{"id":4668,"date":"2017-08-30T18:18:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2017-08-30T18:18:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T17:18:31","slug":"norbert-peace-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/08\/30\/norbert-peace-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Norbert, peace to his memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Norbert Tchounkeu, a smiling husband and father of 3 teenagers, passed away last week, after a sudden and very short sickness out of the blue.\u00a0 He was the go-to guy for all things administrative for our missions and mostly for RFIS\/Rainforest International School (jr.\/high school).\u00a0 He took care of everything from ID cards to electric bills.\u00a0 He knew people in so many offices and handled the red tape for too many things to count.\u00a0 The staff at RFIS is reeling at the shockingly sudden loss of a friend and colleague, and floundering at how to cover what he did and even to understand and know what all that was!\u00a0 This loss comes on the heels of the medical evacuation of teacher, Julia Baker, and counselor\/chaplain Mark Cato.\u00a0 Please pray for Norbert\u2019s family, for the staff at RFIS \u2013 especially for Lois A., director, and Janet Z, our Covenant missions person who will be the front-line people for sorting out all the tasks at hand.\u00a0 Please pray for healing for Julia and Mark.\u00a0 Pray that this OVERLOAD right now at RFIS be manageable and that God\u2019s presence be felt in an encouraging way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-overload-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4654\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-overload-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-overload-1-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/08\/blog-overload-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>We give thanks that there are SIL\/Wycliffe mission colleagues and even our buddy, Moses, the taxi driver, who will help in many ways in the coming days of transition.<\/p>\n<p>Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, always giving thanks.\u00a0 And God\u2019s peace, which is so great we cannot understand it, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 Phil 4:6-7<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4668&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norbert Tchounkeu, a smiling husband and father of 3 teenagers, passed away last week, after a sudden and very short sickness out of the blue.\u00a0 He was the go-to guy for all things administrative for our missions and mostly for &hellip; 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