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We are hearing bits of good news from our colleagues in Gamboula! \u00a0Some of our Muslixm friends have been able to cross the border to get good medical care at the mission hospital. \u00a0Many of our friends are hoping to finally get back home to CAR when rains bring new grass for their cattle, what there are left of them. \u00a0We are excited to think that peace between peoples is returning, bit by bit, to our village. \u00a0Sad to say, though, that there is\u00a0still unrest in the east. \u00a0Please keep praying for C.A.R. \u00a0The new president is due to be announced in mid March.\"blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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