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We left our little house on the CEFA farm in CAR and returned to our kids\u2019 home and our ministries in South Africa.\u00a0 The feelings are mixed.\u00a0 Peace remains the standard in Gamboula, so we, of course, try to second guess our decision to leave.\u00a0 We have had overwhelming encouragement and approval from our mission leaders and our family and friends about our move, but I think it will never be easy to leave those you love for others that you love, no matter the circumstances.\u00a0 It is a way of life for us.\u00a0 Bittersweet, to miss being with a dear Fulani friend who is now in the Gamboula mission hospital, to miss being a part of handing out the newly printed Ajamiiya script Fulfulde bibles, and to miss seeing my dear Fulani buddy, R, who is in the midst of cancer treatment. \u00a0Sweet, to be reunited with family and friends, to jump right back into work, and to see the joy on people\u2019s faces as we interact again here in South Africa.\u00a0 Would you pray for us to be fully present here and now, to always make our home a home sweet home, and to give the gift of full attention and love to whoever we might be with, wherever we might be?\u00a0 Please keep praying for CAR, for peace and reconciliation, for forgiveness and love to abound.\u00a0 Please pray for South Africans’ hearts to be touched with God’s love.<\/p>\n

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