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GHANA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEDorothy EunsonFOR TH CONTRIBUTORSDear Friends m ChristGod has granted us a New Year.May yours be a happy and fruitfulo n e

College re-opened on January 6.There are still a couple of studentswho have not returned but wehaven t given up. They may besearching for book fees or supportmoney Classes are proceedingsmoothly even thou^ tcomputer printer is on the blinkso not syllabi are not yet printed..This term I am teaching BasicChristian Doctrine in addition toth e continuation of ChristianEducation

Th e month off from classes wasfilled with good things. A littlelibrary work got done with thehelp of the student typist. OneSunday I visited the church atAkramang and taught a lesson onsexual immorality.. This topic hadbeen requested by the ministerbecause of some problems in thecongregation.Five of the seven churches i n thi sregion participated in a Christmasconvention at Tema just 20 milesfromhere. Not beingsure of mystrength if I should get up at 5a.m. each morning for prayers Ichose to drive back and forthEverything went well even thoughsome plans were made at the lastminute. Events took placesurprisingly on schedule. God has

raised up some regional leaderswho aie good at administration.For so many years everything thathappened was on Christian Adjei sshoulders. He was not feelingwell that week so came only oneday and preached for one of theevening outdoor evangelisticservices. The young church atTema worked very very hard andwere much encouraged by theinterest shown them by ourpresence. They got severalprospects from the outdoorservice

The weather at Christmastime suitsme best for a real vacation sowith tv;o other single women Ispent ten days at the beach againthis year. We had a wonderfulrelaxing time and interestingexperiences including eating turtlecaught by the local fishermen.Just yesterday I drove three menfrom the regional leaders to visit avillage minister who seems to limpalong from year to year. He wasnot expecting us and it is doubtfulwhether he had even planned tohave a service. But we did finally

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to th e Lord Wehad a service with t hem and th emen discussed the s it ua ti on with

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the minister. I pray tfiat tfiosewho are more capable can helphim improve. He is a farmer andsent us home with plantaincassava and bananas.The Brights were approved to fillour new quota space on January 5 We received official word onJanuary 17 and sent a message tothem in Togo so they could returnto Ghana the same day. This is abig relief to all concerned. ThankGod with us

PRAYER REQUESTS:Quick and complete recoveryfo r David and Barbara Kalbafter respective surgeries;safe travel and spiritual andemotional refreshment for Kalbsand Hostetters on furlough;quick recovery for JessicaHostetter from bilharzia;thanksgiving for Dorothy shealth;praise for official status forBrights in Ghana.Thank you for you faithful

support. I thank God for it andyou

Love in H im


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G H AN A C HR IS TIA N COLLEGEDorothy EunsonDorothy EunsonGhana Christian CollegeAccra Ghana

F OR T HE CONTRIBUTORS

Dear Friends in Christ,We are halfway through the termalready; college classes areproceeding smoothly. TheChris tian Education students aredoing their practicals at AbekaChristian hurch They only eachone lesson apiece, but it does givethe regular teachers a short break.I believe the news got through lastmonth that the Tim Bright familyat along last has legal standing inthe country other than visitorstatus. The application is in fortheir resident permit, now thatthey are on the college quota.Each new applicant is thoroughlyinvestigated, so this step may takea couple of months. Wemissionaries ha d aprayer-and-discussion breakfastlast w ee k a nd c lea red th e ai r of thetensions the last six monthsNow with the Lord s help, we willbuild a good working relationshipwith the Brights. The collegeboard also met with the Brightsan d laid a similar foundationThe local church held a two nightcrusade. Well, actually, the firstnight the generator failed us, so weshowed the whole film on thesecond night. The fruit of ourefforts was two young girlprospects. Other than that, the

church has had several additionsthrough other avenues.A young man in the church wentwith me and an elder to help settlea case between tw o new convertsIt was a girl friend and boy friendand had even ended up in thepolice station when they carries offeach other s belongmgs. Wesuspect that the girl is not seriousin her commitment to Christ, butwe continue to pray for them both.A big thanks to those who madespecial gifts for the books to bedistributed t o chu rch leaders at th eEaster convention. They have beenordered. Pray that they arrive intime

This past weekend, Tim Brighttook my place driving BrianJennings and all the equipment to acluster of villages about two hoursfrom here The Koforiduabrethren, who planned theoccasion, got the dates mixed up,and were not expecting our men.However, they went ahead andshowed half th e film an d met

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with a good, interested groupSunday morning. They will goback in a few weeks an d finishshowing the film.We are thankful for the protectionof G od f or one our teachers andchurch leaders - Nelson Ahlijah.He was in a vehicle that rolledover twice He suffered a lo t frombody pains, but tiiere was nostructural damage. In fact, noone in the van was seriously hurt.The missionaries W es t A fric aare planning a conference at theend of April in Abidjan, IvoryCoast. I will probably go a get amammogram or equivalent test atth e same time

PRAYER REQUESTS: (1)Thanksgiving for Dorothy s health(one year ago I had shingles) (2)Wisdom for Hostetters concerningtiming of dieir return to Ghana. (3)Willing spirits for all of us to keepworking at harmoniousrelationships. (4) Thanksgiving formy good support in spite of therecession

In Christian love,


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GH N CHRISTIAN OLLEGEDOROTHY EUNSON

Accra, Ghana

FOR THE CONTRIBUTORSDear F ri ends in Christ,

The time has slipped away. We havefinished the second term of the collegeyear and have begun a month off fromclasses. Our Mission Emphasis weekwas the highlight of the term, eventhough one of our speakers showed uponly two days before the start of it tosay he could speak. He is amissionary in the north and had onlygotten our messages a couple daysearl ier. 1gave the first speech onCall and Commitment ; I was very stressed out ahead of t ime, but onceI stood up I was O.K. There werethree other speakers - all very good.The graduate serving in the northreally challenged us with his faith andcommitment. He has very Uttlesupport and has suffered a lot just tostay there. No one will getunrealistic, romantic notions aboutbeing an Africa-supported missionary;it will be hard But t he consc iousnessthat Af ri can s mus t also send Africansto reach urueached peoples is beingraised, and for that we praise GodAt the very end of Februaiy 1went toTakor adi w i th B ro. Ch ri st ian . I hadexpected to sleep in a village as usual,but to my surprise, we stayed in ahotel in the city Bro. Christian hadto m ee t w ith th e T ak or ad i c hu rc hleaders concerning the upcomingEaster convention to b e h el d there.So I just sat in my comfortab le roomand marked school papers. Early thenext morning we drove about tenmiles out of the city to a villagechurch and worshipped with them.Thei r small half-walled shelter was

packed. After the sermon, the mentook a break outside and I gave a tenminute t alk to t he women t o use t he irfull potential for the good of theKingdom. Our Abeka women want tohelp encourage Women's Fellowships,but none or them was able to go alongon this trip. The village was very,very hot while we ate our rice andchicken stew; it was a reUef to getb ac k i n th e air-conditioned truck fo rthe trip home.On March 15, I took ten people to theTema church to help celebrate theirfirst anniversary. One of our youngmen a ls o t ook a car load an d tw opeople went by themselves. Most ofthee service was just singing andrejoicing, but we did havecommunion, and we planted a newtree on the property to show faith inthe future growth. They meet on aroom-sized verandah of the preacher'sone room house, so fo r the occasionthey had rented a canopy to shelter usfrom the sun. The preacher told usearl ier that he and his family are notstarving but all their clothes arewearing out. Their members numberabout 25 and most are young with nosteady income.Here at Abeka, we finally re-startedthe new convert class. A young manteaches the Twi-speakers and an olderman teaches the Ewe-speakers. Thefirst week the total was 24 (we aretrying to catch up for more than ayear) but today there were only 10.For many,many people the idea ofattending church every single Sundayis a hard one. Probably some of themcame fo r th e main service. Twoyoung women were baptized today.That is the third Sunday in a row foradditions. The challenge is to getthem taught.

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The Brights have their residencepermit. Tim's teachingresponsibilities will increase thirdterm . Jeff a nd She rr ie Hos te tt er a ndfamily arrived back in Ghana March21. They will be down here until anexpected visitor arrives April 8; thenthey'll all return to Sunyani.PRAYER REQUESTS:(1) Thanksgiving for progress ininter-missionary relationships: it's aconstant prayer need also.(2) Safety in travel and harmony inth e home f or Kalbs .

In Christ,

MMXJb JJcLo


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GHANA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEOROTHY UNSON

FOR THE CONTRIBUTORSDear Friends in Christ,What a n e ve nt fu l mont h t hi s ha s beenDr. Bob Reeve s and Mr. and Mrs.Bob Kelly, all visitors from FAME,spent ten days with Enoch Nyadorvisiting existing FAME clinics andsites for possible future work. TheKellys slept at my house and 1shareda little of the meal preparation.Si x of us f rom the c hu rc h took a tw ohour trip to visit a Guistian sisterwho suffers severely from lupus. Herbody was pitiful, but her spirit isstrong. We chatted nearly an hour,then spent nearly that long singinghymns, with our sister joining in withvigor. We ended with a prayer time,an d she se nt h er tithe b a ck w it h us.

One of our deacons is a poultryfarmer who is gradually moving hisbusiness to a village ten miles out ofthe city. He will eventually move his mily there. He has beenwitnessingspontaneously and thirteen peoplehave been baptized so far.One of the third year college studentsdid his practicals with us for twoweeks. I le d h im o n v is i ta t ion twiceand arranged with others for threemore afternoons. He did very welland it was good to have a well-trainedperson who speaks Ewe, as themajority of our members are Ewe.He also helped the aforementioneddeacon with twice-weekly Biblestudies in the village.From th e I6th to th e 19th we were atthe Easter convent ion in Takorado,13 0 m ile s f ro m A cc ra . Over 60people went from our church alone.

A good percentage of the churches inthe brotherhood were represented.The teaching was done by gender andlanguage groups as usual - sevengroups at once. The preaching wasvery lively and everyone survived thelack of facilities but me. We hadbeen told that al l amenities would beavailable. We were to sleep on thefloor in a Junior Secondary School.No problem. I had my mat, pillow,gas burner, food, bucket. Weexpected lights, but there were none,so we used candles. We expectedtoilets and bathrooms, but the schoolauthorities refused to give us the keys.So only a nearby public toilet wasavailable (and they are not nice), andthere were no bathing places. Mostpeople just stood with their bucket inthe dark and bathed. One of the youngwomen found us a nice place in aprivate house, but I didn t want to goseveral hundred yards everytime Ineeded to go to the bath room,especially in the night. 1would havegotten lost. So for the second night Imoved to a modest priced hotel whereTim Bright and Brian Jennings werealready staying. I don't mind acertain amount of roughing it, but thatwas a bi t to o much fo r me.

Immediately after the convention 1flew to Abidjan, Ivory Coast for aconference with some of th e otherChristian Church missionaries inWest Africa. Those in l .C. havealready formed an association toimprove cooperation and mutualencouragement and to provide a unitedfront when applying for governmentrecognition, especially in thefrancophone countries where churchregulation is strict. It was three daysof good discussion, devotions,a ndfellowship. I'm sure mo.stof usserving in Ghana would like to be a

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regular part ot it once we haveinformed those who were not present.Tim Bright was also there.On t he a ft er no on a ft er th e en d o f th econference, Tim got a messagethrough the Embassy to retu rn toGhana as his wife Twyla was in thehospital with heart trouble. He caughta flight that night. Twyla was in thehospital six days with an apparenthea rt a tt ac k but now is at homeresting. Preliminary tests show nopermanent damage.We have now begun the third and finalterm for the year. Brian Jennings iscounting the weeks left beforefurlough.Thank you and God bless you for yourcontinuing support.PRAYER REQUESTS;( ) Completerecovery for Twyla Bright and forimprovement in their finances, (2)Recovery from neck pain for ChristianAdjei, (3) Solution to a radio licensingproblem for Hostetters.In Christ,


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GHANA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEDOROTHY EUNSON

o r t he Cont ribu to rs5 August 1992

Dear Friends in ChristA letter was written to you in mid-June but I forgotto mail it to B ar ba ra B ar ke s and s om e of it is nowou t o date

First I ll bring you up to date on people. In Maywhen Hostetters were d own h ere in Accra to clear ashipment in harbor. Immigration officials came andsearched the house where they were staying. Theyalso required J ef f to make the six hour drive back toSunyaniso they could search their house there. Allthis was in connection with the walkie-talkie radioswhich Hostetters had illegally but innocendybrought into the country in March. Then on June 24they received a deportation order effective July 15.They came back down here packed and ready to goif necessary but the AmericanAmbassador made discreet high level inquiries.. Thestrain of not knowing was enormous but finally onJuly 13 Hostetters got word that they did not have tobuy their plane tickets and could go about their dailybusiness. Their residence permits have beenrenewed but it has been a grueling experience.Without American and European fellowshipHostetters did not want to live in Sunyani until someco-workers arrived. Since the timing of that is souncertain the board and fellow missionaries thoughtit best tor them not to live in Accra. Now they havefound another house in Kumas i and moved there. Itis a sizeable city only an hour and a half fromSunyani. Jeff can drive there for his teaching andadministrative work until such time as they cantransfer their Evangelism training center to Kumasialso. They have already met three missionaryfamilies with whom they can have fellowship andso i l omp nionship and are really h ppy about the

In the May newsletter I related the account of TwylaBright s heart attack. She has been suffering anginaperiodically and the doctors are not certain what iscausing it. Therefore on July 19 Twyla and oldestdaughter I eresa flew home to the U.S. T er es a willattend her senior year of high school in the U.S.Twyla will have further medical attention take careof f mily matters and try to raise funds to buy avehicle in Ghana. Pray for them.Brian Jennings flew out on July 24 for his firsteagerly awaited furlough. He has a difficult jobahead of him: supporting himself by substituteteaching in the public schools and raising enoughsupport to come back. It may take him more than ayear. Pray for him too.We are sorry that Enoch Nyador is resigning from thecollege at the end of August. He will be workingftilitime with FAME in medical c linics andevangelism to unreached tribes. We will miss him alot at the college and in Abeka Christian Church buthe will still be in the brotherhood serving the Lord.A farewell dinner for him and Brian was held in July.Former missionary Ron Rife and potential recruit forWest Afr ica Steve Boll were here fo r a two week visitin eariy July. During that period they spent four daysvisiting Benin and the new Christian Churchmissionaries there to consider the field for Steve whospeaks French.On July 15. visitors of extra-special interest to mearrived; Tom and Barbara Barkes came fo r their firstvisit. Barbara has done an excellent job as myforwarding agent for twenty-tbur years and Tom isalways there to assist her when needed. We have hada wonderful three weeks together through a variety ofexperiences. They have helped with some practical


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tasks as well as met people and shared events andobserved things that previously theyhad only readabout or seen in sli de s. It has been a welcomeconfirming experience for me to have them here.Thank God He made it possible for us.In the college in June we had a very uplifting andchallenging Spirimal Awareness Week with the themeof the fruit of the Spirit. On July 18, eleven diplomaand two degree students graduated. Graduation wasvery orderly, but colorful as usual. Nearly half asmany people as were seated inside had to hangaround outside. The week after graduation, we heldentrance exams and interviews for September studentsand have accepted 34 so far. Usually, not all of themturn up, but it still may be a record class. Right now,,the August short term course is in session with about50 students altogether. My one week course onChurch History is scheduled for the fourth week.Several months ago Christian Adjei started newefforts to have the college quota for ex-patriateworkers increased. He goesto the appropriate officeregularly, but at this point he is just told to come backand check nex t week or in two weeks All we can dois pray and that is vital.There a re at least three new churches in thebrotherhood in the last year, but I have been close toone. The local deacon I mentioned in May enlistedthe help of the Abeka church to help hun planta newchurch in the village where his poultry farm islocated. Many weeks of Bible studies had precededthe first formal service and tiiuteen persons hadalready been baptized. Nevertheless, it was pleasantto be one of a group from Abeka who joined them fortheir first service. Their meeting room is very small,and they are already studying hov/ to enlarge theplace. The Abeka. church loaned tiiem some moneyand gave them some to buy benches and othernecessary furniture to start with. This past weekend,we cooperated with them in an outdoor film crusade.Our church hired a trotro open wooden-framedtruck) to carry our membersthere. A good numberexpressed interest in following Christ. Ten of tiioseattended tiieSunday morning services and they havemore names to follow up on. I have been asked tocome and helpthemlearn some English hymns to addto the ir local choruses

Ghana has suffered through a four week Nursesstrike during which government hospitals had to be

nearly emptied and operations were postponed. Anold student stayed at the college while waiting for anoperation. He was suffering from a cancerous growthand steadily growing weaker. Finally he had theoperation, but died the next day. Since no family hadaccompanied him very unusual, but probably theylacked money , and none responded quickly to thenews of his death, some of us at the college and localchurch made all the arrangements for his burial andactually conducted the ftineral. As is the customhere, pictures were taken at the mortuary and at thegraveside. It was a very unusual experience for all ofus, but one bom of compassion for a lonely, suffering hristian

Please pick the prayer requests out of the letter as ourspace is gone. Thank you for your loving, patientsupport

In Christ,

P.S. Kalbsare due back here August 18.


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D O R O T H Y EUNSON N E W S L E T T E RO L 6 NO . 3

D e a r Friends in Chr is tN O T H E R E X PL N T IO N

In January of this year I was ready to write a general newsletter like this onewhen Judy Tobin th e faithful Christian sister wh o has published th e newsletterfor me for a number of years, wrote that she could no longer do it. It is a big job,and many thanks a re due J ud y for her wonder ful help. I w as n t s ur e w ha t to donext an d it w as e as y to p ro cras ti na te . Fin al ly I began corresponding with MissionServices a bout t he possibility of doing it; at about t he s am e t ime my forwardingagent Barbara Barkes an d her husband Tom volunteered to take up t he t as k withth e a s s is ta nc e o f o t he r m e mb er s o f th e E as t Rive r P a r k C h ri st ia n C h ur ch inElizabethton, Tenn. So this issue comes from Tennessee after coming from Floridafor 24 years Thanks to all who have helped along the way

M I S SI ON R Y C O W O R K E R SLast October in this general newsletter you learned that the Tim Bright family came to Ghana before theirgovernment visa ha d been given. This entailed months of anxiety for al l of us, t rying to ge t legal status for themwithout incurring th e displeasure of th e government. Th e Brights ha d to make several t rips to Togo, , th e country

next door, an d were even there during some street fighting arising from political tensions. After arriving June 26,2901, the college was granted a quota space for them in mid-January 1992 a nd t he n a residence permit wasissued to th e Brights in mid-March. After such a rickety start we have all worked hard at becoming a team.

The David Kalb family went home on furlough in late November, 1991 an d ar e due back tomorrow. Instead ofattending Johnson Bible College, as ha d once been planned, Kofi Kalb is returning to Ghana with his parents tobe a student at Ghana Christian College.The Jeff Hostetter family arrived back in Ghana in late March from a six-month furlough. Th e act ofinnocently, bu t illegally bringing two walkie-talkie radios through t he a irport brought t he m a lot of trouble:

Passport seized, house searched an d fmally a deportation order that was lif ted only two days before t he J ul y 15thdeadline. Jeff and Sherrie have moved to Kumasi a sizeable city an hour an d a half away from their formerwork. Jeff will commute to Sunyani until such t ime as they can move their Practical Evangelism Trainingprogram to Kumasi , too. They felt th e need of more companionship with Americans an d Europeans to balancestrains of living an d working in another culture.

Brian Jennings lef t for a long-awaited furlough to England on July 24. He ha s a big task of raising moreadequate support before he can re tur n. P le ase pray for hi m in this challenge. He is administering somescholarships for Christian Church students from th eRoss World Mission fund from Disciple acquaintances.They go for those studying for th e ministry, education,or medicine. Christian Adjei is th e ch air man of thatcommittee but I 'l l be handling th e funds.

GH N CHRISTL^N COLLEGEWe finished the year with fifty-three students.Our special weeks of Prayer Missions, an d S p ir itu alAwareness, were all successful. On July 18 elevendiploma s tud ents an d two degree students graduated.Th e following week we ha d entrance exams andinterviews for prospective students: so fa r we haveaccepted 34 for September. It is unlikely that all ofthem will come b u t even so, i t s ho ul d be a record-breaking class. We will interview late applicants th e

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0/st week of September.Enoch Nyador has resigned from the college to work fulltjime with FAME, supervising the medical clinics andthe evangelists who work with unreached peoples. We will miss him a lot in the college and in Abeka ChristianChurch, but he is still active in the brotherho^ and we expect tosee him often.The college is working on plans and studies to acquire an arrangement with the University of Ghana at Legonfor our students to take their diploma exam. This would give our students recognition aUowing them to teachBible Knowledge in public schools and also to serve in the chaplaincy.We are also applying again for more quota spaces for expatriate workers for the college. The principal checksregularly, but not very much is happening. The Hostetters are especially anxious for spaces because two different

families (one is single) are preparing to come and help them.The college is in the middle of the short term course. About 65 men and women are attending. My course onChurch History is scheduled for the fourth week. As someone pointed out, I U be teaching one hundred years ofchurch history pe r hour

THE HUR HES

Two of the three new churches that David Kalb had helped are hanging on by their toenails. 1 believe theyare a ll eager for his return. Enoch and his family are moving to Tema, our port city, to help one of them. Thatwill be a big encouragement and practical help.

The greater-Accra regional churches ha d a good Christmas convention in Tema. Attendance was not huge, bu tGod raised up some young leaders who are good organizers. These same men are reaUy active in visiting each ofthe regional churches to encourage, pray for and help.

The national convention was held at a Junior Secondary School in Takoradi at Easter. Attendance was about300 with 25 churches represented. 1 slept the first night in the school, bu t toilet an d bathing facilities were eventoo poor for me, and I am not too hard to please. I moved to a modes t hotel for the other nights.One of our Abeka deacons has moved his poultry farm to a vi llage ten miles outside Accra. Through Biblestudies and personal witnessing, he won some souls and Abeka s help is now nurturing a baby church theri^* Wehave visited, helped in an outdoor film crusade, and given an d lent money for some start up needs. When ourdeacon finally moves there, hopefully in December, it will be even better for the new church.

MIS ELL NEOUS

After Easter, Tim Bright and I attended a meeting of Christian Church missionaries in West Africa. The goalis to form an Association to promote cooperation among us to plant more churches in West Africa and to recruitmore workers. We are very few in this region of enormous black population. I believe this may be even morehelpful than the All-African missionary meetings. The distances are too great for all of Africa.My life was really blessed in July and August by a three week visit firom Tom and Barbara Barkes. This wastheir f e t visit ever after twenty-four years of helping me in so many ways to live and serve here. They have metpeople and experienced and observed many things that they have read about or seen a few slides of. Ask them totell you how much more REAL our endeavors are now that they have seen it for themselves. Ghanaian Christiansalso enjoyed and appreciated their presence and participation. The Barkes helped us in practical ways ass well asobserving. Thanks Tom and Barbara for coming.Our old friend and co-worker, Dr.Ron Rife was here for a two week visit with Steve Boll, a potential worker forWest Afnca. We also enjoyed their visit.

pr y r(1) Kalbs readjustment to Ghana and the boys school life. (2)Twyla Bright s efforts in the U.S. for medical carefor angina and raising of funds for them to buy a vehicle in Ghana. 3 A11 faculty need health and strength tocontinue heavy work loads. (4) Thanksgiving for stable support despite U.S. recession.May God bless you an d keep you all.In His service, DorothyDirect mail to: Forwarding Agent and Newsletter:Miss Dorothy Eunson / Mrs. Barbara BarkesB ox 5 72 2 662 Golf C o u rs e D ri veAccra N, Ghana Elizabethton .TN 37643


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Ghana Christian CoriegeDorothy Eunson

F O R T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S

Dear Friends in Chris t ,Lots of good things havehappened recently fo r which wet h a n k e d G o d . T h e e n t i r e K a l bfamily is back in Ghana. Davidis already working on bui ld ingprojects at the college andvisiting churches. He also taughta w e e k i n t h e s h o rt t e rm c o u r s e .

Twyla Bright has also returnedwith the good news thatChristians at home gave enoughmoney for the Brights to buy aused double c ab p ickup . Thatwill be such a blessing to themand o the rs . T im Brigh t has hadf o u r a t t a c k s o f m a l a r i a t h i svacation, but with a change ofmedicine, we t r u s t t h e r e won tbe any more. Twyla s heartproblems stem from low bloodvolume and can apparently bec o n t r o l l e d w i th l ot s o f f l u id s a n dr e s t w h e n t i r e d. T h e re i s n od i s e a s e i n t h e h e a r t i t s e l f .Daughter Teresa has a finehome in which to stay fo r hersenior year of h igh schoo l backi n I n d i a n a .

One of our teachers , Mrs.Eghagha, has been accep ted asa M a s t e r s s t u d e n t a t t h eUniversi ty of Ghana right herein Accra . We are very happy forher. The college pays anyexpenses involved although th egovernment gives free tuition.She will not b e t ea ch in g a t al lthis year, so I ll pick up herclasses as neither of my two bigo nes comes up this year. I lla l s o t e a c h o n e o f B r i a n

Jenning s English classes. Lotsof paper meu*king this yearMy one week of church historyduring the short term coursewent better that I had expected.I u s e d a b o o k w ri t t e n forchildren to add some interest inganecdotes. Also, Mr. ManuelAdjei taught the lessons onA f r i c a n a n d G h an ai a n c h u rc hhistory.The week following that, I spenta lo t of time sorting papers ino r de r t o r e du c e t h e l e v e l o f t h e ms t a c k e d o n a t a b l e h e r e i n t h edining room. I made a lo t ofprogress, but still have tworather big jobs to finish beforeschool reopens nex t week.The college is going to hirefulltime the young man whodrove fo r Christisui Adjei al lduring his student days. He isexcell en t d ri ve r and a veryh u m b l e m a n . T h e h o u s e w h e r eEnoch Nyador l ived is going tobe r enovat ed , dup lexed andadded to It will become livingquarters for the new drive r andhis family and for one of ourteachers who has been living ina two room compound housesharing toilet and bath facilitiesw it h s ev er al o t h e r f a m i l i e s for

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about three years. He ism a r r i e d a n d h a s t h r e e c h i l d r e n .He has been a patient man.L a s t w e e k I d r o v e o u t o n eevening to th e new church a tMayera to teach th em Englishhymns. I will also teach themsome in Ga and Twi, b u t m u s tget somebody to help me brushup on them myself first.A M e n n o n i t e n u r s e w h o h a sbeen a good f rie nd for manyyears will be retiring in October.T h i s l a s t w e e k e n d s h e a n d I a n da third single lady spent threedays at the beach as our retiringf r i e n d wil l n ot b e w i t h u s for o u rusual end of year beachv a c a t i o n .

PRAYER REQUESTS: (1)Thanksgiving for my good health(2) Thanksgiving that someonegave Christian Adjei a free weekin a hotel so he could get adeserved rest (3) Thanksgivingfor a ll t h e s a f e r et u rn ee s a n dtheir good news (4) Prayer thatth e students accepted will beabl e t o come (5) Prayer that th eb r o t h e r h o o d a s a w h o l e w i l limprove in cooperation suid love(6) Thanksgiving for faithfuls u p p o r t e r s .

In His love and service.


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Ghana Christian CollegeDorothy Eunson

FOR T H E CO NT R IBU TO RS

Dear Friends in Chris t ,Wha t wonder f u l news w e h av e fo ryou: Ghana Christian College isbursting at th e seams Weprocessed a few more applicationsthe week before school opened andthen waited expectantly to see howmany would turn up.Registration night was an orderlyhubbub as a large percentage ofaccepted applicants turne d u p tojoin the upperclassmen. Additionalnewcomers continued to appearduring th e first two weeks ofclasses. As of now, having lost onewhose parents insisted he attendthe university instead, t he coun t ofb r a n d new s t u d e n t s i s 37 I tdoesn' t s eem so memy years agot h a t s u c h a n um b e r r ef lec ted t h es ize of th e entire student body. Twoof last year's s tuden ts a re repeatingtheir first y ea r, s o there are 39 fo rme to teach in Bible Survey andOrientation. For experiencedteachers in larger schools, that isno t unusua l bu t I've discovered i tt a k e s m u c h mo r e emo t i o n a l a n dphysiced exertion to dea l w it h thatmany . Th e cla ss is divided into 19degree students and 20 diplomastudents. The total s tudent bodynumbers 73. There is also a goodpercentage of day students, buta b o u t 6 0 o f t h e s e a r e c r owdedtogether in the hostels. In fact,nine su-e being temporar i ly housedin a former faculty house t h at a t thesame time is being renovated intotw o staffapartments . That will haveto do until a new dormitory room isbuilt fo r them. And things will stillbe CROWDED. In the library and inth e ol d dining hall, students s itelbow to elbow during classes.When the old dining h all leaksduring rains, they practically sit on

each o ther 's l ap s on one s ide of theroo

If you could hear th ese men andwomen s in g i n c hape l, y ou r heartswould be thrilled. We ar e al l happyand excited to have so manyopportunities to share th e preciousWord . B u t w e a r e also co n c e r n edabout t he f ut ur e - even on e yearfrom now . David Kedb h a s be ent ry ing t o urge us on to the majorundertaking of a whole newcampus, but many o f us have beendragging our feet because themoney needed is frightening. Butwhat else can we do? Begin to turnstudents away? To find land in thisnow heavi ly populated communityseems virtually impossible, but ourbasic buildings are now too small.Brothers and sisters, pray with usa n d fo r u s a s w e lo ok to t h e fu t u r eand plan for it with th e Lord'sguidance.In th e th i rd w eek of c l a s se s w eenjoyed a Prayer Week. Since th elocal church that use s th e collegechapel had already planned asimilar week for the same period, wemade a few adjustments uidcombined with ' them. We heardsome fine messages from th e collegefaculty men and students andchurch members took turns in songleading. Part of each service was aprayer meeting, too.Fo r three Monday mornings I haves h a r e d wi th t h r e e o the r s inpreparing the college budget. Icanno t s ay new budget because weare way behind. Our fiscal yearbegan August 1, so we will havesome back wages to pay. It is a bigjob, but we hope to finish nextweek. We added only about 100.00 from th e U.S. to operationsbudget this year. Most of th e

^0^0ctober^^992i nc re as e c a m e f rom th e i n c r e a s e dnumber ofcedis that we get for eachdolleu*. This helps those who haveth e dollu-s, but for the avereigeGhanaian it is not much help whenany salary increase scarcely keepsup with inflation.One o four longtime Christians diedlast month of lupus. Sis. Lydiasuffered fo r over three years smd wehad prayed much for her. But th eLor d t ook h e r h ome f rom h e r h omevillage where she had been s tay ingfo r a b o u t n ine mo n t h s n e a r amission hospital. Bro. Enoch wentthe same evening with eight if theyouth to kee p wake and sing andpreach. I went early the nextmorning with our two elders and si xo t h e r s a n d a n o t h e r s e rv ic e w asheld. She was a fai thful , talentedyoung woman of about 30, and weshall miss her sorely.We also had a wedding in our localchurch tha t lasted five hours bu tthat's another storyPRAYER REQUESTS : (1)Thanksgiving for a student body ofrecord size, 2) Prayer for ourwisdom in finding and securing andsite fo r a new campus altogether. 3)One year from now I l l be home withyou. Lord willing, so start prayingabout my furlough, please.In Chr is t ,

Dorothy


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F OR T HE CONTRIBUTORS

Dear F r ien ds in Christ ,To tell you t he t ru th , there is not much more to sayfor the past s ix weeks than that we have been busyteaching Other than a few Thursday evening tripsto the village of Mayera to teach hymns, I personallyh ave not done an3rthing outside th e regular collegesund local congregational activities. I d id t ry to starta Music Seminar for church song leaders onSaturday nights, but th e response was poor. Theyar e older youth who are busy and perhaps thinkthey know enough already. However, t he churchcommit tee is considering some of my proposals forimprovement in the quality of mus ic and worshipand the elders will make the Seminar mandatory forsong leaders. I pray it will be enjoyable and not abu r d e n

We ar e well past the mid-term mark and willprobably have completed first term with our annualChris tmas party in December by the time you getthis. I am really enjoying most of my classes; onlythe second year English class had me discouraged,but after I told them I had completely given upteaching them one of th e lessons, they showed muchimprovement th e very next c lass . .Some personal landmarks have passed since the lastmonth: my 55th birthday; my first mammogram inGhana (formerly they were unava il ab le ); th epermanent retirement to th e U.S. of a long-timefriend, Anna Kur tz , o f the Mennonite faith.Nationally, Ghana held it s long awaited Presidentialelections on the ssune day as the United States. Weprayed for both countries. Ghana has elected asPresident the s ame man who had been head of th emilitauy-backed government for te n years. MostChristians in th e country had prayed for peacefulelections for weeks, and our prayers were answered.There were a few complaints, and there have been afew sca t te red inc idents of violence, but basically thecountry is going ahead calmly.

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Yesterday was Friday and I closed classes at 12:15.In addition to lunch and suppe r and deskwork , Ienjoyed these encounters: one student came by tomake up a ten minute Bible Survey Quiz on th e TenCommandments ; tw o other s tudents came a tdifferent times to r epay smal l loans (one loan wasto pay the hospitsd bills for a sick mother - the otherhad borrowed the money to host an evangelisticteam at h is chu rch for a weekend); a young friendfrom the church s topped by for a cha t and a glass oftea sind while he wa s h er e another s tuden t came fo rhelp with a lesson sh e didn't understand; somewherein there, one of the teachers stuck his head in thedoor to inform me that no progress had been madeyet on th e overheating problem of my truck whenthe a i r condi tioner is used; in late afternoon, anotherteacher had brought a young American vagabondto D avid Kalb and I also ta lked to h im fo r a fewminutes about his spiritual needs; my househelpers'four sons came in to play a whi le sind get the smallallowances I give them each week; a church teenagerstopped a few minutes in the evening to exchangeher reading book for another; I walked up t he lanetwice to se e Christian Adjei about th e upcomingannual board meeting 9 the first time he was havinga bath, and th e second he h ad gone to bed(but I didsee him today, Saturday); watched an old video ofM.A.S.H.with the Kalbs fo r a few mi nu te s a nd t he ndiscussed h ow w e cou ld comb ine and s t reamline tw odifferent student scholarship programs. Where didthe time go?PRAYER REQUESTS: 1 Funds and suitable land fora new campus. 2 Good health and safe travel for allthose who v is it th e churches on the weekends fo rpreaching and encouragement. 3 Thanksgiving forthe good health of the whole faculty and theirfamilies. 4 Thanksgiving for our unwaveringsupport from th e U.S.In Chr i s t

Dorothy n


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DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTERVOL 6. N0.4 DECEMBER, 1992Dear Friends in Christ,

N EW Q U O TA S P AC E S G R AN T F nThe college gotwonderful news just oneweek ago: the Department of Immigration has granted us six new quota spaces for expatriateworkere. The principal has been working on the application since March. 1992. Now Hostetters can bring in the single man and theyoung family who are willmg to come and help in Sunyani. Of course, this depends on the government's approval of theirqualificaUons. The college is also hopmg to find aone year substitute formy furlough year, as we are very shoithanded even now and t S^tembCT^1993 eveiyone can teach. Praise God forthe quota spaces and askHim to provideaone year substitute

FUR LOUGH COIVTINC

Yes. furlough ye^ is wming up. The Lord willing. I'll be coming home for eleven months beginning at the end of August 1993.My present plan is to be in Florida by the first ofOctober and spend at least six months there.RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS

DeS,bS''^;h big incommg class. We lost about three during the tenn, butfinished in earlyecember wift astill record-breaking number of74 swdents altogether. The hostels are crowded, even after David Kalb built an rrom to house nme of them. TTie classroom for the first year degree class was veiy oamped and it leaked Uke asieve eachuD^t weU-built room isS i ^ i uil ings in this old campus, but until the Loid provides aizeable sum to buy land and start anew campus we have to continue to make what enlargements wecan or turn away students.

RENOVATION AND PROJECTS

P now. and the new donnitoiy room that went up in September, David Kalb has beenexpansion and division ofoneofthe faculty houses into aduplex. The teacher who had Kved with hisnearly reacfy. is similar and is to be used by ournewest employee -adriver.Christian Church 2,000.00 to get their as-.v building under roof The purpose is to provide aplacefor the m^er to contmue his extension classes for thecollege. Their landloKl has been pressing them to leave their presentpre^sfor some tmie. The church wiU repay half of the loan and tne rei wiU be agrant to help the e,Sensioa

brought back aMwmill that is to be used to help provide income for the college. Various members of the Boarf andfaculty are mvolved and helpmg to get it into operation in the Westem Region where the timber is.THE CHURCHES ANDCHRISTMAS CONVENTIONS

the Christian Churchy who so choose hold their conventions regionally, rather than one big one. There were atf I r ?Hh ] '? The Afst day. Itook the chaiiman and all the electricalqiupmmt. 1also hauled two drums of dnnkmg water in my truck before I returned home. The next day I took Christian Adiei

MhoJ^ ' f* ? ^ emoniing session. There wasmore thann hour of smging md dancmg. as each local congregation is given achance to choose several songs and lead out in the dancingIhauled another load ofwater and then Ibrought Christian home. The plan'was that Idnve him to adifferent convention the next day and stay till Sunday afternoon. However, by Friday evening Iwas soted f ^ r j h r i s t i a n to the other convention, and 1stayed on theed or the couch. Still feelmg sick Sunday mommg. Ididnt go anywhere to church and just rested. By Monday Ifelt fit again.

Iwent anmn^ of times to the baby churoh at Mayera about ten miles out of town to teach them somehymn We id be^ mEnglish and Twi because 1knew them best. Our two Ga songs were pretty shaky. We had agood time and Ienjoyed gettmg to know them.


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more than we could accommodate. I spent two and a half hours gomg across town to inform the elders and a few other key people.Bro. Enoch left that night with eight ofthe youth. On the way, they informed two sister churches and asked them to join us thefollowing morning. They arrived at the village after midnight and discovered that because ofthe diseased condition ofthe bodyand the lack ofrefrigeration the body had aheady been buried. That little group sang, preached, prayed and sympathized with thefamily and friends who had already gathered. Some ofthem slept acouple hours atdawn. I left Accra inmy truck at5 a.m.Surprisingly, all those that had been selected, including thetwo elders from across town, were on time. Mostof them are late forchurch.) We arrived at the village before 7 and were introduced toall the relatives. We all goaround ina file and shake handswith thirty or forty people. Then wejust sat in sympathy until those from thesisterchurches arrived about 8:15.Together we had another service ofworship to God and thanksgiving for Lydia s life. Itishard for us to accept the fact that Goddid not choose to heal her. But none can doubt that her staunch faith isawitness to all. Her own cousin testified that although thefamily begged her time and again togive up on Jesus and go to the fetish house, she absolutely refused but rather was faithfulunto death

Lydia had an irrepressible sense offun and was one of the most talented interpreters in the brotherhood. She was only 33. She leftbehind a nineyearoldson. Wewill missher sorely. OnNovember first, thewhole church hereinAbeka helda memorial serviceinmorning worship; we took up a special offering to help with funeral expenses and tohelp care for her son. From January 1-3,1993 the family is holding a ^al wake-keeping and funeral in her honor in the village.I mnotsurewhether anyone from ourchurch willbe going. Thefamily expects it, but the church is tornbetween our desire toplease them and show ourlove for Lydia and the need tobewise stewards of time and money by not doing again what wehavealready done. Funeral traditions arevery, veiy strong andsuch decisions arenoteasy.We continue towork and teach so that others may also bedelivered from ungodly traditions and put their trust completely inJesus.PRAYER REQUESTS: CD Ask for stabihty forTogo, thecountry nextdoor where wehave many friends: they areonthevergeof a civil war. (2)Askfor good health andpatience for all the teachers andstudents of the college. (3)PRAISE Himfor thesixnew quota spaces. (4) Money for land and a new campus.May God bless you for your caring support shown in somanyways.In Christian love.

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F O R T H E C O N T R I B U T O R S

Dea r F ri ends i n Chr is t,Two weeks ago we finished first term with 75students. We had three days of exams sind theannual Christmas party. Everyone was tired suidglad to se e the end of term. It took me a full week tofinish marking exams and assignments euid thenfigure grades. One senior student worked for 18h o u r s t o m a r k s o m e w o r k b o o k s fo r m e Now i t s t im eto prepare sy llabuses for secon d te rm - th ey are amonth overdue. Surely I will ge t them done beforeChristmas because the day after Christmas I takemy auinual vacation at t he beach with another singlewomsu

Hostetters cam e down for Thanksgiving. WeAmericans give ourselves a holiday from school andmeet with other Americans fo r a joint worship servicein the morning. I went to town from there to buymore Bibles to sell at the upcoming conventions andmy truck overheated again. I parked it , wgdked to theBible House , bough t my Bibles sind took a taxih o m e S o m e o n e e l s e w e n t sifter t h e t r u c k S i n c e t h e nwe have finally uncovered th e problem - a smallgauge i n the aid-conditioning sys tem was pluggedu p

Thanksgiving evening over 100 people joinedtogether for a potluck dinner suid delicious turkeydona ted by some kindly soul. It was a very pleasantevening.L as t w ee k we h a d o ur a nn ua l Boau-d of Directorsmeeting for the college. I was qu it e ne rvous since Iam president this year. Thanks to God it wentsmoothly, even though it was long as usual. We ar estill pra3ring for funds to buy land and build a newcampus over a period of years . The longer we waitthe more expensive th e l and will be, but we don thave th e money yet .Two Ghanaian co-workers went to Ivory Coast last

Decenggr^99week for a conference on preparing English teachingm a t e r i a l s fo r t h e c h u r c h e s i n W e s t Africa. B o bSheffler o f Abidja n was th e host and chairman.Therewere representatives from Nigeria (one of themis a graduate of our college and of Jeff Hostetter sevangelism training program), Liberia, suid one otherEnglish speaking count ry . One Liberian who wasscheduled to come had gone back to Liberia fromIvory Coast and couldn t get out when the fightingbroke out again. The men here enjoyed theconference very much. They a re addr es sin g agenuine need .Christian Adjei has received a phone call fromImmigration that our application for s ix new quotaspaces has been granted. Praise th e LordI ve h a d t h r e e mild b o u t s of m s d a r i a in t h e l a st s i xweeks. The t hi rd time I took a newer drug that isgood for th e resistant malsu'ia and I have had not r o u b l e s i n c e

Bro. Enoch Nyador s father died a couple of weeksago . He h ad h ad cancer for some t ime. The funeralw a s h el d l a s t w e e k e n d S om e o f t h e c h u rc h m e m b e rswent for the wedce-keeping on a Friday night. I tookseven men early Sat. morning. Christian was one ofthem; he preached th e funersd sermon. I have nevergotten used to the fancy white shrouds they dressthe body in : they look almost like wedding gownsand gold jewelry i s spread around to beautify it . Thefamily had hired a six member brass band to makeit a fine occasion. By the way, th e gold jewelry is notburied with the corpse. Enoch s father was a fineman an d an elder in t he church in his village.Please continue to pray for: |ljland^and money for^ ^llew campus^) political pea^e m allWesi frica ]my abi li ty ^to plan well and prepare for furlough inAugust , 1993.In Chris t ,

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