Reporter's Notebook: N'djaména, Chad
If you click on the above link, you will see notes from a French reporter currently in the capital of Chad. Her written comments show in a colorful way why our team is currently not seeking entry. It's just not the time right now it seems. Our decision to wait a bit isn't based primarily on the tension in the capital - this is a factor, but tension alone isn't enough to keep us away from people who don't know the Lord. It's a combination of factors. Two main ones are the hesitance that our field leadership feels that God is giving in his prayers about us, and the fact that a new rebel attack has been threatened.
For the time being we are looking at other options for learning Chadian Arabic, the next step in following our calling. We have heard that there is a community of people in Maroua, Cameroon, that speak a dialect of Arabic very similar to that we want to learn. Maybe it's not a direct step into Chad, but it is at least a diagonal step in the right direction. As we wait for God to direct us through this decision process and work out the details for us, please join us in prayer:
1. God, lead the Chad team to a wise to decision about their next move.
2. God, bring the gospel of hope to the people we have been praying for for so long - We aren't ashamed of it, because it is God's power to save those who believe.
Thank you for joining with us
For the time being we are looking at other options for learning Chadian Arabic, the next step in following our calling. We have heard that there is a community of people in Maroua, Cameroon, that speak a dialect of Arabic very similar to that we want to learn. Maybe it's not a direct step into Chad, but it is at least a diagonal step in the right direction. As we wait for God to direct us through this decision process and work out the details for us, please join us in prayer:
1. God, lead the Chad team to a wise to decision about their next move.
2. God, bring the gospel of hope to the people we have been praying for for so long - We aren't ashamed of it, because it is God's power to save those who believe.
Thank you for joining with us
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