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JldenidBuchanan , Liber ia , Wes t Afr ica

J a nu a r y , 1975

Dear Ch r i s t i a n F r i e nd s ,Happy New Year from Libe r i a . We pray t h a t 1975 wi l l be ahappy and prosperous year fo r you and t h a t th e Lord wi l lsup ply your eve ry need .It would seem that now that s c h o o l is o u t and summer v a c a there in Liberia i s in fu l l swing, we would not be so busy,t h a t is no t th e c a s e . There has been c on t i n u a l trafficthrough our f ron t door by prospect ive s tudents wanting i n fmation and appl icat ion forms fo r the next school year . Th' popular i ty of Chris t ian High School has increased considerbecause o f the good r e su l t s our s tudents rece ived onl theNa t i o n a l Exam .The second week o f December was' a pa r t i c u l a r l y memorable wfor all of u s . We we r e invited to attend t h e a n n u a l c o n v eo f th e World-Wide .Miss ions o f L ib e r ia he ld in a v i l l a g e naDoedin deep i n th e i n t e r i o r o f Libe r i a abou t 100 mile s i n l afrom Buch an an . The World-Wide is th e s t r o ng e s t suppo r t e rL ib e ria C h r is ti a n Col lege among th e churches he re in Libe rThe on ly uncomfor tab le p a r t o f th e en t i r e t r i p was ge t t i ngt h e re and coming back . Actua l ly Doedin is on ly 90 o r so mfrom Buch an an a s th e crow flies, b u t t o g e t t h e r e by roadmade a c i r c u l a r r ou t e cove r ing a lmos t 300 mi l e s . The firs100 mi le s was p l e a s a n t enough paved r o ad , b u t th e r ema indewas con t i nou s washboa r d , d u s t and h e a t . When we a r r i v e d atw e lv e h ou rs on t h e r o a d , we were all shook down and c ov e rwi th a l i b e r a l co a t o f d u s t and gr ime . The trip back wassame i n r e v e r s e wi th a pune tu red g a s ta nk and r e a r - e nd t r oth rown i n . We still h a v e n ' t g o t th e c a r p u t back i n goodshape .


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The remainder o f ou r week in Doedin was pure j oy . The tl oca ted in one o f th e unspo i l ed a rea s o f L ibe r i a where thigh fores t , towering 150 to 200 feet above the jungle tstill s ta nd s u nd is tu rb ed by th e l umberman ' s saw.There were abou t 500 people in th e v i l l age fo r th e WorldMis s i o n c o n f e r e n c e . We were i n v i t e d t o a t t e n d and Gre t a1 were to te ach th e you th and men ' s c la ss es r es p ec tiv e lygeneral theme o f the conference was Stewardship, and a l lc l a s s e s , sermons and - l ev t iona l messages were to fo l low ttheme.

We soon d i scove r ed t h a t no t on ly th e f o r e s t was unspo i l ec i v i l i z a t i o n , bu t th e people t hemse lves a re th e " r e a l LThey a re eager to l ea rn and to accep t the Gospel . Doedinth e su r round ing district has been one o f th e r e s i s t a n t ao f L i b e r i a to th e Chr i s t a n message u n t i l r e c e n t y e a r s .one occ a s i on a whi t e mis s i ona ry was pub l i c l y b ea t e n ando u t o f th e t e r r i t o r y , bu t th e World-Wide peop le have beeto make con t a c t wi th th e people t h rough more accep t ab l emethods o f change and de c i s i on making . Prev i ou s mis s i onj u s t moved i n wi thou t con su l t i ng th e t r i b a l l e ade r sh ip abegan to preach and teach change, reaching mainly the yoWhen t h e s e young people wanted to become Chr i s t i a n and f

Our house in Doedin. The ki tchen i s on the r i gh t (cal lepalaver hut) and the bath house in the background.


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e o ld cus toms and t r a d i t i o n s , th e e l d e r s blamed th e mis s i ofo r teach ing th e youth no t to r e spec t t h e i r e l d e r s . T

peop l e first wen t to th e e l d e r s o f th e district aa l l th e ch i e f s and l eade r s presen t , asked permiss ion toand e s t ab l i sh a miss ion with a church and e lementa ryWhen t h ey were th us c o nsu lte d and were satisfied t hau thor i t y was no t being ig no red , these l eaders r ead i ly

permiss ion fo r th e miss ion to come in and ope r a t e . Theand e l d e r s r e cog i z e th e va lue o f th e educa t i on t h e i rpeople wi l l rece ive and a l so t h a t th e Chr i s t i an messagth e l i f e o f t h e i r people . Paramount Chief Joe McCs no t a Chr i s t i a n , bu t he has g iven h i s f u l i ^ s uppo r t to th e

Miss ion in Doedin . It has been main ly t h rough h it h a t th e chu rch , s choo l , dormi to ry and pa s t o r ' s house (t h r e e b u i l t i n th e last yea r ) have been built on th e mcampus . The bu i l d i ng s , con s t r u c t ed o f mud and s t i c k s ,we rby workers from th e town t h a t he had r e l e a sed from govwork to h e lp th e mis s ion . Only th e z inc roo f i ng wasby th e miss ion headqua r t e r s in Buchanan.

ax Ward R anda ll has ou t l i ned t h i s method o f evange l i z i ng tht r i b e s i n h i s book P r o f i l e f o r Vi c t o r y i n Zambia . It

ex t r eme ly i n t e r e s t i n g t h a t th e Af r i c an Ch r i s t i a n , when hes n o t i n t e r f e r e d wi th by Weste rn c u l t u r e , r e a d i l y unde rt h i s and is pu t t i ng it in to p ra c t ic e among h is own

Bro t h e r Abba Karnga , t h e mos t ab l e l e a d e r o f t h i shad n o t r ead Bro t he r Randa l l ' s book u n t i l r e c e n t l y .

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Men ' s Bib l e c l a s s .


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and when I gave it to him, he was qu i t e p leased t h a t ss iona r i e s are beginning to unders tand h is people and at ry ing to reach them with the Chr is t ian message guidedt h a t unde r s t a nd i n g ,The r e su l t s o f th e Doedin Conference a re a l so impres s iadd i t i on to a l l th e teach ing on s t ewardsh ip , which i sto th e u l t ima te independence o f th e Afr ican Churchy t hwere nine confess ions o f f a i th in Chr i s t , twenty-f ivetwen t y - e i gh t ev ang e l i s t s and p r eache r s s e n t ou t , and aing o f ove r $800 was r e c e i v ed . Add to t h a t th e f a c t tpeople a re no t d i r e c t ed by fo re ign mis s i ona r i e s , bu t acomple t e ly na t i on a l movement and t h e se f ig ure s a re morp r e s s i ve . The Meeces were t h e re with Doug Rader as B it e a c h e r s and M rs . E s t h e r Howard f rom Wor l d -Wide Mi s s i oI n t e r n a t i o n a l , who s ends some f i n a n c i a l a i d , was t h e r eteach a n d to s e e the wo rk first h a n d .I have also been impressed by the Bib l ica l stand thesehave t a k en . They have g iven up o ld demon ima t i ona l t r aand doc t r ines fo r th e Bib le a lone , and a re t r y i ng to mB i b l ic a l C h r is t i a n it y r e a l t o t h e i r own c u l t u r e . We Bthey have s t a r t e d in th e r i g h t d i r e c t i on and only wanten cou r a g e them to co nt in ue .

The miss ion campus . The v i l l a g e o f Doedin i s ove r th eth e ba ckg round .


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The remainder o f December was spen t in p re pa ra tio n fo r andj oymen t o f th e Chr i s tma s s e a son . T his C hr is tm as was a bitd i f f e r e n t from p a s t Chr i s tmas seasons in S ibe r i a . It seemst h a t th e economic s i t u a t i on wi th h igh i n f l a t i o n had its e f fIt is a commentary on Weste rn i n f l u en c e when Chr i s tmas is smuch a commercial mat te r . Personal ly we had an enjoyableChr i s tmas wi th th e usua l exchanges o f g i f t s and a nice d innwi th an American fami ly who is wi th a f lo u r m i l l he re inBuchanan.It i s still h a t and d ry he r e ; t h e r e has been TTo r a i n fo r f oweeks and little r a in s ince ear ly December. We a re fee l inghe a t more t h i s t ime th an b efo re r The dry winds from th eSah a r a De s e r t (call Hamar t on ) h av e be e n wi t h u s f o r a mon t ho r more an d t h e air is filled wi t h d u s t w hich so m et im e s b l o cth e sun fo r an hour or so in the morning and evening . Thedus t i t s e l f ge t s a l l over every th ing and keeps Greua andBeve r ly busy du s t i n g .This week Wayne wil l be going on another bush t r i p , t h i s t imwith a youth group from th e Afr ican Gospel League here inBuchanan. There wi l l be about 200 young people in the campWayne wi l l take two o f the c olle ge s tu de nts along w ith

to t e a ch b i b l e c l a s e s . Th i s is th e first t ime that

/ fjI n s i d e th e chu rch du r i ng one o f th e s e r v i c e s . Not i c e th e meone s i d e and women on th e o t h e r . Many peop le a re on th e ou tat w i n d ow s a n d doors.


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V7ayne has taken a team from the college out on such a prNext month we can tell you a l l abou t it.Again we send a l l our bes t to you for the New Year. Weeveryone for the many cards and g i f t s t ha t were sen t durChr i s tmas . We wi l l t r y to re spond to each one pe r sona l lsoon a s po s s i b l e .

Love in Ch r i s t ,

T h e Me e c e s


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Libe r i a Chr i s t i a n Col lege Financ i a l Repor tNovember 1974 J anua ry 1975DisbursementsSLCC Book s 5 9 . 6 3L i n n Tech New s l e t t e r s 6 5 . 0 0American Exp ress p urc ha se 29.0 3Mark Twain Bank Liv ing Exp. Car pmt 950.00Off . Exp. Pos t age , Shipping , Misc . 30.00American Express Delayed f l i g h t chg .1 ,022 .89Off i ce Exp Pos t age , Sunday s choo l mt. 2p_.00Mark Twain Bank Liv ing Exp Educ . 1 ,000 .00SLCMA B l u e C ro s s 9 4 .0 4American Exp. Delayed f l i g h t chg . 467.90F. Douglas sh ipp ing & t r a v e l exp . 10 .17Off i ce Exp. Pos tage and Misc. 20.00Supp o r tA l v e r d a Christian Chu r c h 5 0 . 0 0G. Ashley 5.00P . Aubrey 10.00Co l c h e s t e r Christian Chu r c h 75 . 0 0Christview Christian Chu r c h 6 0 . 0 0F . Douglas 5.00D. Field 2 5 . 0 0Four th Ch r i s t i a n Chape l 10 .00F i r s t Chr i s ^ an (Carnegie, Pa.) 72.00F i r s t Ch ris tia n (G i lle sp ie , 111) 327.14M/M H. Hamm 50.00H alls F er ry Chr i s t i an Church 1 ,525 .50Jeromesville Chu r c h of Christ 1 2 . 6 0Annonymous 20.00Mod e s t o Christian Chu r c h 3 8 5 . 0 0Memo r i a l Christian Chu r c h 3 0 . 0 0L . McCo rm i ck 25 . 0 0M. J. McGraw 3 . 0 0N . Tacoma Christian Chu r c h 1 3 6 . 0 0Oklahoma Chu r ch of Christ 45 . 0 0Park Vi l l age Chr i s t i a n Church 135 .50S l a t e Val ley Chr i s t i a n Church 6 0.00Towe r Hill Christian Chu r c h 1 0 . 0 0We ston C hu rc h of Christ 6 0 . 0 0


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jUd&ica^ ^iuvLUiM/Buchanan , L ib er ia , W e st Afr ica

MARCH

Dear Ch r i s t i a n F r i end s ,We a re r ea l l y so r ry t h a t we d id no t g e t ou t th e l e t t e r fo r FebruaryWe have j u s t been swamped with work, and something had to go. Thesl a s t tw o m onths have been th e ha rde s t we have spen t i n L ib er ia as f aa s t h e work is c o n c e r n e d . We are a l o n e h e r e now an d t h e entire bu r dof t h e work falls on Gr e t a a n d me.

In a dd it io n t o all th e s choo l work , i t seems t h a t t h e chu rche s a rer e a l l y opening up to us and Wayne has had more oppo r tun i t i e s to worwith th e churches t h i s dry season than e ve r b efo re . More and more wg e t th e fee l ing t h a t a genuine "back to th e Bible" movement is undeway he r e .Late in January Wayne went to a youth camp in a town ca l l ed Gborneea b o u t 15 mi l e s d r i v e an d on e h o u r wa l k f ro m B uc ha na n. The r e we r eabou t 35 young peop le t he r e from many pa r t s o f th e coun ty . The cami t s e l f was much l i ke any youth camp, bu t th e t h r i l l i ng pa r t o f it wth e two young men Wayne took with him to help with th e t each ing .Rougee Morr is and Pau l Tar r have bo th s tud ied a t Libe r i a Chr i s t i anCollege and have expressed i n t e r e s t in Chr i s t i an work. Rougee hasde f i n i t e l y dec i ded to e n te r th e m i nis tr y . These two young men p e rformed i n a way t h a t makes all th e ha rd work worth whi l e . BothRougee and Pau l have s tud ied a t th e co l l ege and 'Rougee has de f i n i t e ldecided to p repa re h imself fo r the Chris t ian Minis t ry . He i s now thyouth l eader in h is church and has been pu t in charge o f the Engl ishspeaking pa r t of the church ' s two worship serv ices each Sunday. Pai s also a f in e C h ris tia n boy and i s presen t ly wai t ing fo r a scholarship to a medical school so t ha t he can s tudy medicine. He wants tobe a d oc to r fo r h is own people . These two boys and othe rs l i ke themhave a wonderfu l fu ture ahead o f them espec ia l ly s ince they both hadeep Chr i s t i an conv i c t i on s .In January we a l so began work on th e canpus to g e t ready to move t hwith th e s t uden t body when school began in March. The s tu d en ts c leed the campus and cu t grass and t r e e s and grubbed brush to make roomfo r a playground. This kept us very busy ca rr yi ng supp li es to themand food to feed them l unch . There were twenty-one o f them and they


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a te about 100 l b s . o f r i ce every week. One o f our t e ache r s , Ju l i ac o o k e d for t h e m .

In a dd it io n t o th e c lean ing and c l ea r ing work , th e s t uden t s made ans to r ed abou t 2 ,000 mud b locks which w i l l be used in bu i l d i ng somet ith e fu t u re . The block making method i s much akin to t h a t which Heused whi l e i n ex i l e in Egypt . In f a c t th e s tu de nts o fte n re fe rre dt h i s whi le stomping in mud to t h e i r knees . Those s tuden ts who worus in th e 's um me r' m on th s a re given f ree t u i t i on to th e schoo l as pfor their w o r k . We w e r e also able to u s e the L i b e r i a n m a l e teache' fo remen ' fo r t h i s work. Most o f Wayne's t ime was occupied with gsupp l ies such as cement , lumber , e t c . fo r th e carpen te r s to f i n i shschoo l bu i l d i ng be fo re schoo l began . As it has now t u rned ou t , wet o move i n t o th e b u i l d i n g still unf in i shed , b u t have been ab l e to ct i nue work around th e schoo l schedule . Now we should have everythdone by th e end o f March.Seve ra l oppor tun i t i e s to work with th e var ious churches have been psented in th e l a s t tw o months. In add i t ion to th e youth camp, Wayt augh t in a one-week church conference he re in Buchanan and t augh tdays in a m i n is te r 's t ra in in g con fe rence abou t 25 miles i n l and .Perhaps one o f th e mos t c r i t i c a l needs o f th e churches o f Libe r i a it r a in ing fo r t h e i r min i s t e r s . Many o f them canno t r ead a t all, andthose who can have had little o r no t r a i n ing o f any kind to preparfo r t h e i r work. It i s no t poss ib le fo r those who l i ve deep i n to thi n t e r i o r to come to the c i ty fo r many o f the c lasses t h a t m ight bea va ila ble fo r them. There is a g r e a t minis t ry open here to anyonewould be wi l l i ng to g iv e h im se lf to th ese lo ne ly cuid imlearned se rvo f God who hunger fo r more knowledge o f Him who ' s aves , keeps andfies. 'G r e t a h a s h ad a o n e -we e k B i b l e s c h o o l w i t h t h e Wor ld -Wide c h u r c h t hweek before schoo l s t a r t ed . She t r a i ned th e te ach ers and they d idth e c l a s s e s themselves . It t obk a l o t o f work, and a lmos t d i d n ' t hb u t when it g o t s t a r t e d it worked o u t we l l . A t th e end o f th e weemore than 80 young people coming every day and were begging them tot inue fo r another week. Greta has also helped s t a r t two Sunday schth i s dry seaso n. She t r a in s the t eachers and helps them with the mials f o r th e l e s s on s and t h en lets them con t inue on t h e i r own. Tmater ia l t ha t people have sen t us has been a par t i cu la r blessing in

. v e n t u r e . Few L i b e r i a n s have s e en s uch m a t er ia l b e fo re and no L i b et eachers know how to use it. Greta f ee l s t h a t she has been very sufu l in t ra in ing them to use the mater ia l . One young man, William Da graduate of the high school last year, came by one day to get mato teach in a church-school at Zondo where he will be a teacher thSuch young men who come through our school are an answer to our pra


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and dreams to prepare leaders t ha t can b oth te ac h school and work with e church in some i n t e r i o r town o r v i l l a ge .School go t under way the 3rd o f March, bu t the s tory o f th e month beschool began would make a l a rge book. The second Monday in Februarygave an en t rance t e s t to more than 100 high schoo l s tuden t s . Out o ft h a t number, we were ab le to e nro ll l e ss than 40. The compe t i t ion fothe 10th grade c l a s s was keenes t . There were 41 app l i can t s who tookt e s t , and ou t o f the 21 who ac tua l ly passed th e t e s t we had room fo r10. Many o f the o the rs we had to tu rn away l e f t cry ing because theywanted to a t t end LCHS so bad ly . A ll kinds o f pres su res were pu t on uto g e t s tudents i n to the schoo l , po l i t i c a l , emot iona l , soc ia l and evenmoni ta ry . One man of fe red Gre ta money to t ake h is daugh te r i n to th eschoo l . Our problem i s c lass rooms and t e ache r s , we j u s t do no t haveenough t o mee t th e n e e d .The response o f s tuden ts to the col lege program t h i s semes ter has beepa r t i cu l a r l y encourag ing a l s o . To da te we have 22 s t uden t s in th eco l lege t h i s yea r , th e l a r g e s t number in th re e y ea rs . Our t eacher suat ion has a l so improved a little s ince l a s t semeste r , and we a re abto o f f e r more v ar ie ty in th e cur r iculum.The Lord has suppl ied our t eacher needs aga in . . . two weeks befo re schwas to beg in we d id no t know if we cou ld have schoo l ; t h e r e were no tenough t e ache rs to b eg in sc ho ol . Peace Corps could promise us only ot e ache r to re plac e th e two who f in i shed t h e i r terms l a s t yea r . As scbegan we had t h r e e . One o f th e t h r ee i s no t permanent ly as s igned t obu t it looks l i ke we wi l l be ab le to keep him.

Peace Corps has been a g r e a t b less ing to ou r high schoo l , and if somthem had n ot p itch ed i n to he lp u s with th e en t r ance t e s t s and o t h e rt h i s d ry season , we j u s t would no t have go t t en it all done .One n i gh t t h i s week Gre ta was r ead ing a miss iona ry manual and read thfo l lowing sen tence to us all, "Li f e on th e miss ion f i e l d can g e t to bdu l l and monotonous." We all had a good l augh . The fo l lowing a re soof the reasons:1. During Februai^ and early March, our doorbell rang an averagef i f t e en t imes a day with s tuden ts want ing app l i c a t i on forms e t c .

2 . We have had a "rogue" ( th i e f ) twice s ince th e first o f th e yeone i n th e house New Yea r ' s Eve and th e o t h e r t ook ou r c a r Februa ryThe first one took ou r por t ab le r ad io and t ape r ecorder . The secondaway w ith ou r ca r , bu t we recovered it th e same day only s l i gh t l y damed . The ba t t e ry and t o o l s were gone .

3 . One n igh t recen t ly Greta was b i t t en by a cent ipede abou t f ivein ch es lo ng. She spen t th e nex t two hours in s e r i ou s pa in and was uth e r e s t o f th e n i gh t .

4 . Two weeks ago Timothy had a b ic y cle a cc id en t and was banged ub i t . Nothing was broken bu t h is p r i de and sk in , bu t he has to go to


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hosp i ta l to have h is knee dressed every two days and i s n ' t completelyhea l ed up y e t .

5 . Our cat ha s f o u r kittens.6. Our neighbor j u s t del ivered her baby; one of the chi ldren j u s

came in to tell us. Recent ly one woman de l ive red her baby on th e groi n th e n ig ht o uts id e ou r bathroom window. She d i d n ' t make it home frvisit s o m e w h e r e .

7. Wayne has an i n f ec t i on in h is leg and wi l l see the doc to r abot omor row ( l ooks l i k e a b o i l o f some k i n d . )

8 . We had a house gues t , Mr. Conley Si l sby wi th th e Trave l ingChrist ian College, for three days th is week.We would su re l i k e t o have you visit u s some t ime . We do n o t havemuch around Buchanan to "do" as we Americans t a lk abou t it, b u t we pryou t h a t t h e r e w i l l n o t be a d u l l moment.

LOVE in Christ

T h e M e e c e s

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I R I ^niU(AvBuchanan, Liberia , Wes t Africa

July, 1975

Dear Christ ian Friends,The Meeces celebrated two anniversaries this past week; we have pasthe one-year mark o oiir second term in Liberia, and Greta and I have b

married now 17 years as o July 18. Two o our children are teen-agerfound a gray hair in myhead, and life moves too quickly doesn't it? Throi t all we are well and happy and thank the Lord that he continues to be withand provide every need.Julymarks the mid-termbreak for our school, but it alsomenas semetests andpiles of papers to grade and cards to fiU out andaverages to bemaWe will have two weeks school vacation, but muchof i t will be used up in ot

ac t i v i t i e s .

Wayne has planned another bush trip whichwill take him back to the sageneral area where the whole family went in this past January. It will invthe same 300 mile, 12 to 14 hour drive over rough roads now probably turmuddy from the heavy rains of the season that is now upon us. After theride there will be a two to three hourwalk to the village where the annual mister's training conference of the World-Wide churchwill be held. Waynehave an opportunity to teach Biblical Christianity to ministers and chuleaders, many of whom cannot read andwrite. These are sincere, God-feamen who want to do the best they can in the service of the Lord. They hein sunazing capacity to memorize and repeat what they have learned; so wwe say will be repeated time and time dgain. to bush churches where f e>y ifforeign missionaries have and will ever go.

James will go with Wayne on this trip, but Tim and Beverly will staBuchananwith Greta. Tim says that the road is too rough. They will be gwith Mr. Abba Kamga in his VW bus that will carry only nine people, sdon't want to take up all the available space.


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Timothy is getting ready to enter school again as soon as the new sembegins. He will be taking some classes at Liberia Christian High Schoosome special tutoring from some of our Peace Corps teachers and alsocorrespondence courses to supplement that. Tim is a good student andbe able to keep up so that he will be on schedule or perhaps a little aheadwe come home at the end of this term. He is anxious to get startedlooking forward to wearing a school uniform with the rest of his Lifriends. Hewill be the second non-Liberian student inL.C.H.S. We nowa 10th grade student from Lebanon with us.

We are all excited about the prospects of Bro. Abba Karnga returnthe states in late August to continue his education. If all goes well aLord provides, Bro. Karnga will spend at least one semester atTheological Seminary in CaliEomia, and then, hopefully, one semesLincolnChristianSeminary, Lincoln, Il linois. Many of you will remembeKarnga as a dynamic personality and very humble and devout Christianhis visit to the states last year. We hope that he will also be able tomany of you at the missionary convention in St. Louis this year. Pleasfor Bro. Karnga that all thismight become a reality for him. There areproblems for him. He willbeleavingbehind not only his family of nine chithe latest just born last week, but his responsibilities in the Lord's worare too numerous to even try to mention. We find i t very difficult toabout trying to get along without him even for one school year. His fueducation will be one giant step in the direction of Liberianization of thehere as quickly as the Lord will make i t possible.

We have learned that the Lord does provide, and usually just in timown time and not ahead of time). Bro. Karnga's leaving was going to puin our teaching staff until we learned this week that Tom Kern of PlPlains, Illinois will join us onJuly 29, for a short term of service as a teAt the same time we were granted a new Peace Corps Volunteer whoteaching for us for perhaps two years. This will give Wayne more freedoffer more Bible subjects in the college.

We also had more news from Mr. William Ayers this month. He is mplans and raising support to join us bySeptember orOctober of this year.


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Kamga and Wayne went to Monrovia this week to get started on the paperworf o r h is v is a.

We continue to hear from Wayne and Anna Shaw who are home on extendeleave because of Anna's health. Anna st i l l has not fully recovered from heillness and certainly needs prayer. Wayne Shaw is in school at Joplin, Missouand, according to recent plans, Lincoln, Illinois this next September. Theplans are to return to Liberia, if Anna's health will permit, in another yea

Ronald Ayers is still attending LincolnChristianSeminary and plans to ret u r n to Liber ia a f t e r he f in is he s h is s tud ies t he re .

There hais beenno recent news from the Vogels, but they sti l l plan to comto Liberia soon. All these people need our prayers constantly.

We aU continually thank God for you, your support, concern, le t terspackages, and certainly yourprayers. Without your help. We could not be hereThe Lord is usingyou aswell as us in his service. Thankyou all again. God bles

Your s f o r Ch r i s t in Libe r

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and party spirit of denomlnationalism. These people have already been "burned" bcolonialism of many missionaries and have In their ownway revolted against it. The facwe have not tried to establish churches of our own "denomination" (whatever you mayof that word notwithstanding) has opened doors to us that would have remained foreverotherwise.

The church at Nagbotown. Mud and sticks with church. The man said to Wayne, "Ya zinc roof. the first missionary that has come tois willing to teach just the Bibleand not try to take our preachersaway from the churcheneed them mos tWha t better ministry than teaching New Testament Christ ianity towilling to listen and sending them back to their own people. Thissame mancommentedthat hewas aware that they hadmademanymistakes in their doctrine but had no one theytrust to te ac h them the truth .There are many of these independent groups here in Liberia, and I am convinced all ovworld, who are open to New Testament Christianity from someone who is not out to linup in some denominational camp. It seems that the inheritors of the Restoration Pleaforgotten that our forefathers were content to pursue the truth where they were (It is nodent that Campbell's first paperwas called the Christian Baptist.) until they were kickby their own denominations. We prayand preachthat God can do itagain in our day,refuse to make the sacrifice in pride that is necessary to get the job done . "Preachingto the Denominations" might not fit too well on a revival poster or make acceptable pfor the accepted national church organizations.Last January, you will remember, we wrote with particular enthusiasm about the perforof two young men Wayne took with him to youthcamp. At that time he suggested to themthey consider organizing such a camp for their own youth group, not then consideringseriously they might take the suggestion. Well, during the July semester school breakasked for use of the L.C .C . campus to hold their first World-Wide Youth Camp. There


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about seventy young people from many different areas In attendance . One group of fivetwo days to reach Buchanan. Lilltan Martin and Tom Kern were the regular teachersJames Morgan, Abba Karnga, Wayne, and others spoke for special programs. It turnedbe a great week. Our own children en|oyed the camp, especially Jnmesand Beverly wnever been to Christian Service Camp before.

interested in lining it up so that w. control it ortake thecreditfor the woiHUn^np i ^ r o i vS l ^W We are happy to report that Tom KerThe leaders of .the World-Wtde Youth Comp, hossafelyorrived andhaelected by the compers. teaching in camp the next day aftarrived. We did not give him time to recover from "jet lag ." The Liberians have a faparable, "The late warrior is not spot tedThe idea is that a warrior who arrives late fbattle does not have time to go through the ceremony of dancing and painting himselfwar paint, butmust join the fight "un-spottedWe have plenty to do here, and anyonoffers to help usually finds himself at work without much "to do" about It, as my grandmused to say.

The Lord is answering our prayers and providing for us here . We can begin to see theof our labors and are encouraged. We are in good physical health and happy in theGod bless you all for caring and sharing .

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ouRTEACHERS: Qttd Will begroduoted in De1l> Row, L.toR. Rougae Morris, Abba Karngo, WilmoF Kadyu, Dgvtd Zowu, ber, but others hove justJoffiej Morgan ^ i I T 1/2nd Row, L.toR. Waê Meec*, Russell Powell (Peace Corpt), Tom Karn, David i n t e re s t . W i t h To m K e r nDohmuj (P.C.), Augustus Jaeploe , 1No) Pictured: Grelo Meece and June E ichner (Peace Corpi who wot on tick leave) tohelpand th e strong possi

of one or perhaps two new missionaries by next year, the prospects for the futuremuch better. We will lose two Peace Corps Volunteers in Decemberwhen theirend, but we can expect to have at least one replacement.Tom Kern hasbeenmentionedseveral times now, so perhaps heshould bemore formintroduced. Tom is a native of Springfield, Illinois, where his home church iWest SideChristianChurch. He is a graduateof the Universityof Illinois and LiChristian Seminary. Before coming to Liberia he was Youth Minister for the SSide Church of Christ, Danville, Illinois. Tom has followed the work here frombeginning through Brother Gerald Gibson and the Christian Campus House aUniversity of Illinois. Tom's teaching duties include Bible and World History thigh school and the Book of Romans in the college. Since he arrived he has tain one youth camp and is active in several youth groups in the Buchanan churwhere he takes part in two or three programs each week.yê feel that an important step toward total Liberianization of the work here was twhen Brother Abba Karnga went to the U.S. in Septemberfor more education. Tis noway thata man like Brother Karnga canbeproperly trained for the future leaship of Liberia Christian College here in Liberia alone. Therefore, he and otwo.others like him must be s en t e ls ew h er e for this training .We realize that there is some danger in sending mission nationaIs to the U.SEurope for long periods of time. The big problem is that they are often spoiled bhigh standard of living and do not want to return to their home, thus destroyinreason for training them . Brother Karnga, however, wi 11 only be in the U.S

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one school year or three semesters at the most. While he is there, he is separafrom hiswife and nine children here in Liberia; hisrootsare here. But more importhe sees his time away from home and family as a sacrifice he must make in ordehelp his own people. He has turned down several good government jobs with higpay in order to stay with the mission and do more to bring his people to a knowleof Christ .We have one more man of the samecaliber, James W. Morgan, who is teaching Min the high school while he attends the college. Brother Morgan hopes, to be ato goto the U.S . after Brother Karnga returns. With men like these properly trainthere will be no need of missionaries at Liberia Christian College.In late Augustwe enjoyed the visit of Brother Richard Hostetter from our sister schin Accra, Ghana. The Hostetters have been in Africa for over ten years, firstRhodesia and for the past eight years at Ghana Christian College. We were ableshare many common problems and ideas about the future. Not many missionariesable to talk with someone who has an understanding of mission problems.We aregettinga lotof thunder and lightning with our rains now, signaling thecoing end of the rainy season. The hot, dry months of December through Marchsoon to be on us. The usual ceremonies of the end of school are to be planned alwith all that ceremony.We appreciate the response we have had to our appeal for funds for a portagenerator. We will soon have enough to buy this. In the last week we hadblackouts lasting about twelve hours each, but electric service has been mbetter for three months now.We are all in good health and are enjoying our work. The children are all dowell in school. Together we send our greetings and much love .

Yours in Christian service,

Qtv. -ir Ot>-The Meeces

P.S. A Matter of Prayer: One of James Morgan's children is in the hospital.doctors suspect T.B. Please pray.


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The Ken Vogel fomily plans fo go to LiFebruary, 1976. To be able to share in the workChristianCollege and to workwith a peoplewhoto restore His church, is their goal.Ken was born October 12, 1951, at Milwconsin . Having been converted to Christ after hfrom high school in St. James, Missouri, he entChristian College in 1969. Therethe challengeof Liberia entreated his attention. During cserved as youth ministerat Capital City ChristiJefferson City, Missouri, and at Pontoon BeacChrist in Granite City, Illinois. Hegraduated fChristianCollege with a B.A . degree in 197ministered with the Brighton Christian ChurchIllinois, for over four years.Carolyn (Hill) Vogel was born DecemberWichita, Kansas. Her family moved to Houstowhere she attended and graduated from HoustonHSlje^was baptized Into Christ in September ofher coVl' reion, she has beenconcerned with thechurch and , thus, entered St. Louis Christian

1970. She marr ied Ken on March 6,1971. Shethe call of the Liberlans for help to be heededCarolyn has servedwith Ken intheir mlnlstrywltat Brighton, Illinois. Theyhave two children: JVogel, born February 4, 1973, at Houston, MNathan David Vogel, born June 16, 1975,Missouri.

While In Liberia, Mr. and Mrs. Danrell HBox25a, Mt. Olive, Illinois 62069 will be thewarding agents. Ken and Carolyn come recomWayneMeece, current missionaryat LiberiaChrisand by Charles Boatman, postmissionaryat LibeCollege and present professorat St. Louis Christi

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