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Dear Friends in Christ,
January 1$7k
I pray your new year has begun well. Both your world in
America and mine in Ghana are full of problems, but thank God for
our hope in Jesus,
' The post-vacation testimonies of some of our students ought
lift you up as they do us. Noah Nee-Whang (we tease him about
being Chinese, but he's not) joyfully told how that after preach
ing a gospel sermon at a funeral, a wife came and asked to be bap
tized without the knowledge of her husband. They were both pagan
and she feared his opposition. The evening this was done, the
husband came quietly and asked Noah to baptize him without the
knowledge of his wife. His id.fe worshipped idols, he said, and
would object to his baptisml So now that couple is one in the
Lord and can help one another in their stand against juju.
William Okletey was happy that scripture he had learned at the
leadership conference concerning a godly home had enabled him to
refoncile a man and wife in his congregation who had been having
trouble for a long time. We also rejoiced with him that the chief
of-^ village where he had preached twice and converted 10 people
had invited him to come back and establish a congregation there,
: The leadership conference was conducted by Dick Kostetter and
Christian Adjei at Ada-Foah. Eight congregations were represented
in the 30 - 35 people who attended regularly. The reaction to the
teaching and to the question and answer periods was excellent.
Another man in Accra has obeyed his' Lord in baptism as a
direct result of the radio program and another convert. He was
present in our worship service last Sunday evening..
The last few years, we have given the scholarship students a
sum of money weekly to feed themselves, either by cooking or by
buying from the many foodsellers on the roadside. They used part
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of that money for soap, pens, or even travel expenses and so did
not always give themselves a balanced diet. To some of us, it
seemed that their health and mental alertness was being detrimentally
affected. This school year, we have gone back to the
program of hiring a cook to feed them on campus, Thig necessitates
the charging of low fees from the non-scholarship students, plus
the shopping, bookkeeping, planning and supervising neifissary for
such a program. For some reason, in Ghana it isnt ea^ to buy food
in bulk at wholesale prices. Also, various foods ar^'^t time^
scarce, so. that someone has to spend time "huntina^C The cost in
time, money, and effort has to be compared with >ne health, time,
and convenience of the studeints, I*ve given this much detail so ^
that you may Join us in prayer that the Lord*s money will spent
wisely, that the student^ will be treated fairly, and that the work
and responsibility will be shared agreeably among the faculty and
staff.
In the last letter you were informed about the ^fe,000 alien
employment tax to which we are subject. We have written a letter to
the government requesting exemption and setting forth our reasons.
So far, no judgment has been made for us or other missionaries,
Mai^ of you have let us know that you are praying about this matter.
Don't stopI Some officials assured us that we would be exempted,
but one never knows until the last paper is signed. Meanwhile, we
are going on with the work.
In the middle of November I went with three students to a town
about 100 miles from Aqera. On Saturday night we tried to show film-
strips in the church from wl:iich the student who planned the trip
comes. There was no electricity so we used a projector powered ty
flashlight batteries, but it wasn't really strong enough. Next time
I'll take the equipment to run it off the car battery. Several
hundred people had filled the building.
I spent the night with a church member family. They are rather'
wealthy by Ghanaian standards, and the house was wired for electricity
and had all the plumbing for running water, although neither amenity
is available yet.
3unday morning in the worship service, I gave one of my flannel-
graph stories and one of the students preached afterwards. The other
two took turns translating, as this was an Ewe town. The church is
a denominational church, but I went for the sake of the student
whose home church it is. He is not brilliant, but very serious and
dedicated to the Lord's work. Just this past week, he told about
seven inde'^endent, indigenous churches who are looking for new lead
ership. There is potential here, but we'll wait and see what the
Lord and the people do.
After the service that day, we drove to a nearby settlement
farm to look around and came to realize that ray emergency brake was
jammed on. We found a fitter in a nearby town and . sat in the shade
for two and a hali hours while he charged the battery (which was
also dead) and after waiting for the wheel to cool, disconnected the
hand brake and the cable so we could drive home. VJe arrived safely
at the college in the'middle of the evening service, instead of be- '
fore dark, as we'd planned, -
We had enough of a gasoline shortage in November and December
to help us appreciate what you are going through. We, too, sat in
lines, hoping there would still be some left when it was our turn.
The shortage was blamed on the mid-East war, but Ghana favours the
Arabs and she gets her oil from Russia, so I think there was some
other reason. In Accra, we are back to normal, but the fresh sup
plies have not penetrated the northern and outlying areas yet. An
alumnus in the north wrote that they couldn't get kerosene for their
lamps.
We completed our first term in November and had three weeks of
classes in the new term before holidays. We now have eight students
left in the first year classfinances and family responsibilities
being the chief reasons for the dropouts. Just before holidays, we
all enjoyed a party with games, filmstrips and food I After a long
bout with the flu, Doris Rife stopped coughing long enough to sing
two carols with the mixed quartet.
I enjoyed a week's trip with Hostetters over the holidays to a
game park in northern Ivory Coast and then to Abidjan, the capital
city so modern it's called the Paris of West Africa. We spent
Christmas Day in the game park and' saw warthogs, hartebeasts, many,
many animals in the deer and antelope families, baboons, hippos
(through binoculars) and a gorgeous big python. The snake lay
quietly in the water watching us with lifted head while we took
pictures. Then he slid quietly away.
Thank ^ou for the many, many cards, and gifts of food and money
I received.' All three made it a happy holiday.
May the Lord bless you in 197U and may you be more aware each
day of the reality and power of, Christ in your lives. Pray for us!
Love in Him, * .
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Mrs ii JerW Owen
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Altanoniie Spgs.
FL 327Ja
March l|7li
Dear Fijiends in Christ,
Let me tell you the good news quick! Missionaries havfe been
exempted from the $,000 cedi ^ien employment tax. All of us'were
together Friday evening, March l$th, and Ron told us he had sLn
the announcement in a small article in the,back pages of the oaper.
we thank the Lord- and we thank you for your prayers. '
On March 10 I enjoyed a trip to a village near Ada. (I
can't sp^ll it and I cant pronounce it.) Ayoung Christian fechool
teacher has a Bible Club there, and he invited;, me over to teach a
gospel lesson, with special attention to baptism. This is thfe
village where the chief and elders refused to have a church. 'Mr.
Goleka is with these children in school and wants to win themifor
the Lord. Some of the children attend church in nearby villages
but some go nowhere. *. ^ ^
-n-ui ^ ?cember we took 20 of our Bible dub children theri for
mchl and games. Our-children won the quiz, but not b^
This trip, I-also took four of the children with me ~ '
co-worker Dick Hostetter's son Jeff and three Ghanaians. Jeff,
and Kwame gave fine testimonies about what the Lord means to tkem.
translatedthis time into Adanlbe.
After my talk, we had a question and answer period. Most of tSe
children who had been sprinkled, some in '
cniiahood.
After our discussion, we taught them one of our favoritd
went along began to .
rhythm stick game they enjoy so
much. When our time limit was reached, we went Iqr Ifr. Goleku'a
home village for some coccmitB and then on home. We got back just
in time for o\ir own evening Sunday School and worship.
After talking about them and working on them for eight
months, the song booklets have been completed# This was a
revision and an enlargement of the one I made 3 or 1+ years ago.
The new edition has English choruses, Twi, Ga, and Ewe hymns
and choruses (called "shoute")^ and a few shouts in a couple
more languages. Another helpful change is the addition of an
index. Sometimes the vernacular spelling of Jesus is a "J",
sometimes a and sometimes an "I", If you know which it is
for the song you want, you're in business.
The first Friday in March, we had a special musical
chapel inaugurating the song booklets. It was a singspiration .
including our old favorites, the demonstration of a couple of
the new songs, some special music by the mixed quartet and the
women's trio, and the recitation of scripture passages of
praise. Some of these latter were given in the vernacular
languages also. 'The Student chaplain, and the senior perfect
share the song-leading privileges with me. We echo the dedica
tion prayer that the song booklets will bring glory to God and -
be useful to His Kingdom.
The other day a shocking headline greeted us in the
morning: -premium petrol had increased in price from 70j pesewas
per gallon to one cedi twenty pesewas. That is a 70% increase.
We have no shortage now, as you suffer from, but that price
increase is unexpected. As usual, the Ghanaians suffer the
most. All their transport costs, even the crudest mami^y lorry
ride, have practically doubled. Aride that a few months ago
^cost them three pesewas now costs ten. On the salaries they
ii3^e, this is difficult. Food costs \n.ll follow, I'm afraid,
as'^ the market women have to pay the higher transport costs, too,
^ Food costs had ^ready increased a lot and the food pro
gram, of the school is expensive. In fact, the college has spent
more ifl.the last three months than has been received by our
treasurer in the States. That is not a good state of affairs.
You have been generous in your support, so I have asked rny
forwarding agent, Mrs. Barkes, to send fifty more dollars a
month for the college.
There is a choice road front corner lot right next to
our college property, that we want to buy very badly. We
would use it to build a chapel. It would be a sad thing if a
petrol station or drinking bar got that land. We have tried
many times to complete the deal, but we can*t deal directly with
the owner, who is out of town, and she doesn't seem to be in a
hurry to sell. The land is increasing in value because at long
last they are working on paving this stretch of road What a
blessing to all who live along it I Viill you please pray that
if the Lord wants us to have that land, that the lady will be
moved to sell it and at a reasonable price.
A bewildering and discouraging situation is that we now
have only six left in the first year class and two of those were
absent--we hope with legitimate and temporary reasonsfrom their
second term finals last week. There are always reasons, but why
should the devil be gaining this ground. Pray for those remaining,
please, that the Lord will meet their needs and give them the
courage to stick it out in the face of difficulty.
Now for some more good news: For several weeks we tried to
hold a prayer meeting especially for the young people, but the most
that came was two. I just didn't try for a couple weeks, but the
boy who came urged me to try again. So on the 12th we went again
and this time there were about six boys plus our student director
and myself. And those boys really prayedt Each peisson could
pray more than once and several prayed three or four times. It
was a blessing to all of us, and I'm sure more children and more
blessings will be coming,
You won't fully realize the happiness of the next announce^
ment because you don't know the man personally, but you'll be glad
to know that the college will hire their second Ghanaian faculty
member in June after he graduates. The person in question is Mr.
Joseph Nsiah, who is the tenor in our mixed quartet, the Beginner
S.S. class teacher (in Twi), the director of the Christian Bible
Club, an A student and a preacher of faith and power. We will
greatly miss him in all these capacities because he will serve
in Takoradi at least this first year, working with the extension
classes. David and Barbara Kalb go on furlough In May, and Joseph
will seek to carry on the work they have been doing,.
May this year's special remembrance of our Lord it s resurrec
tion bring increased faith and zeal for His Kingdom work and love
for His lost ones.
In His love.
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Coast, on the north by Upper Volta, on the east by the Republic of Togo and
on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The republic of Ghana is divided into eieht
administrative regiona: Western, Eastern, Northern, Central,upper, Volta,
Ashanti, and Brong-A^o. The area of Ghana is 91,81*3 squa^e^es SL
popjaation (1965 estiniate) is 7,7iiO,000. Included among the largest towns
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Dear Friends in Christ,
' Jfey 1971*
Many interesting things- hav.e happeried in the last month
that I want to share with you. Today is "jihe -nexi to the last day
of our Easter vacation, and after I finish, this li must tend to
. lessons*
The Churches of Jesus, two Christian Churklies, and another
indigenous church held their Easter convention in \ town just 20
mles away. Each of the teathers took a turn tea.chd^ng or preach
ing. Christian Adjei and I went, Friday af.ternoon jffir a two hour
teaching session on "The Christian Home." He had th
had the women - abont 30. of., than. The pre^.cher's wij
lated for me used two languages; this really slows tl
but there is nothing to be done about it until some
Ghanaians know one language.
. ^ The .women seemed to listen well enough^ altho ugh some were
obviously sleepy. Since the previous evening's se.rvice had lasted
until midnight, and they had risen about 5* I wasn't surprised.
The sepond^ hour was spent in questions ^nd answers. That is where
their real intbrest showed, and their questions on family relation
ships could have been the same as, those Raised in the States. I
real concern was how to interest iheir children in the Lord. They
find it difficult to .believe that even a chdJ.d!.un?3e r two caix learn.
We met uhder the palm-thatched shelter and vised the portable
loudspeaker,. The men /njet in the spacious buildjUig/belonging to
the local congregation.. In the $amQ building we w^ ire given our
fish stew and banku before the e-Jening Service. Christian and I
took no part excepi as. niembers of the dongreg^tionf, . One of our
Ewe students preached in English, arid two pther pJopl# translated
into Twi and' Adangb^. thqy never cpuld get their/generator
jning, so til^^ Xanips fuiinished the light arid two portable loud
speakers the volume needed. There were five adul^^s who gave their
men and I
re who trans-
lings down,
Jay all
hearts to the Lord that^vening.
Last month I tol(^you about ny visit to the village Bible
Club with a gospel lesson especially on the meaning of baptism.
Two weeks later Dick Hostetter and I both drove to that village
to help take the youth to the river. Because it was the dry
season, a nearby pond was unusable. More than 30 young people
were' baptized that afternoon. Riding space was at a premium, so
on the last trip back, the Ghanaian teacher and preacher had to
ride on the luggage rack on the roof of Dick's car.
The three children I had taken along from Accra decided
from their conversation that a few had done it just to eopy the
others. However, the majority had; come to the decision.after
much thinking and questioning, Frank Goleku, the Christian
schoolteacher, is very serious in his desire to nurture them in
the Lord, Pray for him in this responsibility. I talked with
two of the girls and they said their parents were not Christians,
A coupler weeks ago the young Christian Church in Dzebetato
held their second harvest tp encquijage the giving of money for
their building, I took th27ee students and two elders from a
nearby town in ny car, I was impressed to discover that already
their building had reached the height of about four feet of blocks I
And that is mainly from their own resources. The student-preacher,
Francis, was nearly as disorganized as he was a year ago, but he
was very happy when the grand total of several offerings and
collections reached 013kOO,
At 2:30 P.M.. we ate a quick meal of rice and stew in the
chief's house. Mine was really quick because it Was so hot with
pepper I couldn't eat much. We made it .back to Accra just in time
for Sunday School.
Between our second and third terms at the college, the
second Annual Lectureship was held. The theme was Christian
Maturity and six guest speakers, including two alumni, gave
lectures, followed -by questions and answers or by panel discus
sions of speaker, teacher, and a student. Again, our students
presided and conducted the song services, A new dimension
included the presence of about ten alumni. They were given a
special invitation that included free meals and reimbursement
of travel expenses. This was an experiment to give them
encouragement and spiritual refreshment and, of course, to
strengthen the bonds between them and the college. On one after
noon, they were all given an opportunity to give a testimorQr about
their lives since they left college. The continuing problem for
most is how to feed themselves in the Lord's worko Ghanaians are
very reluctant to give,
^ favorite speaker in the lectureship was a retired govern
ment officer of about 60. He was a political prisoner \inder
Nkrumah's regime and was won to the Lord during that imprisonment.
He is surely a spirit-filled man. He talked for more than an hour
and answered questions for another hour. No one grew weary, but
only eager for more. It was a grand climax to a greatly improved
lectureship.
In July, the Rifes will go home on furlough and Ron will be
in school for at least two years. They will not accept mission
salary during those years, and since virtually all the college
funds come through the individual teachers, Rifes' absence will
leave a financial deficit as well as a^very large "hole" in service
and friendship, DaviJ and Barbara Kalb will also go on furlough in
May and will try to raise the needed funds, but it will take them
some time. In July, we also increase the expenditures with the
addition of Joseph Nsiah to the faculty. Because you hava been
faithful and generous with your contributions, I have enough maney
on hand to help ease us over this period of transition. The only
possibility I see for an emergency call will be if the land we want
becoKes available. We'll let you knowi Thanks for giving your
selves to the Lord and giving your money to His work here in Ghana,
Of the two freshmen who missed second term finals, we ac
cepted one back with a stern warning, and sacked the other. His
attitude had further deteriorated and we learned his real desire
and course of action pointed to joining the army of Ghana instead
of the Lord's arny.
Last weekend I enjoyed a weekend holiday with the Kalbs in
Takoradi, The only way to be refreshed is to get completely away
from Accra. Barbara and I attended the wedding of Cecilia Bansah,
the Christian nurse who has been a friend over the years, I enjoy
ed the worship service held on Sunday evening with several of the
Kalbs' extension students. We hope this will be the nucleus of a
New Testament congregation.
Oin^-Tihildren'fs-program-nacluded the .taking of 19 . children to-ljhe--zroo^
They~had-reached a mininmm score in our most recent unit of attendance-and-jnemory
work. The youth prayer meeting continues to thrive. It is a time of real Joy
for me and a blessing for all of us. 2/
The American Women's Association here, of w;hich I am an. associate-meudjer^
has been sponsoring: bi-monthly lectures on aspects' of Ghanaian culture. I have -
attended is^eral and am looking forward to the fiAal one on Ghanaian music.. ;
rHow iad are those for whom life is boringJ. It is never so with me/ and
I'm sure that all of you who have Christ on the throne of your life share the
same exciting and abundant life. Thank you for being a part of hqt life through
friendship and prayer and support.
In Christian love.
(Dorothy wrote this letter under
date of April 1^, 197k>)
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Dear Fidends in Christ,
It has bee^^^eej^nth^ since I last wrote! The first month was a bit
slow as far as Weh^ to write about, so I procrastinated, and now look! I
doubt if I cs^ fit eyei^ I*d like to teU. you into this_letter. _
Another of Ghiana Christian College and Seminary lias come to a close.
On the 22nd of Jufie we held griaduation exercises for five students, one of
which was a night student of thie Extension classes in^fficoraSTT^Two of the
graduates are ^ready ministering to churches, one is the new faculty member
for the college, one is an! pld man whose opportunities lie in witnessing to
members of his extended family, and the night student is still in the Ghana
Navy. Pray for all of them that they will be able to withstand the wiles, of
the Devdl arid, be able to souls and establish churches and support themselves
and their .^am^ies.
We were pleased that the sun actually shone for the occasion. We are in
the middle of Jbthe. j'giny sp-a^on and the weather is always a questionable iwittera
Our guest speakerwas a preacKer from Takoradi; his message was very practical
and down-to-earth. Music was brought by local church choirs, the college mixed
quartet, and part of a former college men's quartet. ^ _
The closing weeks of school were marked by an unusual number of cpjpblei^.'^
Mr. Ad;^ei says he thinks the Devil attacks with severity every year when he sees
that school is nearing the completion of another year of service for the. Lord.
A studerrt'we had readmitted with a severe warning after he had missed final-
exams second term announced abruptly to the faculty one day that he was leaving
the school. His reason was that he.was accepted at another seminary. The real
rea5gn_fchatisurfaced a few days later was that he, too, like a former fri^d,
was headed for service in Ghana's Army. His attitude and action really hurt.
Yet another situation was the l^g^dj^icent to the. college that I have
mentioned before. When a man started to. bring cement blocks to the site at a
rapid rate, our hearts sank. Upon investigation, we found out that the family
from whom we had been trying to buy it for many months did not own it after
The local chief was selling at least part of the land to the block-bringer.
Our spirits drooped as we sought an interview with the chief. Time and again
Mr, Hostetter and Mr. Adjei went to his house only to "meet his absence". It
turned out all right in the end, but you can see how the interim was a burden
on our hearts.
The students were not unaffected by these situations^ they planned a
peexal three nights of prayer. The first two nights were devoted to various
needs and problems, and the third night emphasized thanksgiving and victory.
The last was held at midnight to set it apart from the ordinary. I enjoyed
them all, especially the third. Learning to give "thanks always for all
jbhingsi'JLs a grace to be sought. ~
We thank God that at last the men were able to communicate with the chief
j^d the parcel of land directly., in front of the school building has been sold
.to us after all. "The lol is still quite full of the other man's blocks, but the
papers ^e in the name of the college. There is enough extra money in ny ser-
3e funds to pay for the land in full. Praise the Lord for that, tooi^J
^aduation,was as busy as ever. Prospective students came
Eight were accepted for the September class.
FORWARDING.AGOTs
Mrs. Tom Barkes
603 Twin Brookl Lane
Joppa, MD 2108^
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Mrs.. Jerry Owen
617 Marshall St,
Altamonte Springs
FL 32701
July 197U
Usually riot all who are accepted come, so we will have a smaller class than
last year, but we are hoping to keep more. We will also be trying a different
of fees and food. They will be asked to pay 20 cedis as an enrolment
^ dnd then no more fees will be required of them. However^ the food program
HI take care of meals only from Monday evening to Friday noon. This will
save mney on the mounting cost of food, free us from the embarrassment of
pressing them for food fees many cannot pay, and yet still leave them with a
sueable responsibility for feeding themselves, or getting involved in weekend
ministries where they will be fed.
.,^ing this long vacation, we are paying one of the students to take a
villages in the Eastern Region to discover those without"^
chinrch at all or those that seem especially conducive to the planting of an
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indigenous church. We pray that this will reveal open doors for a repetition
of the successfiil venture in Dzebetato. Satan didn't like this scheme. The
young man had just left the college with the money for his "chop" and travel
for a: month when someone picked hi s So... we had to start all over
againa Pray for Noah-Nii^an^arid" his survey.
Near the beginning of June, five of our young people from the Ch^tian
along with director Joseph Nsiah and me, attended a ymith "rajiy^
near A'da. Our children sang and two gave testimonies. The rally was for
the purpose of establishing a new BibJ.e dub in that coinmunity. It was very
successful.
On the last Sunday in June, our old friends from the Bible Club in
Kpodokorpe, came to have a rematch in various activities. With crammed
into their hired bus, they outnumbered their hosts I Our Bible Club won the
Bible Quiz, by one point89 to 90, but they won the soccer match 3 to 2.
Adjei served our visitors Kenkey, fried fish and pepper sauce, and then
Joseph and I took them to the zoo before they headed home. We got back just
^ Sunday School and worship at the college. Abig dayi
" '^The congregation that meets in the college building has decided to help
a student preacher with his travel expenses to two young congregations for six
--^months. - In order that the people might really know where their money is
gojjig, Christian and I and two men converted through the radio program visited
one of those congregations recently. The two new Christians seemed to take
the responsibility of helping very seriously, and each took his turn at read
ing a scripture passage and giving helpful comments on it to the village
cliche They realized the difficulty of teaching people who cannot readI
^ subject most village Christians know little
^ "^^iS'^^estSeilig-Tinanc^l problgmsj5ripp^^..J and cause
^J!.,.'tbe_pre^^ Christian Adjei feels their heed of teaching
very deeply, so he and I have settled on a plan for visiting al 1 those who will,
welcome us for a combination preaching/teaching program Our initial plans
call for two visits about a month apart. On July 7th, we made our maiden tripo
Christian preached the introductory sermon, then I proceeded with teaching,
using very attractive picture charts made for me by Phil Taylor. I was
gratiJ^ied with their attention, V/e had planned an afternoon session also, but
sustained, heavy rainfall prevented the people from returning after the dinner
breako We will visit them again the last Sunday of this monthj anH proqnher
give them more teaching meanwhile. We don't expect miracles, but it is a
beginning, and we will eagerly praise them for any improvement we see. Pray
that the Lord will use us as He sees fit, and that the Christians vri.ll learn the
joy of regular, proportionate, generous giving, no matter how poor they are!
^ ^K^tejeft for furlough the fii;^ of May, but we look forward to their
return irr^gust.,_197t jiXe^left for AmeriGa.^on-^e-nd;:oi:-July. Those of
us who are here now have been together through thick and thin since near the
beginning of the college.. Ron has been principal most of that time and has
provided strong leadership and unwavering faith that we will greatly miss.
It was a difficult leavetaking, but we pray God's blessing on their next
endeavors which include college for both Ron and Greg.
I wilJ. direct one week of V.3.S. in August, so pray for that project,
too. Thank you for your patience and your prayers and letters. I will answer
your letters soon.., May the Lord bless you, your mission groups and voiir
churches!
In Christian love.
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October 197U
I thought I wouldn't do it again, but I've done itl Waited two and a half months
between newsletters. But maybe you were on vacation part of the time and didn't
notice. _ _
Wtjr typewriter ribbon is a brand new black and red one. It is for working on
the catalog cards for the library, Hostetters' forwarding agent, Eloise Grant,
a professional librarian, visited this month arjd. gave me lots of advice and an
offer of continuing aid by mail. Kent Taylor has taken on a four hour course
originally assigned to me, giving me at .least eight more free hours weekly.
So, iry excuses of tme and know-how have been taken away. I .have finally
admitted to myself that this term is nearly a "now or never" opportunity. As
soon as I finish this newsletter. . .
Yes, we have, finished two weeks of our new school year. The faculty had agreed
to abolish all fees except a one-time twenty cedi entrance fee for freshmen.
We would also limit the food program to meals from Monday .evening to Friday
noon. ; In this way, it would still require plenty of faith and struggle to
feed themselves on weekends, and perhaps more weekend preaching would result.
The problem of non-payment of fees would also be avoided. There are probably
many tests yet to come, but let me share the first one with you.
Of fourteen first year students accepted, four came, and only one of those had
the ^uU twenty cedis. The others had good reasons for not having it- and
sincere, promises-to pay by the end of the month. Should we stick-to our word
and risk having no. freshman class? Or believe and trust them and then send
them away if thay failed to pay? Our iinal decision was to let them know
that we firmly believed our school was worth borrowing or begging for, and that
as a token of their own sincerity and determination, they must find the money
somewhere before^they started. After a kind and firm explanation, Ihe three
were sent home with a maximum of three weeks to find the money. This would
encompass thisir own end-of-the-month promises. As of now, two are back with
satisfactoiy arrange^ients, a new man came with his full fees, and a fifth has
been accepted who will be able to provide much-needed help in the office.
Another has come over the weekend with half his fees (case undecided yet) and
there is still the fourth original man who has until October 1 to return. So
even if six prove their determination and complete the year, that will- be a fai?
more encouraging percentage than last year's four out of twelve.
Our total student body is at the moment only twelve. Two of those who should
have returned have dropped out to go to an interdenominational seminarywhere
they know they will have-apaid position when they leave. This-is hard to '
face, but we have examined again our purpose here, and how we can win more
souls, start more churches, and help the men we have trained to be free to
preach the Scriptures,
The results of the vacation survey taken by one of the students in the region
east of Accra are a big challenge. He found thirty-two villages that would be
good sites for new congregations! Many of these have no witness for Christ at
all, but are made up of pagans. Therefore, in a definite compromise with what
we have held to in the past, we are going to support a church-planting evangelist.
'He wa^ teach in a new place for thirteen weeks before offering an invitation
to accept Christ as Saviour. VJhen a good nucleus has been brought into the King
dom, he will turn that group over to a student or to a Christian leader from
an older congregation and move on to a new area.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, this decision has not been made lightly. It
has been made in faith and in an earnest desire to see a better return for
God's Kingdom on the investment of our lives and your support in Ghana. Pray
about this. Pray for Noah Nee-\^fhang, the evangelist. Pray that God will raise
up leadersin the existing churches, in our college, in the new groupswho
can shepherd these flocks without depending on foreign support. Pray for the
leaders of the Churches of Jesus, Christian Churches, and others that we work
with, that they will learn stewardship of life and money, and that they will
have a vision of the lost beyond their own congregation.
Speaking of stewardship, Christian and I have continued our teaching/preaching
program in the churches. VJe have completed it in two and are nearly finished
with a third. The demonstration tithing Sunday in the first two resulted in
larger than usual offerings, as expected; the real test will come in the months
ahead If it helps at all, we will be encouraged.
The third church is that in Dzebetato. Those women are so enthusiastic and
joyful in their worship that I can't stay quiet long. This last visit, even
the chief, who is a Christian, was singing and clapping and praying. Previdmsly,
he appeared to be more of a spectator. The chief's daughter gave a testimony
about her and her children's and otherChristians' praying in the field for a boy
who had been bitten by a scorpion. At last the pain stopped. Another testimony
came from a woman who is one of two wives of a pagan. She told how she had
encouraged the other wife to be unafraid. The husband tries to draw them back
into their old ways. The other wife was in the service also. The testifying
lady was gust alive with joy and faith.
When this group has one more window frame, they can finish the walls and will be
ready for the roofing. There is so much encouraging there, but the.preacher is
wavering because of his need for money. I believe the Lord took us there on
that particular Sunday. Christian was able to counsel him very lovingly and
seriously about an intended course of action that may have weakened the church.
He came to the college two days later with a changed mind, and he was further"
warned and encouraged and given a testimonial that may help him get a teaching
job in his own area. Pray for him and the church.
Joseph Nsiah, our newest faculty member, has begun his night extension classes
in Takoradi. At last report he had thirteen in his English-speaking classes,
^d four in a Twi-speaking class. The most sfirimjs hindrannft to b-is mimg+.Ty
is the lack of suitable living quarters. They are very scarce. He is still
sharing a bedroom with a man whose wife is temporarily away. He needs a place
of his own for concentrated study and for privacy and relaxation.
This and that2 Our V.B.S. was very successful numerically. We had I63 children
on the first day and over 300 on the fifth day. As director, most of my work was
done before and after, but I did enjoy leading the music and presenting the
missionary stories on an alumni in the north of Ghana. We regret that there
were no decisions to accept Christ as Saviour, but pray that the Word taught will
bring forth fruit yet. . . We assume the land we have paid for is ours, but the
local chief is delaying the papers we need to carry the purchase through the civil
government. We ask God to work His will in this matter, too. . . I enjoyed a
week of real, away-from-it-all, vacation on the banks of the Volta River. Another
lady and I enjoyed canoeing, swimming, and reading and picnicing,. We went out
twice in the moonlight, singing hymns so the villagers wo\ildn't mistake us for
smugglers. . . David and Barbara Kalb became the parents of a baby boy, David
Wayne, on July 12. David is in graduate school at C.B.S. It will be fun to have
a baby in the mission family again.
Love, in the Lord's family.
F^st Christian Church Non-Profit Org.
2565 E. Kaley Avenue U. S. Postage
Orlando, FL 32806 PAID
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Dear Friends in Christ,
FL 32701
December 197U
May I wish you a very Merry Christmas, full of the joy of being joint heirs with
the Son whom God sent to us in the flesh so long ago. May your New Year begin
with thanksgiving for the life God has given us and with earnest prayer for His
guidance for our own lives and for the countries where we live. The year 197^
will see the beginning of a furlough for meabout the middle of July.
After a peak of nine first year students, we now have eight. We are happy about
this, since on the first day we had only four. Seven of the eight at last paid
their twenty cedi entrance fee# The eighth is working regularly in the office.
The morcde of the student body started high and has remained high. For this we
praise the Lord.. The first year students started their own singing group. They
sing Ghanaian style gospel music, and we all enjoy it. They have had two
opportunities to sing outside the college.
The church planting venture is proceeding slowly. Dick Hostetter and Noah Nee-
Whang visited the chiefs and leaders of two villages. (At this first meeting, the
teaching plan with the goal of establishing a church is explained. Then the
leaders must make a decision and let the evangelist know.) One village decided
"Yes", and the teaching has just begun. Praise the Lord! The second village
decided "No". Very shortly after the visit from our men, two big truckloads of
Jehovah's VJitnesses descended upon the town. The result was confusion in"the
minds of the people, and they decided not to have a church in their village.
Noah contacted a third village, as he wants to do two at once, but at this writ
ing I do not know if he has definite word. Kent Taylor went with Francis Kumah
to visit an Ewe village.about the same plan.
Noah Nee-Whang l3.as great faith ~^d love, arid wiilrbe able ^o do a"gaoTJ-work in
this area. Satan is against it, though. Noah's wife had a baby girl about five
weeks ago. Having had a persistent case of TB, she was not strong, but everything
went all right. VJhen they were going to No^'s village a few days later, another
loriy ran into the one in which they were riding. Martha, Noah's wife, suffered
a laceration on her forehead and had to stay in that village for several days while
it healed. Then just a week, ago, word came to Noah at the school that his two
year "old son had died. Now they are left with the two little girls. Pray for them
that they will go on strongly in the work, in spite of this sorrow. Martha's
parents are not Christian. We pray .that Noah's and Martha's faith and example will
win her pai^ents to the Lord.
The village of Dzebetato saw a lot of us in September and October. Christian and I
finished up our stewardship teaching there one week and went again two weeks later
for a harvest (fund-raising) service for their bjiilding. Their tithing demonstra
tion offering was very good. Francis is such an enthusiastic interpreter, that I
always felt as if I were teaching something really interesting. I took five
people for the harvest. One of the students preached in Ewe; none of the rest of
ui^ from Accra could understand it. It's better for the people themselves that way,
though. They had erected a bamboo shelter for the occasion, and it was packed.
Many visitors came from other churches. The 'offering was 77 cedisnot as large as
on previous occasions. Maybe because they had We only six months earlierJ
Since then, Christian and I have completed our three weeks of teaching at Tamatoku.
Samuel Djumah is deliberate and methodical in interpreting. Maybe that's why
sevieral women had a hard time keeping awake during the first week's teaching!
I paused three times for a song to be sung to help them wake up. This is a very
useful, Ghanaian custom! On our way home the first week, the manifold came in two,
so we roared home like a ten ton truck. The second week, strangely enough, we were
given coconuts to eat, but no meal. But the third visit made up for everything.
I wasn't feeling very optimistic about their demonstration offering. But I was
judging by the slowness of the interpreter rather than the power of God's Word.
They brought an excellent monetary offering plus a huge quanity of foodstuffs as
their tithe: eggs, tomatoes, peanut butter, bambara beans, onions, okro, kenkey,
and on and on. This was just two weeks after their own fund-raising harvest, so
it truly showed a willingness to give. They seemed to take special pleasure in
bringing thfese fruits of their labors. They gave us lots of things to bring home
and fed us a big meal besides. Mr. Djumah asked us to write the congregation a
letter after some time to encourage them again in their giving*
The land we have bought is still a source of concern. The man who bought the
parcel next door is apparently still trying to get it by hook or by crook. While
building on his own land, the delivery trucks crossed the empty lot without per
mission. That's not so bad. It's when they turn around on the school lawn,
leaving deep ruts behind, and stack the new blocks and dump the sand and gravel on
our lot that things begin to get sticky. Three times the workmen were asked
nicely to please use the stack of blocks nearest the volley ball court first, so
we would have more room to play. That's the stack, they left till the very last
How long do we turn irhe other cheek? This man is notorious for grabbing, more and
more land, often leaving legal owners with empty hands. The chief's surveyor
gave us the site plan, so we put up a t-enous wire fence and began work on an
enclosing wall, Our neighbor went to the police and charged us with forcible
entry; he wds claiming the land, even though the chief and his elders had warned
him more than once to stop causing trouble as the land was not his. They even
threatened to take away the plot he had bought and make him remove his building!
Since he has taken it to the police,, the matter has to be settled with the^fi as
well as with the chief. Our excellent la>^er tells us not to worry, that the land
is ours because we paid for it. I'm telling you" all these details so you can prsQT
with fuller knowledge. Land ownership is a difficult matter to decide with the
shift between traditional methods and modern personal ownership. And when a
greedy, dishonest person is involved,' it's worseI May the land belong to the
party of God's choiceJ (Our neighbor brought a "policeman" one day to arrest .
the mason who was digging the trench for the .wall. At last he brought out his
I. D. card. It had expired in 19721)
After a "summer" vacation, our children's Bible Club got off to a slow start. One
afternoon, two of the boys, one student and I tramped around Abeka calling on the
former members. That, plus the beginning of a new play, gathered them together
again. The play took many long and frustrating practices. Only at the very last
rehearsal was everyone present. Except one boy who had the chicken pox! One
Friday we had Bible Drama night at the college. The children did their play well.
Only once chLd they-get-starteT3 on the wrong sceneT Foira~change7~abo\it^6r^F~7
parents or adults came. With the students and college faculty, we had a very nice
audience. Then the college students did a- pantomime of the Good Samaritan. They
even had a donkey, a student donkey, that is, covered with a brown beadspread. It
was an enjoyable evening, but I need a long rest before we start another playI
Because of inflation, our food program is costing nearly the same as last year,
even though we are feeding the men fewer meals. With a new staff-member, and the
expansion of the church planting work, our money is tight. You have been so
faithful in your support. When I first came back, my financial report often had
a surplus. Now we have bought the land, and all your support is needed regularly.
Thank you for helping- us in this way.
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Orlando, FL 32806
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