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NEWSLETTER:

''iss Horothy Tunson

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"rs. Tom Bar'^es

^03 Twin Prook Lane

f'rs. Judy Tobin

First Christian Church

^rcra N, Ghana

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2565 F. Kaley Ave. Orlando, Florida 32806

^'arch, 1P3

>'o1. 4, ^'0. f Tear '^'riends in ^hrist.

The newsletter gap jumped to five months from tv.'o!

you now.

''en, so much the more to tell

v/eeks ago our v.'ater camp had hired a temporary employee to months. V'e are delighted to have least '^od has answere'' prayer for
taxi.

back on with good pressure. In the last newsletter we carry water for the collenc. J'is joh lasted five running water again, but sorry to see Samuel go. .'*t a new jo'^:'; he will he the driver for Joseph ^'siah's

TJosf'ph i^-f^ne^ of-our -fiiie-'^^naian teac-ers-afKi-M^ ol4 tax4-4^d-reachcd the point where it was more of a lia'^ility than an asset. 'Je had promised to get him another one and let him pay for it with his salary, ^ight now Imports are difficult and there is not much chance at all of bringing in a sedan for commercial use. V.e have bought a used car here. Joseph seems satisfied and v/e know J^amuel will he a good driver for him. In t^e college we are holding steady vrlth 3? students, of whom four are women. It is really a fine group of young people. y nov/, v/e are nearir.g the end of second term. They go on practical training to the churches of their choice and then have two weeks
Easter .vacation, "^his term I have taken the course in basic Christian Doctrfne-from Tarl. "y main aim was to get some ideas on how to teach it if it ever-falTs my lot. The roofing sheets for the new c'^apel finally came from Sears. They-are-iir-^:e storeroom and hopefully will get put on during this vacation. I'e have long gotten a few basic commodities at control price from the government

through the private schools unit of the '^hana Education Service. respondingly. The students have urged us to try other sourccs.

In recent months the '-lith their help v^e have

availability of common foodstuffs has gone down greatly and the prices have gone up cor

gotten one lot of fresh fish from a Tcma fishery and two hags of rice from Chana !^ood^

'distribution. T^e students have to help, because the faculty doesn't have any more time to run up and down carrying letters of application, checking on the letters, etc. "ridges and ! also appreciate these supplies. Chana's ground borders are still close'' (since October), .-"'though we have been able to buy some things at the foreigh exchange
shop here in Accra, that does not replace all the food we use-to get in Lom^-. "e are -

learning to eat more price is at least basic food you v/ant. equivalent of $2.20. come. Ke still have

and m.orn corn products and getting some through the school at control saving over the street price. Sometimes, you just can't find the Mhat "^ime magazine published -^s really true: an egg (one) cost the One orange cost 50^ ^efore they disappeared entirely until the rains good supplies of rice, tuna, oil, tomato paste^ canned peaches and some

canned and freeze-dried vegeta'^les, so vfe are not going hungry by any means, ^'ut we are learning to bp more and more f^ankful for our daily ^read. Since I wrote in Octo^^er, there has ""cen one attempted coup ard just last Sunday

another plot was uncovered. The situation is not very staMe and I fear that if there is anot^'er c'^ange it vn'H f-e much farther to the left and a real tragedy for the country. V'e white missionaries must surely redeem the time in case our stays are foreshortened. /"t Christmastir'e t^'e evening curfew was increased till midnig'^t, so I am hardly aware of a curfew at all. (It's midn1g*^t till 5 a.m.) The c'^urch work is going on we'll. Christian "djei travels often to the village churches to exhort, rebuke, teach etc. *'ay God grant hin v;isdom and strength! Last Sunday I vjent with our young pastor, Bro. '"noch, to visit the church at Cfankor. The deacon who usually goes there wanted a ^reak. T^ere were about a dozen people who came. J led the singing. Pro. Enoch preac*'ed, and v^e shared a !iible teaching time after the main service, ^he number is small, '^ut I believe they have at least a few stable mem'^ers and we will
continue to build vfith f^em. In January a^out the same number of them cam.e to "beka to share in our services. The chapel was really packed that day and several people from
both churches confessed ''^rlst as their Saviour. At that tim.e the water was still off, so we went to a lake a'^out 30 minutes drive from here, ''e made several trips there in the
last five months!

In January I took a turn with another lady cleaning and arranging the chapel on

Sunday morning.

had unusual amounts of dust to cope with, but at least at C in the m.orning it was cool.
''e would finish at 7::^e and dust the c'^airs again when we returned for service a

Since the harmattan was in full force (one of the strongest I've seen) we

little after nine.

"''^e first Sunday in January, t*^e c'^urch had a love feast, the first in four or five years. Everyone ^^rought something, except t?^ose w'^e forgot !^ut f^ere vras plenty for them too. It V7as a very happy occasion, one suggestion made was that next tir:e people
should share elates to make it more ^hanaian.

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On two recent Satur<iay afternoons the visitation group has made survey calls in an area where we bar* never gone house-to-house before, ''e had had two training sessions beforehand. -'^t Ws writing, we don't know how many real prospects this has yielded, "y partner and I encountered a follower of Mare Krishna and two worshippers of the
River Pra spirit among an assortment of various church members. Defors this venture, another 'rother and I had ^^een visiting a soothsayer more or

less regularly"^or the purpose of telling him about Thrist. He just wants to have Jesus along with his other gods. ^!e isn't converted yet by any means, hut we will
still visit him as we can. I ^elieve his wife is more receptive than he.

women's fellov.fship has been revived in our church.

Cne of the women in the

college came and spoke to our women about starting again. They had their first meeting in Teb. and 01 enda taught the lesson, '"ourteen v/omen attended. I hope it continues. That weekend I had gone witb Christian to visit the work of one of our students.
V'e v/ent on Sat. afternoon and came home Sunday afternoon, '/'as it hot! ''is work is a
I

very gib Sunday School so far, although eventually he wants to '^uild a church, '.'e
shared in a service with the children Saturday evening and again Sunday morning.

made my presentation almost totally a Pible story with very brief application, f^ven though the student had to interpret every word, I was surprised at how well they listened about kids, many of whom were less than 6. Probably the fascination
of watching a white lady helped.

V'e also slept there Saturday nigH. Sunday morning, the chief and his wife, the student, and about half a dozen boys went to two farms in my truck and collected food

In our free time we ate, talked and relaxed in the compound of the chief's house.

stuffs for themselves and for us. I'e came home vfith cassava, coconuts, oranges, palm nuts and bananas. We were late for the announced time of service, ^ut the children were all there. Christian had a simple sermon for them and then I had another brief
ren so our student has tbem all.

story and lesson, "ot another church in the rather large town docs anything for child
If I *^ad written just after Christmas, I would have told you many details of the

more than 5Q from Abeka at the convention, ^hat was the service at v^'hich Pro. Enoch
I IV a equipment. Ij u electrical i n L

v?as too costly. Abeka did not succeed in ^^iring a truck so our car and true?' ended up making two trips a day and four tr"'ps on Sunday. For t^e Sunday service, we had

Christmas convention. Nov?, it seems too long ago for that, but I'll share a little. It was held at Ofankor, near ^.ere, ^>ecause transportation to the original far site

vfas ordained as a preac'^er, therefore, it was a special day for us. The truck had to make one trip a day to haul drinking water and we hauled ^-enches, boards, and all the
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transportkion difficulties. Tt was a very smooth-running convention, and the strugg ling new church there was really encouraged by what they saw. Some people were won to
St too

Everv cburch but one was represented, although some groups were small because or

Now we are preparing for the ""aster convention, flarch 31 - pril 3." It will be Immigration here ^as said that ileff and Sherry Hontetter can come on ihe visitors visas v/hile the^r regular visas are being processed. They may be here in time for the
convention.

in Kpenu v,'here there are plenty of mosquitoes!

Answered prayer!

I'm sure you heard a^out the thousands of r.hanaians 'vho vyere sent home from ^'igeria because they had overstayed their legally permitted time. Cur congregation
^here remains the very enormous challenge of re-incorporating them into society
love and concern alv'ays.
f.ove in ''hrist,

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gave a thousand cedis to t^e relief effort, "e sent Samuel and the truck several days
to help and I drove the truck myself one afternoon to take food to the harbour for those returning by ship and also to the Trade ""air Site for t*^ose coming by true Keep on praying for us and for this poor country. We thank ^od for your faith.ul

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Things ha:ve reallj b^en happening in the la.su five Tha last of the term extin Tjeek I ha4 icy firsts and I hope ny only^. attack of gastritis along triih a T/iiid ca^je ox" vihich rf^:aui-}:ed tvrc full coui'sies of ciilorcqulne to cuze Thaf^s ojilj' my second tlriie of iria'laicla in I.5 so 1 caii't coi^ipilaiu

I Has acls to prepare avid :Aaxk all oi' my

b;^t

ti^^veUv^rs helped

ith

soi^e of the typing and ii^ijp^irvifjin^v in the classsroc!/;. That saxiif) ^eek Jeff .nd 3herrie licr-tetter arj:lve^'. cg legiri thair Biasicnary

carssr in Qimna^- After three weeks :/lth ua 'thi-jj noyed to /iOeti:;'i yesterday to begi3f2 ti'isiT sis nanths of language school r "They res!:.df did ftattling-in businossc and started to gst acqualriied ;;Tith lifs in Ghana in 19^3 as when Jeff

left ill

) Hostettev-s

Btbiyr:6. v.ltli Bridfces "bat ca::i<~ to

hoisa ev^ry evening

!: Kas at Saster 30 big had to cover

for suppert Lcvst vjeekeni f:i?oa Thursd^-y aitervroon to l^vx^sly^y aft .. convention up In Kpsnii,: f'iy truck oa.rr53d ten people a.nd "

it ijith a "blanket ar-d rops it ozij, Our groir:; incl"Aded thy ;^/c:c:trici<La vrno s3ts up
and sup-jrviafiE generii^or.: lights aiirl spys^iiers;: iie 5.^ a iiisiabsr of ouv- cl^archt. Much <5f the ros^ bet-ween here and thers is terribla.,. but viB :^.a it viith no juishapt Host of thv;! .^map hO'iBSd en uif'sse along -cith a^iOther clu-rch lb a "hig

multi2?o-fid ho^sao At tliat,^ isan^ slsp!:. outoid e

it's cooler^

ThrtV gave a racm of nsy mn at a di.f;i:'e;..-et pl^-Cie r;.nd put oin' prey.c;her ^nd a daacan 5:}.2:v:t floor to ke?ip is-s companyc vie are :l'^sa^^r g'-"'Od fi-iends in the Lord, so trfi had a. g;:)o;5 t5.f5s sharing a^?d i-filpir^g enoh ether 'n naysso Fo:c Instance 3 each

^orviing X fi-as cu^ksd zo i^ake k. tri.p- t-c: tVii^ rive:cv 6 to Isri-ng Tjaolr dr3.nki?2{s water in dviAUis and buckt-it^^j, Icoal 'j^ovl^ die 3.XI the work cf loarling and , ualSadirigt> ^)hile I ^as gibne on tb 2nd aM 3^ Diorriin^::^, 8Bth r\nd Erhah'(locked Kice JKa^tar .so-je c^Ui-t .sat. tcfi^th-sir-irhsr.-I. - 4 t . .5^; ;-.fiv'vsr--4iv^v'ilS5^-.-jrvl4y5s t/i^-; pv&aciiey/s-. 1 /^ues:^ ^nul ''laf^ai" s^-nco wa r^er^e .fed lyv the convontio;-,
y.e ?iach Imd a aej^'ni.on or teatihiiig; assaiQ-ic Kiv:i :vatt oeiii;; a -^isBlonax'v -^ eitavigeiiess'-^ and X an object lesnci^i anc posjt^rs to s:ak(^ a vi-^ual i^ip^-ci^ on even the
illlterateef.

It a& c. v7ell"g,ttended i::onve;:itior!.. even thoU;?;;h -y^^ny chu;;c:hes3 inclt;.div-jg AbeiTa had lisrry trouble , e ojriginal lorr:f driver didn'^t tarrn \ip Priflay siorni^g, scv it took thea ,bout three hci.n?s to f irid a iotiifHr one,. TI;.s;y fir!S.l"lj ;E;.r;;rived about 2iJ.Q ptA^,, sfiS aii.l noticad ntvd vie'i.X th& :/.";opl0 lisisried to ssir'-ucns rind t>jaahi:g instead of sleeping^ Bridges 'Jhris"^;.;un Adjoi oa-fie 6e.tu.j?:i.'-y :;;orning and ataysd overnight Glenda and Cindy shared rov^tft and Qarl viet up his n-oKcuito nsst iji an unfijiished tooxs in ths iSEiise hou-^e.. OXende ar-d X didn't sl'5Gp too b.=^.dly consi^^sririg that oiir raattress
was 3iad of Isundles of riv(vxcoi?.ldnM, get any ^.t ;ill,; Our "bat'-i i^iat^-ir ^Ta ic-a-^'CC?lored and saltv a^id you Sunday i;ca:*rii,ig 1 took kv bs,tn in the river behind eom

gj:ass whil^i the 'iKiys were J.or=5x5iiig th9 truck ^^Itn ^^laterc
The corning weririce -was the iisual. with the Supper and testifaonies as the focusTh-^i testiriOiiies i7ere goocl- eBoecially as a i?itnoSC to idcsl y?orshippers; "but a little lon^^a Six jomig f:eijpl^ haO. tc- the innitatioK in svsning ssrvices and had been bapti^^ed Sund^.^- nonuyig^. E:&ch 'vorning hs.d 'begUti with church :^oups singing and -^s-aying fron- 5 on^rard^ thrs8 s.iayir^g in the sawG plaice

u;:iually ha.d onr cUvirotioBs at 6^

The fccKl situation isj worseninii- h?e pr;^iy a lot for food ani rain- Food is scarce

and astroncy!iica3.ly priced unless- you ax-e fortujiate erioufjih to get tiny quantity dii;itribiited at cc-:itrol pricey; ^ !^e iinderatana a ehipinent frois Fo-i^d for the Hiuigr y is
0)1 its Ue -:i3iorjaris?5 Ci-ri r::et rice an.-j so.iiiO othor basic s^rgoltes at fors^ign

oxchanga -shgp an;i alo g^t for our teanh^rs sta:?fe Oi^ristians really ti^rik tiie for austaininy; tiif;::?i day by -tay,. Plr^aye prar for this country, that people "tdJl have sno-ngh and tmit -hose v^ho ar's profituering i-rill "bs changed,> Don'^t wor^:'y sbout ua^ ws aro fine,, but naed. your prayers for love and patiencSfe In Chr ist

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JUN 2 0 1983
DIRECT MAIL TO : FORWARDING AGENT: NEWSLETTER:

Miss Dorothy Eunson

Box 5722

Mrs. Tom Barkes

603 Twin Brook Lane

Mrs. Judy Tobin

First Christian
2565 E. Kaley Ave. Orlando, FL 32806

Accra N, Ghana

Joppa, MD 21085

Church

DOROTHY EUNSON NEWSLETTER

Vol. 4, No. 7
Dear Friends in Christ,

May 30, 1983

There are three big news items to share with you and then other things as space
permi ts.

The first item is the big change that the Ghana government has made in currency

exchanges. For years we have been penalized by an unrealistic exchange rate on the dollars you give us. We survived this past year because we were able to legally earn a better return by importing books through African Christian Press. They sold them for us and tyrned over the proceeds. Now the government itself has initiated
a system of bonuses for dollars exchanged at the bank. The official exchange rate remains at 2.75, but the bonuses raise the cedis to nearly 30 that we actually receive for one dollar. In April, the government announced a new budget doubling the price of gasoline and more than doubling the price of kerosene and cooking gas. They raised the cedi price of an airplane ticket to London on Ghana Airways so high that many people lost all hope of making trips because they don''t have any foreign exchange. Food prices on the open market were still spiralling upwards. Just a few weeks ago we learned of the bonus system, and we thanked the Lord most sincerely for such relief. Tomorrow's pay day will bring a tripling of our salar-^
ies in cedis, both missionaries and Ghanaians. That big an increase is necessary

to double our takehome pay, what with Ghana taxes.

because our Ghanaian staff just wasn't making it.

I am so happy we can do this

In addition to the salary increases, we have bought food at the Foreign

Exchange Shop and we will sell it to our co-workers for cedis. There ts no way they can get those things for a comparable price on the open market and some are com pletely unavailable. We all hope to survive a while longer now. The Foreign Exchange shop has gotten in a great variety of food, even frozen meat. Flour fin
ally came in, so we can have bread again. With our projected salary increases, Glenda and I have started buying lettuce and cucumbers again. Fresh fruits and vegetables have been scarce in our diets for a while. One week I traded one cake of Lux soap for one pound of onions. The seller and the buyer were both happy. The second item: Because of the worsening food situation in Ghana, International

Disaster Emergency Service HOES) is launching a drive to collect funds to ship food to Ghana. The shipment will be administered here by the Board of Ghana Christian College, which includes the missionaries. IDES can ship 30 tons of donated grain for $6,000.00. It will take a lot of time and work for already busy people, but the need is so great that in Christian compassion, we can't say "no" Many, many people are eating less than adequate food and there is no appreciable harvest for two more months. Even is it is a good one, the problem will not be solved immedi ately. I believe we have enough funds on hand or coming in to handle the transport tation and distribution expenses here in Ghana, but if any of you who read this are not regularly supporting our work financially, here is an opportunity to fill a
great need with a one time gift to IDES.

The third item: Bro. Enoch Nyador, a G.C.C. graduate and the preacher for our local congregation here in Abeka, has prayed and pursued a plan to get graduate studies in the U.S. Forrlong time we missionaries held off because the only men we~ have helped are those who were teaching in the college. But finally, because of his character, his talent and his dedication to Christ, I have decided to do it with
mission funds under my control. It is not a college project, although the others are aware of it. In that way, we hope the college will not be accused of favoritism,

even though many may not distinguish between an individual missionary and the college, Enoch has been granted a full tuition scholarship by Emmanuel School of Religion in East Tennessee, so it is his living expenses that many of you will be helping with.
He has the papers necessary to enable him to get a U. S. visa. The Ghana passport office, unfortunately, has lost his application for that all-important document. So please pray that all the necessary papers will be obtained and plans completed in time for him to begin the fall term on schedule. I sincerely believe that Enoch's education is a good investment in the future of Christ's kingdom in Ghana, and that
he will be faithfully serving after I retire!

2 Jeff and Sherrie Hostetter and baby -Jessica arrived in Ghana on March 18. They stayed with Bridges for three weeks before language school started. I cooked supper for them every night. Jeff is happy to be "back home" and Sherrie is learning fast

and learning to cope. They started language school on April 10th. The school is about a three hour drive from us. They have a rented appartment and are doing their own cooking with limited borrowed equipment. Their health has not been the best, but they are doing well in the Twi language. We visited them last weekend and they will be coming to stay with us next week while they clear their shipment of supplies and vehicle from the port. Pray for them as they make plans and lay some ground
work for their proposed work in the Brong Ahafo region. Our Easter church convention was a good one. The preacher, three deacons, an electricians and five choir members went first from our church. The truck was so

loaded we had to tie it on. About fifteen from our church came the next day on a hired lorry, and the Bridges and Christian Adjei came on Saturday for overnight. The promised hired lorry failed to appear, so the elders spent three hours before they found another one to bring them. He was a more careful driver and cheaper too.
The Lord worked that out fine!

I had a "private room" with a thick reed mattress, a tiny table and a small chair. Bro. Enoch and Bro. Seth, one of our deacons, were given a room next to mine. We took our own mosquito nets. The rest of the group was in a big house a couple hundred yards away. It's like camping out for three days, with a pit toilet (no walls) and a bucket bath. Our group of three ate with the preachers twice a day and
The men cooked the breakfast while I went with some of the local young people on the truck to bring drinking water from the river. The local water looks like tea and is salty.
Bros. Enoch and Seth and I all had a lesson or a sermon on Friday. Mine was on

we cooked our own breakfast on a little gas burner.

"Being a Missionary" (evangelism.) Their attention was obtained by calling on two people to come for tiny wrapped packages. Those two called two others and so on. Eventually we had 64 people in the front. Inside the packets were two sugar cubes
which they could also share. You can share the good news of Jesus by the same method and He is sweeter than sugar. I enjoyed searching the scriptures for the lesson and I also made some big posters to illustrate the main points. I wanted as few people as possible to fall asleep on the hot afternoon. All the sermons were good, and the youth quiz had more enthusiastic entrants than ever before. Abeka won third place, but we are glad the interest of the others is increasing. About six young people gave their lives to Christ and were baptized early Sunday morning. There were some very long, but good testimonies at the Sunday service from people who have left the fetishism and traditional religion. We were bone weary by the end, but it was worth it. The conventions are a real
encouragement to these small congregations. And to me toov^thoroirgtily enjoyed the whole thing, especially the fellowship with the two brothers next to me.

Just before Easter, I had a first (and I hope last) bout of gastritis. At the same time, I had my second case of malaria in fifteen years. It was very mild com pared with the first. I had a miserable week, but I prepared all my exams. The other teachers gave them for me and I marked them. Now I am right as rain. I got rid of my dog to help prevent any more gastritis, (ha) He was lots of fun' and company, but he also had a lot of bad habits that were a constant source of tension. Now he belongs to a village hunter. Our local church work continues steadily. Attendance and offerings are both being affected by the general conditions in the country. At least that's how I per ceive. It's a time of special vigilance and concern for the leaders in order to encourage and help the brothers and sisters through these hard months. Thank you for your prayers. We have had a lot of important decisions to make
Rrid^nn' pormnnont Hpparture. Prav for them, for the Couches' preparing to return and for Rick and Coretha Fulton who are still raising support to come and help us

recently and the Lord has surely helped us. Only <;ix mnrp wpeks till graduation^d

inIf5el-CG-14ee^.
God bless you all.
In His service,

Dorothy

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2565 E. Kaley Avenue Orlando, Florida 32806

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