{"id":2572,"date":"2014-05-26T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T07:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2014-05-26T08:31:51","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T07:31:51","slug":"please-keep-the-prayers-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/05\/26\/please-keep-the-prayers-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Please keep the prayers going!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While peace continues in our little town of Gamboula and many of my Muslixm friends continue on with life as best they can just across the border,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Umol-5.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2561\" alt=\"blog H Umol 5.14\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Umol-5.14.jpg\" width=\"303\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Umol-5.14.jpg 303w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Umol-5.14-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Janaatu-5.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2560\" alt=\"blog H Janaatu 5.14\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Janaatu-5.14.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Janaatu-5.14.jpg 299w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-H-Janaatu-5.14-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>there continues to be conflict in many places in the rest of the country, with deaths and injuries, and Muslixms continue to flee:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/Muslims-fleeing-Bangui-April-29-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2576\" alt=\"Muslims fleeing Bangui, April 29 2014\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/Muslims-fleeing-Bangui-April-29-2014.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/Muslims-fleeing-Bangui-April-29-2014.jpg 475w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/Muslims-fleeing-Bangui-April-29-2014-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/refugees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2573\" alt=\"refugees\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/refugees.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/refugees.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/refugees-300x80.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/refugees-1024x273.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a>Another refugee camp has been added, north of &#8220;K-town&#8221; just across the border in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-new-refugee-camp-Mbile-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2562\" alt=\"blog new refugee camp Mbile (1)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-new-refugee-camp-Mbile-1.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-new-refugee-camp-Mbile-1.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/blog-new-refugee-camp-Mbile-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have heard reports of a combined census of over 11,000 people in these two camps. \u00a0UNHCR have provided temporary tentlike housing, latrines, and wells, and they are trying to provide food and some basic health care but it is a daunting job. \u00a0I just had a call yesterday from a dear friend who lives at one of these camps with her children. They escaped from CAR with the clothes on their backs&#8230;she called to say that she and her kids had malaria and the camp&#8217;s health clinic was out of meds and that they were hungry because the 4 day cycle of food distribution just isn&#8217;t enough to keep them fed. \u00a0We are able to help her and her aging mom and 3 kids, but what about the other 10,995? \u00a0 Please pray, pray, pray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2572&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While peace continues in our little town of Gamboula and many of my Muslixm friends continue on with life as best they can just across the border, there continues to be conflict in many places in the rest of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/05\/26\/please-keep-the-prayers-going\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-meetings-with-m-friends","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Please keep the prayers going! 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