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L E AV I N G FOR GHANA

will be leavin^Irom 0'Hare' international Airport,Cbicago, on or about Sth of March)fbr msterdam viaLondon. Tbere we plankto take deliy. ^of a Land RoverCamper, which we hope tp/t-ak-&--wJ H-ds to Ghana. I t w i l lbe l oaded on a c arg o lin er ' b n wh ic h we have bookedp a s s a g e f o r A c c r a G h a n a .

TH E LAND R O V E R CAIVIPER

On t h e f r o n t p a g e o f t h i s f o l d e r i s a d r a w i n g o f t h eo u t f i t w h i c h we hope t o t a k e w i t h u s f o r u se i n Ghana-B e f o r e l e a v i n g Ghana , I h ad d e t e r m i n e d t h a t w h a t I w a n t e dwas a 3 / ^ to n pickup wi th D i e s e l povi/ef. The s a v i n g t o ber e a l i z e d i n t h e u s e o f a d i e s e l m o t o r c a n e a s i l y be s e e n

when o ne knows t h a t t h e p r i c e o f r e g u l a r g a s i n G ha n ai s

yz o f t h a t p r i c e . t t o o k s e v e r a l months o f i n v e s t i g a t i o nb e f o r e we f o u n d w h a t we w a n t e d . VJe c o u l d g e t t h e d i e s e lp o w e r e d p i c k u p i n e i t h e r J e e p o r L a n d R o v e r . We d e c i d e dt h e L a n d R o v e r b e s t s u i t e d f o r o u r needs We d i s c o v e r e d

t h e L a n d R o v e r w as 1 ,OOi?cheaper d e l i v e r e d i n E u r o p e . t h a ni t w as i n t h e S t a t e s s o b y t a k i n g d e l i v e r y i n H o l l a n d wec a n s a v e t h i s amoun t p l u s t h e s a v i n g o n f r e i g h t w h i c h i ss u b s t a n t i a l . The Land R o v e r h a s a 109 i n c h w h e e l b a s er a t e d c a p a c i t y 1 t o n f o u r w h e e l d r i v e an d two s p e e dt r a n s f e r box g i v i n g 8 fo rward s p e e d s . t w i l l c o s t 2 , 6 0 0F. O . B . Amste rdam. The Cam per w i l l c o s t l , h O O F. O . B .O s w e g o , K a n s a s .

The L a n d R ov e r Ca mper w i l l s e r v e a d u a l p u r p o se . Asa p i c k u p i t w i l l s e r v e f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n f o r o u r s e l v e sa n d n e e d e d s u p p l i e s . As a c a m p e r, i t w i l l e n a b l e u s t ov i s i t m a n y v i l l a g e s w h e r e we o t h e r w i s e would n o t be a b l et o g o . We f o u n d t h a t t h e r e a s o n we w e r e n o t welcome i nsome o f t h e v i l l a g e s w as t h a t t h e b r e t h r e n f e l t t h e y d i dn o t have t h e q u a r t e r s i n which we c o u l d be made c o m f o rt a b l e . By c a r r y i n g our l i v i n g q u a r t e r s w ith u s , t he y w i l ln o t f e e l t h i s e m b a r a s s m e n t .

We g r a t e f u l l y acknowledge t h e o f f e r i n g s s p e c i f i e df o r t h e Land Rover Camper. To d a t e we have 145 f o r t h i sp r o j e c t . As you ca n s e e a g r e a t e r r e s p o n s e i s n e e d e d i fwe a r e t o h a v e t h i s v e r y u s e f u l p i e c e o f e q u i p m e n t . Maybe your c h u r c h would l i k e t o h e l p w i t h a s p e c i a l l oveo f f e r i n g as d id t h e Church o f C h r i s t C l a r k s v i l l e Iowaan d F i r s t C h r i s t i a n C h u r c h , H o l l y Colorado? ,


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T H E w o r k : i n GHANA

We e x p e c t t o s p e n d some t i m e i n t h e a l r e a d y e s t a bl i s h e d c h u r c h e s e n c o u r a g i n g them and t e a c h i n g t h e way ot h e L o r d more p e r f e c t l y . P a r t o f o u r t i m e w i l l be s p e n ti n d i r e c t i n g t h e work on t h e D e m o n s t r a t io n F a r m w h e r e

new c r o p s a n d i m p r o v e d m e t h o d s o f t i l l a g e w i l l b e t r i e d .A l s o we w i l l b e e n g a g e d i n t e a c h i n g t h e B i b l e i n t h eP u b l i c S c h o o l s a n d i n e v e n i n g c l a s s e s .

V e a r e v e r y p le a se d w i t h t h e h i g h c a l i b e r o f t h ep e r s o n s who h a v e come t o h e l p B r o t h e r G i b s o n i n GhanaC h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e . T h i s i s a m o s t i m p o r t a n t w o r k andv i t a l t o t h e b u i l d i n g o f a s t r o n g c h u r c h i n Ghana . Thec o m i n g o f B ro t h e r R e n t Ta y l o r t o w o r k i n w h a t e v e r a r e ah e c h o o s e s w i l l s t r e n g t h e n u s g r e a t l y . God w i l l i n g av e r y f i n e yo ung c o u p l e w i l l s o o n b e comi ng t o h e l p me i nt h e w o r k I p l a n t o d o . Now o u r g r e a t n e e d i s f o r aD o c t o r a n d tw o n u r s e s . Do p r a y t n a t t n i s n e e d m ay s o o n bm e t

C H A L L E N G I N G F I E L D

As I h a v e s t a t e d many t i m e s when s p e a k i n g i n y o u rc h u r c h e s I b e l i e v e t h a t t h e s i t u t a t i o n i n Ghana p r e s e n t so ne o f t h e g r e a t e s t and m os t c h a l l e n g i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e se v e r o f f e r e d t o u s a s a p e o p l e . I am a l s o v e r y c o n s c i o u s

o f t h e s o b e r i n g f a c t t h a t A f r i c a h a s b e e n t h e g r a v e y a r df o r many g r e a t h o p e s and many a m b i t i o u s p l a n s . I b e l i e v eo n e r e a s o n f o r t h i s i s t h a t t h e f ri c a n t e n d s t o b ee m o t io n a l l y m o t iv a te d . H e a l s o h a s t h e t e n d e n c y t o F o l l o w t h e Crowd i n a n y new a n d e x c i t i n g t h i n g . P r ob a b l y o f more s i g n i f i c a n c e i s t h e f a c t t h a t i n t h i ss c i e n t i f i c a g e we a r e p r o n e t o d i s c o u n t t h e p o w e r o fS a t a n . T h i s enemy o f man d o e s n o t g i v e u p e a s i l y a n d h ei s n o t a b o u t t o s u r r e n d e r t h i s c o n t i n e n t w h e r e h e h a s s o

l o n g h e l d sway w i t h o u t a f i g h t . I t h i n k t h a t a n y C h r i s t

i a n w o r k e r who d o e s n o t b e l i e v e i na

p e r s o n a l D e v i l a n dh a s h ad no e x p e r i e n c e i n t h e s p i r i t u a l w a rf a re n e c e s sa ryt o o v e r c o m e h i m h a d b e t t e r n o t go t o A f r i c a .

P l e a s e c o n t i n u e t o r e m e m b e r u s i n y o u r p r a y e r s t h a tGod m ay c o n t i n u e t o s u p p l y t h e s t r e n g t h a n d g u i d a n c e f o ru s t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f t h e g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t i e s t h a t l i ea h e a d s o Ghana may b e won f o r C h r i s t .

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URGENT NEED

'Mr. ^Mrs. Nichcls are now in Ghana doing- the work, of the Lord. Fortheir work they ordered a Land Rover truck and a camper. The camper hasarrived and i s payed for. A balance of ^2244 is now pending for thet r u c k

Please consider th is urgent need and help us wipe out th is indebtnessso the work of the Lord can continue to advance in t h i s new f ie ld ofl a b o r

STOP OVER IN LONDON ON VJAY TO GHANA

For people of moderate means, we recommend seeing London by Tube.T h a t i s t h e u n d e rg r o u n d r a i l w a y.

We arrived in London early in the morning March 8th and took a bus tthe B.O.A.C. London Terminal. In the lobby we found a hotel directory anwe selected a moderate priced one which was not too far from the centrald i s t r i c t

Y/e res ted most of the morning but in the af ternoon we ventured out .One thing we purchased was a map of London and another a raincoat. Thatnight we studied the map and decided on the places we would v i s i tnext. day. \Ye found that al l the places we most desiredj^o vis i t couldbe r e ach ed from th e C i f c l e L ine o f Lon don ~ t r ans po r t .

The next morning we walked the few blocks from our hotel to BayswateStation, bought our tickets to Tower 'Hill and in a few minutes were beingwhisked along beneath the teeming t raff ic of London at a high rate ofspeed. After stops at several station we knew we were approaching ourdest inat ion. There are no at tendants on the car and no announcements .As the t rain begins to slovv? up and come into a l ighted portion of thetunnel, the name of the station is emblazoned on the walls in many placesso one d o e s n o t n e e d f e a r m i s s i n g h i s s t a t i o n .

When we emerged from the bowels of the earth the great hulk of theTower of London loomed before us. This i s not a t ravel folder but whenone thinks of the great events of history which transpired here in yearspas t he can not f a i l to be impressed.

The Tower of London i s on the bank of the Thames; and from here wegot a good view of Tower Bridge buil t in the reign of Queen Victoriai s a much more impressive structure than London Bridge which i s aleague or more upstream. V e are glad to say that contrary to currentreports London Bridge shows no signs of imminent collapse.

After lunch we again went underground and following our plan visited Buckingham Palace, VJestminister Abbey and Royal Albert Hailvje know nothing of the London underworld but can recommend the


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Gibson packed some s h e e t s towels and tw o p i l lows which were g r e a t l ya p p r e c i a t e d .

Our f r i e n d s found us two rooms i n an a p a r t m e n t . There i s somef u rn it u re i n th e l i v i n g room and i n t h e o t h e r room a bed . We bought as m a l l t a b l e a n d c h a i r a few d i s h e s a n d a k e t t l e . Some f r i e n d s f o u n d ao n e w i c k bu rne r s to ve fo r u s t o u s e .

H e r e we s e e t h e v omen c o o k i n g o n a s m a l l c h a r c o a l b u r n e r o n t h e f l o o r .C l o t h e s h a n g a b o u t t o d r y . Some o f t h e o l d e r men h a v e a l o n g c l o t h d r a p e d

o v e r o n eshou lde r

a n d a r o u n d a b o u t t h e m . T h e w o m e nar e

s o m e w h a ts i m i l a r

e x c e p t t n e y have- a s k i r t o f t h e same m a t e r i a l ivien and women w a l k i n a l ld i r e c t i o n s t o t h e i r j o b s . Women c a r r y t h i n g s on t h e i r n e a d t o a p l a c ew h e r e t h e y e x p e c t t o s e l l t h e i r w a r e s . S c h o o l c h i l d r e n w e a r u n i f o r m ssome i n y e l l o w o t h e r s d a r k b l u e . The b o y s u s u a l l y wear k a k i .

The s e r v i c e s we a tt e nd ed t h e f i r s t S u n d a y \ j e r e h e l d on t h e p o r c h o ft h e house v^here Ed gar u sed t o l i v e . I n a fe w days o u r m i s s i o n a r i e s w i l lmeet w i t h th e g r e a t c h i e f o f Kumasi a r e a t o a sk f o r l a n d t o b u i l d a c h u r c h

T h e r e a r e many o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n Ghana A n o t h e r B i b l e C o l l e g e i s t obe opened a t K i b i . B u i l d i n g s have a l r e a d y been g i v e n f o r t h a t p u r p o s eV/ork a b o u n d s . At A f r a n c h o a d o c t o r and n u r s e s a r e n e e d e d . We p l a nspending some t ime t h e r e a f t e r E a s t e r . We have n o t p l a n n e d where .we w i l ll i ve d e f i n i t e l y Kumasi o r Afrancho . e w i l l be us ing th e Kumasi a d d r e s sf o r s o m e t ime

Things a r e v e r y c o s t l y i n Ghana b e c a u s e o f i n f l a t i o n . The p e o p l eo n t h e s t r e e t a n d e l s e w h e r e a r e k i n d a n d c o n s i d e r a t e . T h e y a r e w i l l i n gt o s t o p a n d h e l p i n g i v i n g d i r e c t i o n s .

Vje a r e t h a n k f u l f o r a r r iv i n g s a f e l y .

March 23 196?

We a re s t i l l i n A c c r a and tn e t ime drags somewhat a s we have had todepend on o the r s fo r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n . e spoke a t Chapel s e r v i c e s of GhanaChr i s t i an College l a s t Tuesday. They have 25 s tuden t s en ro l l ed which i sgood fo r the f i r s t term. They could have 150 i f they had f a c i l i t i e s andt e a c h e r s . There are p lans to have branches a t Kumasi Takoradi and Kib ia s f u n d s an d t e a c h e r s a r e s u p p l i e d .

May 2 9 1967 K um asi Ghana

We a r e back from Ta k o r a d i and p r e t t y w e l l t i r e d o u t . Outdoor m e e t i n gwere he ld on Sa tu rday and S und ay n igh t s under l i g h t s and w i t h a P.A.system. je s t a r t ed with a few chi ldren but a f t e r two hours of s ingingand preaching a s izeable crowd appeared. One man professed conversion oSaturday night . Sunday morning we met with the Church of Nazareth.There was a l o t of s ing ing an d dancing i n t h i s se rv ice . One wonders howlong i t i s going to take to make Bible s tuden t s of t hese people .

The t r i p cos t us almost | 50 . The g r ea t e r p a r t was the hote l b i l l .We came back by slow milk t r a in . I t . t o o k us nine hours to go 180 miles .Sure w i l l be glad when we get our t ruck espec ia l ly since we are carryingon w ork b o t h i n Kumasi an d a t A f r a n c h o . I t s p r e t t y r u g g e d when one h a sto depend on these busses and l o r r i e s t h a t tne gene ra l pu b l ic uses .


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H E L P WANTED

- e x p e r i e r n t r e ôY'êarhhihg^the He^ 'WahTd^ ' Ads,day a f t e r day, va in ly hoping fo r an opening fo r which yo u might beq u a l i f i e d , and day a f t e r day f i nd ing o n ly d is a pp o in tm e nt ? e w e l l remembe

the depression of the l a t e n in e te en t we nt ie s an d ear ly t h i r t i e s , whensuch wa s our l o t , and we would no t care to r epea t th e e xp er ie nc e.

Today the s i t u a t i o n i s qu i t e d i f f e r e n t . Jobs a re hunt ing people ,ra ther than people hunting Jobs, I f one has any spec ia l t a l e n t , s k i l l ,or t r a i n i n g , i t i s no t a t a l l d i f f i c u l t to f ind a Job which pays w e l l .

e a r e t h i n k i n g o f a v e r y s p e c i a l Job which i s now open . I t o f f e r s

no l a rge s a l a r y, and l i t t l e hope f o r advancement. I t c a l l s fo r long

hours o f ex ac tin g l abor. I t demands t h a t on e l eave the comforts of home,and the companionship o f f ri en ds â nd . loved ones, and l i v e in a fore ignl a nd ; c on d i t i o n s which u s u a l l y command s p e c i a l inducements i n th e way o fb o n u s e s an d f r i n g e b e n e f i t s . T h e ^ o n l y j c e w a r d s . t h i s Jo b o f f e r s i s t h e

s a t i s f a c t i o n o f m e e t i n g a r e a l n e e d , and t h e hope o f a w e l l done f rom

t h e M a s t e r. There have been s e v e r a l êat te o f c h i l d r e n i n t h e Afrancho

a r e a t h i s s p r i n g , d e a t h s t h a t c o u l d have e a s i l y b e e n p r e v e n t e d i f t h e r e

h a d been m e d i c a l h e l p a t h a n d . A f i n e , new, t e n room, cemen t b l o c k

b u i l d i n g s t a n d s r e a d y f o r o ccu pan cy by a D o c t o r. The p e o p l e o f Afrancho

a r e b e g i n n i n g t o wonder, How l o n g a r e we g o i n g t o have t o w a i t f o r t h i s

D o c t o r ?

We know o f a n o t h e r J o b , w h i c h i s p e r h a p s J u s t a s i m p o r t a n t , and t h e

r e q u i r e m e n t s J u s t a s e x a c t i n g . T h a t i s t h e n e e d f o r a Te a c h e r - E v a n g e l i s t

f or t h e K u m a s i a rea I t w o u l d b e w e l l f o r s u c h a o n e t o h a v e a Maste r s

Degree i n E d u c a t i o n an d t h u s c o u l d f i t i n t o t h e t e a c h i n g program o f

Ghana C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e , i n a d d i t i o n t o o v e r s i g h t o f t h e c on g r eg a t i o n s

i n K u m a s i . A n d s o m e t i m e i n t h e n o t t o o d i s t a n t f u t u r e w e w i l l b e i n

h e e d ^ o f a r h b u s l T C h r i s t i a n who l i k e s t o se e t h i n g s grow, i n th e p h y s i c a l

a s w e l l a s i n t h e s p i r i t u a l s e n s e .


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Please d i r ec t a l l correspont^e ice an d offe r ings fo r the Nichols to t h i sa d d r e s s a f t e r Nov. 1 1967*

M I S S I O N A RY P R O J E C T

The Land Rover t r u c k orde red by th e Nic ho l s a r r i v e d i n Ghana i n

August. I t has been a r ea l bless ing because public t ransportat ion i s

so i r regular and expensive. Now the Nichols are able to go where theyare needed when they a re needed. The camper fo r the t ruck works outvery well as l iving quarters when they v i s i t the various mission s ta t ions .

A l oan was secu red t h i s summer f o r th e p urchase o f th e t r u c k Fivepayments have been made of 105*64 a month. There are 19 payments remaining. Possibly, some church or group would like to have a project to makea l l or par t of the 19 remaining payments. Why not suggest the idea toy o u r c h u r c h o r g r o u p ?

Ninth Ave. C h r i s t i a n Church, S t i l l w a t e r Oklahoma r e c e n t l y s e n t acheck fo r 300 to apply on the t ruck . This helped make almost three paym e n t s . Are t h e r e o t h e r s t o r e s p o n d t o t h i s need?

AFRANCHQ C H R I S T I A N C L I N I C

The Afrancho Chr i s t i an Cl in ic was opened Ju ly 7, 196?. This waswithout fanfare, but not without many e xp re ssi on s of sa t i s fac t ion andconfidence in i t s success . The c l i n i c i s manned by an Afr ican s t a f f :

Samuel Opoku-Sarpong, Q.R.N., medical officer in charge, _and two male andtwo female as s i s t an t s . I t i s operated in a new concrete block s t ruc tu r ef twelve rooms provided t f by the town il I t is governed


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quite a difference for us to make up Since we have made no specialappeal for funds for these purposes i t has played havoc with our budget.

VJe have confidence in our s t a f f All are p ro i es si n g C h r is ti a ns .They have handled several serious cases satisfactorily and the highincidence of death among infants and young children of th e community hasb e e n d r a s t i c a l l y r e d u c e d

The cl in ic offers us excellent opportuni t ies to w itness to a l lmembers of the community Christian Moslem and pagan. Each morningbegins with a short devotional period attended by both s taff andpatients. Then there are numerous opportunities to witness to individuals as Brother Sampong and I did the other day to a troubled MoslemThe Gospel seed is being sown and some will fa l l on good ground.

A HELPING HAND

We have two fine young men both Bible College students workingwith us th is summer in the Kumasi area. Both of these men have beenl e f t with the respondsibility of caring for their children: one has twothe other three. Both have been bereaved one by death the other bya d u l t e r y and d e s e r t i o n

The young congregations with which these young men work are ableto supply but a small part of their living. We must supply what is .lacking. Also we have offered to care for their children. Pleasepray that our strength and health may withstand the demands placed onu s d a i l y

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Tiie H o s t e t t e r s have k i n d l y l e t us have t h e i r 11 c u . f t .e l ec t ri c r ef ri g er a t o r. I t i s no t pa id fo r y e t bu t they w i l l beneeding the money soon. For the f i r s t f ive months in Ghana we werewithout r e f r i ge r a t i on . Then we got a tank of gas and s ince have hadth e use o f t h e 2 cu . f t . r e g r i g e r a t o r i n our camper. Wow we a replanning to move to an apartment^ which has e l e c t r i c i t y where we canput the r e f r i ge ra to r to good use. P er hap s your church or yourgroup would l i ke to make a con t r ibu t ion toward the r e g r i ge r a to r.

Yo u r s i n C h r i s tE d g a r N i c h o l s

P e a r C h r i s t i a n F r i e n d s

Time does seem to go f a s t . Soon the C hri stm as s ea so n w i l l beh e r e . The s t o r e s a r e n o t f u l l o f d e c o r a t i o n i n o u r v i l l a g e y e t .

B u t I h a v e s e e n a few t r e e l ig t s i n A c c r a .I n o u r l a s t n e w s l e t t e r we w r o t e we would be t a k i n g c a r e o f t h edaughters of one of our s tudent minis te r s . I t turned out t ha t thel i t t l e g i r l s were not allowed to come although the people knew thec h i l d r e n w o u l d r e c e i v e l o v e and t h e b e s t t r a i n i n g .

One o f our m i n i s t e r s mother came t o o u r back c o t t a g e t o r e s t .She thought she had a hear t ailment. After a medical check up i twas d i scove red she had TB. She s t ayed i n th e h o s p i t a l f o r s e v er a lweeks and a s h o r t t ime i n our Afrancho c l i n i c . She has improveda n d h a s now r e t u r n e d t o h e r h ome v i l l ge

To serve the Lord b e t t e r we have been want ing to move t o thearea where our church meeting i s held . Besides this^house in whichwe l ive has no e l e c t r i c i t y or w ate r which has been inconvenient .The l and lo rd t o l d us when we moved i n t h a t t hese t h ings would betaken care of promptly. We have al ready l ived here seven monthsand i t does not appear th e n ec es sa ry improvements wi l l be made int he ne r f u t u r e

Your praye r s and l e t t e r s a re muc h che r i shed .

_ _ Yo u r s i n H i s S e r v i c e . .M a b e l N i c h o l s

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH N o n P ro f it O r g an i za ti o nU S . P o s t a g e

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Nichols Edgar Mabel 1967 Ghana