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Dorolliy Eunsoii
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Barbara Barkes

Accra N. OlKuia West Alrica

Evangelism, Inc
(Za affiliate of
^hgna QMidUati

339 Wiltshire Drive

Grav.TN 37615

Volume 9, Issue 2

February 2005

ANOTHER GRADUATE ENTERS THE MISSION

FIELD

Those of >ou who recci\ e the smaller Contributors" letters are aware that one of our graduates moved to Niger, a countr>' northeast of Ghana, in September 2004,, Kwame YeboahMantcy. his wife, and two children arc settled in Niamey, the capital cil\ . The children arc in an SIM school and Bro. Kwame is working hard to get the work properly registered.
He came dow n to Accra in carh November lo be ordained into

the ministry at Faithwa> Christian Church. Niger is 99% Muslim, but at this point in time the countr>' allows entn" of foreign teachers of both Islam and Christianity.
MEN'S DORMITORY RISING FAST

Tliis headline echoes UuU of llie September 2004 general

.-ucwslcller vvliich rciid 'OFFICE WING RISING FAST". 11 is

breath-taking to see tlie physical stmcturcs developing that arc only possible through the continued blessing of the Lord tliroiigli the churches and indi\'iduals. The ground-breaking for the first unit of a men's dorm occurred at our graduation program on August 28, B}' the end of No\ ember. $60,000 had been used up. lea\ ing less than tiiree thousand in the domi coiistniction account. All the e.\pensi\ c foundation had been completed for the three stor> stmcturc. the first fioor built, and the reinforced fioor for the second story poured.
Then before the end of December, a local businessman who

Bro. Kwame must learn both the French language and the local language. D/cnna". The cost of li\ ing is higherthan it is in Gluma and tilings arc. much Icss-con\'cnicul_ll.is a lot of adjustment to make in a short time: ne\ertheless. he is gratified that already sc\cral D/erma men from a village outside of Niame\ are gathering for Bible stud>. The sowing of the seed has begun. Pray the Lord of the Har\ est lo bring in the harvest at the right time. The Ycboah-Mantey family is supported by the First Church of Clirist in Burlington.
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wants to reniiiin anonymous ga\e the college a gift of o\ er one hundred thousand dollars! You are undoubtedly as thrilled as we are. It is support from inside our host country', and it more than qualifies us for $50,000 in matching funds promised by a
cluiritable foundation in the U. S, Tiic walls of the rooms on the second fioor are now^

going up rapidly. These wonderful gifts in no way negate the need for our Christian friends in the U. S. to continue to gi^'e as God enables them. We need housing for \\omcn. a chapel, and more housing for faculty and senior staff. It is painful to pay rent on outside housing, but right no\\ we liine no choice. May God bless you as you continue to help us reach our full potential.
OUR PENNSYLVANIA HELPERS FIVE NEW STUDENTS BEGAN IN JANUARY For the firsl time in our liiston.. w e took in Hn c new students for second semester. Three men and one w oman entered the

degree program, and one man from one of the northern Christian Churches Joined the Higher Certificate program.
It is my Job to teach all of them a tnmcaled \ersion of Orientation class to pro\'ide them with neccssar) librarx skills quickly. All of them said that although they had had access to libraries, they had ne\ erbecn taught how to use them.

In 1997. IrN in Kreider began lo come to Ghana cN crN- year for periods ranging from four lo six months to help the collcgc. His w ife Lena began to accompany him in 2000. Ir\ in is an excellent carpentcr and woodworker, and Lena looks after the guesthouse w hile the> arc here. She also pa>s regular \ isits to a nearby orplianage to read lo tlie cliildren. play with them, and now to help prepare some little ones with presciiool skills. They come from the Cogan Station church near Williamsport. PA. Tluit church gi\es them some support and other friends gi\ e ihcm gifts to help in the work here. In fact, the Kreiders raised S 10.000.00 to help finish the constmclion of the guesthouse before lhe> could stay in it. We say. "God bless

you. Grandma and Grandpa, (as you arc known by campus workers), and may God grant you more years than the 70+
you have already enjoyed.

A Fun and Games day on a Saturday during the semester provided tension-reducing play time and pleasant social interchange between students and faculty. Other than
participation in the tug-of-war. the "mature' American

OFFICE WING NOW OCCUPIED

missionaries were mainly a cheering squad for the younger

facultv.

During the latter part of the Cliristmas holidays, and in the early days of the new semester, faculty and staff \\ere bus> moving into their new offices. The secretan' was especially tlirilled to be able to move a lot of liis equipment into the Printing Room wliich had been used as a temporaiy accounts
office.
PRAYER POWER

We are still furnishing some of the offices, since desks are short in number. The Printing Room needs a long counter and
storage cupboards, and the facult>' recommended tliat all of the

Thank God for: beginning of a new semester with five new

outside doors on the entire Librai>'-Administration Building be reinforced with heavy iron burglar bars. Nevertheless, we are IN. and now even the adjunct teachers share an office and we all have a lounge for our rela.xing moments. All during furlough I prayed for God to give us the money because raising it was too big a job for me. He did it! A thousand thanks to all who have made this possible.

students; an une.xpectedly good report on Twyla Bright"s health from doctors in the U. S.; safe return to Ghana by Brights. Brian Jennings, and the Patrick Cline family, all in Januar\'; for tlie occupation of tlie office wing and rapid
progress on the first unit of tlie men's domiitotyi all the gifts, botli large and small, that make tlie development of the new
campus possible: for my increasing confidence that I have a meaningful place of service for this last temi in Ghana.

PetitionGod for, clearerand freer communication and positive

encouragement between tlie Ghanaian churches and the

FIRST SEMESTER HIGHLIGHTS

Classes proceeded smoothly and the vast majority of the

students did e.xceedingly well on their final c.xams.

missionaries; good furlough for Ron and Doris Rife, based in Dallas. TX; accreditation for the Master's program and for the curriculum of the proposed new School of Community Development; mutual blessings for the college and all the visitors who are coming to Gliana this year; physical, emotional and spiritual strength for all the students, faculty and staff, especially for President Adjei and the others who have an hour's commute to the new campus.
In Christian love,

Both students and faculty were inspired and challenged during Missions Emphasis week. Two of our graduates came down from tlieir evangelism and church-planting work in the Nonliem Region of Ghana. Their English was less than perfect, but their heartfelt e.xhortations to get involved in evangelizing the North and their stirring stories of God's protection and blessing had a positive effect on all of us.

Dorothy

East River Park Christian Church 1207 Broad Street

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Elizabethton, TN
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Johnson Bible College
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Volume 9, Issue 3

May, 2005

HEALTH CRISES IN THE FACULTY

ANOTHER NEW BUILDING??

Yes. indeed. Ev en while the first unit of the men's donn is

On Februarv" 22. Da\ id Kalb. lecturer in Ne\\ Testament imd

Systematic Tlieolog>. suffered a stroke at home before class. When disco^ered, he was taken straight to the hospital and
admitted. After one eck's trcatment in Gliamj. he was no\\ n

home with liis wife Barbara and re-admitted to the hospital where blood clots were disco^ crcd in his lungs. He has had good treatment and recovered his speech and motor skills. His memor>- is improving, and he hopes to fulTiU furlough speaking dates. His eyesight continues to be a problem, and he must also undergo treatment for kidne>' stones.

still under construction, we arc going to begin a duplex meant for married student housing. The first unit of the men's donn will not acconmiodate enough men to empty all the classrooms now being used as donns. Since we have only a few women and thc> arc occup> ing a \cv\ large classroom, we

hope to house them as soon as possible using this married student s duplex. Thus another classroom will be freed for both the Bible College and for the School of Cominunit)'
Development that we expect to open in August.

On April 20. our President. Cliristian Adjei. also suffered a mild stroke but was not hospitalized, although he goes to the hospital for examination and medication. His memon and
spccch arc gradually impro\ ing.
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Our Academic Dean, Joseph Nsiali lias been on study lea\ e for nearly tlu^ee years, working on his Ph. D. He is also
experiencing some health problems.

We co\et your prayers for the reco\cn- of these tliree men who scn e so faithfully \A ith the college. Their absence has put a greater burden on those who arc still standing. Several men liad added a course earlier to those they \\erc already teaching Dr. Rife is on furlough until the latter part of Juh. I took over one class and taught a quick surv ey of I and 11 Thessalonians and the last two cliiipters of Rev elation in the three class periods left in the semester. Making up an e.\am for a class I hadn't taught was a challenge. .
ACADEMIC NEWS

We sa> "Halleluiah" for the blessing of monc> given bev ond the needs of the Libnir\7Administration office wing occupied in Januar>- so that we can begin a new fund for Women's Housing with $22.(H)(),()(). Our God continues to amaze us.
Onh ()(){).00 to go (for Women's housing, that is.)

Only four of the fn e new Januan students actually stayed in the school, but those four are doing well.
By the time you read tliis. all exams \\ill be done and the students will be hav ing a short break before their t\\'0 weeks of practical service in churches of their choice. Some of them were beliind in paying their school fees and the collcge coffers were getting ven- slim. With some necessary pressure, a few of them came up with at least pan pa} ment.

The security fence around the back and sides of the entire

campus and panially across the front was erected in March and pan of April. Now there is less chance for casual strollers to enter the campus from places they cannot be seen.
The constniction workers are working steadily at getting the first two floors of the men's donn finished. A third sloi> is possible if a stnictural engineer gives us the O. K. We arc now waiting for him to coine and nuike his inspection, {It was not in the original plan.) The Constmction Board (Building Conunittee) had slmmk through rcsigiuition. illness, and furlough, so 1 was asked to serve on it for some time. Years ago 1 told the President "no thank vou'. serving on the relocation conunittee (as it was
called then) was too much for me. Well, who knows if 1 am
not in Ghana for such a time as this?

The curriculum and design of the School of Conununily De\ elopment is in the hands of the National Accreditation Board. The prognosis for its approval is \er\ good. Unfortunately, we got an unfavorable report on the Master's program. There is still a procedure to go llirough. but it looks as if we will have to do some revamping,

April 12 marked the end of my 37"' year in the work of

Ghana Christian College and Seminary.

KREIDERS TO RETURN

CHILDREN'S SERVICE AT ABEKA

In Januan "s newsletter an arliclc and pielurc of Irs in and Lena Kreider appeared. Thai was before Da\ id Kalb luid his stroke and we were deprived of a fine lecturer and a constmction supenisor. P. C. Cline continues lo be a valuable expert consultant in construction, and lie pitchcs in wherever he can. but with his new academic responsibilities, the college administration felt that another 'on-thc-ground* supcr\'isor was needed to work with the foreman. They asked lr\ in if he would come back and help for some time after a trip home for a needed medical evaluation. He agreed. We arc tliankful Ir\ in got a good medical report. The Kreiders are now praying and working to raise the necessary support for plane tickets and li^ing e.xpenses for at least three more months in Ghana. They plan to leave the states June 6. If you can help them in am way. call the Christian Churcli at Cogan
Station in PennsvK ania to ask where to send contributions.

Our preacher had long wanted the morning acti\ily of the

children at Abeka Christian Church to be more like a church

ser\'ice and not just another Sunday School. (We have Sunday School at 5 p.m.) Although the preacher is not imoKed in Christian Education at the moment, the young university graduate who lias taken the lead is full of enthusiasm and eager lo ti>' new things. I have been helping him. and now we
do have a children's service. Some of the girls scr\e as the

"Praise team", and 1 even bought hynm booklets from Bob ShelTler. The children seem to reall> enjoy singing from a "hynni book". Several people tiike Uims gi\ing the 'sermonette". including me. and one of the >oung men in the church has been gi\ ing a communion meditation after which the teachers and helpers arc ser\ed communion. We tnist we are setting a good e.xample for the children.
PRAYER POWER

ACCRA EASTER CONVENTION

Thank God for; David and Barbara's successful medical

Hundreds of members from the greater Accra area Christian churches gathered in Anirahia. the village nearest the new campus, on the Thursday before Easter. Kwame Amevor and I had made a trip to two villages the pre\ious Sunday to collect a generator and sound equipment, Most of the people slept on the floor of primars school classrooms but a few church leader stayed in the college donns and I chose to stay in the college guesthouse. Fortunately, the comention had an English class for the Bible lessons in addition to the tlu-ee local language classes, so I enjo\ ed tliem. too. Easter was ver\ hot and the service lasted till nearly 3 p.m.! Tluit about did me in. it was an exhausting weekend bul a time of s\\ ect fcllo^^ ship with brothers and sisters in Christ

e\acuation to the U. S, i[i Fcbnjar> and for his impro\'ement; a new grandson, bom in April, for Tim and Tw> la Bright: Pat Met/., our \oluntecr AME treasurer who is a CPA. ha\ ing sun i\ ed another U. S. tax season: continuing donations for the college operations and construction: safe tra\ el in Ghana.
Petition God for: Restored health for Da\ id Kalb. Christian

Adjei. and Joseph Nsiah: strengtli and continued health for the rest of the faculty and staff: financial support for In in and Lena Kreider: effective lectures, c.vperiences and interaction during a one week Seminar held on campus in June for 4 to 6 Team Expansion interns and 12 ClY/FAME interns to
orientate them to missions in West Africa.

In His scrvicc.

Dorothy Eunson in Ghana

East River Park Christian Church 1207 Broad Street

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HORIZONS Mission Services

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Knoxville.TN 37920-0111

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Accra North

6"^ June 2005

Dear Family and Friends,

I have a long overdue snapshot of meand my surrogate grand-daughters to send you and am resorting to this method to send some kind of personal message along with it. A librarian who is visiting the

college as a consultant will be returning to the States on the 9"' and Ihope he will carr\ these along
and mail them for me. It will help the cash flow situation in my budget here. He will alsocarry m\ U.
S. income tax form (our due date is June 15) and a letter or two with checks in them.

Today I have been home unexpectedly. I woke up at 3 a.m. with a headache and was afraid I was developing a migrainethe first in a year and a half So I ate a piece of buttered bread, took one

aspirin (I only had one left) and 5 mg of Valium and begged God notto lefme have a migraine. It was a while before I could sleep, but I did sleep until 6:00 a.m. 1felt a bit fuzzy so decided not to force myselfto get ready to catch a 7:00a.m. ride. If it had been Cabinet meeting, I might have tried
because there are only three of us, but it was Construction Committee and there are four others on it. I have been O. K. No headache or nausea. Thank you. Lord.

The reason I was catching a ride is that the truck battery is dead. Kwame wasgoing to take it to buy a new one that he had checked on Saturday, but I didn't have the money ready then. Even after buying the batter) and taking it to an electrician to put in the battery acid and water and charge it. with one delay or another, Kwame still brought the truck home at 5:00 without the new battery. He assures me it will be safeat that place. He'll go for it in the morning.

It was good I was at home because Ienjoyed a good visit from the minister in the town where we hope
to have the 2006 national Easter convention. He brought lots of good information that we have been waiting for. For once we also had a chance tojust chat about other things, too.

Yesterda). good showers began before dawn and continued up until church time. In the past sometimes I have seen Sundays where rain did not affect the attendance, but yesterday the attendance was way down. On the first Sunday ofevery month, the morning service is a prayer meeting and all

the children are in the main service, too. The bigger ones do pretty well, but the little ones get bored and restless. I was sitting in front of the bigger girls and some boys and they really sang well.
After church I was invited to the Ahlijahs' compound next door to help celebrate the 80''' birthday of
Mrs. A's mother. All the nearest neighbors in college-owned property were invited and there were

about five children 15 grandchildren, a few friends, three siblings ofthe honoree, and some great grandchildren there. We satoutside under the carport ora rented canopy. Every celebration here is elaborate by our standards: small speeches, music and dancing, lots of food, picture-taking. It was very nice. The old lady comes to Mrs. A's kiosk and helps almost every day. That is right outside m\
gate so I often greet her and chat with whoever else is there, too.

1didn't come home till after 4:00,1 think. I llnished getting everything ready for Kwame's 40''' birthday supper. No elaborate party! Kwame came first from home, and Julie and the girls came after evening Sunday School. Julie has been teaching this quarter. Another young man, also currently leaching in the S. S. and a close friend of Kwame also came. Kwame enjoys my homemade vegetable
soup which I finally learned to make after envying Barbara Kalb's for years. So that is what we had.

Also very fresh brown bread with real butter, cabbage slaw with a sweet/sour vinegar dressing, and then cheesecake for dessert. We sang Happ\ Birlhda\. and little Dorothy can sing every verse. The>
didn't linger long, and I had plentyof time to wash all the dishes before bedtime!

watch my pace.

, ^c=,.hi..x:. " ' interns at the college. 1am the chairpere _aration but tomorrow 1have another day at home,
session. 1am not yet at the pomt 1

There are talks on various

families and the church. African

^"L ,tterns men/women relationships and others. One

ne'ejed to evangelize in Muslim communities.

traditional religion affects

little more relaxed.

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when she gets there. She and Jonathan leave here June 15.

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better eat that and pack afresh one for ^ednes y^ s ^hL^in ..itfor me. ni either be too tired to drive home, or it will
Pray for all ofus, especially Manuel Adjei

this period. Also pray for in Western Region. Asegment ofthe

can be a very wicked place.
Lots of love to you all.

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father's fishing boat

Dot or Dorothy, however you know me.

AFRICAN MISSION EVANGELISM/GHANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Dorothy Eunson
Box AN 5722

F,A., Mrs. Tom Bailees

339 Wiltshire Drive

Accra North, Ghana

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Gray, TN 37615
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CONTRIBUTORS LETTER FOR JUNE 2005

Dear Friends in Christ,

U.S. MISSION INTERN SEMINAR SUCCESSFUL

From June 13 through 17, fifteen young people interested in missions in West Africa, especially Muslim evangelism, were on campus for orientation. Tim Bright, Enoch Nyador, Nelson Ahlijah, Christopher Adjei, Rockeybell Adaturaand I led many differentsessions on cultural and social skills, African

Tr^itional Religion and its impact on the church, African styles ofdecision-making and conflict
resolution, male/female relationships in a new cultureand others. I gave some practical instructions and demonstration, where possible, on how to take a bucket bath, how to sweep with a Ghanaian broom, how to clean and light a kerosene lamp, and other daily tasks. At Friday lunch we all ate akple and fish stew with our hands. Off campus activities included a trip on a tro tro (small local commercial van) to
an outdoor market, a visit to a mosque, house-to-house evangelism at a nearby church, and the conduct

of an evening evangelistic service at the church nearest the campus. Twyla Bright cooked all the lunches and suppers except the akple lunch, and Francis Addae prepared breakfasts. Tim was the onsite leader twenty-four hours a day! The power was off most of Thursday and Friday, so that was
another real introduction to life in Ghana Our prayer is that the young people were genuinely helped in their understanding of what life and ministry in Alnca can be and that some will respond to the need and to the Lord's call on their lives and retum for long term service.

From this point on, the two groups of intems (Team Expansion and CIY) will be following different schedules as they serve in churches and visit possible new mission fields.
THIRD FLOOR OF MEN^S DORM APPROVED

The structural engineer has given verbal approval to resume the work on the third floor of the men's dorm. While he works on his printed report, the architect will prepare revised drawings, and the college will renew their building permit. In other construction tasks, the foundation of the duplex which will be used for women's housing is progressing. Because so much goes into it, it seems to go slowly, but we know that all of the work is necessary. The Kreidere are back in Ghana, and Imn is working hard
in the ai'ea of construction. SHORT TERM COURSE IN SESSION

Thirteen new students joined the retuming students for one month of intensive studies to earn a Certificate in Religious Studies in three years. Formerly the fulltime teachers taught these classes, but now our own graduates are hired to come and teadi for one month. Our U. S. intems stayed right in the
dorms with the Ghanaian students.
HEALTH REPORT

Barbara and Jonathan Kalb flew out of Ghana on June 15. On June 19 David and Barbara gave their first report and presentation to the Greensburg, PA church. This is the start of a year of much travel to many churches. We thank God that David is able to preach and talk, but his eyesight is still faulty, so Barbara will do all the driving.

President Christian Adjei is still recuperating at home, but he does go out and visit friends and attends
morning church services regularly.

Joseph Nstah is improving and is planning to resume his duties as Academic Dean on July 1.
PRAYER POWER

Thank God for; a successful missions orientation seminar for fifteen U. S. interns; David Kalb's

recovery from a strokeso that he can preach again; a gift of $46,530.00 from Overseas Council
Intemational toward construction of the men's dormitory (a second wing of the quadrangle will be

started as soon as the present short wing is complete); improvement in the health of Christian Adjei and Joseph Nsiah; the arrival of a real rainy season with its coolerweather; generous and faithful supporters
of Ghana Christian University.

Petition God for: orderly and pleasant final preparations of Ron and Doris Rife to return to Ghana the third weekof July; wisdom for Martin Brooks of Team Expansion as he seeks to establish a missionsendingofficein Ghanato recruit Ghanaian churches and Ghanaian missionaries to partnerwith U. S. churches in reaching areas of Africa that have less then 3% of the population committed to evangelical Christianity; prayer for health and wisdom of Manuel Adjei who has beencarrying the load of the President, the Academic Dean and the public relations person for several months; patience and good judgment for the Academic Affairs Committee of the college as they interact with the National Accreditation Board on the School of Community Development and the college Master's Program;
successful renewal of accreditation for the School of Theology.
In Christ,

Dorothy Eunson

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Dorothy Eunson
Box AN 5722

F. A., Mrs. Tom Barkes

339 Wiltshire Drive

Accra North, Ghana

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Gray, TN 37615
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CONTRIBUTORS LETTER FOR JULY/AUGUST

Dear Friends in Christ,

SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACCREDITATION
GRANTED AT LAST!

OnMonday, T* August, Mr. Manuel Adjei, Acting Academic Dean, picked up thecertificate of
accreditation from the National Accreditation Board. This is the culmination of three years of hard

and often frustrating work. The school will open onSeptember r' with first year classes only. Two
adjunct teachers have been engaged to supplement our fuUtime faculty. The accreditation is good for
three years. P. C. Cline is the Interim Director of the school.
STANDING STRONGALONE AND TOGETHER

This was the theme of the 2005 Leadership Retreat of the Fellowship of Christian Churches held on

campus, July 5-6. Onehundred fifty ministers, elders, Sunday School teachers, and other local leaders gathered for two days of teaching, reports, fasting and prayer. Bro. Christopher Adjei, one of the college teachers, was thefeatured speaker, giving encouragement and advice on howto climb above poverty, both as individuals and as churches. The reports and prayer requests bind us together in love
as we intercede for one another. The fellowship is sweet as many have not seen certain fiiends since

last year's retreat. As usual, when the beds were all ftjll, straw mats from the village were used by the
others. COLLEGE PREPARATIONS

Cabinet meetings (administration) continued unabated all through the vacation. We have been struggling to catch up on many tasks that are long overdue as well as current challenges. Meeting for
three hours straight has not beai unusual.

Budget meetings are almost over. The deficit is rather shocking, but we are going to keep the figures
as they are and try to manage so that we keep the goal ahead of us.

Construction Board meets bi-weekly. The first two floors of the first wing of the men's dorm are virtually ready. The Women's duplex should be ready for roofing in a week. If the women cannot move in at the beginning of sdiool, they should be able to move in by September.

Spiritual Life Committee plans all the college chapel services and special weeks. I was appointed chairperson for the upcoming academic year. One other teacherand the student chaplain comprise the
entire committee. We met for three hours two weeks ago and planned the entire semester. We each agreed to contact some of the proposed guest speakers. The phone number I had that would lead me to two different men was not working, so I went to a mid-week service of a non-denominational church
to make personal contact.

Entrance exams for late applicants brought us a few more potential fi"eshmea The total number accepted is about 30, but the real story is told during the week they must come and register and pay. S.O.N. lecturers. Dr. Paul Kissling and Dr. Robert Kurka taught Master's level classes in the
month of July.

TWO SENIOR MEN BACK ON DUTY

Mr. Jos^h Nsiah is back in activeservicewiththe college afterthree years of study leave. He will teach some classes but will also serve as Acting President. He has asked Mr. Manual Adjei to continue in the role of Acting Academic Dean for some time.
Dr. and Mrs. Ron Rife returned from furlough in late July. He has a full load of classesand
administrative and academic responsibilities.
PI .EASE KEEP YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS UPDATED

It is disq)pointing to Mrs. Barkes to said out a batch of email newsletters at addresses given us and
then have half a dozen bounce back as undeliverable. If your email address has changed or if the

person who should receive this Contributors' letter for thechurch has changed, please let Mrs. Barkes
know at the email address given above.
PRAYER POWER

Thank God fon successful learning experiences for threeTeamExpansion interns in several locations in Ghana and for similar exp^ences for eleven CIY/FAME interns in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and in Niger; steady progress on the men's dorm and women's duplex; retum to service of Joseph Nsiah and Dr. Ron Rife; the accreditation of the new School of Community Development; teaching visits of Dr. Kissling and Dr. Kurka in July; successful Leadership Retreat of the Christian Churches; my good health even though I get weary; hiring of a new library clerk while theformer onereturns to the college to oiter the degree program; good experiences for Bob and Connie Shefifler and for Tim and TwylaBrightat the All-Africa Missionary Conference in Kenya in July.
Petition God for; successfril renewal of accreditation for the School of Theology; a good intake of

students for thenewschool even though the timefor advertising and recruitment is onlyone month; students who will come prepared to paytheirfees, including anyarrears; a happy andorderly opening

ofa new school year on8*^ August; continued improvement inthe health ofDavid Kalb and the
President, Christian Adjei; safe travel and effective missions presentations for Kalbsas they visit supporting churches inthe U. S.; continued inflow of building fimds (wearenow borrowing from another fund to gettheWomen's duplex livable); continued safe travel on our regular trips to and from the new campus as well as travel on church and personal business.
In Christ,

Dorothy Eunson

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Dorothy Eunson
Box AN 5722

F. A., Mrs. Tom Barkes

339 Wiltshire Drive

Accra North, Ghana

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Gray, TN 37615
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CONTRIBUTORS LETTER FOR SEPTEMBER "^0^3

Dear Friends in Christ,
SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DELAYED

Unfortunately, the approval did not come on theday I published in theJuly/August letter. It was a little later. The time remaining to advertise for new students and have an interview day was very short. Five apphcants came and only four were qualified. That is not enough to support the school, so thedifficult
decision was made to postpone its opening one year.
CLASSES REOPENED AND GRADUATION HELD IN AUGUST

Twenty-three new students came to grace our campus. Two of them are a husband and wife team. I teach hbrary skills to the Higher Certificate Class and it is a pleasure to have nine of them as opposed to three last year. The male students are sleeping in the rooms of the first tw o floors of the new men's
hostel while work continues on the third floor! Graduation for last year's graduates was held in the

courtyard between the 'admin' and classroom buildings on Saturday, 27^ August Eighteen regular
students and sixteen short term students graduated. It was the usualjoyful celebration. For the first time,

I sawgroups of friends lifting two of the graduates to their shoulders and parading around the courtyard.
CIY YOUTH MINISTRY TRAINING SCHOOL AND YOUTH CONFERENCE

For the third year in a row, Christ in Youth (America) assisted our local church leaders with these two activities. What was uniquethis year was that the new 13.4 acre campground purchased with funds from CIY. Development of the site is in its early stages with three wells dug and over a hundred trees planted. Worship celebrations and discussion groups were held underneath rented canopies. The girls slept in nearby schools. Some of the boys and ministers slept at a Boy Scout camp and others slept in Boy Scout tents right at thecamp site. About seven hundred youth participated. Ron Rife and I went to the site on the last day to watch and participate. GCC/S lecturers Nelson Ahlijah and Christopher Adjei had been at
the site all week as they had hea\y responsibilities in the planning.
F.A.M.E. MISSIONS TEAM VISIT

A group of fourteen men and women, including Dr. Dwain Illman, formerly a missionary in Zimbabwe,
and three nurses, were joined by our own Dr. Lydia Nyador and held a two day medical outreach at my local church, Abeka Christian Church. They gave free medical screening and treatment to over 200 people a day. Many of our churchyoung people assisted in many wayscounseling and prayer, crowd control, and language interpretation. Six other team members spent two days on the campus of Ghana Christian College because they are from Christ's Church in Jacksonville, FL, faithful supporters of the college's ministry in Ghana. Two of the women worked in the librar>', and the others painted primeron heavy burglar bars and on door and window frames for the new women's house. All of them visited a chapel service and DougNewland, Missions Ministerof Christ's Church, preached, it was a joy to host them so they could see for themselves the Kingdom work taking place in Ghana. Theyhad also visited the Youth Conference and seen many of the Christian Church ministers in action. The entire group went on to another village outside Accra for another two day medical outreach.

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PRAYER POWER

Praise God for; David Kalb's ability to travel withhis wifeto preach and reportto supporting churches; new students and a successful graduation day; a successful seminar conducted by Eric Teroro of Lincoln Christian Seminary attended bytwenty-two paying church leaders; Dr. Bill Baker's teaching of a Master's level class in August; August visit by Roy and Barbara Willingham, recruits for future teaching here at the college; September visit by two men fi"om Brian Jennings' home church in Birmingham, England (his minister preached in chapel); my continued good health; completion of another three months of assistance by Lenaand Irvin Kreider, volunteers fi'om Pennsylvania Petition God for: Continued improvement for David Kalb and Christian Adjei, stroke victims; continued improvement for Tim Bright, recovering from a severe case of typhoid fever; speedy completion and occupation of the women's house; grace and wisdom for the local Board of Directors who meet October
13 to decide the future of the Presidency of the college.
With a heart grateful to God and to you, our supporters.
Still serving, Dorothy Eunson

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DORMS OCCUPIED

Praise be to God, many of tiie male students were able to

move into the first two floors of the men's dorm when

supervision of an accredited university for several years. Universities charge heavily for this service, and the NAB also charges for ever>' visit and procedure. The sad thing is that if we don't pursue accreditation, they

school started in early August. Some are still sleeping in a large classroom upstairs in the classroom building, so

have the legal right to shut us down. We are praying and searching for the right affiliation and for the funds to pay
for it. DOCTORAL STUDIES

work continues on the 3^^ floor which was given the

official nod in June. Work slowed when it was decided

to conccntrate on a women's house, but now the roof

trusses on this first wing of the men's dorm are up. Four faculty members are pursuing their doctorates. Missionaries Patrick Cline and Brian Jennings are responsible for find their own flinding. Overseas Council International helps with some flinds for Joseph Nsiah and Manuel Adjei, but African Mission
Evangelism has to find the rest. Both of these men are doing it through distance leaming, but Manuel must make a trip to Seattle, WA in Januar>' for a required workshop and to Beijing, China next April!
MY CHANGING ROLES

From July through December 2005 my schedule was fairly easy although the hour's drive out and home again took some getting used to. In January things began to change. In light of a furlough, a resignation, a study leave and two strokes, I ended up as secretary to the The women's house is beautiflil. In previous publications I called it a duplex. It actually has four two-room-plus-bath apartments in it so it is bigger and more expensive than first aimounced. Tlic women moved in during late October. We "borrowed" money from the general construction fund to complete it, so contributions are still needed to make up this deficit.
ACADEMIC CHALLENGES

President's Cabinet and a member of the Construction Board.

When school reopened, my new responsibility was to be

chairperson of the Spiritual Life Committee. Only one other facult>- member and the student chaplain are on the Committee. Fortunately, the most intensive planning for chapel services and Prayer Week was done before school
even began.

The National Accreditation Board has approved the program of the School of Community Development. Unfortunately, that approval came too late for us to publicize well and recruit students. Now it will have to wait until August of next year.
The NAB did not approve the Master's Program as it
now stands, The second class finished their class work

At the end of July, the library- clerk resigned so that he could come back to the college as a degree student. We hired a new clerk but he lasted only two weeks. Right now we do not have one. I am doing a lot of computer work in the librarian's office, making corrections on 'imported* cataloging and printing tlie cards. Actually, I really enjoy the work I am doing, but it is keeping me very busy.
YEAR OF THE VISITORS

in August, but because of faculty healtli problems and furloughs, it was decided to suspend the program for this year to give the Academic Affairs Committee more time to solve the problems.

The school of theology (Bible college) is up for reaccreditation this monA. The NAB is still insisting that every private tertiary institution must be under the

This year was a record year for visitors, I'm sure. Ten different individuals and groups brought spice into our lives from May to September. Two groups impacted me directly, although I provided an occasional lunch for many of the others.

In June, three Team Expansion interns, eleven CIY/FAME interns, and one independent young lady gathered on our canipus with their sponsors for five days
of orientation to missions in West Africa. Tim Bright and 1 and four Ghanaian men took tums leading sessions

Six team members spent those two days on our campus.

All but one were from Christ's Church, formerly Mandarin Christian Church, in Jacksonville, FL. Tliey

are generous supporters of tlie college. Two worked in the librar\- and four painted primer on burglar bars and
window^ and door frames for the women's house. The

on culture, religion and social skills. Tlic>' ate all their meals on campus, including one of akplc and fish stew^ eaten with the fingers. Tliey visited an outdoor market and a mosque, visited house to house for a ncarb\'
church, and conducted an evening service for another congregation. After this week, the>' went to different places, serving in churches and visiting potential new mission fields. We pray tliat some of them will retum to
West Africa for fuiitime service.

Missions minister. Doug Newiand. preached in chapel. which they all attended. Tlie\ would have liked to sta>" longer, but tlie entire group traveled on Wednesday to a village to repeat their medical outreach.
PRAYER POWER

Thank God for: S O N, lecturers. Dr. Robert Kurka, Dr.

Bill Baker, and Eric Teoro for gracing our campus widi
their skills: for Mike and Dona Flanncpi' who visited and

shared their expertise on librar\- matters: for Roy and Barbara Willingham who visited so Barbara could get acquainted with her future home when Roy comes to
teach fulltimc: for anotlier three months of service from

Irvin and Lena Kreridcr: for David Kalb's abilit>' to travel with his wife to churches and preach: for m\" health and strength. Petition God for: A suitable univcrsit\ for the college
to affiliate with and for re-accreditation for the Bible

A F.A.M.E.-organized group came at the beginning of September. They visited the CIY \outh conference for two days, then all came to worship with us at Abeka Christian Church on Sunda}-. TIk majorit}' of the group returned to Abeka on Monday and Tucsda\' to conduct free medial, screening and treatment for over 200j)eople a day. Many of our youth assisted in crowd control, prayer and counseling, and language interpretation. Although I didn't cook it, the visitors' food was served at my house. I managed enough seating using chairs,
stools, lawn chairs and the bench on the front porch.

college: funds for continued constaiction and for doctoral studies: creative ways for us to send to the North the used clothing die students are collecting: patience and wisdom for those who wrestle with all tlie accreditation issues: peace and wisdom for President Christian Adjei as he prepares for retirement: a new volunteer general treasurer for African Mission Evangelism. With grateflil thanks for your prayers and support.
Dorothy Eunson

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