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David and Elspeth Masson |
 David and Elspeth at the SICM Missions Centre prior to leaving for Ghana |
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our surprise, delight and slight embarrassment Word Alive have installed
us in a house at the west end of town, next to the Ambassador to the
Ivory Coast, so there are three ambassadors all living together. It
is far better accommodation than we expected but we shall certainly
enjoy it and be blessed by it. It is safe and well lit and just a
short walk to the Centre. Elspeth is getting the food situation well
in hand and we are beginning to feel healthier already. Peace has
arranged a meeting of all concerned which has been drawn up on excellent
business lines, so that we know who our line managers are for each
part of the work. We are most impressed with the organisation. We praise the Lord for a safe journey in difficult circumstances, safe arrival of all the luggage and no reaction to any of the injections or malaria and other pills. I also praise the Lord that Elspeth is totally relaxed about the town and the living conditions. We have discovered a clinic with a doctor in charge. This increases the comfort zone. Elspeth has completed her first full day at the school and has had one session at the Bible School, teaching English language and essay writing. There are 5 first year students. I have 8 periods a week, 4 on discipleship / evangelism and 4 on Old Testament studies. The students are quite limited in their English language and Bible knowledge but I think that we have settled on an acceptable level of teaching. They seemed happy and able to follow everything. We were also introduced to the Church on Sunday and are gradually getting to be known about town. We have been most careful and have no adverse health problems to report. Today has been the most challenging in that both the electricity supply and the water supply were cut off for most of the day. The electricity came on again after a few hours. At the time of writing the water is still off. It proves the fact that it is the early chap who gets the shower. By the time Elspeth went for her morning shower the water was off. There is always the sea. Bananas and oranges seem to be the mainstay of the day. It is going to be a very healthy diet. Otherwise we have achieved all our objectives for the first three weeks and are now established in our respective jobs and seeking new objectives’. Field address : Box 7, Esiama, Western Region. Ghana. |
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