , \7hen the chapel -room exploded'in laughter, he h a s t i l y corrected himself and said t h a t Chris t was the head.

^Seeing a l l o f t h i s with f r e s h eyes and i n s i g h t s a r e th e David McHenrys whom wewelcomed at the airport with great joy on September 1 s t They a re s ta ying with Hostettersuntil , a house i s ready for renta l around October 1 s t . Within this f i r s t month both Davidand Hairy have suffered their f i r s t a tta ck o f malar ia, but they are holding up well undertheir new way of l i f e responsibilities and the myriad problems that seem to be an integralp a r t of the work here. V/e ere so happy to have them. L e t s pray f o r t h eir h e a lth andwisdom and. . joy,in the Lord as they work in the coljLege and churches. .

GOO Ivliriam Hayngs^f ixistis Florida graduate of C. B. S. and U. ofC. school teacheiS aiid Christi ^ feader is preparing to come to Ghana for the school yearwhile I am on furlough. She will teach some of the classes I am teaching in th e collegeand help in other ways as her a b i l i t i e s and desires lead. Help her i f you can, for she vai lbe teaching school a t th e same time she must raise l iving and t ravel funds for her year ofservice in Ghana. The Lord has led us th is fa r; may He continue to clear the path for herin the U- S. and here in Ghana (often the thorniest).You have been so fai thful in your f inancial help that I was able to t ransferS600 00 to the building fund for the college to take up t;he slack caused by the contractor'st h e f t . This money was needed in order to have things ready for the new school year. . Many .thanks for your stewardfcLp.V/e need special prayers f o r a new and heartrending problem involving the le ad ers o fGhana Christian Churches, and the m issio na ries, in clu ding the R ifes on. furlough now in th eU. S. Pray earnest ly that the S p i r i t of C hris t \7ill prevai l .

In His s e x v l c eDOROTHy.EMSON

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