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DIRECTJIMLJXLJMi s s Do r o t h y EiiiP.O. W 5722Accra N ,, G h a n a

FORWARDING AGENTMrs .Tom Ba r k e s6 03 Twin B rook L an eJ o p p a , '.MD 21085

DOROTHY E U NS O N N El tf SL ET TE RVOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 9

^NEWSLETTER:Mr s.M a r io n H e n de rs on

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F e b r u a r y 9j 1978Dea r F r i e n d s in Ch r i s t .

t has b e e n nea r l y four m o n t h s s i nce I s e n t th e l a s t news l e t t e r . Somuch fo r my p l a n o f wri t ing one e v e r y tw o monthsl What happened i s tha t , o u rS e a r s s h i p m e n t o f h o u s i n g mater ia l s a r r ived in ea r ly November.Building ah o u s e ma y no t seem to h a v e much s p i r i t u a l s ign i f i cance bu t t h a t necessarypro jec t has consiimed near ly e ve r y minute tha t ca n be s p a r e d from ch u rch , c o ll e g e and f a m ilie s fo r tw o months. 1*11 t ry to cont ro l my des ire to t e l l youe ve ry d e ta il r- an d wr i t e a r -s p e ei ai -i et te r ^ -f o r those who- i i k e - -de t a i l s . ;

David. Kalb worked h a rd w ith gover nment forms, and r e d ta p e , and th a n k sbe_ to Trod, lie was able to bring the whole shipment of supplies in duty-free.This l e f t us w ith money to pay th e e lec t r ic ian , bu y more pain t and o t h e rl o c a l supplies an d have kitchen cupboards bui l t . Not on e o f the 17 packr;_ge3aand c r a t e s was s t o l e n and only on e c r a t e o f cei l ing panels v/as broken whenthe forkl i f t a t the harbour was car el ess. For a couple weeks a l l tho se previous supplies j u s t s a t unt i l we finished the f i r s t term an d gave f i n a l exams.Then we suspended c la sse s fo r one week and d i v i d e d th e s tudents in to workcrews with each f a c u l t y as a crew boss. Each crew worked s ix hours a day,bu t not a l l a t one time. But the b u i l d i n g s i te was busy from 6 a.m. to6 p.m. I was in charge of the painting crew. I learned a lot, both froasuccesses an d mistak es; The s t u d e n t s were cûite cooperative and aside froinphysical weariness, i t was an enjoyable week. All plumbing was virtuallycompleted, windows installed, whitewashing inside arid out done, rough yardnicely leveled and cleaned.up, gate hung and many o th er th in gs . Profession

wir ing the h o u se., .Thereafter we resumed our usual clas s achedule for two weeks, but marr/more after-school hours and Saturdays were spent. Some students spent niorovolunteer hours using the '^pretty* paint. .3y the -tiniei students went on vacation, *there was a water hook-up,;^ bec^Qom floor laid and paint finishtid,v%at :;wasy alôut'December;: ?:.' For more tha ^ onemonth the students had taken turns sleepuitg on premises as watchmen.They used my flashlight and kerosene Xajmp.',. ,8 There s t i l l is a sizeable l i s t of worh; to be done but i t isliveable andfar more .attractive than I dreamed.;. Xour giving iias enabled us to,do this pand we a ll thank ôu most sincaroZy. Building a house is lots of work, butwe must begin again when Joseph Nsiah'^turns from the U.S. in August orSeptember,. We believe peiiaps he will-be Tj ady to marpy and .start a family.As soon as we can find cement that could be Si'lLotiZ tiêy we will begin an-'lo t where my.feouse s t a n d s . J u s t a year an d a h a l fago, my faith shook as I looked at. prices -iii Ghana, the college needs, and

a s two faculty.members re t i red from th e f ie ld . But ho-.v Gcdhas blessed us, Jiearlv at the half way mark in his graduot ?work ancToneôê is vir.tuaiiy:75i5ffi|jlWed; ' 'This is in addition tothe re^lar work of r imn i ncr +V\a TT a er a Va .4 n a ' I.he r e ^ l a r work of running the college, the radio program and establishiaeTxtof new churches. _ We thank the ^Siord for those of 'you who have responded toa l l these needs in such a wonderful way,. congregations I told you about in October are doing well. TheDjeitrokorpe ch ief h esitated fo r a while, but when he committed himself toChrist, he did so whole-heartedly. He ha s withstood verbal abuse of h is wife

s o weak h e c o u l donly whisper, Hi^ wife trieq to drive some of t he p re ac he rs away who hadcome to pray with him. His son t r ied- to do the same. But with l i m i t e ddefended th e Ch r i s t i a n s .and spoke o f h is fai th in Chiât with4.? facing, death ril l s u ff e r th e lo ss .o f h i s witnee0;>vy Since th e first of October, Bavid Kalb made-many tiffci- to the home vil-- 'ic.ge 01 another student,- and two new Congregations were,^,launched beforeChristmas. The group in the Ewe-speaking village a few^fles from the student sown village is larger and s tr on ge r t ha n his, own Twi-speaking group. Thestudent v is its every tvfO'weeks* . PXesee pray for these two new congregations.You will remember that fox sometime there was., no .r.egular shepherd forthe Kpenu congregation. After many ups and downs, i:he-''graduate who helpedestablish i t , got fairly well settled there. ow we learn the congregationi tself will see that he is fed regiilarly. That is a big stepf'-rward, knowingthe poverty of the people. Together,-with both Carl and David, they will begina concentrated program o f teaching in. a nearby vi l l age to est abl i sh another


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new congrega t ion . I s n t t h a t s r e a t i They a r e a l s o h os t i n g t h e E a s t e r conv e n t i o n and t h a t i s a l o t o f work. Thoy a r e s e t t i n g a good exaiple f o ro l d e r congres^ations.I v i s i t e d t h e Kpenu group i n Ivovembor. T h e i r schoolroom meetinghouse was packed. They 'had b u i l t th e pole and t h a t c h s t r u c t u r e necessa ryf o r a n enla rgement , b u t t h e y h a d n t amoothod t h e mud f l o o r y e t .Two Ghanaians and I were on t h e c o n v e n t i o n p l a n n i n g commit tee f o rC h r i s t m a s . The day c o n v e n t i o n was somev/hat d i s a p p o i n t i n g i n a t t e n d a n c e .But t h o s e who came s h a r e d good f e l l o w s h i p and it was a beginning a f t e r t h es e p a r a t i o n from the churches o f Jesus . As f a r as I know, o f f e r i n g s woreadequate t o cover the convention expenses . Hine congregations were repres e n t e d There a i e some s e r i o u s proba.ems concernin;?: th e l e ad er sh ip o f somec h u r c h e s so p le as e p ra y t h a t t h e c o n e r e g a t i o n s w i l l demand s p i r i t u a lq u a l i f i e d l e a d e r s . Five people wore e l e c t e d to njake plans f o r th e f e l - -lowshp and two o u t o f th e f i v e showed up a t t h e f i r s t meet ing . . t t a k e sso much urging , p r a y e r and p a t i e n t encouragement.On t h e day b e f o r e C h r i s t m a s David and I b o t h took o u r v e h i c l e s f u l lo f p e o p l e . o left h e r e a t 7 O 0 a .m. and g o t back a b o u t 11 p.m . F a r t o ft h e d a y s a c t i v i t i e s was t h e youth q u i z . The Kungmore youth won by onep o i n t and were proud to have t h e t r o p h y . :?e s h a r e d morning and eveningpreaching s e s s i o n s and a ft er no o n t ea ch in g by C h r i s t i a n Adjei a f t e r theq u i z . That place i s f u l l o f mosquitoes a f t e r dark. I was g r a t e f u l f o rmy s t i c k s o f 6-12. Chris tmas Day was f u l l o f S.i j . and church r e s p o n s ib i l i t i e s . Tlie Bridges were a t th e convent ion a l l day, so we a t e a j o i n td in ne r a t^ 8 p.m. and headed f o r much needed r e s t .On New Y e a r s Day, I t o o k t h e two l o c a l c h u r c h members who were lefti n t h e neighborhood, t o v i s i t a church f a i r l y c l o s e t h a t i s m i n i s t e r e d t oby one of our students. This is a very unstable nei^borhood and everyonep o s s i b l e goes t o h i s hometown during th e Holidays . ) This s t u d e n t hasgood u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f B i b l i c a l t e a c h i n g and i s g u i d i n g h i s church a r i g h t .The o t h e r church was f u l l and we enjoyed a l i v e l y s e r v i c e . The s tudentv/as i n Kumasi v i s i t i n g two b ranch chu rche s b u t a l o c a l member preached i nEnglish since I was there, his f i r s t time i n English. He i s a shoemakerand hopes to e n r o l l i n c o l l e g e n e x t f a l l . A f t e r th e s e r v i c e w^ came backt o t h e c o ll e g e f o r bapt ism: . One was a young man C h r i s t i a n Adje i t a u g h tf o r two y e a r s and t h e o t h e r a b r o t h e r o f t h e a b se n t p re a c h er . No s t u d e n t swere on campus so the shoemaker baptized them. .

i e had a 2^ week period o f ftlQctyici ty in Novembfir.Since - that -t ime th e v o l t a g e has been b e t t e r t h a n i n s ev e r al y ea rs r /a ter p r e s s s r eg e ts p ro g re ss iv el y worse, h av in g wa te r i n t h e n ig h t and d rav/in g from ours t o r a g e t a n k s i n t h e day. Eggs a r e c l o s e t o t h e j iark p e r d o z . a d r e s s e dchicken took a big leap to more than i> for l e s s than 3 l b . . I love those Vsmal l cans o f chidlcen arid t u r k e y some o f you s e n t . A l a r g e page c a l e n d a rcosts over $3. I f you send me a l e t t e r please s t i c k i n some of thoseb i l l f o l d c a l e n d a r s given away a s a d v e r t i s e m e n t s . ll s h a r e them. .Seth Kalb had his 6 month aj^jbor surgery sheck-up and everything looksf ine. He has 6 t e e t h and i s creeping.Thank you f o r t h e bushels o f mall you s e n t between November 1 andnow. t w i l l take me time t o answer them a l l but it r e a l l y buoyed me up.Kow I thaj ik God o v e r anervi.^-:Boy. 1??Kemptori ,

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DIRECT M I L TO GHANA FORcJARDIWd'AQEi^T NS-J3LETTER:Miss Dorothy Eimson Ifirs. Tom Barkes ' T^r Jiaarion HendersonP.O. Box 5722 603 Twin Brook Lane ^8^^ T-ellson PlaceAccra N., Ghana Joppa, 21085 Orlando,DOROTHY EUNSON NE/JSLETTERVOLUIaE 2 iNîAmber 30 A p r i l 20, 1978

D e a r ? r i e n d s i n C h r i s tOur E a s t e r v a c a t i o n i s almost o v e r a s I v / r i t e t h i s . The h ig hl i g ht o ft h e v ac at i o n was t h e church c o n v e n t i o n a t Kpenu. / Ji t h much encouragement,v/hich included the chuirch s decision to pay more than 3A of t h e i r t ransp o rt a ti on c o s ts nine members b e s i d e s myse l f o f our l o c a l congregat ion v;ent . .This was a r e a l s t e p forv;ard because most o f them knew little o r nothingabout the other coniregations in the brotherhood. In fact, many d i d n t even\mders tand t h a t t h e r e was a bro therhood o f which we v/ere a p a r t . There hadbeen p a r t i c i p a t i o n m i s s i o n a r i e s sind 1 o r 2 l e ad er s b u t th e o th er s knev/

o n l y t h e l o c a l body-Abeka C h r i s t i a n Church . Nov/, t h e y knov/ t h er e a r e a tl e a s t n i n e o t h e r groups v/ho c a r r y t h e same name< and d o c t r i n e al though t h e r ea r e some decided d i f f e r e n c e s i n s t y l e s o f worshipi This was one o f t h e c h i e fv a l u e s of t h e c o n v e n t i o n .Another v a l u e was t h e encoi^ragement we were a b l e t o g i v e t o t h e h o s tcongregat ion i n Kpenu. t i s a poor v i l l a g e with s c a r c e l y enough resourcest o e x i s t . The only i n d u s t r y i s t h a t o f mat-making; farming i s n t much.Many young people l i v e and work i n Accra, and go/home only during th e holi d a y s . Nine o f t h e s e youth gave t h e i r l i v e s t o C h r i s t dur ing t h e convention.At l e a s t we hope s o . The church t h e r e i s r e g a r d e d a lmos t a s a communityp r o p e r t y and it sometimes seems as if one must belong t o the church if hei s a good v i l l a g e r . Anyway, t o have 150 v i s i t o r s poiir i n f o r t h r e e days,and t o have a convention e n l i v e n i n g th e v i l l a g e was d o u b t l e s s a t h r i l l f o rthe church and the v i l l a g e . The only shadow i s t h a t Kpenu i s one congregat ion tha t prefers hymn singing to dancing and clapping with the music, andthey c o u l d n t always enjoy it lOO;^,We pray t h i s encouragement continues now i n another way. i\ e discovered t h a t 17 o f the Kpenu members usual ly l i v e i n Accra, i n the very samep a r t of the c i t y where one of our matiire men l i v e s I i:^. Chris t ian Adjeiwants to resujne Saturday Bible studies i n t h a t area and gather the Kpenumembers for it and then Mr. .vTetteh and r-ir. Quaye wil l gladly lead the wayt o Abeka on Sundays.A t h i r d value of the convention i s the joy of worshipping and servingthe Lord for three days with others of l ike precious faith . Perhaps i t wasbecause I myself , was more t ho roughly invo lved by s leeping t h e r e but itseemed as if t h e r e was a f e e l i n g o f s tr e ng th and confidence i n t h e b r o t h e rhood t h a t has been a l i t t l e shaky since the Christian churches separatedfrom the Churches of Jesus. The preacher and people of a s i s t e r congregat i o n here i n Abeka added niunbers and enthusiasm t h a t r e a l l y enhanced thegathering. I t was v/ith t h i s congregation t h a t we cooperated to h i r e a comm e r c i a l l o r r y f or t r an s p o rt a ti o n .One o f t h e g r e a t e s t need o f t h e brotherhood i s f o r mature , B i b l e imder-standing leaders to be elders in the congregations. I t i s too much preacher-ru led because they are Bible col lege t r a i n e d and many i n the congregationse x e illiterateAnother problem i s t h a t most want t h e brotherhood t o f u nc ti o n a s anorganized denomination, legislat ing for each congregation. They have alwaysbeen slow to accept th e concept of a free asso cia tion o f self-governingcongregations. So keep on praying for the Christian churches in GhanariOur own conjêgation has grov/n recently i n responsibil i ty and unityby composing a new steering committee of members of both the evening andmfflming services. Does that soimd strange? Remember that the morning service is mainly a Tv/i emphasis and the evening an English emphasis. M^ymembers attend both services, but this new committee helps us plan and guiqrthe congregation's work so that there is cooperation and understanding amo^ra l l members. The fact that ten members went from our congregations, inclu^^^rtwo students of the college, is a direct result of the concern and interôf the new coLiinittee. have a committee beacuse we don t have elders yerand may n o t f o r a l o ng t i m e .In Karch we also had our annual college le ctu re sh ip to give studentsand graduates a special spir i tual boost. This year s subject v/as The Jonof the Koly Spirit today .. I t was carefully planned, but only about a do^graduates came and some of the lectures given did not stick to the topifclearly. ;Je pray that some good was done and that the Lord will help Wmake changes to make i t more effective in the fut\ire. JThe evening before it opened, I help open house fo r students anduates to see the house and enjoy kenkey and fish stev/. Everyone atten|^this year s volleyball game between the students and graduates and facfci+vThe students won and so were the lucky recipients of a packet of soapand a bar of soaptwo of the most desired commodities in Ghana today.


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I am thorough ly en joy ing ray house. Two kinds of hugs were chewing b igholes in the back boards of my beautiful kitchen cupboards. I was delightedwhen the Rent-O-Kil people recommended a ga l lon o f te rm ite f lu id t h a t I couldpa in t on myself . I helped a s tudent do it Now there i s no longer thesound o f c hew ing a nd no more p i l e s o f sawdust , ivly r e f r i g e r a t o r v/ent badi n December . I c a n t a f f o r d th e t h a t a new one co s t s he r e , so I v eordered one from th e S t a t e s . In th e s ix -month i n t e r im , I ea t a b ig cookedlunch vdth X albs and th en p re pa re supper and b re ak fa s t here v/ith th e a id o fa coo l e r . I have a de t a i l e d account o f th e house you m ight use fo r a women s program. Write me if you v/ant one.By God s providence in leading us to a Chris t ian businessman in Togo,the c ou ntry n ex t to Ghana, V /e are in the process of import ing cement fromTogo Because of scarci ty here , it i s unaffordable. Then we can begin ahouse for Joseph Nsiah s use. Joseph should be .nearing the end of h is c la s s -work a t C.B. S . , so keep pray ing fo r him as he V70rks on h is t he s i s .Good. I still have a little space to tell you some o f the de t a i l s o four convent ion s tay . It worked ou t t h a t t he re was room fo r six. o f ourmembers on th e hi red l o r r y . One s t uden t had gone a day e a r l i e r wi th DavidKalb, and th e o the r two men went with me I was v/el l supp l ied with a borrowed mosquito net, 6-12 s t icks , mosquito coi ls and matches. The l a s t twoi tems were brought from Togo and there were enough to share with a l l thechurch groups. Although the people from Accra had gathered a t the s is te rchurch by 6 a.m., the lo r ry d idn t come fo r them un t i l 900 a.m. They had tostop about 6 times on the road because of continuing t rouble with a universaljo in t . So it was a weary group tha t arr ived in the vi l lage about 3=30.Most church groups s le p t in the same genera l a rea , bu t th e two e ldermen and I were taken ac ross the lagoon in a smal l canoe and then t mileacross the plain to another t in y v illa g e. I was in a separate house and hada b ig room a l l to myself . That was rea l ly a spec ia l t rea tment . Since I hadheard a l o t about r a t s , I took some food in a b ig empty milk can. Got a longf ine -with cheese, an egg, bread, oranges, peanut bu t t e r and some little cansof f r u i t and one of baJced beans . Sach person except the preachers.-Is--respons i b l e fo r h is own food. There were food s a i l e r s a t the v i l l a g e . One day webought yams and to our surprise the chief sent a plate of delicious stew.Drinking water is a problem, so Mr. lialb liauied some in drums. I tookof 15 r-i iitag t.n dlstrlct-^coiii iaissioiier. , and af ter-^ i reQ 0f goingup and dovm, searching for the tank driver in another vi l lage, we got 1500gallons of r iver water th at la ste d through the convention.Mosquitoes v ere not as bad as expected, espeg^^Lly with ar-Tn? fe-sleeping on a blanket on a cement floor was not^ ^ The conven t ion s e s s i on s wore he l d unde r thA rented generator y^viered loud speake rs and l i \of every serv ice i s s inging and dancing. Our mc

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t comfbrâWrc-ê CT)alm -1 hat c h.| d 3 h ,^n igh tA-mb4^ p^tisuallyîSS^-'^'îil i t t le but they joined in at the convention. The sermons were bevTer^hanusual . 7our languages were usedDangbe, Ewe, Twi, and Engl ish . Only ahand fu l o f us had to have Engl i sh , bu t it was needed as a t r ans fe r language from one i n t e rp re t e r to another .One late afternoon about 5 or 60 ^ us walked a mile to the villagewhere the Kpenu church has been teaching for a number of v/eeks already, inpreparat ion to establishing a new church. :'Je sang a few songs, greeted thepeople and were in turn greeted by them, and one student preached a shor tsermon. Unfortunately , the manner of preaching and s ty le of s ing ing confusedthe people and they thouf^t it v/as a di f fe ren t church than the one who hadbeen coming to them. They were assured tha t it was the same church. Wepray that they wil l accept Christ and come to understand the freedom inChris t tha t permits such divers i ty in one brotherhood.

Easter Svjiday, I968, vjas my f i r s t Sunday in GhanaJ T.en years o fs e rv i ce fo r Kim who su s t a i n s us a l l t h rough f a i t h . God Bless each o f you.I n Him,Doro thy Eunson

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Greetings in Jesus' nartie I haven't been si sk--just busy. The last weeksof college were extremely busy, mainly because 1 had given mytion class heavy writing assignments and i t was my job > 0 correou all the papers.Thfciass wafwLkSg bf teams on Bible lesson outlines to help themselves andothers teach Christ ians who know i a t t l e about the Scriptures.didn t make i t clear enough that they were to return the outlines to me for duplication after they had looked at^ their cofrsx-tetf-papers^ I wrote ,those who took thsm home and I pray the papers haven t been destroyed. feeling the need for more wide-fspread teaching right in our local church, anathe outlines will be a real help when they are finally completedo ^ v Ssignment helps the young men prepare xheir own similar materials in the fut~ure my prayers v/ill have been answeredo _ ^ This was my f irst experience teaching Christian Education and I crammed toomuch into third termo I f I am given another oppor tuni ty to teach i t, I 11s-oread the projects^ field trips, and practice over the whole year Thesimple puppexs some of them made out of local ly-carved wooden spoons^were eyecatching to say the least. Hopefully^ they will oe used to teach spiritualtruths .Graduation went o f f very smoothly.; There were four men v/ho were granteddiplomas,, Two of those had started out in the four yâr program^ but droppedback to the three year course along the way n Out of. the fours the one who encourages us most was The least able academically= In fact, he ^ct only a twoyear diploma But he has-great faith and zeal, leads three congregations, andi s very eager to-Xeaxn mor e of the truth During-this vacation^ he i s tourin g the Christian churches to ancourag-e.. xhem and to urge. them in their g.Lv.ing'SO tlia t toge ther they can the d.uty on a corn mill we missionaries offered_to buy them,' company or-merchant. Would^ se.li .us soft drinks this year unless wTco uTd give^themâ marching number of empty bo tt-lee^.^We-dldjx^-lxave^ themj so we served something l ike miniature p.op.sicles without the sticks Theywere very easy to serve and much cheaper And no bott les to worry aboutc o l l e c t i n g sDavid Kalb l e f t Ghana for furlough two days a f t e r graduation^ His wife,Barbara? had gone':home e a r l i e r for a brother^ s weddingo The e l e c t r i c i t y hadbeen o f f fo r nearly 24 hours when he l e f t and we were i n the middle of a temporary gasol in e sho rt ag e, so it d i d n t pain hi.m too much t o leaveThat same week Carl Bridgesj Christ ian Adjei and I tested and interviewedp r o s p e c t i v e s t u d e n t s f o r Septemberr, Ife accepted ab ou t e ig hty but we neverknow how many will actually turn upc. This i s in the;Lord s har-idsn We wil lhave a l a t e entrance exam day near the beginning c f school for some who missedthe first one^^Carl and I made two c a r e f u l l y planned business t r i p s around town.? t og e t h e r t o save on g a s o l i n e . We a l s o go t g a s o l i n e a f t e r only about an houro f wai t ing i n a queue Therefore, Carl Glenda and the two c h i l d r e n wereable to leave Ghana on a well -dese rved ho liday for a couple o f weeks Theirr o u t e and p l a n s were a l t e r e d xo f i t the g a s o l i n e s i t u a t i o n Î n B r i d g e s absence? I have been boss f o r t h e s t u d e n t watctirfian-workerand f o r t h e watchmen a t Kalbs and Bridges homesb The c o l l e g e worker and Ia re c u r r en tl y i n v en to ry in g t h e l i b r a r y f o r the f i r s t t ime i n f i v e years..

Last Sxinday-when I-go t home from -ohurch I was so excited.^^ X^ wantbd. to writeyou r i g h t away ^ b u t t h e r e wasn t: ximen t was the second Sunday s i n c e g r a du a t i o n and I knew o f a t l e a s t s e v e n a d u l t s who would be a b s e n t from churchyMy smal l f a i t h expected about ten people o r l e s s f o r serviceso There were a tl e a s t t h a t many w i t h i n t e n m i n u t e s o f s t a r t i n g t i m e and by t h e t ime t h e s e rv i c e ended t h r e e h o u r s l a t e r t h e room was f u l l . P r a i s e t h e Lord i T h e r e werea t l e a s t s i x v i s i t o r s b r o u g h t by members, some f o r t h e first t imeo Warmb o d i e s d o n t make a church, b u t n e i t h e r can you have a church w i t h o u t themoThey were t h e r e a v a i l a b l e to t h e p r e a c h i n g o f t h e Wordo One young man-wasb a p t i z e d i n the eveningc We t r u l y p r a i s e God f o r how He i s working throught h i s little church nowr. Pây He use us a s His i n s t r u m e n t s f o r t e a c h i n g c o rr e c t i o n s e r v i c e and whatever i s neededEach Sunday d ur i n g t h e month o f J u n e t h e m o r n i n g sermons were o n some a sp e c t o f C h r i s t i a n Family l i f e r . A f t e r the s er v ic e t h er e was a n h o a r o r more o ft e a c h i n g on t h e same s u b j e c t . The p e o p l e responded w o n d e r f u l l y and were e a g e rf o r more The leaders v/ant to have something lifeB i t every year Such teachingi s n eeded a round the world to ven t t h e d i s i n t e g r a t i o n o f fami l i es-


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Four o f our young men have taken over the teaching o f the S,S= c l a s s e ss i n c e the s t u d e n t s have gone^ Two o f these have been f a i t h f u l i n S .S , themselves fo r 6 or 7 years andshould be able to pass i t on., As they grow i n t h e i runders tanding o f what a good teacher i s , the impact o f xhe church i n t h i sneighborhood should be greanly strengthened^ I am s ^ i i l seeing t h a t the l essonsa r e d u p li c at e d, v is ua l a i d s p r e p a r e d and s u p p l i e s on hand-,O t h e r members a r e s e r v i n g t h i s v a c a t i o n a s chairmen c f v a r i o u s r e s p o n s i b i li t i e s in the church service to see tha t those assigned, f u l f i l l t h e i r d u t i e s .This takes some of the load o f f the two or three a t the top ,,The immigration a u t h o r i t i e s have j u s t completed reviewing our quota f o r exp a t r i a t e s and they have c a n c e l l e d our four unused spaces We a r e very d i s a ppointed, because we have long wanted to r e c r u i t a t l e a s t one more person to come.However, w i t h one o f u s on l e a v e ax a t i m e , we can still have t h r e e h e r e a t oncee

May G od s w ilJ be done and may we have th e wisdom to use o u r t ime and s t r e n g t h , *When I l a s t wrote you i n t h e n e w sl e t t e r ^ we were w a i t i n g f o r cement to comefrom Togo, t came a t l a s t , and the f i r s t u n i t o f Joseph NSiah s house went upf a s t . t i s under r o o f b u t still l e a k s badly and has to have more work by t h emason) and we are waitin g fo r a S ears o rd er that , h a s n t l e f t the S ta te s y et .He w i l l p r o b a b l y l i v e i n Kalbs unused house u n t i l h i s i s f i n i s h e d .We t r u s t Joseph i s in the l a s t weeks o f w ri ti n g h i s M a s t e r s t h e s i s a s your e a d t h i s . Keep p r a y i n g f o r him^ because it has been a very b i g t a s k f o r one

y e a r . He s h o u l d be r e t u r n i n g t o Ghana a b o u t S e p t e m b e r 1 ,Thank you also for praying for the peace of Ghana- J u s t t h i s afternoon ther a d i o announced t h a t th e head o f s t a t e has resigned and a new man has taken th ejob. We a l l hope that he can bring about some improvements- The cedi was_devalued a littl i n the l a s t two weeksj but it h a s n t made much d i f f e r e n c e i no u r b u d g e ts .I share i n the g r i e f of Barba ra Barkes. my forwarding agent, in the deatho f her mother i n ear ly May. Mrs. Doxen had taught l i t t l e children in the S.S.a l l her l i f e and was looking forward to the use of brand new classrooms i n thechurch,, We will miss her^ but rejoice i n the knowledge t h a t she can serve herM a s te r f a c e to f a c e now.:Carl and C h r i s t i a n have been going frequent ly to a v i l l a g e about 20 milesfrom Accra, Some C h r i s t i a n s i n a church had become d i s i l l u s i o n e d with t h e i rleader and had gained encouragement from C hr is t ian Conversation , the collegesponsored radio program fo r which Christ ian i s speaker and d i r e c t o r .Dear f r i e n d s , I am coming to the U.S.. for six weeks, beginning July 15My sponsoring elders in Orlando have approved this v i s i t with my parents andf amily because my f u l l term in Ghana w i l l b e ^ o u r years xhls xime instead o ftwo. My f a t h e r Is 86 and mother ^ s I want to enjoy them for a while beforetwo years pass. I t will give me a r e s t break, too. a f t e r a year of moving,house-bui ld ing and a heavy teaching load. I probably won t see most o f you^then, u n t i l 198O i f the Lord t a r r i e s and my own l i f e i s preserved. This t r i pcomes out of my savings and salary and a l l support for the college continuesas usual . Please pray for the Bridges and Chris t ian as they capable carry ont h e work i n my absence

My address unti3 August 26, will be 596 E. Second Street , Bloomsburg. Pa.17815, and the phone i s 717-78^-32 59- May God b l e s s you a l l in your summera c t i v i t i e s as you p u t Him f i r s t i n everything.^jfn Christian Love,

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Yesterday5 a Sunday3 I was up soon a f t e r siXo By 7 0 0 A e had l oadedChris t ianas wheelchair and a jug o f Ice v^ater and were on cur way to Dzebetato-,We had one b ro the r from Akramang Chr i s t i an Church with us, an i we s tepped topick up a s tu dent p re ache r from another school After l| hours of drrving. wedropped the s t ua en t a t a junct ion about f ive miles from th e churches he helpswhen he has t r an spo r t a t i ono Soon a f t e r 9^30 we had reach ed o ur des t i na t l cn-The Chr i s t i ans had gathered in th e th a tc h -r oo fe d mud school bui l - i ing , becausethey are having some work done (p las t e r ing ) on t he i r nice cement block bui ld ings(Thei r bu ild ing s t i l l has no proper roof af t e r five years^ but I believe theya re c lo se to t h e i r goa l now. Meanwhile , they have e rec t ed a pole frame i n s i deth e f loor le ss bui ld ing and covered it with palm branches. , ) We r^^ ^t around thepe r ime t e r o f th e she l te r s because the main f l oo r space i s kept f ree fo r dancing..As always a t Dzebeta to, the se rv ice o f worship ,i s fu l l o f joy and vigor t has t aken te n yearss but^ I now t r u ly en joy c l app ing wi th all the vernacu la rchoruses8 At t imes T even dance a l i t t i e3 but 1 still fee l as stjff and ungraceful as a pokero Chris t ian preached on the Voice of Jesus , as r t speakeso f Peaces Power and. Praye r / The I c c a l p reache r gave an exce l l e n t Communionmedita t iono After the Lord s Supper? there fol lowed the of fe r ing , grven according to the day of th e week you were bcrno The wHow of a Chris t ian , who diedabou t s ix months ago came to th e se rv ice very l a t e and asked fo r prayer Shehas been a fe t i sh pr i e s t e s s and i s t ry ing break away from ix She to la o fsupe rna tu ra l and na tu r a l d i rec t ions to a t t end church t ha t day, as well as v iv id dreams o f the e f fo r t s of o ther pr ie s te sses to t ry and t rap hero Chris t ian exhorted her s trongly to make a f u l l commitment to Chr i s t and no t to delay i t ssea l in baptism un t i l the end o f he r mourning per iods In t h a t way only couldshe be assured o f Chr i s t s fu l l pro tec t ion and bless lnge She did no t make anyclearcuL response while we were t h e r e s o we continue to pray fo r her tha t shemay be saved socn Afte r the worship services we v i s i t o r s were fed baTiKu andokra steWs, t had both meat and f ish in it but no hot- pepper i Dei i .e ious^Chr i s t i a n had a p r iva t e t a lk with the preacher . , t ry ing to help c l ea r upsome o f th e problems t h a t a f f e c t the church,, He a lso ta lked with an o ld manwho is to be one o f th e t r u s t e e s o f th e Uni t ed Ch r i s t i a n Churches b ro the rhood , ,This i s how the ch urch es wi l l be r eg i s t e r ed with the government so they canl icense minis te rs who can marry and bury the members with l egal reccngit ionoWe packed in three local young men tc r ide about five miles to a main^junctiono Jus t as we lef t^ a t ropical downpour taegane VJe s l id around a l i t t l eon the wet clay road, but made it sa fe ly to the main road We went to ano the rvi l l age to picK up an important paper from the secre tary of tiie churches., thenwent to two m.ore villages to pick up student presherso Only one v/as the re o)Then it was strai .ght driving unt i i the outsk i r t s of Accra when we again passedt h rough a heavy downpour0 We were back in Abeka by 5 PdVIwI xook a shower and then went to the college to take ever my Sunday Schoolclass from a student. He was to preach and wanted to get ready. The elec t r ic i ty in the col lege chapel was off j so we used kerosene lampsa Th e same thingshappened la s t Sunday.. Christian and had agreed on the t r ip tiia t we be: thlooked forward to the fe l lowship a t home in the evening af te r t r ave l ing a l ldayB Af t e r th e even ing serv ice^ the members pre sen t decided t ha t the congregat ion would begin paying the transport costs once a month for a student in nisf ina l years who l eads a congregat ion a t Nketep>aho He has a home there and plansto s e t t l e there and farm a f t e r h is graduation. , t i s a long journey, so the.t r an sp o rt c os ts a re h i gh ,A meet ing o f the s t ee r ing committee o f the l o c a l c hu rc h fo llowed th e se rv i ce , too. , We decided to recommend to the congrega t iv.n t h a t the honorar ium wegive to preachers be doubledo Whej ; the m ee tin g was overg I took one o f the menhome who l i v e s a long way away and was home aga in by 9v30 PaVI. Myo f f j too9 so I had supper by kerosene lamp. Do you know wh^/ I wasc r awl in to bed last n igh t ?Our v i s i t to Dzebetato was par t o f th i s yea r s facul ty plan, to v i s i t a l lth e churches on a r egu l a r bas iso Each facul ty member o r un i t vi.r^jt;- ji: ; manychurches dur ing each school terms Chr i s t i an and I a lso v li- i le d th e ohuroh a tNketepah severa l weeks ago. We tco k the above-m entioned s tuden t preacher withus along with two l oca l church members.. t was a f ive hour x r i p , so we stayed

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overnighto We showed f i l rf is t r ips on Saturday- night and shared in th? Surdayofs

morning worship serv ice The s t uden t does no t speak the languageth e people in the church, al though they understand h is languageproblem., the ugh in being rea l ly ef:;f;ective in mini s t e r ing . We are^,vabout t h i s .Las t v/eek,j Carl Bridges and I drove car loads c i loca l ti.ember lo th eAkramang Chris t ian Church about 20 miles from here . They have about 20 membersand have bu i l t themselves a very nea i little s he l t e r with cemerit f loor , mud

hal f -wai l s r , and i ron roofo This i s a group with whom we f i r s t came in to cont a c t through C hr i s t ian Conversat.ion., tne radio s ta t ion for wnvch Chris t ianis speake r .Within the I st couple weeks. another congregation has ccntacT.ed Chr.ibtjan.,asking for guidance and advice.. From the radio program; they realized tha t someof the prac t ices of t h e i r Tv/elve Apost les Church were agairisr the Bible.- Whenthey took the i r complaints to the headquar ters . , they were phys ical ly bearenand s en t away^ This coming Sundays Chr i s t i an and I wil l gc the re for di scuss ions and eva lua t ion to see what help we can offer . ;Since Junes the local currency^ the cecii, has been devalued a Thisalmost ki l l ed the ideas of the churc he s p ay ing the duty on a ccrn mil l boughtby the miss ionar ies . Hov/ever, we have agreed to pay the duty beyond theor ig ina l 01200 estimate? and they will pay i t back out of the proceeds of thecorn mii l^ As soon as they have the 01200, we wil l order the mill...Ju s t recent ly , ; the Chr i s t i a n churches were ca l l ed on to help in thefunera l o f th e ch ie f a t Deei t rokorpe^ He was a staunchsr Chri s t Ian m r.he faceof s t rong and ve.rbal opposi t ion of h is pagan family. At a joinr. meeting offamily and church i eaders . the Ch ris tia ns s aid they would a t tend fie wake-keeping and bur i a i but would not conduct any Chr i s t i an s e rv i : e because th e .family insis ted on pagan r i tes- , They said tha t s ince the chie f had offendedt he i r gods by becoming a Chris t ian, they would have to s laughter a goat andpass the body through i t before the buria lo We know his soul is safe withJesus? so o ther r i t u a l s don^ t matter The Chris t ians wi l l ccnauct a Chr i s t i anf u n e r a l for .him in t h e n e a r f u t u r eMy s ix weeks v i s i t with my family in Pennsylvania was very refreshing. -Glenda. said that I was pos jxiveiy shirty when I got off the plane-. My thanksto a l l who wrote a l e t t e r to me whi le I was homen X was ab le to br ing back toGhana a f ine new tape reco rd er fo r the rad io program.. Twice a t the a i r po r t ,I poin ted out to the customs officials that the recorder^ strapped to a_portableluggage ca r r ie r s was mine, tooo They didnH seem to not ice , so 1 took i t onth rough wi th my su i t ca ses^ Thank you fo r your p raye r s .School reopened September 3-. We have a to ta l of 23 students, with five of-drtTo^e-bMn-grfTesTnire-nT,wim JosepTi Tisi^m s ' s a f e rerurn cm~SBprt^?rober ro rul ty i s ax fu l l complement of He i s l iv ing in Kaib^s empi:y nouse unt i l thenewest house i s completed^ We are w aiting for an order from Sears^ There wereabout 200 bags of cement l e f t 5 so v/e so .Id them a t cost to the churches.- Jbocalp r i ce s a re abou t 3 t imes h ighe r than what we so ld forMy Ju ly news le t t e r was fu l l o f exci tement about our loca l congregat ionNear the end of the l ong vacat ion^ things dropped off a bit. , and a si tuat ionarose which the dev i l was t ry ing h is bes t to explo i t s With prayer and careThings are-fjmproving but we want to do more to help the members grow sp i r i tua l l y , who seem to be weak. Thousands still need Chr i s t as t h e i r Sav io r .The economy i s worse than ever for Shana-ans. although the devaluat ion ofthe cedi has eased th ings for us Americans-. We have crdered a tax i for Joseph,and l i ke Chris t ian^ wil l pay fo r it with h is se rv ice fo r about twc years. .There i s vir tual ly no motor o i l in the vountry or brake fluid., so Glenda and Tbought those on a recent shopping expedit ion to Togo--also . light bulbs.? soappo wderi scouring powder for the schoolr, and food fo r o urs elv es > We bought ac a s e o f s a r d in es and so l d th re e t i r is to each s tudent , - . We w;;ld them ch e ap e rt han they s e l l in the marke t - >Please continue to pray fo r the faculty c f the school-, that we wil l havehe screngih and wisdom and love to v^/ork together in the col lege and in thechurches in C-way that, wil l br ing l a s t i ng f ru i t for the Kingdom o f GodRemember the Kalbs on fur lough and pray .for fu ture woiiiers to be rec rui r.ed Thank you, a thousand t imes? fo r your love and f a i t h f u l n e s s .

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