Personal: Death of Koester, Thompson's fall and lack of repentance (p 1). Division of work at Akropong, what is taught in the seminary, Jonathan Palmer serves as interpreter very satisfactory (p 2). Learning Twi: Concentration on the Akropong…
Death of his wife from Diarrhea shortly after the delivery of his child. Death of the 10 weeks old child, sickness of Riis himself, reasonably he must ask for permission to return to Europe. Suffers from liver (pp 1-8). Concentrates now on linguistic…
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