Another update received today from Dr. Tom

Latest from the Fighting in the Ubangi

Happily there has been little reported fighting in the news in the last couple weeks. It seems that the military has quelled the fighting in the Enyele area. The big problem now is that the many refugees are still very reluctant to return to their homes. This are something over 100,000 in Congo-Brazzaville and Central African Republic, as well as a similar number estimated still living in the forests within DR Congo. Many are waiting for the army to leave before they will feel safe.

Jim reports that one good friend says that most of the villages from Dongo up toward Tandala remain ghost towns with no inhabitants. In Bobito, 5 miles from Tandala, they are still waiting for the government to come clean up the town after the fighting there left bodies in shallow graves and latrines. They are also concerned about unexploded mines that might have been left. If you’d like fairly recent news in English check out: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=87743

Celebrations are in order!

Jill Hall and Rachel Martin report that we have now exceeded the goal of 1,000 orphans supported in GlobalFingerprints by January 1. Read their report on the web and praise the Lord with us: http://www.efca.org/reachglobal/reachglobal-ministries/efca-touchglobal/globalfingerprints/celebrate-globalfingerprints