Tense Conditions Persist in Ubangi

I am writing this letter from where I am staying in the forest with 18 family members. We have been here a month. We are fixing up this house as all the doors and windows are broken.

I have been out several times for church work. We missed church one Sunday. I am writing to tell you of what happened at the mission CECU Bau. On the 18th and 19th of July 1999, pillaging took place at the mission and many things were destroyed or taken:

• The Health Center: Doors, windows, medicines, things used for in the operating room for surgery. If you could see the way things were wrecked, you would cry and be afraid. But, God is able. All the mattresses were taken.
• House of the PR: The doors and cupboards were destroyed. Three mattresses were taken. Many books were torn and thrown all over the place. The files for the region and the district are scattered all around the yard. Many smaller things were taken. It is sad for a person of my age, because it will be very difficult to replace things.
• House of the missionaries: Items that are still there include the stove, fridge, chairs, bed with no mattress, dining table and chairs. But, the doors are in worse shape than the ones at my house. "Ekoki na Nzambe" (God is able). I asked, and no one had gotten the door fixed that had been busted the last time. We had sent money to do this. Of course, that wouldn't have mattered - would have just been broken again anyway.
• IBU/Bau: The director's house, all the professors' houses, and the student houses were broken into and things carried away.

All the people in the region are living in the forests. Many of the churches are meeting in the forests. Please continue to pray for us.

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