More Good News From the Congo ... Keep Praying!
The news about the fighting in the area of EFC ministries in the Congo is still positive and improving. Here is an update received from Dr. Tom today:
Congo News for January 7, 2010
Some Encouraging Signs on the Front: Last week, on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, the rebels from Inyele were driven back to their own village. They were surrounded by Congolese army troops and given an ultimatum to lay down arms. Instead they tried a counterattack at two places against the army, so the army attacked. By the end of the fighting, 157 rebels had been killed, and one government soldier. Some soldiers were evacuated with non-life-threatening wounds to the hospital at Gemena by helicopter. Supposedly there were only a few escapees from Inyele.
The military is continuing mop-up operations but there is real hope that this will bring an end to the fighting. The next thing is for the army to begin to withdraw, giving confidence to the villagers in all the villages up and down the roads there that they can come back to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives.
We are very thankful that something over $30,000 has come in from our churches and donors in the EFCA and in the Consortium. The church in the Congo has developed a plan to help people with their return, including providing food staples, tarps for shelter, and other necessities to get started again.
Please be in prayer that this will really be the end and that people will quickly return to their villages. Pray that the church will be used mightily as a witness to show God’s care and compassion for them. Pray too that more funds will come in to help meet the massive needs. While there are other NGO agencies working to help, none of them are doing it on the ground and from God’s heart of compassion, as the CECU can.
Congo News for January 7, 2010
Some Encouraging Signs on the Front: Last week, on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, the rebels from Inyele were driven back to their own village. They were surrounded by Congolese army troops and given an ultimatum to lay down arms. Instead they tried a counterattack at two places against the army, so the army attacked. By the end of the fighting, 157 rebels had been killed, and one government soldier. Some soldiers were evacuated with non-life-threatening wounds to the hospital at Gemena by helicopter. Supposedly there were only a few escapees from Inyele.
The military is continuing mop-up operations but there is real hope that this will bring an end to the fighting. The next thing is for the army to begin to withdraw, giving confidence to the villagers in all the villages up and down the roads there that they can come back to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives.
We are very thankful that something over $30,000 has come in from our churches and donors in the EFCA and in the Consortium. The church in the Congo has developed a plan to help people with their return, including providing food staples, tarps for shelter, and other necessities to get started again.
Please be in prayer that this will really be the end and that people will quickly return to their villages. Pray that the church will be used mightily as a witness to show God’s care and compassion for them. Pray too that more funds will come in to help meet the massive needs. While there are other NGO agencies working to help, none of them are doing it on the ground and from God’s heart of compassion, as the CECU can.
posted by Larry Short at 6:13 PM
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