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well, he climbe^a ^cfiair to open awl'ndow. He fell backwards, striking his head on the floor. The blow opened an artery in the back of his head and b^j^d^tp.^eath

of our students.,..^^d^g^4^^^^2^ii his home in Kumasi. Although he was not feeling

It is necessary to begin this New Year of 1969 on a sad note:

On New Year's Day, one

before he could be gotten to the hospital. This second year studeirtC^--r-&. OfT

was influential in a spiritualist sect called Church of the Lord. AC::$;h^uner^Ron Rife challenged the people to send other students in Ofusu's place, thatThey^might gain the knowledge of God's Word that he had been acquiring. Although Ofusu's
untimely death leaves a gap in the student body, God can bring good out of it and
multiply his influence through other students.

At the moment we are just three days away from the end of vacation and the beginning of a new term. All exam papers are graded and all term grades made out for my classes. I haven't accomplished as much advance work for the new term as I had hoped, but our
goals raust always be beyond our attainments..

Let's back up a bit now to the beginning of December. Early in the month I made the last trip to Suhum until a new class of girls enters in February. On the 15th I x-jent up for the graduation ceremony (called "passing out") for the second year students. It was a hot, dusty trip, and to my chagrin, the exercises had been postponed: they feared the visit of Gen. Ankara (the head of the government) to a nearby town would draw all the people away. The headmistress was apologetic, and gave me a cake, a

jar of marmalade, and a bottle of squash all made by the girls.

Because of all

their preparations, they, too, Xijere disappointed at the postponement.

Doris Rife and I attended our first "outdooring" during December. This is a naming ceremony for a baby. The little girl on this occasion was the new daughter of

Christian Adjei, a third year student and school secretary. The ceremony is carried out by the father's family, and the parents do not even attend. It was held at 5:30

a. m. ift the courtyard 6t Christian*^ fatlter"^s home; Becausethe b^ywas--a-gj.rl,.

was Christian's sister who brought the baby, naked, outside and lifted her high into the air. Then she laid the little one on the ground, gently "kicked" her three times, and then stepped across her three timas. All the while, the aunt was speaking good wishes for the baby in the Ga tongue. This process is supposed to ensure that the baby x^'ill follow in the good footsteps of her aunt as she grows up. After a bit
of a corn drink (non-fermented) had been wiped on the baby's lips, everyone in attendance i^as given some to drink. The corn represents the staff of life; it
reminded me a little of unsweetened prune juice.

There were other statements and responses between the grandfather and members of both families. Then many present gave monetary gifts for the care of the baby. If the

donor could think of nothing special to say, a very clever "M. C." from the father's
family made appropriate remarks. One of Christian's brothers, also named Christian,

was explaining everything to us.

a Ga name for the baby - Djagble.
"Doris" - after Mrs. Rife = later-

The elders (older men) of the father's family chose

Christian plans to give her the anglicized name
It was a most interesting ceremony and was worth

getting up so early for!

In most Ghanaian tribes, children inherit material wealth

and property from their mother, but the spiritual heritage comes from the father. This is why the naming ceremony is carried out by the father's family.

The week just before Christmas was more than full with the preparation and giving of
final examinations.
did at mid-terms.

I would say generally that the students did better than they
I'm sure they will be glad to hear that, too.

Our Christmas party was a big success. All the day students were there and so were most of those who attend evening classes. The room was quite full and hence quite warm! The program included slides taken by the various faculty members, a filmstrip

of the birth of Christ, and songs and Bible verses by the children, intermingled with
much carol singing and special music numbers.
all dressed in Ghanaian dress.

Our trio sang two carols, and we were

My own

All the students had dressed up for the occasion and

several came in the traditional cloths and one or two in the lovely Kente.

costume was a lady's Kente wrapped as a skirt and worn with a white blouse. Ghana must be getting to me - I planned the program and it lasted two hours! No one suffered
unduly, however, and the punch, cookies, and nuts quickly restored our energy.

The following evening I showed the Christmas filmstrip for the neighbor children and
served them refreshments.

Many of you have asked about the Ghanaian celebration of Christmas. Many churches hold services on Christmas Day, but for most it is a time'of merry-making. We saw many
parties.

people wearing party hats such as we associate with New Year celebrations or birthday

Some of the taxis and lorries v/ere decorated with flowers and green branches,

and ..firev7orks are a big part of the festivities from a vzeek before Christmas straight

through New Year's. Since the other missionaries were here last year, they entered the Ghanaian spirit of things and we enjoyed fireworks along with our more traditional
celebrations.

On Christmas morning several of us spent a couple hours in a Ghanaian home drinking soft drinks, and eating cakes, cookies, and barbecued goat meat with red pepper sauce. The latter was a little tough but tasty. This family received many friends during the day
and entertaine<i them in this manner.

About 5:00 all of us gathered in the Smaage home for a veritable feast of chicken,

dressing, and as many of the trimmings as we could find. In addition to the three families, Derry Smaage's mother and father were present, and one student. Aftenvards we sang cai'ols, played games, and just enjoyed a relaxed time together.

By the way, I had gone do^jntotjn two days before Christmas and it was as bad as any
to walk on the side walk because dozens of women each had their little display of

shopping rush in the States. Only parking places were even more difficult to findI finally ^ave up and came home. Even a x^eek before Christmas there was hardly room
You would have
to see i t to believe i t .

shirts, dishes, toys, or what-have-you right on the sidewalk to sell.

The day after Christmas I went with Rifes to the village of Tamatoku for a session of
a convention. One of our. students preaches there, and three others were there for the

convention. Ron preached in English and the local preacher translated into Ga. Then another student preached in Twi and the message was again translated into Ga. It was

a pretty little village full of coconut palms.. We were given rice and palm soup with
fish in it. I'm getting to like that peppery soup! The people gave us lots of young,
^ green coconuts to bring home*

Just last Sunday I was invited to dinner by my neighbors and tasted fufu for the first time. It is a pounded mixture of cassava and plantain eaten with the palm soup, this

time just full of good meat.

the fufu a l i t t l e better.

I really preferred rice, but maybe next time I'll like

New Year's Eve was brightened by a get-together, including Mabel and Edgar Nichols and their daughter and,son-in-law. Bob and Phyllis Mills, on their way home for a
furlough from mission work in South Africa,

Moire news will have to wait until another mcnth.

and opportunities for spreading the Word.

We leave you, then, a little bit sad,

but looking forward to the return of the students for another term of diligent study
joyfully His,
DOROTHY

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Dear Friends,

It's been quite a while since I talked to you last. = ,; Without further apologies',;
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SimkinS' arrived ^}h'.March 11th, Imperfect communications led us to ^.xpWt them.

Friday, biitf^^ffS- rffiet ^the Tuesday plane "j.st in case",., and they were qh it I It was ^ goM to s^e 'theta;'3itli:e others knew them better, but our acquaintance and friendship
deepened Yapidly dating their stay with me. In less .than three weeks .they had . .
found d'house and. moved in, and .Gyril had assumed a full, teaching loa^. . The.ir .c^^^ "has arrived-f^rom-Europe,and-the only things they ars^-still-awaiting ar:e ,dri|ms. p_f_

belongings from America, and the arrival of their daughter, 13-year-old l-la^ Ann,
in. September;fi iVisits to the orthodontist are keeping her in the rStafes ^wi,,th a
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married brother. -

Th^. Christian .Education.-class studies these, but a live display .makes themjmcjip,^
real. A complete set of Junior Teacher Quarterlies and Visual Aids for each of
these same: student has been ordered.
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Ii,final3o^ got my u0ing iRore

in chapel. I gave a model Sunday School le.sson.. of visual, ;.aids in order to d,emonst:rate th.ei-r. ^se....
It's a big investment a,b\:^t a worthwhile ,o;ne ,

far h^lpin^o,the.mieixecute an effective-teaching, program.

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Our.,Lord:s^d,. VTeach, ... -baptize.. .teach.and that's .what;!s happening. Recently were iburied with Christ in baptism aa.it:hey came to learn the

way of the Lord more perfectly.

A sevente.e_n-vear-"Q-ld.Ghanrian was also -b.apti^d in the .ocfian?:.he i3v'a;.ni6mber of -o.ur 'S^day School/ . Pleaseip ^pr these yoijffg^en.
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preaching, more than 40 people responded to the invitation derive, their lives tp ,., Christ. There is now^n"Stant clo^f^ation there,. ministered to by one of our " '
students. Since the bulk of the plans was made by several students, it encouraged
Pray f^r this group and their ybiiflg evangelist.

of an opeti'/^r pre'^eixing-se^yite, in t'h^,.market place ai^-^daisp^-.^n t^ra night^iof

In additibEt'.'ta iChja^^^ove cause ^for rejfoicing, we were

both them and us, shoxi?inp^ that yqunp jaeax-prea^ina tb-e.J7ard.lg.4h _^gtablish congregations with the help of God.

Ov^r Eastet-weekend, the men preached several different places.

coast.

Barbara Taylor I spent Saturday night and Sunday in ^T.akpradi, 130 miles do the '
We stayed in the Workers' College, which caters' to the public when classes

With Simkins, and

are not in session. Sunday morning x^e attended a session of the Ghana Christian Church convention. Since some of the congregations involved have just "joined*' n:;

this fellowship without really understanding the New Testament church, some of the
attitudes exhibited were disappointing. There were the usual singing, drumming,

"^^st, as did the two interpreters. -The ,Qh^n^ia^ who know better wer_e^.di5BSLP^inte(
too, although the program had been carefully planned with many sermons and sever^ Bible Study periods. There were just too many who dida^-caxfe^ Perhaps real
pjcpgress will be-ma4e- faster in cohgregations such as Adaiso which are started from ^scratch by_a_man..a,lxeady...gr.ounded in the Scripture.

dancing, and testimoniesall done with great enthusiasmand prayer, but what a_^^ uhpr. py-r-ii af fl.j.vpn his chaiice to preach! Many graduaUy wandered away., from the palm-thatched bamboo shelter, and others went tfl,a^fiRL He did his

There were about 500 people present for that morning session.

over that morning'fanl^Bonna^"B^fbara and I sang several trios, including an Easter

Hymn in the Twi language. Here's hoping they understood the message of it. The service began about 10:30 a.m. and concluded with the Lord's Supper about 2^00 p.m. We are thankful for those present who did hear and appreciate the Word and who are
faithful to Him.

Smaages had driven

I was back in Accra Sunday night, but left again Monday morning with Rifes for a

trip into northern Ghana. It was extremely interesting, although hot and dusty. Many of the roads are unpaved and they are most easily traveled before the rainy season begins. As we drove northward, we observed many changes: the rain forest
tion, industry, with modern development.

gradually gives way to a mixture of grassland and trees. The air is hotter but dryer. The people of the north have had fewer contacts with the gospel, with educa
The farther north, the fewer clothes the

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VJe Stayed each night in a rest house

rather a clean, but/p^riinitive~ty^ of mo^i^l'. .Some v/ere cdirifortable, an4^cthers

were stifling hot, especially the ''luxury'"'hotel-.,in Bolgatanga. --T^ere tjifey brought

us, x^ater for bathingj in a bucket.

The water supply^'aYid pressure just weren't

adequate for the indoor plumbing available. On Monday we~drove to Kiamasi and visited two mmseiims there. Edgar and Mabel Nichols had gone to Accra to meet a'plane; in fact, we'passed them on the road. Tuesday we crossed the _Volta^Lalce backed up by the Alcdsombo'dam. It is the, largest man-made .lakQ .m^-the-wpi^ld. The ferry crossing took an hour. The town of famale is capital of the a<3mihistrative Northern Region,
but there's not much there. We did enjoy fellowship with a Ghanaian Christian
whom Rifes had met previously in Accra.

The next day we made a side trip to a Baptist Mission Hospital at Naleri^u. ./&0
ihave lots of interesting crafts and curios to send hprn^' for a'''
Lay^ .now.-.

nurses we had met at 'the American picnic conducted us on a tour of the ^^ospi$:,al> then refreshed us .vith ice water and a lovely lunch. We drove on to .BoZgatan^ .c^j^ital of the .Upj^er,iRegipn, and spent an hour or more in energetic bargaining ;in''th^'Tajnous

At Paga on Thursday we saw on^ of the sacred crocodiles that are like,.patron gods
to that village. It took nearly an hour for the boys to coax it out of .ttje.water-

Most of the rest of the day was spent driving due west., then south, ori.-;d;i^t roads

through" ^arsely-settled. country. We sav/ a few.,iaonkeys run across the.^jr'bad into

the ipqal. ichief' s palace' df unusual architectural style and then faced the long,
dusty drive back to Kumasi^ We stopped at Afrancho so I could see the clinic that Nichols help sponsof^^Tust outside Kumasi a tropical dovmpour the dust off

the''bush!., spent the night in Wa^and gratefully showered the red dus,t 'from our hair a^.bodies. Friday motning bought hand-woven blankets in the market, admired

the car, but.we waited until we gpt to the rest house.

Af.^f a visit^{ithichoIs

^^d a late ,supper at the rest house, we fell gratefully into b^""^a "siept w3T'3!n Cairiin'i-cople3"7^"e^4 ^r has made me a more intelligent teacher of Ghana
geography,..buti.raQr^'ii^brtknt, we found out where denominational missionaries are
located, the great 'sJtrength of Islam in the North, and/the. difficult task it would
be to establish coiigudgations of believers in that area',' sijf^'ce the population is
relatively sparse and scattered.. as the so.utherners' V of-bdtirse. Their personal need 6f a Savior remains as great .

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in rebent days was the,7fi'tet meeting of the Board of

Dir^tPjp^'bfinfcorpdrated last summet, hoping to strengthen our position here.,-(it^ didn;'t'hsip muiiK). "The Board sets'i)olicyi ,rWith most administrative matters left in the hands cf the Principa.l* Rife. We are still searclii]ng for ai " way to obtain our ot-m quota, sibce ^^e h4sita,tie, toi;invest in land and buildings while our position is still unstableJ ' PXease pray ,for,God's; guidance and power in this, w

Meanwiii^e, we walk by faith.'^'placed an;.a,d,in the daily paper setting forth the';-'
had received 18 responses. '- Of boutse^^ only-.a small fraction of these initial

purpose,,,of the college and iiiviting applications foir/i September. Three days later. wfi'
those who, really .V7ant to serve Him^ Pray.wi^th us^ w<m*t you?
and family into a new home very. soon.

responses .ever turn into actuai'"$tudentsv,but we are praying that God will send us

Mrs. Tom Barkes, a most excellent fbrr^ardingi-agent, will'-be rnbving with her husband
Effective. June 1, 1969, her address wili.be

603 Twin Brook Lane, Joppa, Maryland 21085. Thank you'for your prayers andiinterest'as well as financial support. Since it's been hot and dry'fbr four straight months, I'll close by saying
Very warmly yours,
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Dear Friends,

On June 11 Smaages will be leaving Kotoka International Airport for their furlough in America. VJe are rapidly approaching the end of this school year. On June 19 graduation will be the closing event of the year. Then we face a cool, calm, summerwe hope!! I fear the hours will be too short for all the work and study we
have planned.

In May the students invited, all the ladies to dinner at the hostel.

After a meal

of rice and smoked, fish (head and'tail included), the students entertained us and -made a-few-requeets-.- -The reasonable one& were-for^--a-table cover-and tableware. As- I told youj ;:stainless steel is already on" its v/ay from America^-and Mary and Donna bought'plastic table covering the same week; This coming wfeek we will
entertain the students at a return dinner.

Since the day aXter Eastery.-Miss Cathy Bundick, a senior at Midwest Christian

College -has been living with Nicola An Kumasi to fulfill a missionary internship.
Heri story in HORIZONS wa.-i ichols and she came to Accra on business trips. seventy children is keeping her busy in Kumasi. "but she was never able to get ;a A daily Bible class for as many as

visa, probably because of the ciyil war, , Cathy has""stayed with me twice when the'

The first Sundayt^in EOy our Sunday School gave bir-th to a third class with Mrs. Smaage as teacher. Christian Adjei will teaxjh Smaages go 'home. Y7e started a

new series of'lesson^,jusiiig workbooks, but ar^e^ 'ifa^' discovering "'the books are much
too advanced for but the oldest children. ' "Just "this morning I helped three boys

catch up on last week's lesson; one couldn't 'reM ^

want very much to give these children Bible training.

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he is in Class 4^ ^

truly believe we are goa^g to have to grade our Sunday Seiiool -by.'English ability,
regardless of age, and we :need at least one clas^ taught in a Ghanaian language.
Please pray that we can work

cut the many problems, and find meiL9ds and materi^s 'that are truly effective ("5?-.had 39 =Ghildren:.on June 1st, 1969*) v,'" ^

My seksond-. visitbr. this month was Miss Cec^ia Baiisah, a young nurse who was baptized' as a result of the Bible studies conducted by our'men at Suhum hospital last sui^qr
and fall. Cecilia is no?/ in another hospital studying to be a midwife. She is .

very sweet, attrac-tive young lady, and our students 'appreciated her presenoe. the days she visited school with me. In fact, one evening she joined our music practice and sang in a mixed quartet in chapel the. next day. Her present school is sponsored by the Seventh iSay Adventists, so she pisses the frequent fellowship of New Testament
Christians.

One more paragraph about visitors! taking pictures and tape recordings.
that made 19 at the tablel

Four men from the Hessville Christian Church in That HfesSvilie Church surely ought to, have a

Hammond, Indiana, came to visit ^^ifes, their living link missionaries. They were
extremely busy during ,their two week staypreaching, teaching, sight-seeing, and

good record of what is happening here. Of co^se, the rest of us received great.^ pleasure from their visit, too.^. .On their last day they took all of us out for lunch;
Only Doris and Brian Rife missed it because Brian was sick.

Now T*m going to do some quo'ting from recent writings of Cyril Simkins. It will give you .some yaluable information and''give you the refreshment of a different viewpoint. "^Then we look back over the past ye^, 1968-I969, several facts are revealed.
The missionaries have succeeded in staying in Ghana. Through the grace of God the school l;as continued and is still train.ing preachers. The school is incorporated as

a dhanai^ institution, and has requested a quota of .its own." This quo^a has not yet been granted. This could be one of the consequences of the internal struggle
inside the Universal Christian Church.

"On the credit side, the missionaries realize that the school is stronger and
that the students are better students. The missionaries have remained, and they have remained on the basis of their biblical doctrine and independent policy. They also see an unlimited potential for work in Ghana.

"The casualties (of the trouble last summer) have been primarily in numbers. There were groups with several thousand members more or less loosely associated with
us. Some of these have gone; others need to be cultivated again. This loss is more

apparent than real since the missionaries always realized that they were a means to an end, "but did not of themselves form a New Testament Church. It does not come that easy. In fact, these groups could be a positive hindrance to a New Testament Church when they ^e not interested in learning biblical doctrine. Although the missionaries in some axeas had to start all over, the potential remains as great as before. Per haps the greatest obstacle now present is the fact that the school still has no
separate quota of its own, "All of our problems are still not solved in relation to the Church which is needed in Ghana...All of us realize that the future of a sound Church in Ghana ls in

the Lord's hands., V/e cannot do it without His help and guidance. All of the'mission aries here still agree that the possibilities are great for the Church' in Ghana. We need the prayers of Christians at home and the Spirit of Christ in all our work."
Knowing how to establish local congregations or how to help establish them without making them dependent on foreign support is a difficult task. I know you rejoiced with us last month about the souls baptized in Adaiso'. It is only fair that you know the difficulty of holding these people afterv^ards; the Ghanaians are an emotional people, and often lose the first enthusiasm of an initial decision. John Adjei, the young preacher, has been having an extremely hard time trying to establish a congrega tion from those converts. v7e want you to know that the task remains an enormous one even after people are baptized. Please pray for John and that group of Christians.

On.a more, encouraging note, we will pass on the news of a revival held by the ^ Tamatoku congregation with John Snyder, the Hessville minister,' preaching., Ron Rife had helped teach the people and guide them in a, calling campaign before Bro.. .Snyder's

arrival. The two preaching services resulted in 16 baptisms. (They were rained out one night.) Since this is already an.established church, it is more likely that.
these converts will remain and grow in the faith. Bro. ,Snyder also preached two nights in open air services in a nearby suburb. TheS'6 meetings resulted in 38 baptisms. Bro. Kuevi, of the Ghana Christian Church, is supervising this small flock and planning the holding of regular services. For.a.bout three weeks now we have been having some rain showers, so our worst period of heat has been broken. It's a welcome change.

-yDui^lnteTea l and iiivulvm^iit in woi'aMp and aervice rcmoino hi^ during -tho summer, so your church won't suffer a summer slumpl Thank you for your interest in this direction. Keep prayingl
In Christ,
DOK)THY

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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

School is out! Hurrah!

Hurrah'!

Many tasks and much study needs to be done this

summer, but the release from the pressure^of regular classes is a welcome change. Shortly before the close of school, all the wives and I joined forces to give a
dinner for the students. He had it here at my; ihpuse, isince Hostetters big ping

pong table made it easier to s^at them all. - The,;tab,i^s were set with the tableware and green-leaved plates Simkins brought back;for hostel use next year. The menu
included rice, corned beef stew (Ghanaian recipe with red pepper), fresh fruit, cake
and coffee. Everyone seemed unusually relaxed, and.after supper we all shared a fine time of singing - in many languages. I taped many of the songs for use at the
N.A.C.C. in the Ghana booth.

A week before graduation we all ate a late supper at the airport restaurant and then bade good-bye to the Smaages as they boarded a plane for Rome. They will be on furlough until September, 1970, The'Richard Hostetter family will be returning the first week of September this year, Lord xjilling. Please pray for both families.
Graduation climaxed a week of fitial-e^Statos. Don Baughman flew.-over, from Nigeria to

be our gueSt speaker. The students'%ere resplendent in beautiful Kente cloths and were very proiid to receive their'two year'certificates. Special music included a

Yp^u", and our mixed quartet singing a Tv7i hymn about the need for laborers in the harvest, t'or isbrnfe 'reason, the graduates were sure it was a,.finer occasion than that
of l;ast year, and we are happy that' all of the six seem truly ^dedicated to the Lord s
work. Most of them will returrf'fbr k third year of work, \jhich will be the end result of a transition from a two td a three year program for, ;iliddle School leavers

students' quartet singing "As A Volunteer"', our ladies' trio presenting So Send I

(about Jr. High level).

The four year progrEun X7ill ;be, retained for those vjith.^the

G.C.E. certification (high school).

Th6 day after graduation-I spent some hours :Sorting a. lot .of Sunday School literature that my Father had sent,' tnaking a bundle for each student. Th^y seemed .to appreciate
it; I'll'be interested to find out in the fall; howithey used it. ..i i ; j Most 6f the week after formal classes I spent at the School assisting Ron Rife ,;ti^ a

ChristiEtn;Educatibri workshop for the graduates:

He had ordered for them a set of

teachers* manuals and Visual Aid-packs for Standard PublisUing's Junior I course.

It took ail day, Tuesday through Friday, to prepare all the visua!|. aids, and carefully review the year's lessons, as well as paint and dress puppets they had made earlier,
&nd to m^fe fine flannelboards froiti hinged^ plyx-7ood.
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fine handwork, and' it really tired 'them, hut they are very proud of all that val^uable Two summer jobs are already completed or-brought up to date. The correspondence courses axe supposed to 'be a yearrotind job^, but I had sadly neglected it during the
last few months of school. ' Yesterday'1'mailed a big stack of. lett^er-S: and n@W:^nd
corrected courses, completely eliminating the backlog. On July 4th, I mailed :to

Mrs. Lewis in Orlando, a 22 pouhxJ box of display curios. It took two mornings of pavement-pounding, market-shopping, and bargaining to collect enough items to fill the box. The mailing itself is an ordeal, since you must literally pack and wrap

the box the post office after the contents are O.K.'d by customs. You just take your supply of stuffing, paper, string, tape, etc., with you and spread it all put^
on the counter and set to work. Now that my part is over, I pray the shipping con cerns will get the package to Florida by early October!

A new opportunity has presented itself in the form of teaching Sunday School at the
Abeka Christian Church near t-jhere I live. I go every other week from 4 to 5. Miss

Juliana, a young T^^i-speaking woman, translates for me.

these same children I hope that she can summer, so that she the memory verse to
in T\-ji and Ga.

Juliana teaches most of

in a primary school sponsored by the church during the week, so learn by example how to conduct the Sunday School program this can take over when our college resumes in the fall. I choose accompany the Bible lesson, but the children actually laarn it
Since they are beginning to learn

Mr. Kuevi, the preacher, helps us.

English in school, they do leam some English songs.

chorus, "The Wise Man Built His House".

Last week xje began the action

It was a real success!

Sunday, July 6, after our services at the college, some of us drove to the village of Manso for the laying of their foundation stone. For over a year they have had
the shell of a building erected, but no roof. This ceremony x^yas to stimulate interest and giving so the building can be completed.

About 500 people were crowded under the bamboo shelter. Both Ron Rife and Cyril Simkins x-jere at home suffering with malaria, but Kent preached the dedication sermon, and Doris Rife, Barbara Taylor and I sang two trios. Of course, ours was just a

small part of the five hour service. band (choir).

(We arrived halfway through.)

There were many

musical numbers presented by visiting church groups, as well as the local singing

Group singing - with the inevitable drums - prayers, several offer

ings, and various speeches were carried on with enthusiasm in an orderly fashion.

The crowd progressed a 1/4 mile farther into the village to the site of the building
shell for the actual laying of the stone. The path was rough and uneven, and we
Europeans, dressed in our unaccustomed narrow-skirted Ghanaian dresses, discovered

the walking a little awkx-jard. Threatening clouds shortened the service, and before we could get back to the cars, it began to rain so hard that x^e took refuge under
some porch roofs until it eased.

A rising sophomore, Samuel Osei, will now preach and serve at Manso, while Peter Barfi, the present preacher, expends his efforts in starting a new congregation at
Oda this summer.

May I quote from Richard Hostetters' newsletter? "The mission xjork in Ghana has now been incorporated in the State of Tennessee under the name, AFRICAN MISSION EVANGELISM. The incorporators had to be resident in the State of Tennessee, but all the forxjarding agents are members of the Board of Directors. The Board x^ill be made up of all of the forx-7arding agents plus all of
the missionaries.

"The president of the Corporation is Robert L. Mize, Route 4, Concord, Tenn. 37720.
The secretary-treasurer of the mission is Roy Lumpkin, 3714 Rosalee Terrace, Chattano oga, Tenn. 37416. Roy Lumpkin does not take the place of any forwarding agent for any of the missionaries. Hoxjever, he xvrill handle any funds for the college xjhich anyone may care to send directly to the college without sending them through any of the individual missionary's fund.
"The formation of A.H.E. Xizas due to the necessity of representing the missionaries to governments. Another reason x^as to have a non-profit organization to protect individual donors, as well as missionaries, in matters concerned with income tax.

"The Corporation x^as not formed in order to dominate the mission work. Mission policy on the foreign field is still in the hands of the missionaries. The Mission does not attempt to control the forwarding agents. Its purpose is to help x^ith

legal requirements and to protect the missionaries as well as donors to the mission."
At the present time, my bank account xvill continue as Eunson Ghana Mission Fund, but if you report gifts on your income tax, mark it as an affiliate of A.M.E., Inc,
xfith Robert Hize^s address in Tennessee.

Please pray for us - especially for the Rifes and Taylors - as they must leave the country soon and try to re-enter on a different immigration quota. Pray for our

students as they preach and witness this summer, that they x^ill be faithful to God's
Word,

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Dear Friends In Christ,

We are in a type of "limbo" right now.

begin shortly.

The suminer's nearly o^/er, and scliool will

Ron Rife and Kent Taylor have left the country and are trying from

Togo to re-enter on new visas under the Ghana Christian Church quota. If their visas are granted, Doris and Barbara and all the children will have to leave for a little
while, too, and then come back in on the nev7 visas. At the moment we have no way of knowing if this will work out, or if the visas will be granted in time for the men to begin teaching. In April, it will be my turn to leave and re-enter, so we must wait and patiently pray for God's will to be done.

is in the Congo getting acquainted with the miss.ioj3,.work there, and

we women and cliildren ^re holding down the fort here.

For the last two Sundays,

Christian Adjei has preached at the college, and I have led the singing. We have had very few adults this summer, but plenty of children! This last Sunday the littlest ones were so noisy that next week we are going to send those who live around the school and who come without parents to their homes after Sunday School. They can't understand English anyway, and they disturb others in worship. The trio has sung both Sundays in an effort to make the service as helpful and uplifting as
possible.

Another change while the men are gone has really been fun. Instead of adult Bible i; study at night, we have had a youth meeting for those old enough to read English ''
well. We had sword drills, and Scripture hunts of various kinds. Some of the material is from Jet Cadet lessons, but this last Sunday I just prepared references

to answer three questions turned in by the young people the week before. The Bible 'drills are very popular, and I have been pleasantly surprised at how well most of them do. Only Ecclesiastes gave them trouble Sunday. The first week we had 15
youth from 9 to 24, and the second xjeek 14. Doris Rife said her two children went home after the first night and talked about it for a half hour. Both weeks we have
continued from 6:30 to 8:00. T\'io children walk a mile to house and ride the rest

of the way with me. I would like to continue the youth meeting because they learn truths and attitudes that we just don't have tinte to teach in Sunday School.
Christian's wife was there the first week and took an active part. We were happy

about that because sheiusually is shy and withdravm and doesn't attend regularlyV '

On August 25th we had a party for Barbara's S. S. class.

They are the youngest ones

and most of them don't speak English. We asked Juliana Aboah, the young, woman from the Abeka church who teaches school,, to., come and help us with the games. She

did a wonderful job,,, speaking in Tt^i, Ga, and English;^ A large group, of.people ' gathered oUtslde the gate to watch, and they stayed therfe even while the children
sat dowri'^nd ate tlieir cookies and Kool-Aid, only leaving when the children did.

We -had "^a patty for the older children a couple weeks ago here at my house., Barbara and I picked most of them up at the School. There were about twenty young people

there, n^* class and Christian's and Mary's. Most of the time they played in,groups
or pairs it badminton, ping pong, dodge ball, croquet, and table games. Just before
refreshments I led them in-r.a Polish group game that Paul Bajko taught us long ago. It really went over big, go that was a good time to stop for our cookies, peanuts Ti- waft ra!hgr late before I was through delivering kids, a task_that
made me think of U. S. A..youth activities..

Our Sunday School at the college and the one at Abeka continue vigorously, although they are radically different in nature. At Abeka, the teaching is by story-rtelling'
and rote learning, but all attempts to have,, the .children discuss olr give answers to

thought questions, especially through Juliana, yho;interprets for me, have failed.
It is the same difference.;betX'/een American and English school''systems. and I don't think I could. I will

admit; however, that Juliana can handle 40 children of various ages in one class,
Of course', if I spoke their language, it would be a help.

Speaking of language, .1 have plodded siowly^ through my Twi lessons this summer.
At this rate it will take me twenty years to leam it!
I did before I started.

At least I know more than

During the last month we had lots of visitors.

Jerry Gibson, Byron Tarr and Charles'

investigate mission opportunities.

Boatman spent some time here, either before or after their survey trip to Liberia to

During the visit of Gibson and Tarr, Nichols

We

came down'from Kumasi,^and Don Baughman and Walter Smith came over from Nigeria,
in order that all the ,meh might discussr..th^;wprk in West Africa as a whole.

hope that such discussions wili'''help us- iajl. benefit'by -'the; piistak^s and successes of others.' ^ '' ' " p

One August weekend tl?f2 studeAt preacher at .Bawqiase Conducted .special preaching
services in his village. I wenfwi'tb the TaylorsCharles Boatmaij,, and Mr.-'Kvievi

on a Friday evening;-., , ThjS service' started an. hour late-,/because ,there had; been, a:

delay in ^ttrihging

w,ires for electric l^.^ht's'in'the open ;a<}uare, 'lihile that-was

being Soiie,' we stood in, the semi-darkness ;V7ith a'group of ..chi^4^e^. gathered round,

singing our small repertoire of^Ghanaian spngs. 'Finallyv the ppytable record::player, lights, aiid amplifier were in order. Several hundred'people .-gajthered in the ^square,. incluciing at least l50 children. ,At one .pioint, a young girl went into a: 'sw.oon or ,
fit^ ' this i^ 4uite qpmmoi:i,.'in the 'spiritualist churches here. Remember the accounts '

of the meetings aroundi, Cane Ridge in. the early'^days of the-Christian Church brother hood? The children got" excited, but an elder ptiy^d-with'-her .and she sOon came .,
aroiihd'and things calmed do\7ri; The meetings, ^ere Beld on Sa.tuf4ay and Sunday-nights,

also, with Cyril and.Ron preaching, ajid Bible'^ilnfStrips shp^^fter the sernK>ns There was only one response to the invitations th'^t I know- oJ^,;;but Alfred Appianing,,,
th^. young preacher, seemed pleased "with t;he seed'that was sown in'the toxjn- as a whple.
This."siiisiiier has passed quickly 'and'several tasks are accomplished: the first pha^e , of; ordering" catalogue cards for 'all'ouat library books -catching on the Bible

c.orresporid^tice courses; stamping andjriumbering the'90-hyranbooks. sent by Berwick,: PA church; and ptep aring a s.lide siet andi-scTipP ,TCe' letter,ha? .been mailed this -i
week, but it.' raay be. severai more'weks till it Is actually; ready, fpr use in -churches. In due time, my parents, Mr." ari:d'Mr'e'..'.Wn^, Eunspn, '59t3 E. Second St., Bloomsbttrg,.,-|P.A,

178ii,'and Mrs. .Hack..Lewis, 4405 Marilyn Ave., Orlando, Fl^. 32806, will each;:have a
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sbt foir us^. !Write, whoeyer 'is nearest .you if you are interested.
,weel<.' We enjoyed ,the
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M^ry' Simkins and I went'to''HoV" capital city in^.the Vblta- Region,,, fbr'^thrfee' days,-last
beaiiti^l mountain scenery, a visit .to
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During August, proS;pective freshmen- for. Ghana Chiristian-College }3^e to-theiscnoox

.for tests and interviews. From the 24. who cameV we chose 12, at^ least'half-:of; , .whom tHll be paying their o\m'fees , (very I'dw)'. We did the b.est we could,-back-ed

y... w^th prayeri-' SO'iWe continue" to pray,that out of 'this-new class there will be many
who coine to linderst^nd. New'Test^mept. Christianity'and preach..phe Xtord ^faithfully.

Hostett:^rs-are due at, the airport on .Sept. 8th.' We are:, all,.excited'about their coming. X will live here iii the hoUse witt^.them fb'if-a lijttle ,^^^JLle, but T have found
...a sift&ller house just across the road into x-jhich' I-' will move within a'month.V, answer to prayer. ,

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.laiss my friends-^.whor.are moving out of it, but the size, rent and locatiCii ^r^.an

! 'I didn' t' get-as many, ^letters written:;t(his summer' as I .^had; hpped but let this News..letter Serve ias a, thank you to all. who support "the workrhere, pray'^rfully'and.^,;

..fihanciaily. I sincerely hope' thal? .by next .month I can-;send.^ou_th'^ reassuring

rs^that-^t' lon-g^Iasf^he' visa situation is'"getting settle^..;.
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October, 1969 Greetings in His Name!

' Praise the Lord! We are out of- our fifteen month limbo! On September 20, the govem-

' ment stamped new t^ro-year visas 4.nt9i.,the passports of Ron Rife and Kent Taylor under -the quota of Ghana Christian Church. Now I am the only teacher of Ghana Christian College still on the Universal Christi<ati Church quota, and we don't anticipate any further difficulty when it is time for me to change (but this is still Ghana). l?hen I last wrote, Ron and Kent were out'of the country, trying to re-enter on the
'nex^ visas. l-Zhen there was an unexplained delay, they came back to Accra to check on

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~ ' thin|. ~Irr"brief, one leader In the" Gharra Christian Church was-trying to block their " re-entrance! This x-yas not wholly unexpected, since this man had ieen taken to task for some dishonesty in handling money for the college. However, it caused us lot of griefin anxiety for our status and for the man's own soul. The other leaders were able to persuade the man to xjithdraw his objections and the visas were then granted. The wives and children didn't, even have to leave the country. The visas have been only one item in" recent developments. He have actually come to a compromise with our ,past convictions,and policies. During the crisis,about the

visas, we had many' long earnest discussions among ourselves and with th^ leaders of
Ghana Christxan,:Ghurch. We are on the'iy quota, and this guarantees our stay in Ghana.

The lea<^rs earnestly pleaded for any and,<all kinds of help in strengthening ^nd

..'i \ -establishing congregations. We understood vthat this included a plea for money, but \iV->^'^\..;they did not make forceful demands. X was greatly impressed by their willingness to ' - ixe'^^ive whatever xe'x^bu^d give^, even if it'ihvolved no money.

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' .^..They reassured us of their appreciation of the x^orl^ the college x^as doing.

They x^ant

it to stay and cpn.tinue and they knox^ it must be abl^e to govern itself with no inter

ference;, ferora'Chiirph^dieaders.
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But thfe problem remans of giving more direct hiflp to

..^.the^ "^Q^gi-atid .s.trugglln^^ congregations" and ,of helping to establish new ones. After
all;'t^ie GHUkCH-is Che'reason xje are here, .and as X'je evaluated our past efforts.
.. dexsfd^d to-'try" sogie -nex^ tactics.

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In orderto.'.creating ^a' d'ependent selfish church, most of us have not given regular fin^n^ia^i help to it. We will agree, however, that some help is essential

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until the^iphil^dWeS;.,are strong enough to help-themselves and each other. How to do ,it arid" when '^Cb'"stop are e^t^emely difficult questions to answer. Here is our final
a month to the'^Central Fund of Ghana Christian Church to use in current expenses.

For one year*, ^3,^. of us in the college x-;ill pool our funds and give $75.00
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will"'^lso give^-'^'em an additional $75.00 -itiojithly for use in capital expenditures, such

^ building programs. At the;,end of the year x-je will evalUate the program and make
changes x^here advisable. We'will give them the \money Xi7ith advice, but no control

because the Africans must govern their oxm affairs. We pray they will profit by their mistakes and use the money wisely and carefully. These sums are not large, but

will be sufficient to p^ovd the sincerity and ability of these men to build up God's
Kingdom. ^

Money is not a'.cure-all, of course, and so each man on the faculty is going to help by teaching, preaching, and encouragement a certain number of the congregations of
Ghana Christian Church. These efforts' will be in addition to their responsibilities
We want to help, teach, and correct any

at the college, and preaching and teaching with other congregations not included
under the label Ghana Christian Church.

assembly that will teach sound doctrine. It is difficult not to seem a separated "denomination"', isn't it? Even in America x^e think too often of "our group", instead
of the spiritual, universal Body of Christ, the Head of the Church.
This has been a difficult letter to write. I pray that you can understand and appre ciate these recent developments. We are experimenting, and we earnestly covet your

prayers for the college, for the leaders of Ghana Christian Church, for other preachers
and Christians, including the students and ourselves. Recent v/eeks have brought a crisis, yes, but follox-jed X7ith a nex-7 spirit of open communication, optimism and
relief from tension. We thank the Lord most heartily for this.

As x^e look to the future x-je are also re-evaluating our building plans.
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are shifting axsray from the idea of a large, surburban campus to an in-toxjn complex that could be used by a church congregation also, but no concrete decisions have been
made.

We. have begun a new--school-year at the college."" Eight of the-accepted dozeit-ihresh men actually came. The majority seem happy, intelligent, and eager to learn God's Word. With these added to returning students, our student body now numbers 23. It was a thrilling sight and sound when they were all assembled for the first chapel of the year and sang together.
On September 8th, the Richard Hostetter family arrived in Ghana for their second iterm'. Since I have been living in their house during their furlough, x^re are all living together until the neighbors move from the-small house that.I:.will-soon rent. There have been some delays, but I'm confident I.will have' moved before'.the next

newsletter.

The volume of noige and activity^J-s higher than' I am used to, but it
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is not a bit lonesome!

tv'Th^ youth meetings r mentioned last month have become a regular feature.

We average

abott fift;een, several of these coming from the Abeka congregation where I teach S. S.

evety other Sunday.

fun!

That extra hour and a half is bonus teaching time!.. And it's
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In the college I am teaching the same oUaSses I had-last year plus one iSKt-ra evening

^'English class for the third year students. We have some new books and teaching aids'V so with last year's experience, I am,enjoying teaching more than evet. We
vhave resumed our extra music practice for those interested. Last year we had only students regularly, plus several evening students, Doris Rife and myself. This last week we had nine students come to practice, five of them freshmeniy -They worked

hard enough to prepare a simple hymn in four-part harmony fbi: chapel j;he next'day.
I am excited abp.ut the potential of this group. , ''

On October 1, Ghana's new civil government took over from the military.Natiohai;'^
Liberation.Council.
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Although opinion is divided,attput.the fairness of the elections,

Dick Hostetter, son Xirn, -and T left

''it i^ a big step for a country ruled by Black Africans to peacefully change-from'a revolutionary military government to civilian rule.- The 1st was a public holiday
iand'Axicra.x^as.decorated X7ith flags and bunting.

the^house shortly after seven to attend the ceremonies in Black Star Square by' the

ocean.

We X\rere early enough jto get good seats'^ and we thoroughly enjoyed all th'e'

colorful parades and ceremonieseven though the loud speakers were not clear

'^.enough to hear the new Prime Minister's speech.

:-So it's a new day for Ghana ^nd for us. "Future is Unknown" as a popular maimnv wagon

slogan goes, but "we khowM-JKo holds the future, and Xire know He.Holds our. hand." May God bless you in America youf" congregatipns'-. " " ;keep lis here with prayer, letters and money.^ -May i':. :'i-'

He grant you the same uplifting.sense, of- a new begii>nin.g. for your fall programs'in

Out weather is getting'Steadil;^ warmer i how about yqurs?

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Dear .Ghristiati Friends,,

The Christmas season is fast approaching, so I will take this chance to get my greet

my typewriter to your hands. Hay God bless yo.u during this season, as you observe

ings in early, knowing it sometimes takes, several weeks for this message to get from

His Son*s birthday. And may all the celebrations "re-charge your spiritual batteries" with T/armth, love and concern for those both in and out of the Church. Christmas is a beautiful time for Christian families, and I miss mine, but we learn to make the
families here a*good substitute.

I am learning to correct a misconception I had about living in a foreign country, I thought all the "culture shock" and difficult adjustments came at the beginning. I assumed that as time progressed, one became, accustomed to all the annoyances and that
and the differences were something you expected and treated with amused tolerance.
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they were easier to bear. Actually, in the beginning everything was new and exciting,

.1 find myself wishing to shout at every driver who exhibits carelessness or stupidity, j-.Maybe we never,will get used to someone's making a U-turn in the middle of heavy
traffic-or taxi and lorry drivers stopping right in the lane of traffic to take on
; . or discharge passengers i

But now the novelty has worn off and the aggravations are just plain aggravatin .

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l-^y is it so complibated" to get a re-entry visa,; for making a trip to Togo, just
humidity helps. , , ' '' '.i-.,

Why, bh, x^hy, does it, ta^e ,half a doz.er^ trips to get a tax clearnace certificate?
three hours' drive from Accra?' Hy written description is entirely inadequate to

: 'conjure up the frustratio^^-ze feel, but .of course the 85 degree temperature and 304
Also, my neighbors moved at last - one^week ago -and since that time not one thing
has been done to paint or tdp^ir i-.t for 'my ^Occupancy! ; So it looks like we 11 have
to wdit another month before'I can .tell ybti that I am in my own home. ;

Nice things hap-pen around'hete, top. About-a month ago-the Zideri Nutt and Dick

Smith families stopped for a weekend visit OU: their ^7ay back to Rhodesia. It was

refreshing to see new iacis and heaT.news' from the U'. S.' as X7ell as their hopes, problems, and dreams about'the^Lord'> woi^k in #iodesia. -We also took a trip to Elmina Castle and let our imaginations'take^us back in'history several hundred years. There is a stOiie compass set in the ground that,Columbus^ checked his -compass with
on his way to i^erica in 1492. s;

Birthdays aren't altogether good, but I enjoyed more festivities this year than for
self, and I bought enough fresh; .apples for us each to have one for supper. (About 30<: for one!) That v;as my present )to myself,. T^jo evenings later, the whole mission ary clan gathered here at Hostetters to'make homemade ice c^ream and x^e feasted cake and ice cream including a specially decorated cake. We had a small show of fir works, too, as they are easily bought here.

some time. Nancy Hoscetter cooked a delicious dinner for me on the big day it

Now on to more serious matters: During the months we have been here the worship services at the college have been treated as an assembly of Christies, but not as a congregation seeking to enlarge itself by winning other people The men were frequently gone to various other places, and most of our efforts ay in work groups. Now we have decided, that as a living example of how a congregation can and grow, we will work toward becoming a self-governing, self-supporting congrega tion actively working to win others to Him. To facilitate this effort, r m Ron Rife will assume the responsibilities of being the minister for this group, and the other men will do the traveling to other congregations. Eventually, we hope to
see a Ghanaian preacher leading the Church, but now Ron will do

Christian Adjei, senior student at G. C. College. Their plans are in the ^"^ryonic

stage, but we will move the Bible Study to Wednesday night, and resume an evangelis service on Sunday nights. We have had flyers printed giving all the information, preparation for a calling campaign in the vicinity of the school. W hope the presence of so many Americans V7ill not deter the growth and responsibility of
Ghanaian Christians.

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Over a year ago a generous friend in the U. S. aant two larg pviixttxi^ praceeo

college. Their great size proved impractical for our needs, so the presses were sold. A portion of that money will be used to purchase a motor cycle for Hr. ICuevi, the
chairman of.Ghana Christian Church, for his travels among the churches. Another size able sum v7ill be used to'heli> erect a building for the small congregation Bro. Kuevi

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is working with in Abeka, one of the sections of Accra.

Accra from other communities.

It will be very simple, but

serviceable, and will provide a house of vjorship also for those Christians visiting

Just two weeks ago Dick Hostetter took a weekend trip all the way to Yeji, where the ferry crosses the Volta lUver, to preach for twin congregations of the ^.urch of ago. A man of articulate' abilityi he has always, been willing to hear and follow the

Jesus, pick first had contact with Bro. J. K. Doku, their preacher, about three ^fears
truth. .They have about five-congregations in different places and observe the Lord's Supper regularly after being taiight by Dick near the beginning.of their acquaintanceThe twin groups at Yeji, one literate and one illiterate, are less than a.year
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old, but together number about 300, and they have built a sizeable building for. their,^.'
The congregations are in need of more trained leaders, so if they v;ill help a certaiii

magician, but now is using his influence for Christ. Bro. Doku brought this, potential student to the sihool this past week, and Bro; Doku himself spoke in chajiei.
He urged the students to study their subjects well, as Paul urged Timothy to study, and then to go out and make a real effort to apply what they had learned. He emphasized the importance of ''being one vjith the people", rather than above them, to
have real influence.

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be much let up :' til next,.June... .SHdes ,are available either from Mr. and Mrs. TJa.. Eunson, 596 E. Second Street, Bloomsburg,""PA. 17815, 6t Hrs. mck Lewis, 4405 llartlyi^Avenue, Orlando, Fla. 32806....In the C. 0. M. E. packet for February, 1970, .Nigeria,;,, Ghana,^^nd-Liberia will be.featured. I will ^^ite the Junior Section for Ghana

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