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Following is a communique from Matthew Rogness, Executive Director of Lutheran Brethren World Missions, written at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 13th, updating us on the situation in Chad that is directly impacting our missionary efforts in that country. Continue to pray about this situation. As a point of interest, Community of Joy will be participating in the February 27th “Day of Prayer and Fasting” for Chad and will be providing information on how to give to “Chad Crisis,” the humanitarian aid effort in that region. -MAJ
What happened in Chad?
During the last days of January, rebel forces from eastern Chad started making their way across Chad toward the capital of Ndjamena. On Friday, February 1st, they were near the city and the fighting had become a concern for all living in Ndjamena. Over the next several days fighting continued in Ndjamena for control of the city and the government. Government forces eventually prevailed but not until 165 were killed, over one thousand injured and 30,000+ had fled across the border into Cameroon and thousands more south in Chad.
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During these days, our missionaries in Chad were evacuated – two families to France (evacuated from Ndjamena where there was fighting) and three families to Cameroon from Bokoro, Doh and Gounou Gaya. They are all safe and taking time to decompress from the stress of those days and will await news of how the country is moving back to stability.
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