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Pastor Victor, and his wife, Melanie, were honored today at church, with a blessing ceremony. In French they call it “installation”, as the official beginning of his work here at Gamboula. He and his family have actually been living here since February, so they’ve had some time to observe and just be here, but now the 5 year term has begun. This mission station is NOT an easy place to be a pastor, so we need to pray extra prayers for Victor & Melanie.
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