DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTER

NO. 17

FEBRUARY

1970

Dear Christian Friends,

On

January 18th following a well-attended worship service at Kokom-

leme Christian Chur.chj^^^jj5^.a^.us;;^0ge^Qthe beach and shared the joyous occasion baptism of five y5ua men and one young lady.
Two of the men were''3tuasitj^:rS?fe'^iaa:9P^ome to know the'^w^y'^oT'TKe"""^^^^ Lord more perfectly. The other three live in the neighborhood of the church and college. The girl was Pam Rife, daughter of our
principal.

We have opened a charter membership roll and have more than two dozen

members already.

The men and college students spent two nights doing

Attendance has really jumped, and the

canvass calling in the area.

fruits of the preaching are beginning to appear. It really is en couraging. We also have several dozen names that have agreed to a further call. We have hopes of using printed lesson material for
teaching in these homes.

Our children's Christmas program was quite typical of such programs

everywhere: songs, recitations, and a pantomime of the Bible account

of Christ's birth. The untypical part was that the electricity was off for 3/4 of the program, but the candlelight production turned
out rather nice. So many people came that they were watching through
the doors and windows.

For the first time we held a Watch Night service on New Year's Eve. We were pleasantly surprised by the number of young adults who came from the neighborhood. We had a variety of activities including singing, Bible games, two filmstrips, light refreshments, then devotions and an outdoor prayer circle to usher in 1970.
Our Sunday School continues to grow and youth attendance is high. We are working on a Bible drama to present in Evening Worship. At last we are making efforts to make a real witness right where V7e are, as well as helping those in other villages. It's hard work,

isn't it, but look at the living fruits in the lives of the people!
Incidentally, the morning service is translated into Tx^i, also.

Last newsletter I menc.ioned chat we would help the Abeka congrega

tion with, a building. Perhaps you read in Tll'ffi or elsewhere that the

Ghantan gnycjLLjgent is requiring all aliens i-7ithout residence permits to leave, alip^is' making it harder to get such permits. This does not affect us, but it is causing the exodus of thousands of West Africans,
many of whom have lived and worked here for years. It caused extreme hardship for some, but their leaving has made available some

land and buildings in the Abeka section for very reasonable prices.
Just this last week x^re were able to purchase an excellent corner

location with a large sturdy building on it 'ior use and^'Sevelbpraeht

by the Abeka group. Mr.' Kuevi is encouraged by the growth of this congfegation and seems well-pleased by the new property.

s&ax.ching for property, we became more and more impressed by the heer size of the population in the area. We have seriously begun
to consider purchasing land and/or buildings there to relocate the college itself. It is farther from downtom, but in three years we ha-^e utterly failed to find and purchase any other ^reasonably priced and located land. This seems providential, sp- we may have "^Tg news in that department next month.
I visited two village harvests this year: these are combination'

Thanksgiving and -Fund-raising services. At both Manso and Bawjiase, Dock Hostetter. was the guest preacher. Barbara Taylor, Christian
Adjei and I went along to provide special music. . The Simkins went to Bawjiase, too, and Cyril was made Chairman (which means you are

in charge of counting the money).

At both churches we were given

lunch. We have a compliment for both places:-the Ilanso church started on time, and the people at Bawjiase listened unusually well to 'the preaching. These are areas.of weakness in many churches.
THE COLLEGE NEWS

Since I haven't written for tvzo months, a lot of instructional vjater

has passed under the bridge of time.

Before Christmas holidays, we

fave final e^iaminaticnr^ for th? first term, and then taught for two

weeks in the new term.

On regis-ration day for that segond term^^^^^l^ed clotl^irfg was distribut

ed to the students. Ljelongings. ^Ever^^twifint. received a. coiupxete matcued suit, some of

It can;e from severaidirf^Sfent sources including

a big ccnsignr.ent that Hostettcrs had coliccted and shipped vjith their
then brand new, plus sa extrd jackci: or pair of trou&p.rs and at least

two shirts;

1-:kp m Kagf^.-r

The married
the Wel percomply.

students received two or throe items for their tv^ivesV Some of extra clothing will be given to the Government, Dept. of Social fare. ' It was and since they must approve our to receive packages of food and clothing, we were happy to

Our college Christmas program V7as a happy occasion. The biggest hit was a solo by one of the freshmen. He danced as he sang, and that

skill is enjoyed and admired in Ghana- I was proudest, I guess, of a group song "Ring the Bells"' by four of the missionary women and six students. He weren't perfect, but we enjoyed doing it. Usually church choirs are overbalanced by Xi/omen, but we girls had to sing with great effort to match these young men!
The holidays passed all too quickly and now we have a steady vista of teaching ahead until spring holidays at Eastertime.
THE_HISSIONARIES

Two bJ^,jXfims in this department:

Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Simkins have

9ec5ded to leave Ghana and work again in Rhodesia from whence they
came three years ago. We will miss them very much, but pray God's blessings on their work there and that they will find satisfaction and contentment in their work with the Bible College there.
Believe it or not, I have moved!I On the first day of the new year, I joined the rest of the clan in a lovely, relaxing beach party. Then on the 2nd the agent for the house came at last. That very
afternoon I moved one carload of cartons treet from

Hostetters to my house while a student scrubbed and v/axed the floors. X slept there that night on mattress and springs. The next day Dick, r.iiij' ^ird Kent helped by moving all the ' f thingG. They ;.usc carri'B.d thos right across the street includir.g the fridge! I have bcuglit

quite a few things from Simkins and am keeping others till Smaages and McHenry's
arrive, Lord willing, in September. Of course, there are no curtains, ray springs and mattress, are still on the floor

and in the spare bedroom-study there are numerous unpacked cartons, but JLlm-izfiEy hannv tn he Queen. of my own little white house with the bright yellow trim. Come
see me!! """ " . .

Thank you all for the cards and letters you sent to make Christmas a happy occasion here. Just isn't room to say more. God bless you!
In Christian love and appreciation,
DOROTHY EUNSON

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COLLEGE CAmJS PURCHASED

God has answered our prayers in regard to property for the college. The answer isn't T^at we used to dream about, but it seems very suitable and practical now. Fron

a Togolese who will leave for his homeland soon, we have purchased a double lot and buildings that can be adapted for our needs. The site is developed like an African
the ground is paved, and four or five buildings spaced around the courtyard.

compoundsurrounded on three sides (and eventually four) with block walls, most of
We are thankful to have a sizeable sum of money in a building fund; this has en

abled us to pay for the property and begin remodeling and construction.

First on the

agenda was a toilet and shower unit for the hostel, and a bathroom in the house that
will be used to house African staff members. Those are virtually complete already! Now the work on the hostel has begun. New doors and windows will be added and screens

and painting will be done. There will be five units of two-room suites, each serving
four men. "Suite" is a very fancy word for two simple rooms; one for sleeping, an
other for study and relaxation.

There is a small two room building that will serve as a kitchen, but we must build at least a temporary shelter for a dining ?feen an xinfiniahed shgll
be modified and completed for a classroom building. In the future there will be an article in Horiaons, along with pictures, so be

sure to watch for it. We are happy about this step that has been made. There is lots of work to be done yet, but we can visualize the convenience and economy of it
already. We thank God for opening this door.
OTHER COLLEGE NEV7S

The students are now taking their turns at preaching in chapel. Most are doing very well. This year"s freshmen have made a fine beginning, and Dick Hostetter is happy to see the good results of his homile.tics class. The sermons are far from per
fect, but God still speaks through them.

In late February we had a party for the students on a Friday evening.

that we often played in Florida.

I had

charge of the games and was gratified when they really enjoyed them- Bible Charades based on the parables of Jesus was real exciting, as was the table game of Cootie
Another hi^light. of the same evening was an un

expected, but welcome, hard rain.

It is early for the rains, but we-'ve already had

several that broke the heat for a day or two. Just this week we have finished out final exams for second term. We will teach two weeks of the new term before a brealc for Easter vacation. This is the home

stretch and Rifes arid Taylors are realizing how close furlou^ time is getting.
One chapel period in February was particularly exciting: llr. Doku, T^iom I men tioned last time, was here aga^.n from ^eji and spoke in the service. He made it a real ci^allenge to the students to comb pi'each in the North where there is a strong
Ii5uslim influence and where Christian workers are scarce. He also challenged theoa to

trust the Lord for tueir Ixving arrangemants. A lively discussion ensued and God's Spirit seemed to be endocsirg the illei.ge in the response of the students. We pray that sone of the'a will be led to evangelize their Ghanaian countrymen in the
North, a needy field.
CHURCH NEWS VAPIOC;::. PLACES

The Kokomlemle '.hurcu contii.ue^i s+eaiilyt

We see great need for building up

the young adults in the faith: many nave been irregular in their attendance. The youth group staged their Bible drama on the Ten Virgins very smoothly, even thou^ two of the Virgins cane too late to participate. Dick's sermon applied the parable
to our lives very clearlj'.

In February Taylors ar.d 1 went to Obrachire for a harveai; service for Universal
Christian Church. Thar ib the first contact we've had with them in a long time, and

we decided it is much nicer to be frie.^dly with them than to be angry over our former

trouble.

Kent preached and the three of us sang several specials.

Two of our students

Mr.

were there for a while, too.

As of now, I aifi still on the U.C.C. quota, but ay visa rtins out April 12.

KuEvi has written to the Immigration people asking to have me changed to Ghana Christ

ian Church's quota. The business is not done yet, but we don't anticipate any diffi culty. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to pray, because we're never quite sure vAiat
will happen here.

Yesterday I again shared a trip with the Taylor family. Fourth year student, Peter Barfi, had begun to establish a new congregation in Oda at the end of last sum
mer, No one of the missionaries had visited there, and we wanted to see what he was
doing and share in the services.

The first service after a two-hour drive was in the market place. Kent preached while Peter conducted the rest of the service. He had a record player and an ampli

fier to use.
ten,

A good-sized crowd, mostly women and children, gathered around to lis

Peter admitted that many of Ms first converts had backslid, and so in the next worship service in their chapel room in the town there were only a handful of adults,
but lots of children. He seems confident that after graduation, he can win many

more people when he works at it full time. We think if anyone can do it, Peter can. At the close of the service, one young man stepped out for Christ and we shared that afternoon in his baptism in a quiet forest river outside of town. It was a lovely

climax to our visit to Oda.

Before we left town, Peter had taken us to his room- for rice and stew.

Then we

relaxed and the men and boys played' table games until time for Sunday School.. . More than 40 children came and sang, prayed, reviewed the creation story and practiced some French vocabulary words. Then I gave a little talk about the importance of studying
God*s Word and living it. It was an exhausting day, but very interesting, and we hope encouraging to Peter
and the few Christians in Oda.

Ron Rife and Dick Hostetter continue their weekly calling with students on be
half of the Kokomlemle church.
V/EST AFRT irTTHJ

?Bis^s the titlw of the paper to be published by Ghana Christian College? it

will contain news of the school, doctrinal articles, sermon outlines, etc. Dick

is- ^(^;j.ting it and has done most of thewriting for the'first issue, which

a't'the printer's.
step.
I/IISCELLAMEOUS

I-iy contribution was helping Christian Adjei type- the modest

mailing list onto address stencils. For a long time we have recognized the need of greater use of the printed word to build up the church, and this is the beginning

Cyril and Mary Simkins have wound up their affairs here and by now are well settled in the Bible College work in Port Victoria, Rhodesia.

V/e had an optimistic tape from the Both they and the David Mcl-Ienrvs are planning to come to Ghana in August, even though as yet their financial
support is inco
Ghana Christian Church will hold its annual Easter convention here in Accra,
A

very full program is planned. I hope our strength holds out! -Sable Teacher and Leader, the teacher's quarterly, has a lot of good Scriptural

'explanation and teaching in it.

We can give them to students, preachers and Christ

ian leaders for Bible study and teaching, if some of you would care to send them to

Ghaiia_{2iixisila^-College.

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May Easte3?"be a glori"bus day for you as you celebrate the resurrection of our glorious Saviour. Thank you for your partnership in the work here.
Sincerely,
DOROTHY EOKSON
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19 1970

GHANA CHHISTIAN CHURCH CONVMTION

The Easter convention v/as held in Accra this year, Just a "block

from the college on an empty lot. Mr. Kuevi and some students work ed hard to get it cleared of trash, including some rusty auto frames. Usually the framework of the "shed" is made of bamboo, but they

couldn't get any, so they made this one of young saplings of some
sort, and topped it with the usual palm branches. They arranged the usual amplifiers and-speaker' platform with a big space left
between that and the first row of benches for dancing during the singing .and offering.

The convention began Thursday evening before Easter; I attended, but virtually nothing was said in Siglish. However, some of our

Kokomlemle teenagers sat with me, so maybe my presence encouraged

them. The attendance was only fair an not all of the groups from

village churches ha^ arrived.

nearly 11:00 before I got home.

The service started late and it was

Many of the people stayed in the college buildings. If you went there, you saw dozens of people, cooking, eating, bathingor sleep ing in every comer and in the courtyard. The children and babies
had come along, too, so it was a lively place.

The convention was planned in its entirety by the Ghanaian Christ

ians. Each of our missionaries was scheduled to preach at least

once, and I led a v/orkship. All the rest of the preaching and conducting of the services and music was done by Ghanaians. Every word had to be spoken in at least two languages, although English
was not extensively used.

The morning and evening services were typical: lots' of singing, Scrip-cure reading, offering, prayer, sermon, and songs by the sing

ing lands (choirs).

Friday eftem.oon I stayed home to work on my

v/orkship, and I learned later that all the people v/ere so tired from traveling and from the other services, that no one shov^ed up
for the afternoon services at all. It is understandable and a

little "bit funny, although disappointing for the student preachers who "were to preach short sermons on the seven last words of Christ.
Ron Rife was able to come for the first time that night. He had

been very sick with bronchitis and never did get to preach because of coughing. After the service I helped John Adjei show a film-

strip of the Patriarchal Age. John had T/orked hard to put the Script on tape in Pante. It was so late that most of the people had gone home by the time it was over. The batteries got steadily weaker, too, and I held my breath till the last, slow, low word
sounded.

Easter morning we held a shortened Sunday School in the school

building; the people had cleared their things out in timel

Because

many of the people in our congregation don't care for the spirit ualist-type service, Ron conducted a regular service at the school with a good attendance. I went on down to the convention site, and
the others came later. In addition to the Lord's Supper, another

special feature of that service v^as an impressive ordination of

four of the college students who will be preaching for Ghana Christ
ian Churches. They will complete their courses of study this June. I was ten

Afternoon activities were scheduled to begin at JsOO.

minutes late, but others were later still, and we finally got start ed about 4:201 From my point of view the workshop on Sunday School teaching was very successful; I pray the participants were blessed and helped. The six men and four women representing about 4 dif ferent congregations seemed genuinely interested and livened the session v/ith questions and comments. They iinderstood English quite 7/ell, so Christian translated into Tv/i or Ga only when they had difficulty. We had the Twi and Ga outlines for them to follow and
keep.

I tried to give them suggestions for preparing and presenting les

sons, keeping in mind that they probably had only a Bible for source
material and little or no money for teaching aids. At the end I

gave them each about a dozen children's S.S. papers to keep aiid use
in their teaching. I was so glad that Berwick, PA. had just sent

me stacks of old papers j some were 15 years oldf but the colored Bible pictures, ^ere great. I also have the names and addresses of the 10^ so I can send them more materials as I have them. One church already has a S.S., but the others are interested in start

ing them.

Our allotted time was li- hrs., but it was after 6:50
One of the benefits for me was that I got to

before we stopped.

know some individuals-in the churches besides preachers.

The evening service was happy and relaxed but everyone has exhausted. Mr. Kuevi made his farewell address as chairman that night and they cancelled the Mon, a.m. service. Monday morning the missionaries had their monthly prayer and discussion meeting at Taylors. Kent didn't come \intil very late because he v;as taking his turn at rep

resenting the missionaries at the G.C.C. preachers' and elders* meeting. We talked about the convention and could see a lot of good in it. The expenses of the convention exceeded the offerings by
only S24.OO} that is a big improvement. Two churches agreed to pay their preacher's full salary, and a couple others pledged half.
Some of the Ghanaians still think the missionaries ought to pay all

I what they think, we want to keep showing them they must give for
KOKOMLEMLE CHRISTIM CHURCH

to their central fund that they can't grow dependent. No matter^'^N

the preachers' salaries, but we ^e contributing such a modest sum

\ their own spiritual health and so their churches can be supported grow. It^s a toi^ fight.

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In my S.S. class a new wall chart recording attendance, Bibles and memory verses has made an amazing difference in the attitudes of some
of the children. After weeks of attendances of 9 or 10, Apr. 12 and 19 the total jumped to I4, then 17. Many more are learning their

Scriptures, even the old ones.

absolutely full.
chairs in.

April"26th the worship service was

"Rejoice! Rejoicel Rejoice!,

We'll have to rearrange the room to get more

Attendance isn't the only area of growth; 4 people were

baptized since the last Newsletter.

Give thanks and sing!"

The evening of Apr. 19 we had a first: a covered dish supper that prefaced a planning meeting for the congregation. This was a new
idea for the Ghanaians, and they chuckled every time we announced it. Well, the table was as loaded with good and varied food as any
such function in the U.S. Of course, at home you wouldn't have

fufu or groundnut soup, but they are good, too. As usual we started late, but everyone seemed to enjoy it. ^^^e had a few too many children who came without their parents and

overloaded their plates, (some don't even atteid) uufc.wa naja." a leilowshxp that is ,hard
to achieve in a short formal service on Sunday mornings and nights.
ODDS _!;n ros

As of April 15, I have a brand new" two year visa imder the quota of-Ghana Christian Chxirch. Now only Edgar and Mabel Nichols are still working with Universal Christian
Church, the group who originally invited us to Ghana.

We continue to be pleased with the chapel sermons preached by the students.

Both

faculty and students are plugging away on the last eight weeks of this schobl year.
Floyd St^, recruit to Malawi, will be .ourgraduation..speaker on June 11th.

Thank you for your prayers and gifts. You probably get tired and discouraged, too, from time to time, but the Lord has never let us down, and so we must kepp on"
"keeping on".

3J1 .Christian love,

DOROTHY EUNSON

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Dear Christian Friends,

Vacation is here at last, but it looks like a busy summer anyway.

Personnel

changes have been made since the last Newsletter.

in late May for furlough.

Smaages' health problems were Edgar and Miabel Nichols left On Jun6 15th we bid a

such that their doctor recommended they not return to a tropical climate, so the

David McHenrys will be coming in August without them.

Kent Taylor has gone home for the summer to raise needed

funds for an extra year's stay; the family is staying here.

sad farewell to the Rifes who will be in the States on furlough until September of '^1"."" That leaves Dick Hostetter and his-"harem" to hold down the fort until fall-,

We hope to be not much trouble, and maybe even^a little help in the busy summer
ahead.

Academically speaking. . . the last half terra spcid quickly by and we managed

to complete the usual final exams, papers, and notebooks. Just a couple weeks before school let out, I finally took ray turn at conducting chapel by presenting a flannelgraph lesson and conducting a related Bible Drill. Dick Hostetter will be Acting Principal while Ron Rife is gone and Nancy Hostetter will be treasurer. The biggest news is that Christian Adjei, who has just completed his fourth year, will be added
to the faculty in September. This is a small step toward our ult^-mate goal of put ting the school into Ghanaian hands. We rejoice that we hav3 a man of Christian s
caliber ready for this responsibility so soon in the history of the college.
for him that God will use him mightily in this ministry to his own people.

Pray

Since we had our first four-year degree graduates, we tried to make graduation

as fine as possible.

Principal Rife ordered his elegant master's academic gotm and

hood from America. Professors liostetter and Eunson ordered the appropriate hoods and wore them with borrowed Ghanaian gowns. We rented the necessary apparel frbm the

University for the speaker (a field worker for'Scripture Union) and for the two

graduates. The chairman (Master of Ceremonies), Hr. Vigbedor from the Ministry of Education, brought his own finery. With the six third-year students in the procession
dressed in brilliant Kente cloth, we x^ere a colorful sight. We rented a nrce ^

auditorium just up the hill from the college. Mr. and Mrs. Rife cooperated in handing out the diplomas and various ax^ards. Since all the thirdyear students ^re passing
out" (the common term for graduating), there will be no fourth year class next year.

After the ceremonies, we served soft drinks and biscuits (cookies) from a convenient serving window at the back of the auditorium. We were encouraged to see that more
relatives and church members of graduates came than ever before,

A word about the graduates Four.of the six third year finishers are preach

ing for Ghana Christian Churches.

school'in Takoradi.

One of these has been offered a job in a secondary

congregation in that city and vjill do what he can to help Julius laianch one. The fifth young man was highest in his class and has a real drive for, the Lord's work.

Kent Taylor has long been interested in establishing a new

His mother is a prophetess, self-styled leader of an indigenous spiritualist church. We pray James will use his great ability to center converts* love and loyalty on Christ and net on any earthly leader. The sixth student has no definite plans at the
moment, but has expressed a desire to work and x^itness in the Upper Region, whose

people have had little opportunity to hear the gospel compared with other areas. Christian Adjei will teach in the college and continue as associate minister of
Kokomlemle Christian church. Peter Barfi has been working with a struggling group in

Oda, but may soon move to Prampram to teach in a nevj Christian Secondary School.
The week since graduation has been a busy one for me. Last year I assisted Ron in a Christian Education workshop for the second year students. Tliis year I was

the leader and Nancy Hostetter helped me. Last year's piano hinges pulled out of the flannelboards, so this year we tried hinges cut from old trouser legs and so far they work fine. It's good glue! The main task was to prepare a whole year's visual aids
for the Junior X graded lessons and also to teach the lessons in brief form as a
review and to demonstrate the correlation of lessons and aids. This year I assigned some of the lessons for the students to study and teach. They weren't all top-notch,

but don't we learn by doing?

We xrarked all day Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and

Friday from 8:30 to 1:30.

to good use.

I'm sure most of the five will put these valuable materials

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

student and speaks well of John's desire to serve and learn. He came and preached both services one week, and the members voted unanimously to call hira. Ron and Dick have both taught the people about their responsibilities to the preacher and to the Lord. How we will be praying that John will also be mightily used of God in winning souls in this community of Accra! John loves the Lord, seems to love people and talks easily
with them, and speaks Fante, Ga, and English. Relations are not always harmonious between the missionaries and the leaders of Ghana Christian Church; e.g. they are disappointed if we make land or

property decisions without consulting them, and we are annoyed if they act too possessive or if they ask for more money. Pray for us that all of us will earnestly and humbly
seek to cooperate in this venture for Christ.

Domestically speaking. . . my house is crowded with extra furniture.

I am

using some things of Rifes, and until IIcHenrys come and take what will belong to them
and until Smaages' things are disposed of,, it looks like a furniture store. . . A few

nights ago the termites swarmed. They came by the thousands, swarmed around the outside lights, and beat their wings against the screens. Only a few crawled under the door,
and Roland seemed to enjoy catching and eating them. . . Tlie grass, hedge, and flowers

are green and growing quickly from the rains.

dust washed off.

The whole city looks prettier with the

When one lifts his eyes from the cluttered and dirty streets to the

beautiful palm trees and other verdant foilage, he can see the beauty of tropical Accra.
Conclusively speaking. . . In the two months after Easter, .about 65 people
died in Akim Hanso. Wen the disease was identified; as yellow fever, and there was
(We were vaccinated before leaving

an outbreak in Nsawam, only 20 miles away, Hrs. Rife arranged for health officials to
come to the school and innoculate all the students.
America).

Newest converts at Kokomlemle Christian Church are a photographer and his

wife. The man stepped out for Christ at a school where Kent Taylor was preaching for services conducted regularly by one of the college students. Mr. Boahene had been asked to come and take pictures of the event. Two student preachers talked further,with

him the following week and baptized him.

His wife has since been baptized.

Since they

live near the school, they were encouraged to become a part of this congregation. After one rainy shopping trip downtoim I noted two interesting sights in

my diary: the traffic policemen left their mid-street posts to stand under the drier
-Store

a dirty, unkempt man roaming the streets completely naked. These are "mad man' and
apparently harmless.

anr^ ipf thp tTfiffic. battle it out for themselves.

Occasionally, you see

neglecting to pay his x^orkers, so we are a bit uneasy about the slowdown on that work^^
The new hostel is ready except for interior paint, as are the housemaster's quarters;.. and library rooms. One of the students is doing all the painting to work off next- .
year's school fees. '

The contractor who is working on the Abeka school buildings has been

You may be weary of reading, so I'll stop and leave you some time for working and praying for the Kingdoiain your town and here. May the remaining summer,
days bring you f*uitful labor as well as rest and recreation. :
In His service,
DOROTHY EUNSON

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Dear Friends in Christ,

May" I t^ll you a little about my visit to Akim Manso Sunday.^

July 19th? I* lieft. town before'8:00 A.M. with four of our Ghanaian '' '

church attendeesf are meirf)ers. Traffic was light so we covered ' the 84 miles of so^e^good and some bad road in less than two hours; "';
Samuel Osei, the preacher, met us in the market place and took us to ' his house to rest a bit. He did not take us to the service immediate-:

ly so we wouldn't have to wait while the people slowly gathered and got "warmed up" with songs. Wejhad time to imload some of Samuel's
books we had brought from the college and a new sewing machine for his wife. The machine is part of our scheme to help some of the student preachers support themselves if necessary, while preaching.
Our general plan was to wait until they graduated, but in our opinion Samuel had already proved himself, so he got his boost two years early. He is the tenor in our mixed quartet, so I x^as pleased '
it fell my lot to help. At last I can write the First Christian ' ^

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Church Youth Group in Orlando and tell them that-part of their special gift has been put to use. The machine is a hand-operated
Singer. Mrs. Osei is a seamstress.

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At last we went to the service. They have made a lot of pro gress since my last visit a year ago for the foundation stone laying." They have paid it all themselyes except for $200 given them two years ago by the missionaries. The block walls are finished, the galvanized
roof is on (so important for the rainy season), some of the inside

surfaces are plastered, and sturdy windows and doors are in place.
The floor is still dirt. About 150 people were present and that many; .
By the time we arrived . more could easily have been accommodated.

they had nearly finished the congregational singing, but four group^ ' >. i.Jfj

presented special songs. The Lord's Supper quietly and reverently served while the people sang softly an appropriate song. A more
the front to present his offering.

lively song characterized the offering time as each person came to

Then it was nqr turn:- I presented one of Christ's parables f^ind.
I had printed the three

accompanying lesson idLth flannel visual aids.

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main points in Twi to be mounted on the board, and Samuel translated

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it preaching and I called it teaching4^-'

Thie inen and women sit in separate sections, and it is

encouraging to see so many men in that group. Virtually all of the women, at least, were barefoot in the service. Even though Samuel

has taught them it doesn't apply to us, most-bj&l>them l/av&'4:bnti;tiued

the long-time habit because God told Moses to remove his shoes while

standing on the holy ground near the burning bushv^ The size of the

cbngregatiLon,ythe progress. on their building^^ the orderliness of their singing were very, encouraging signs of their growth.

their'service, apd their,attention, to .the message as-x^ell. as to

My four guests and X.:were given a bountiful dinner of rice, fish stew,, bread and a hot. drink. After some pleasant talk, wfe'^^ went to another house where ;we were given pineapples, bananas, and

eggs to speed us on our X7ayi

with a sister congregation.

It had been a happy day of sharing:

Oh Jiine; 28 we spent most of the afternoon in a fund-raising service at and for Abetca Christian .Church. They want to add two more rooms to the facilities bought for ^:hem out of school funds. The attendance was small ]?ut the total.fl^fering of $86.00 was very good. Dick gave an excellent message; Barbara and 1 sang. Maybe
this .'fall with the new college facilities close to this congrega tion, some students will attend and work to build it up and :.win
others.

The thatched roof of Tamatoku*s temporary shelter was ruined by the rains, so they were given $50.00 from the Ghana Christian Church reserve fund to buy-^ronrpofing sheets. Kokomleml'6 "CS^ristian Church welcomed. Jiohn Adjei, as their new

preacher on July 5^ ' Chriati^ Adjei ccmtinu^. as associate minister.

' In the evening'we had a carry-in suppej: to welcome tl;^> John Ad^eis, and each family brought a gift^ of soap, sugar, milk, rice, char
coal or palm oil. Bros. John and. Chri.stian have taken a real

hold in leading the congregation.

make the services more effectivei

They are trying new ideas to

John has revived and strengthened

the Wed. night service with the main emphasis on prayer rather thati on Bible study. He is calling and working, too. He discovered
that our newest young couple had just lost a young child.,, The .re^t

of us didn*t know because a public funeral is not held for,-young..^

children. The couple was back in the first service after, his visit.

Best of all two have acknowledged Christ as Lord and obeyed

"5 5-Bira'in'baptism.

 V;U|ifortunateZy, on the way home from .the first baptism, Mr. Hostet.ter suffered'^a broken rib and bruides i^ a car accident. No one elseJ^n his car was hurt. He is mending slowly but surely and is very busy in spite of his soreness. Pray for-him;

Mr. Edmund Nartey, officer in bottf Ghana Christian Church

and Ghana Christian College, is working to establish a Christian Secondary School in his home village of Prdmpram as his contribution

to the Lord*s Kingdom. He has launched out on faith, having quit a good, government post in order to devote ful^l-time to this new venture, He haa^made go<Sd: progress in securing buildings for the school and fuhdg.r I visited the site with him during the first of July and took pictures for the"Ministry of Education. The leaders of Ghana Christ
ian Church are very interested in finding American Christians trained in education to work with this school and others. If you are inter ested, -or know of someone who is, write us. The new campus is slowly getting in shape. The electricity is in nowj' and the housemaster has already moved into his quarters. I mentioned last time that the contractor was staging a slow-dom.

Well, he staged a complete "cop out" after he had received a sizeable

sum of money for phases of the work yet unfinished. Dick Hostetter

is now Moing the'contracting himself with the limited funds we have left. We will take action against the contractor, but it may take
two years or more to recover the money through the courts. The only remaining maior^ proj ect is this dining hall which will be built in the sjLmplest pQrssible way.
During the third week of July we interviewed and tested 19 prospective freshmen. We have accepted 15 of those, but have no assufance they will all. turn up in September. Only one man was doubtful whether he could pay-his fees. We conducted the interviews

o.n::Ho^tetters* front porch so that Dick could keep his aching bones
in an easy chair. Mrs. Taylor, her children, and I spent a week in a small cabin

on the Volta River.

was. gre^t.

The facilities were primitive, but the swimming

It was our chance to "get away from it all".

Back ip June we enjoyed a one day visit from Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall of Capstan, inc. They were on a medical tour-since Mrs. Hall is a doctor, but they made tapes and pictures c)f us for their Christian audioyi&ual service. We appreciated Dr.- Norma's free
medical advice, too!

The summer months are pas:sing swiftly. They are busy ones, with many jobs to accomplish before the new sclTool year takes up our time. The weather is

pleasant and cool^ and w# are all well.

September 1, Lord willing. furlough.

The David McHenrys are due here on

Pray for them and for the Rifes in the States on

Thank you for your interest in this work. This newsletter is a poor substitute for your personal visit to Ghana, but then not many of you could afford that. May the Lord who loves us all give you spiritual peace and joy in your daily living. For the Savior's sake,

DOROTHY EUNSON

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Dear Friends in Christ,

, The last Newsletter was closed with a note about our vacation on the Volta.
week.

wrote

that before we actually went, and as it turned out Barbara Taylor was ill during the whole
She remained i l l on our return to Accra and on her second visit to a doctor was

admitted to the hospital with infecti9u;s hepatitis. In;.the weeks since that first week of August, we all have shared the shopping, cooking, errands, and other -tasks for the family.
Until this last week, when Mrs. McHenry took over, I have usually prepared their main meal of the day at noontime. I*m getting lots of cooking experiencel Barbara came home on August 18th,. but will remain virtually bedfast until. November 1, naybe longer. Her husband, Kent, returned from a summer of speaking engagements in the U.S.

on ^ptember "4

^ay for Barbara; it's discouraging to be so limited in activity for all

these weeks. All of us who were in close contact with her got gamma globulin shots for protection. Having taken over the gathering of materials for her S. S. class, I appreciate more all the time she had been spending on it! Two of the college students are doing :the
actual teaching.

Since John Adjei took over as aninister at Kokomlemle, there have been thirteen baptisms, including four young people, ffe praise the Lord for this growth. "When the college moved to its new campus, they took all their furniture, of course, so the congregation has ordered chairs, tables and benches of its own. This is a very large expenditure for them, -but they have responded well with extra gifts so that the ..
accumulated surplus is not entirely wiped out.

Bro. Adjei is woikirig very hard to keep open the lines of comniunication and fellow ship among the members. He keeps a bulletin board of statistics and announcements, and last week he mimeographed a newsletter. Last Sunday night we enjoyed two duets, prepared and presented by four Ghanaians. This indicates a real sense of serving and sharing.

A trial merger between the congregations of Ghana Christian Church and those called Churches of Jesus, about 20 in number, has been worked out. Dick Hostetter has had numerous prea^jhing and teaching contacts with the latter, but the arrangements were made by the Ghanaians. This could be a fine step in encouraging ^ind strengthening both groups. Please ^

pray that proper use and reporting be made of the money that they share for common projects
so that it will not hinder or destroy their brotherhood in spiritual matters.

The chairman produced a newsletter for all of the Ghana Christian Churches in August. This, too, could be an effective tool in binding the Christians closer together. Although the financial report included with the newsletter did not have a "Balance on Hand" line, at
least it is a step in the right directioni

Dick Hostetter has been spending much time recently with a small group of Christians

in a part of Accra called Kaneshie. Dick will help them establish a new congregation in that area. He will help with teaching and preaching for a year, if necessary, while at the same time giving "on the job training" to a college student from that very place. Pray for
this Kaneshie group. ..

Now, about school matters I helped a bit during the summer with recording grades, notifying old students of reopening, a makeup session of interviews and tests for prospective freshmen, and arranging the office furniture and supplies after its removal to the new campus My role was very small compared with that of Dick Hostetter, He carried out the daily and detailed supervision of actual construction, saw that the moving was done from old to new
not slow him down for longl Nancy Hostetter does a superb job vrith the school financial
records.
household.

campus, installed the louvres and window glass himself, and even swept the rooms and helped level the ground and plant grass sprigs and flowers. You can see that his broken rid did
It makes for efficiency to have the Treasurer and Acting Principal in the same

and rearranging the library. We are trying some new methods and rales for library usage,
hoping to. lo.se fewer books.

Just around the opening of school, I spent some hours with student help, cleaning

the whole seem quite capable of the work. Only time will reveal their true dedication and
desire to preach.

Eleven of the nineteen accepted freshmen actually reported for orientation and on

doing well with his classes. The only problem is that they can only find two Greek books
to share among two students and the teacherI

Every one of the upperclassmen returned, and it is surely fine to have them back and to be beginning this new year of classes on a new, attractive campus, I have throughly ^ enjoyed the first two weeks of teaching. Mr. Christian Adjei, one of our new teachers, is

A highlight of the opening of school is the testimonies given in chapel by the

returning students. May I share a few with you? . John admitted that his preaching efforts in the first few weeks of holiday were unfruitful. In traveling to a new location, he was crossing the Pra River but was thrown into the water by a capsizing canoe. Unable to swim, he clung to a tree .fo-r several-hours before someone rescued him. ELghty-ei^t souls were won to Christ in the villages he
evangelized from that time on.

.. Francis- spent much time in teaching and helping the church ministered to by, agraduate. He said the work waa very effective.,, Dick Hostetter and David McHenry visited ... that church just two v/eeks ago and also brought back a report of encouraging progress.Emmanuel, troubled by the rigid traditions and closed minds of his old line denomina

tion, organized an evangelical group chiefly among students. He rather emphatically ., related that this group, eager to teach others, was being "run by me", \7hen the chapel room exploded'in laughter, he hastily corrected himself and said that Christ was the head.
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Seeing all of this with fresh eyes and insights are the David McHenrys whom we

welcomed at the airport with great joy on September 1st, They are staying with Hostetters until, a house is ready for rental around October 1st. Within this first month, both David

and Hairy have suffered their first attack of malaria, but they are holding up well under their new way of life, responsibilities and the myriad problems that seem to be an integral
part of the work here. V/e ere so happy to have them. Let's pray for their health and wisdom and. .joy,in the Lord as they work in the coljLege and churches. .

C., school teacheiS" aiid "Christi"^ feader, is preparing to come to Ghana for the school year,
while I am on furlough. She will teach some of the classes I am teaching in the college and help in other ways as her abilities and desires lead. Help her if you can, for she vail be teaching school ,at the same time she must raise living and travel funds for her year of service in Ghana. The Lord has led us this far; may He continue to clear the path for her

GOOD

Ivliriam Hayngs^f ixistis, Florida, graduate of C. B. S. and'U. of

in the U- S. and here in Ghana (often the thorniest).

You have been so faithful in your financial help that I was able to transfer

S600,00 to the building fund for the college to take up t;he slack caused by the contractor's
theft. This money was needed in order to have things ready for the new school year.. Many ., thanks for your stewardfcLp. V/e need special prayers for a new and heartrending problem involving the leaders of

Ghana Christian Churches, and the missionaries, including the Rifes on. furlough now in the
U. S. Pray earnestly that the Spirit of Christ \7ill prevail.
In His sexvlce,
DOROTHy.EMSON

Dorothy's Forwarding Agent: Dorothy's address:

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I/Iiss Dorothy Eunson, P. 0. Box 5722, Accra, Ghana, Africa.

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