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Dear F r i e n d s in Ch r i s t ,

J a n u a r y , 1988FOR THE CONTRIBUTORS

Happy New Year May t h e Lord s t r e n g t h e n u s in spirit s o t h a t we wi l l l o v eH im a n d his children a n d the lost ones m o r e a n d m o r e -We con t i n u e th e s a g a o f David Couch s battle wi th illness In my lastletter I wro t e t h a t he was in Eng l and and t h a t he was f i n e . He came back i na state o f r e l a p s e and was housebound fo r f i v e more d a y s . Then he was f e v e rf r e e and w ork in g a little wh i l e r e g a i n i n g s t r e n g t h . We r e opened classes ont h e 5 th o f J a nua r y , and he m issed two day s o f c l a s s e s aga i n t o r e c o v e r f romf e v e r and nau se a . It s e ems t o b e a r e c u r r i n g c a s e o f ma l a r i a . We w i l l p raythis is the l st round

The h i g h l i g h t s o f th e last month were t h e conven t i on , a f i v e day ho l i d a y a tt h e b e a c h , Ch r i s tma s and New Y e a r s activitiesTo my s u r p r i s e , peop l e p r e f e r r e d t o cram t h emse l ve s i n t o t h e co l l e g efacilities i n s t e ad o f sp re ad in g o ut a little Less t h a n 30 peop l e s t a y edo f f - c ampu s . I had fou r women and t h r e e ch i l d r e n wi th me The a t t e nd anc e wasgood . Hos t e t t e r s came down wi th a n i c e group from Sunyan i . We had th e u sua lr o u t i n e o f worsh ip s e r v i c e s wi th p r e a ch i ng , i n c l ud i ng lots o f s in gin g anddanc i ng? you th B i b l e q u iz , b us in es s mee t i ng , e a r l y morn ing p r ay e r mee t i n g s ,and communion and o r d i n a t i o n s e r v i c e on Sunday . On Sunday even i ng t h e you thd id a n i c e Job o f p r e s en t i n g th e Chr i s tmas s t o r y in a p l a y .The r e was some t e n s i o n be tween t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e v i ew s o f t h e villagechu r ch e s abou t some t h i n g s and more citified peop l e . There were some o t h e rp rob l ems , t o o , bu t a l s o some encou rag ing moves t oward change andimprovement i n t h e b r o t h e r h o od . It is just beg inn ing and may be s t o rmy , butwe p r a y it wi l l b r i n g f o r t h good fruit i n th e f u t u r e .Ch r i s tma s Day was marked wi t h t h e u su a l morn ing chu rch s e r v i c e , and ad e l i c i o u s t u r k ey d i nne r wi th a few f r i e n d s .With my Mennon i t e nu r s e f r i e n d , I s p e n t f i v e r e l a x ed day s a t t h e beach camplike r e s o r t - T h is t im e we had electricity e ve ry e ve nin g . I had t a k e n a l ongmy exam p a p e r s t o mark , s i n c e I h a d n t f i n i s h ed them b e f o r e Ch r i s tma s , b u tit was still a v e r y r e f r e s h i n g t im e .Out Watch Nigh t s e r v i c e a s ve ry we l 1 - a t t e nded and I was g i v en t h e p r i v i l e g eo f g i v i ng one o f t h e two 15 minu t e talks An unu sua l tw i s t t o t h e s e r v i c eo c c u r r e d when t h e l e a d e r o f t h e p r a y e r s e s s i o n l e a d i ng up t o midn i g h t a skedu s to ob s e r v e o n e minu t e o f silence at midn i g h t . We d i d , and three o f t h eyou t h , a s p l anned , set o f f f i r e c r a c k e r s ou t s i d eAf t e r one week o f s e c o nd - t e rm classes a lm o s t all t h e s t u d e n t s a r e b a c k . Wea r e e n j o y i n g t h e n i g h t s o f th e h a rma t t a n and e n du r i n g t h e d r y n e s s and du s tthat c o m e s with i tThe b a t h h ou s e r o o f is pou r ed s t r o n g enough to s u p p o r t a b ig wa t e r t a nkwhich we hope t o buy someday. We a r e making p r o g r e s s s .God b l e s s you all fo r you r l o v i n g c a r e shown in s o many ways i n c l u d i n gCh r i s tma s g r e e t i n g s . They a r e s u ch a Joy In Ch r i s t ,

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DIRECT MAIL TO: FORWARDING AGENT: NEWSLETTER:Miss Dorothy Eunson Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. Judy TobinBox 5722 662 Golf Course Drive 2565 E. Kaley AvenueAccra N Ghana Elizabethton, TN 37643 Orlando, FL 32806Vol. 5, No. 5 January 18, 1988

OROT Y EUNSON NEWSLETTERDear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d sHere we are in a new year of service for th e Lord. May t he Lordg iveus strength,wisdom to manage ou r time, and more love as we go about our work.Since I have not written since August, some of you do not even know about f i r s tterm in the college. e reopened the middle of September with 52 students. Allthenmen^were crowded i n t o the new hostel They used a wtndowlessr unf in ished s ta^ funit for their kitchen and dining f a c i l i t i e s . They used traditional bathing andt o i l e t f a c i l i t i e s unt i l j u s t before Christmas when the showers in the new bathhousebecame operable. Now there are two flush t o i l e t s and even the roof has been poured.I t is strong enough to support a big water tank that we hope to buy some day Twoo f th e s t a f f f a m il i e s a ls o l i v e a t t h e new s i t e . The four women were housed i n t h ef o r m e r m e n s h o s t e l .David, as Academic Dean, had us well-organized for r e g i s t r a t i o n . I t was encouraging to see so many students coming with their book fe es ready. The amount may seemr id icul ou s to youabout 12.00 per termbut for them, i t is a sizeable sum ontop of feeding themselves. I t is also a considerable help to our budget.y class load i s not heavy7 hours f i r s t term and 8 hours second term. I amsupposed to use my extra hours working on the l ibrary, bu t I must confess that mychurch work o ften gets more attention than the l ibrary. Eight student l ibraryhelpers did an excellent job supervising during l ibrary hours. Some preprintedcards I ordered from the Library of Congress in July f inal ly arrived by sea inDecember. Not exactly the swif t s erv ic e I had expected. Guess we ll have to paye x t r a f o r A i r M a i l .Firs t term was also plagued by much i l l n e s s . A good number o f studeitts sufferedfrom malaria, so ou r student/carpenter made some more s cr een doo rs . Our house-helper s wife suffered from an unknown i l l n e s s t h a t sapped her strength for morethan a month, and a l l three children came down with malaria and severe coughes.Faith Couch and her Dad also had combinations o f malaria and something t h a t gavelab symptoms of typhoid and hepati t is . Then David got pneumonia on top of that .At long l a s t everyone seems wel l except David. About every three weeks his malariar e c u r s . He i s s t i l l under the d o c t o r s c a r e but each recurrence seems m i l d e r .The main event o f t h e Christmas break was the church convent ion which Abeka hostedright here this year. I was in charge of accommodation and was pleased to line upa school across the street and a few private homes to supplement college f a c i l i t i e sAs i t turned out, most of the people preferred to crowd into the college. One ofthe most popular spots for the women was the library floor; (the l ibrary has twoceiling fans). A good number of men slept on tables or benches in the chape l,and then went to the men s hostel for bathing and dressing. I had four women andt hr ee c hi ld re n stay with me.e hired a canopy to use in an open lo t beside the new hostel and hired extrabenches to supplement our own. I t was much airier than our chapel and gave neededroom for all the dancing. I t was the best attended convention in some years.There are now th ree u rban chu rche s t h a t tend to dress and behave a b i t d i f f e r e n t l ythan the village churches, so we are all going to have to practice love fo r each


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Some of our Abeka young people worked l ike troopers all during the convention;cleaning, setting up, song leading, running a book and Bible table, and runningerrands. Sunday morning I drove the truck and three of them went with me to fivedifferent places before we f inally collected enough extra benches for the morningservice. Then i t was also the youth who taught and supervised 75 children in ourchapel fo r three hours (me, too) while the ordination service and communion service were going on a t the convention s i te . That evening the youth put on theChristmas story as a play using the Twi language. Deb and I helped with cos tumes.They also won second place in the Bible quiz.Deb and I gave a Christmas party for the faculty and s taff children two days beforeChristmas; 18 in a ll and most of them under 8. Christmas Day began with a worshipservice a t the church and con tinued with a del ic ious turkey dinner with f r iends .Then from the 26th to the 31st my Mennonite missionary f r iend and I went to thebeach for a re s t . I had to mark exam papers and prepare grades, but I did get areal res t and change. On the 31st , the church had i t s annual Watch Night service.That is a strong t radi t ion so i t was well attended and very l ive ly . I was privileged to give one of two 15 minute talks. With an in terpreter , i t had to be about 8.Back in October, I gave up my responsibi l i ty of planning the monthly church scheduleof preachers, song leaders, chi ldren s teachers, etc . Since two former helpersmoved on to other f ie lds o f s er vic e, the st rain of making sure every one was informedand ready was too much. Mr. Adjei and three other people are doing i t now. I ams t i l l occupied with Saturday visi ta t ion, supervision of th e Prayer Partner planfor new members, help ing th e cho ir l ea rn hymns, and preparing the announcementsfor Sunday morning.We had two simple weddings in the church since I l as t wrote. The vows were saidby the couples after the morning worship service. They both chose to exchangegold rings. Both couples were nicely dressed , bu t not with any special weddingclothes. One of the couples furni shed bread , a chocola te drink and a local traditional corn drink (not moonshine ) for the congregation. The other chose to prepare a meal for only family and very close frineds. Someday, someone will comealong and insis t on wearing a white gown, but I do my best to discourage i t . Inarreconomy where gett ing enougn to ~M t~ is o ft en a struggle ,~thTt~cloesn t~^emthe wisest way for a young couple to spend money.The Hostetters are enjoying working with their four church-planning students. Theyhave also bought a much needed used Isuzu Trooper fo r visiting the vil lage..Enochwas finally able to persuade his wife s family that he was capable of taking careof his own daughter, so she has lived here since September and is thriving. Shewill be two in March and is a full member of our compound kids . . .Christian isalways busy as principal, teacher, and church cha irman, but enjoys the color TVhis sis ter bought for him when he was in th e States.. .My truck earned a new set oft i res in November and I had my 50th birthday the same month. . . l i fe continues tou nfo ld w ith God in con t ro l .Pray for the health of David Couch and Christian Adjei in particular. Please prayabout our personnel situation after Couches terminate their missionary service inAugust. Ask God to provide the necessary teacher o r teachers that will providebalance in our total efforts . Thank you for your loving concern.

In Chr i s tDorothy

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F e b r u a r y 1 2 , 1988

FOR THE CONTRIBUTORSDear F r i e n d s In C h r i s t ,We have reached mid-term a l r e a d y . We l o s t two s t u d e n t s , a husband andwife, t h i s term. A co-worker disrupted the man s re la t ionship with thecongregat ion he had e s t a b l i s h e d and so undercut h i s support t h a t he wasforced to drop out in order to salvage his work and earn his l i v i n g . Thewife was const ra ined by the government to r e - e n t e r the teaching s e r v i c eas a domestic sc ience t e a c h e r . A new system of j u n i o r secondary school sgiving vocational training began th is year and they are very short oftrained teachers I n that areaOtherwise, things are going smoo thly, and David Couch s health has beenfine fo r a t l e a s t t h r e e weeks The chapel Is so h o t , dusty and noisy t h a tI teach my Basic C h r i s t i a n Doctrine c l a s s In my dining room.The C h r i s t i a n Educat ion C l a s s e s have completed t h e i r o b s e r v a t i o n s of ourlocal Sunday School and are ready to begin t h e i r practlcals once In theSunday School and once in Christ ian Education c l a s s .As one of the a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a d v i s o r s t o the p r i n c i p a l , I d id somestudying of the financial records to see where we stand with collegefunds on t h i s side the ocean. Our income Is 80 of what we had aimed f o r ,the biggest shortfal ls occurring in local income of various types. aredisappointed but s t i l l able to function. This study will help us plann e x t y e a r s b u d g e t .In the church, the Evangelism-Shepherding Committee is ready to launchthe new shepherding program where each shepherd looks after eightmembers of fami l ies . prepared the congregation with threeannouncements of various types, including the presence of a handsome ramright in the chapel one Sunday (fortunately, we have a plain cementfloor). asked for 24 shepherds and more than 30 signed up. thankGod for that . Tomorrow we have our f i r s t t raining session and begin thechallenging task of dividing up the members among the shepherds. Thenwill follow the equally cha lleng ing ta sk of helping shepherds know wheretheir sheep live. Some they will know but others they will not, ands t r e e t addresses, when a v a i l a b l e , are t o t a l l y useless .With the approval of the elders of First Christian Church Orlando 1will be coming home during the college s Easter break to spend time withmy family in light of my father s weakening condition. The Lord willing,between March 26 and April 23, my address will be 596 E. Second S t r e e t ,Bloomsburg Pa. 17815. However I may stay with my s i s t e r if i t seemsbest, so for any phone calls, her number is 717/784 0752. (the same smallt o w nContinue to pray about the college personnel si tuat ion. arecorresponding with a man in the British Churches of Christ, but there aremany obstacles to overcome before he would be able to come. Please praywith us

Thank you for your usual faithful support and for your unusually generoubgiving In December. I n H i s serviccD o r o t h y


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9 March 1^8FOR THE CONTR IBUTORS

Dea r F r i e n d s in C h r i s t ,I a r r i ved home in Bloomsburg Pennsy lvan ia on th e evening o f March 24 a f t e r au n e v e n t f u l tripMy f a t h e r is in bed he re a t home most o f th e t ime , bu t he ge t s up for m ea ls .There a re smal l i n d i c a t i o n s o f h is con t inued weakening bu t he i s stillb l e s s ed l y p a i n - f r e e . My ro l e is t h a t o f su pp or t , he lp ing ou t he r e and t h e r e ,and s h a r i ng compan ionsh ip wi th my mothe r .The co l l e g e was J u s t f i n i s h i ng second te rm a s I left. A ll my tests g r ade s ,and s y l l a b u s e s fo r t h e t h i r d t e rm were t u r n ed i n . The s t u d e n t s were to l e a v etw o day s l a t e r fo r t h e i r two weeks o f p r a c t i c a l ex p e r i e n c e in v a r io u s chu r cheand ministries.

L as t month I ment i oned t h e s h o r t f a l l i n o u r budge t in Ghana: th e p r i n c i p a l ,C h r i s t i a n A d je i, a pp oin te d a f i n a n c i a l commi t t ee t o deve l op a f i n a n c i a l p o l i cfo r t h e c o l l e ge and t o immed i a t e l y make r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s t o him fo r o p e r a t i n gou r r educed budge t . Me came up wi th f i v e o r s i x possibilities i n c l ud ing aprogr am o f ed u ca t i o n fo r f a c u l t y and s t u d e n t s abou t con se rv i ng electricityc a r e o f p ro pe rty , e t c . Seve r a l on th e commit tee were no t aware t h a t it is haon c h a i r s t o rock back on two l e g s , and c h a i r s a r e one i tem we a r e s h o r t on .AME t h e miss ion name t h rough which all gifts t o th e c ol le ge f low wi l l a l soh e l p o u t w ith some p r o j e c t s deemed critical bu t left undone by th e r educedb u d g e t .David Couch w i l l beg in work on r e n o v a t i n g one o f t h e staff u n i t s a t th e newp rope r t y . A t emporary k i t chen and d in ing a r e a has been b u i l t for th e s tu de ntbecause t hey had been us ing t h a t empty s t a f f un i t fo r t ho se purposes . Up un inow most o f ou r r e nova t i on money had t o go i n t o th e ba thhou s e . We a r e sot h ank f u l t h a t gifts fo r r enova t ion con t i nue t o come in .The church E as t e r c onven t i on s in d i f f e r e n t a r e a s wi l l a l s o t ak e p la ce whi l egone . The Abeka church has been pu t t i ng as ide money a lmos t a l l year fort r a n spo r t a t i on , so tho se who want to go wi l l have only t h e i r food money ando f f e r i n g s t o be conce rned abou t .Our shepherd ing program is now in o pe ra tio n So many months o f p repa ra t ion anplanning have f i n a l l y come to f ru it io n . I had t ime to v i s i t only one o f my sheep before I l e f t , so th e other seven women and g i r l s wil l have to waittill I g e t b a c k .Another exc i t i ng event I am miss ing i s a v i s i t to Ghana by th e man from th eBr i t i s h Ch u r c h e s o f Chr i st who is interested i n t e a c hin g a t Ghana Chr istianCol lege Please pray for h is v i s i t , so t h a t God wil l make it p l a in to a l lc o n c e r n e d if this is H is will.The Lord w i l l i n g , I r e t u r n to Ghana on Apr i l 24 .In C h r i s t i a n l o v e ,Doro thy


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F O R THE C O N T R I B U T O R S

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

My f a t h e r p a s s e d away a b o u t b i k a. , rcu on A p r i l 24.. I was s c h e d u l e d t ol e a v e f o r Ghana a t noon t h a t day A l t h o u g h h e was n e v e r t r o u b l e d w i t hs e v e r e p a i n h i s last f o r t y - e i g h t h o u r s w e r e s o m i se ra b l y u n c o m f o r t a b l ei n h i s w e a k e n e d c o n d i t i o n t h a t h i s r e l e a s e t o h e a v e n l y r e al m s was ab l e s s i n g My m o t h e r is d o i n g v e r y w e l l a n d I am t h a n k f u l t h a t I wasa b l e t o b e h e r e t o h e l p f o r a month b e f o r e my father s d e a t h s Myr e t u r n to S h a n a is r e s c h e d u l e d f o r May 1 S i n c e I know I w i l l b e v e r yb u s y when I g e t b a c k I ll g o a h e a d a n d s e n d this s h o r t n o t e now,S o d s t i m i n g was m e r c i f u l t o all o f u s i n this B i t u a t i o n T h e f u n e r a lw a s a l o v i n g f a m i l y t i m e e n r i c h e d b y w o n d e r f u l c a r i n g s u p p o r t f r o mall o f o u r c h u r c h f a m i l ie s . T h a n k s to all o f y o u who w e r e p r a y i n g f o ru s d u r i n g this s o rr o w fu l t i m e .We h a v e some v e r y v e r y good news t o s h a r e w i t h yous D a v i d a n d B a r b a r aK a l b who worked w i t h Ghana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e i n t h e 7 0 s a r e g o i n g t ocome b a c k a n d s e r v e w i t h u s a g a i n T h e y w i l l c o n ti n u e i n their m i n i s t r yw i t h Green s b u r g Pa, ) Church o f C h r i s t u n t i 1 S e p t ember 1 , and t h e n g e tr e a d y aind come a s s o o n a s t h e y c a n . More t h a n k s t o all o f y o u whop r a y e d c o n c e r n i n g t h e p e r s o n n e l s i t u a t i o n o f t h e c o ll e g e f o r t h efuture. Praise the Lord

I n H i s service,D o r o t h y

F o r w a r d i n g A g e n t s N o t e sD o r o t h y r e t u r n e d t o Ghana a s s c h e d u l e d on May 1 The Eunson f a m il y h a sa s k e d t h a t memor ia l gifts b e d e s i g n a t e d f o r Ghana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e andshould b e m a r k e d E u n s o n M e m o r i a l . . We all k n o w h o w m u c h M r a n d M r s E u n s o n h a v e s h a r e d i n t h e L o r d s w o r k i n G h a n a t h r o u g h D o r o t h y a n dt is is a fine tribute to a devoted Chris tian servant . We shall llm i s s h i m b u t we a r e b l e s s e d i n b e i n g t o uc he d by his life,

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^^DIRECT MAIL TO: FORW R ING AGENT: NEWSLETTER:Miss Dorothy Eunson Mrs. Tom Barkes Mrs. Judy TobinBox 5722 662 Golf Course Drive 2565 E Kaley AvenueAccra N Ghana Elizabethton, TN 37643 Orlando, FL 32806Vol. 5, No 6 August, 1988

OROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERDear C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s ,Another long silence i s now being broken. The Lord blessed Ghana Christ ian Collegewith two peaceful, but ext remely busy terms. This school year closed with graduat ion on July 16; there were eight diploma graduates and two degree graduates. Sincethe graduates themselves condemned th e sprinkling of cologne and talcum powder thisyear, the ceremony was joyful but calm. The only extraordinary thing was the factt h a t the power was o f f , so t h a t the band and Christ ian singing group t h a t hade l e c t r i c guitars and amplifiers could not use them. However, they had played forthe end of school party Friday night and nearly shattered our eardrums i t s OTonly in America), so I wasn t altogether sorry for the si tuation. Students, faculty,and s t a f f were a l l exhausted and welcomed the end of the school year. We pray God sblessings and guidance for the ten young people going out to serve. A nice surprisewas the presentat ion to me of an a t t r a c t i v e batik wall hanging to mark 20 years ofservice with the college.After a busy week winding up t h e i r personal and college a f f a i r s and supervising construction up unti l the day befor e they l e f t , the Couches l e f t Ghana a f t e r eightf r u i t f u l years o f s er vi ce . They will be sorely missed. In January we asked you topray about the future personnel s i tuat ion of the college. Your prayers and ourshave been answered: David and Barbara Kalb, who s erved with the college in the 70 s ,are coming back to serve again. Brian Jennings, from the B r i t i s h Churches o f C hrist ,is also will ing to come and teach in the college. We praise the Lord for thedecisions of these people and pray that He will help them ra ise the necessaryre so urce s to enable them to come. At t h i s t ime , none o f them has a s e t date f o rarr iv ing; they will probably come sometime a f t e r Christmas.Joseph Nsiah has been named by the Board as the new Academic Dean. John Dadzie,Administrative Assistant, will add the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of Treasurer to those hea lr eady has . The college is also hiring a student as part t ime account s clerk tosupplement the work done by a part time accountant.Something unusual in my l i f e occurred since I l a s t wrote. My fa ther had a recurrence of cancer l a s t f a l l and wasn t expected to l i v e unt i l Christmas. He didthough, and with th e approval of the Orlando elders, I went home for a month duringth e college break a t the end of March y father grew steadily weaker day by daybut with th e help of a hospice program, we were able to care for him a t home Hewas never troubled with s eri ou s p ai n, although he was very uncomfortable the l a s tfew days. I was scheduled to return to Ghana on April 24, but my fa ther died t h a tmorning, so I stayed one more week I thank God for the opportunity to spend timewith him before his death and t he oppor tuni ty to help my mother in those l a s t weeks.She had a heavy load to bea r a lthough my si st e r s and brothers also helped. I t hasbeen a b le ss ing t o have had a godly father; he would have been 96 in June. Thewhole college will miss his prayer support. He knew Christ ian, Joseph and EnochOur academic work was improved and made heavier by the establishment of four committees to help plan and promote the welfare of facul ty and stu de nts in various areas.Each o f us i s on two commit tees . These commit tees meet once a month. Some o f ushave also been serving on a financial committee appointed by t he p ri nc ip al toforinally^e5iablish f inancial policy for the collage^ The. ini t ia l worJc is almostdone; now i t will be maintenance. Joseph Nsiah and I also meet once a week withthe principal as advisors on administrat ive matters. These committees, plus the


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At the end of May, the Couches and I paid a long-overdue vis i t to Jeff andSherrie Hostetter in Sunyani. We had time to discuss our work in Ghana, getacquainted more with their environment (they have a lovely, big grassy yard),worship with the Sunyani Christian Church, and take part in the graduation ceremony for the f i r s t four students to complete Jeff 's nine month Practical EvangelismProgram.Our old friend Kwame Afakule was married in July in Sunyani. We were unable to gobecause i t was the last weekend before exam week, but several young people fromthe church were able to go. e is now in Togo looking fo r a place to live: thisis a step to carry out his goal of working fo r Christ in his own country.The Christian churches planning meeting in Yeji was cancelled. It was just too biga trip fo r a school weekend. There were several regional Easter conventions while Iwas in the States. Now we a re planning a no th er restructure discussion in August.In March th e local church put its shepherding plan into action. Twenty-fourshepherds each look after and visit eight members or families once in every twomonth period. We haven't reached that perfect goal yet, but I m confident thattogether we are making a lo t more visits than the previous four member visitationgroup did. I have eight women and girls who are my sheep .This very weekend (July 29) the church is also having a two night outdoor crusade--the f irs t in several years. There have been two all-night prayer meetings (Iattended only one) and also a day of fasting and prayer in prepara tion . The allnight prayer meetings begin at 10 p.m. and continue until 3:30 a.m. They are amixture of songs, scr iptures , prayers, sermonettes and testimonies. I did fineuntil 2 a.m. Then I.took the two elders home and when I got back at 3 a.m. them os qu it oe s in th e ch ap el were thicker than ever and I had a hard time concentrating.Some people had been slapping all evening. We closed with a l ively, prayer andhand-shaking circle everyone circles the circle ), so we went home in good spirits.To our del ight , tha t afternoon at 4 p.m., s evente en people gathe re d to go from houseto house in the area of the proposed crusade to inform and invite people. All ofthis preparation is done with the prayer that God will bring many into his kingdom.We know i t is not the only way of soul-winning, bu t i t is one way that s t i l l works.Enoch is very, very happy to have hi s w if e Lydia here fo r a six week visit . She hasto do three weeks of practicals in the military hospital while she is here. She andher two year old daughter are gradually getting re-acquainted. Lydia has one moreyear of training in Leningrad, Russia.On September 1, we will make the last payment on the loan we got to pay fo r the newproperty. This whole school year the men have enjoyed th e use of the new hostel ,and from about Christmas on, th e new bathhouse. Now the walls are up for the additions to two staff units, and we have enough money on hand for the roof. Half ofsome memorial gifts for my father will also go t oward this renovation. The otherhalf will go t owar d i mprovi ng the chapel. Then we have a l i s t of needed work: anew septic system at Enoch 's house , a new roof for Couches house, water storagetanks at the men s hostel, wiring, plumbing, etc. It is pay as you go for us. We aremost grateful for the special gifts for the new property. We maintain a building fundfor land purchase because we need space. There is a piece of land across the roadfrom t he co ll ege and th e family is anxious to sel l but the man whose name is on thepapers is unava ilab le in Niger. God can do what man cannot. Pray with us .

In Ch ri st ia n l ov e,Dorothy

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E u n s o n Ghana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g ex 5 7 2 2N, Ghana27 , 1988 FOR THE CONTRIBUTORS

F r i e n d s i n C h r i s t ,month h a s f lown. I d i d g e t some l i b r a r y work done d u r i n g th e p a s t

a l t h o u g h it was a d r o p i n t h e b u c k e t o f what n e e d s t o be d o n e .o r d e r t o p r o v i d e more h e l p f o r t h e f a c u l t y and s t a f f w i t h o u t it b e i n g

reduced by t a x e s , th e c o l l e g e h a s s e t up a consumer shop where we cany commodi t ies a t a f r a c t i o n o f t h e r e a l c o s t . This took some t ime t o o r g a n i z ed s e t up, but two days from now th e f i r s t shopping day w i l l take p l a c e . Toroom a v a i l a b l e new s h e l v e s were b u i l t in my l i b r a r y o f f i c e t o hold a l l th eE d u c a t i o n materials T h e n s h e l v e s w e r e built i n t h e other r o o m .N s i a h s wife i s t h e s h o p k e e p e r . I took h e r t o town t h i s week t o buy

o f tomato p a s t e , soap powder and o t h e r i tems a t wholesale p r i c e s . r i c e , c o r n and s u g a r in 100 l b . s a c k s . p r a y t h i s p l a n w i l l e a s e t h e ic o n c e r n i n g f i n a n c e s s o t e a c h i n g and o t h e r m i n i s t r y can go on more e a s i l y

e exchange r a t e on th e d o l l a r c o n t i n u e s t o go up j u s t a s p r i c e s d o ) , and wet h r i l l e d l a s t week t o l e a r n t h a t t h e c e n t r a l bank o f our p a r t i c u l a r bankw h a s a B u r e a u de Change i n si d e t h e b a n k . T h a t makes it s o much e a s i e r t h a n

c a s h d o l l a r s through th e s t r e e t s from th e banks t o t h e p r i v a t eia n J en ni n gs has informed C h r i s t i a n Adje i t h a t he p r o b a b l y w i l l n o t be comingGhana u n t i l n e x t September . Kalbs r e s i g n t h e i r c h u r c h on September and

b e g i n t r a v e l i n g t o r a i s e n ec es sa ry s u p p or t.r two day o u t d o o r p r e a c h i n g campaign r e s u l t e d i n o n ly two p e r s o n s d e c l a r i n g

w i s h t o a c c e p t C h r i s t . S i n c e many t i m e s p e o p l e have made s u c h aw i t h o u t h a v i n g a c l e a r i d e a o f what it i s a l l a b o u t , we s c h e d u l e aand t e a c h i n g t ime w i t h such p e o p l e . The young man o f a b o u t 30 was

t h e fol lowing Sunday, b u t t h e g i r l c o u l d no t e x p r e s s any r e a s o n a b l ea b o u t what it means t o f o l l o w C h r i s t , so she i s b e i n g t a u g h t t h e g o s p e l o

n o w .

t h e p a s t week, t h e r e h a s been two days o f d i s c u s s i o n by an ad hoc commit teep os si b le r eo rg an iz at i o n of the brotherhood and two days o f l e a d e r s h i pi n c l u d i n g d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e c o m m i tt e e s s u g g e s t i o n s . There were somet h i n g s t h a t were s a i d , b u t o v e r a l l it looks a s i f t h e r e w i l l beemphas is on r e g i o n a l c o o p e r a t i o n l i k e you a r e a e v a n g e l i z i n g a s s o c i a t i o n son a n a t i o n a l l e v e l . There still i s a v e r y r o c k y row t o h o e , s o p l e a s et h e b r o t h e r h o o d o f C h r i s t i a n s i n p r a y e r .

Nyador, who was here f o r a s i x weeks v i s i t , r e t u r n s t o Russia on August9 f o r h e r f i n a l y e a r o f medica l t r a i n i n g . A n o t h e r o f o u r f a i t h f u l young men

a l s o be g o i n g t h e r e on th e same p l a n e f o r s i x y e a r s o f e d u c a t i o n . How wes s t h e m .he r o p f i s on th e two s t a f f u n i t s . The c e i l i n g and e l e c t r i c a l work on a t l e a sne o f them i s n e x t on t h e a g e n d a . The b i g new s e p t i c system i s underway a tNyador s house : much o f t h e yard and driveway i s o b li t e ra te d by p i l e s o fsand , b l o c k s , and f irewood from a b i g t r e e t h a t had to come down. Ahas bought mater ia l f o r the chapel doors : work should begin next weeow t h a t t h e r e t r e a t i s o v e r . Thanks f o r h e l p i n g .n C h r i s t , Dorothy


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N, GhanaOctober , 1988 FOR THE CONTRIBUTORS

F r i e nd s in Ch r i s t ,i s more than two weeks oveerdue t has been a very busy t im e, w ith th es t r o ng l y felt

he l a s t two days o f August were t aken up with en t r ance exams and i n t e rv i ewsr poten t i a l s tuden t s . The f i r s t Sunday in September, Chr i s t i an , Joseph and Ith e Ch r i s t i a n Church in Kofor ldua and then t ook pa r t in the firstceremony of the Koforldua extens ion of Ghana Chr i s t i an Col lege . Mr.Mensah i s th e d i r e c t o r and had t augh t s ix s tu de nts n igh t c l a s se s fo ro yea r s . They rece ived a d i f f e r en t ce r t i f i c a t e than the s tuden t s from theschoo l he r e , bu t have r ece ived good f ou nd at io na l e du ca tio n fo rl e ad e r s h i p .Fo r two yea r s , Pa t r i c k r ece i ved a sm all a llowa nc e fo r h is

through th e g races of Dav id C ouch. That s ub sid y c ea se d with Dav id sbu t Pat r i ck has decided to con t inue on h is own with th e Lo rd s he lp

c l a s s e s here opened with r e g i s t r a t i on on September 12. Afte r a week o ro , we had a t o t a l of f i r s t year s tuden t s . That i s an unusual ly highof those we accepted. One dropped out a f t e r th ree weeks, so with thf i r s t yea r s , th e s tuden t body numbe rs 48.

o f th e men had l o s t a ch i ld in dea th du r ing the long vaca t i on . Two o the rwere l a t e because there was a t r i b a l war ove r fa rm la nd g oin g on ina rea , and Ghana so ld i e r s had moved In to es t ab l i sh order and had ca l l edo r a 2 4-h ou r c urfew fo r seven days That makes it d i f f i c u l t to go to th e farmge t food to e a t . The s tuden t s had both t r i ed to sneak ou t o f town to come ton the p rope r day, bu t both had been a r r e s t ed and f in ed . F o rt un ate ly ,e curfew was changed to 6 p .m. to 6 a .m. j u s t a coup le days l a t e r .

a re going wel l ; we give mid-term exams nex t week a l r eady I am onceteaching one c lass in dining room, as i t is more congenial fo r a c la sf s ix th an ou r b ig c ha pe l.ur facu l ty fami ly was blessed by a baby boy In September, born to John Dadziea s s i s t a n t , and h is wi f e .

Enoch, and I spen t the l a s t weekend In Sunyanl at tending a videoon Bas ic Chr i s t i an i t y t h a t J e f f sponsored and con t inu ing our meet ingsn brotherhood r e s t r uc tu r e . The days were a l l f i l l ed and the t r ave l t ime i sbu t I en joyed more s l eep than usua l .

e b ig sep t i c system a t Enoch s house Is almost f in i shed , al though there i s aneed fo r a little la nd sc ap in g. Dadz le s apar tmen t i s nea r ly ready fo rinto with h is enlarged family , even though i t Is not complete. The un i ts being pain ted and glass louvers and screening remain to be Ins ta l l ed . Thef i nanc i a l r epo r t showed 400.00 fo r more r enova t ions . Thank you whoand thank you who h elp eve ry month with r e gu l a r expenses .

n Ch r i s t , Dorothy

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