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RI K m ORETH FULTONFie ld Addres s :GHANA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEBox 5722Accra . Ghan a

BACK IN GHANAI have now been back in Ghana fo r 16 days, a f t e r depart ing from Indianon Christmas. In the l a s t newslet ter I said t ha t I was going to leear ly December, but a l l of the f l igh t s in to A frica were booked so l id , e

fo r Christmas day. At l e a s t I was able to enjoy Chri stmas morning wfamily. Coretha and th e c hild re n have remained in the s tates so tha t fmedical eva lua t ion may be made on our y oungest d augh ter , S ar a. I hop

by the t ime you receive t h i s , we wi l l a l l be toge ther here in Accra.Since re turn ing I have found t ha t some th ings in Ghana have changed fo r

e be t t e r . There i s now more food fo r sa le to the people . There a re morin the marke ts . The cu rfew has been l i f t e d , and the borders a re ope

e l eve l of Lake Volta has r i sen and e l ec t r i c i t y i s no longer r a t i oned , athe power has been off fo r 8 of the 16 days t ha t I have been back.Of course , the reason that we are here i s not to l ive l ike Americans ,

t r a t he r to teach . The schoo l term began l a s t week and I have a f u l lload. I am teaching 14 hours and my c lasses are Prison Epis t l es ,Psychology, and Sociology. The s tudents a re as eager as everthe teaching i s very fu l f i l l ing .

We a re cu rren t ly in the planning s tage fo r some exci t ing new pro jec t sa t Ghana Chr i s t i an Col lege . Both of t hese p ro j ec t s wi l l r e s u l t in fuour goa l of someday t o t a l l y Af ric an iz in g th e s t a f f and f a cu l t y of

The f i r s t pro jec t involves hir ing a Public Rela t ions Off icer . This wi lhanaian who w il l t r a ve l around to the churches in Ghana present ing the

of GCC The job wi l l carry a two-fold respons ib i l i ty : 1 To inform aGhanaian Chris t ians about the work of GCC; 2 To ac t ive ly seek l ocfo r from the Ghanaians, To t h i s po in t , the co l l ege has always

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ReceiptsBee Tree Chr is t ian Church (iiwannanoa, NC)Ge ra ld in e B e rr yVM Carl BridgesK/M James BradleyF a i t h Ann BrownGary BrownChapel RocJi Christian Church (Indlps. .IN)VK Bobby CooleyVM Rober t CooperVM Brent CronebachEvergreen J r. iN^omen s Circ le (^al te rbo ro , bC)Farragut Christian Church (Farragut, TN)Vh Donald F ^ irstCh r i s t i a n Church

irst Ch r i s t i a n Chu r chF i r s t Chr i s t i a n Church ,F i r s t Chr i s t i a n Church, New Ph i l ade lph i a UHJV M Richard FultonGlen Al i c e Ch r i s t i a n ChurchGlenmont Church o f Ch r i s tGosport Christ ian ChurchMaxine KittleJohnson Bible Col legeCapt. Mrs. Stephen KahneDr. Mrs. Eugene KetchenRex ^ la rc ia Kib l e rfc/M Roy Kinseri d t t l e Pra i r i e Chirsi tan Church t i l e ry Ix.)Meigs Church of Christ (McConnelsville, OHMorrison Hi l l Chr is t ian Church (Kingston, IN )John Nov i k o f fH/M James OvertonKar ie PageK/K Larl ShinabarkerVK h.D. SloughWa lte r Sm ithSouth Akron Church o f Chr i s tS t a t e sbo ro Ch r i s t i a n ChurchVM John Stierwal tReddington Christian Church (Seymour. IN)Vm Jim SturgeonUnio n G rov e Church o f Chr i s tWillowton Chr is t ian Church ae iouth w i l l tn . wV)Women s Missionary Society (Canton First Christian)AnonymousAnonymous

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p. 1 been funded by American Christians. This will be a great opfor Ghanaians to be involved with supporting something that willt h e m s e l v e s .The second project is the hiring of a part -t ime teacher, who is Ghana

e o f th e cond i t ions t ha t w i l l have to be met befo re we h i r e a t eacheris that we must have enough local support to pay him, as well asre la t ions off icer .The next few years will be Important ones for the future of GCC. All

working here ask for your prayers as we endeavor to serve Him.rom p. 4 Arrangements have been made for us to return to Ghana on theanniversary of our original t r ip . We leave the states on Feb. 13

in Ghana on Feb. 15. We are excited a t the thought of being reunour husband / fa the r .

We want to thank a l l of you who supported us prayerful ly and f inanciathis diff icul t and trying year. You have been of greater encourto us than you wil l ever know. We look forward to retu rn ing to Ghanto the ministry we have there. coAeXha. Sttphanlz. and SaJia.

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M i s s i o n S e r v i c e sP .O. Box 242?k n o x v i l l e I TN 37901

S T A T E S I D E NOTESSo much has happened th ese p a st s e v e r a l months t h a t we sound l i k e a soa

We ve been s i c h , t i r e d h o s p i t a l i z e d , t r a v e l l i n g v i s i t i n g y o u nt we ve p ro b ab l y done i t .

C h ri s t m as d ay , my f o l k s o u r g i r l s and I sa w Rick o f f to Ghana. I t wa sd p a r t i n g e s p e c i a l l y f o r o u r o l d e s t d au gh te r, S te ph an ie , B ut I was t hl we g o t t o spend p a r t o f Christmas day with him.I s p e n t t h e f i r s t week o f J a n u a r y t r y i n g to g e t S a r a an ap p o i n t m en t a tm es W hi tco mb R i l e y H o s p i t a l f o r c h i l d r e n i n I n d i a n a p o l i s . I was t o l d tey were now making ap p o i n t m en t s f o r l a t e March - e a r l y A p r i l b u t th eye what co u l d b e d o n e . On J a n u a ry 9 , I r e c e i v e d a c a l l from R i l e y - t h es a c a n c e l l a t i o n f o r J a n . 1 6 . Th e d o c t o r s w e r e v e r y t h o ro u g h i n t h e i r

Sar a wa s on h e r b e s t b e h a v i o r , whfch wa s s u r p r i s i n g g i v en hac tio n s to o t h e r s p e c i a l i s t s we v e se e n.What th ey d e cid ed ab o ut Sar a wa s n o t ne w o r s u r p r i s i n g b u t i n f i n i t e l yAlthough Sar a i s 30 months o l d , h e r motor s k i l l s a re th o se o15 month o l d . Her la ngua ge /unde rsta nding s k i l l s a r e a t a 21 month l e v es t a fe w days bef or e Christma s, she s t a r t e d to walk and t a l k . Both s e tgrandparents consider i t a very precious Christmas g i f t nd so do manypraying, caring friends an d ch u rch es). He r p r e s e n t l e v e l o f walkif a r e x c e e d s h e r s k i l l t h e day R i c k l e f t f o r Ghana. We a r e v e r y t h a

l to o u r God f o r answered p r a y e r s on S a r a s b e h a l f .W h i l e D r. Smith and h i s c o l l e a g u e s a g r e e d t h a t S a r a sh o u ld b e c l o s e l y

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