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Encompass Mission Compound Becomes Refuge in CAR

Dec 31, 2013

Marie-Helene Hibaile (seated) with two guards at the Encompass mission compound. They are preparing bags of food to help with the 50 hungry people who had to flee their homes due to heavy fighting in the north of the city.
Marie-Helene Hibaile (seated) with two guards at the Encompass mission compound. They are preparing bags of food to help with the 50 hungry people who had to flee their homes due to heavy fighting in the north of the city.

This New Year’s Eve comes a stark reminder to pray for the people of the Central African Republic. Barb Wooler, director of Project Hope and Charity, the orphan care ministry sponsored by Encompass World Partners, posted these photos on Facebook, which are shared here with her permission. She reports that about 50 people have take refuge in the Encompass mission compound in Bangui.

A happy "customer."
A happy “customer.”

“Pray for the Augustin Hibaile family, who are helping them get settled in,” she writes. “Thank the Lord and PHC sponsors for the gift of this food, which is leftover from the PHC Christmas Gift Caper. The guards (blue tops) and Marie-Helene Hibaile assembled the food bags (rice, sardines, salt, sugar, coffee/tea). Second picture is a happy “customer.” Pray that these dear folks can soon feel safe enough to return to their homes.”

She adds, “The north side of Bangui has been unstable for a week now. Since Christmas. Almost HALF of the city of Bangui is now on the move – sleeping some place other than their home. Close to 400,000 people!”
She notes that the mission station is “small.” The people are sleeping in large tents that are used when missionaries take people up-country.
If you’d like to give to a fund that will help supply food for the people in CAR, click here for the CAR Emergency Fund.

 

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