A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR: Enoch Nyador
On my fall visit to the U.S., I met with the board members that advise and encourage me. Those men are Lloyd Acton, John Noel, Steve White, and Chuck Williams. We agreed that the name United Christian Churches Brotherhood was too long, and did not clearly represent the mission. We selected the name Ghana Christian Mission. GCM has become the forwarding agency of the FAME work in Ghana. All who support me, the evangelists, or nurses of FAME Ghana will now send funds to :
Ghana Christian Mission
attn: Chuck Williams
800 Dan Jones Road
Plainfield, IN 46168
Make checks out to Ghana Christian Mission. You may designate funds to a specific evangelist or project on the memo line.
The Plainfield Church is graciously forwarding the donations to our mission. Receipts issued by the Plainfield Church will reflect that the funds were sent to Ghana Christian Mission.
We will be publishing this newsletter quarterly in effort to keep you better informed. We are also developing a website which will be available by the time your receive your next newsletter!
I will be in the US from late March to late April of 2003. If you would like for me to meet with your congregation or missions team, please contact Doug Fox at Central Christian Church in Jonesborough, TN (doug@cmdahome.org)

URBAN CHURCH WORK:
Urban churches located in the capital city of Accra and nearby Tema are initially supported by US Christians who supply the money to purchase land, build a church building, and pay the evangelist's salary. There are 2 churches now established and growing in size, spirit, and self-sufficiency. The goal is that these urban churches comprised of middle-class Ghanaians will be able to help support village churches where the resources are very limited.
Already, urban churches Faithway and Bethel have committed 10% of their annual budgets to help rural village congregation Bortiano Christian Church. Faithway was born in 1998 . The US mother church is Plainfield Christian in Plainfield, IN. Richard Ntim is the evangelist.

MEDICAL WORK:
Elizabeth Owusu-Sekyere is serving as the mid-wife and mission nurse at the FAME clinic in Makango, a remote northern region. She has a husband and 5 children, ranging in age from 9 to 28 years. She considers nursing her gift of service from God.
After her training, she worked in her hometown in the Ashanti Region of Ghana (Central Ghana) for 22 years. In 2000, she was called by FAME to serve in the remote community of Makango in northern Ghana. Although it was difficult to leave the city, she considered it her duty to serve with all her mind, soul, and strength where she was needed.
For 2 years, she has lived at Makango where there is not a single vehicle in the community. The clinic has treated over 6500 patients since it was commissioned in May 1999. Many more people in the 15 surrounding villages are in need of health education and services, but without a vehicle to reach them, this is only vision, not a reality.
The Makango clinic needs:
* strong vehicle (approx. $23,000)
*surgical scissors
*mini-lab kit
* sterilizers
*dressing materials (gauze, bandages, gloves, masks, etc.)
*syringes and needles
*delivery set
*dressing drum
*receiver with a lid

Visiting Americans!
In December of 2002 an eight-member team of preachers form Dallas and Houston visited Ghana to hold youth and leadership seminars. They also explored avenues for small scale farming and local industries as a means of creating employment for the church members and helping them become self-sufficient.

In January, 2003, a 26 member team of students and faculty from Depauw University in Indiana will visit Ghana to assist in a chapel construction for the church in the northern part of the Volta Region. They will also help with medical care at the clinic.

In February, 2003, a 15-member team from the Christian Medical and Dental Association will visit Ghana to serve in the Volta Region treating patients and sharing the Gospel of Jesus in word and deed.

PRAYERS OF PRAISE AND PETITION:
Rejoice for:
*safe travel for Enoch and Lydia in Oct/Nov. visiting churches throughout the mid-west and Florida
*participation of the Nyadors in the National Missionary Convention
*faithful supporters
*faithful evangelists and nurses reaching tribal villages

Request:
*continued faithfulness and focus of evangelists and nurses
*continued faithfulness of supporters
*guidance in selecting a new evangelist for Yezesi and surrounding villages

STATISTICS:
SINCE 1987….
- over 2500 baptized
-over 61,000 patients treated in clinics
-65 churches have been started

URGENT NEED:
For GCM to be sustained, we need reliable transportation. We have 15 evangelists and 10 medical personnel scattered throughout Ghana…many in very remote areas. Currently we have only one Nissan truck with 200,000 miles on it and in need of major repairs. Any time it breaks down we become paralyzed in our support and operational services to the clinics and churches. We are appealing for individuals and churches to help us financially to purchase a new Nissan 4x4 truck. The cost is $23,000. At this writing, we have $4632 raised toward the purchase of the truck. Please donate as you can so that we can continue the work of transporting people, medicines, equipment, and supplies. Designate truck on the memo line with the check made out to GCM and send to GCM, 800 Dan Jones Road, Plainfield, IN 46168.