Mali update

From: Judy <jhpuckett55@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 16:04:57 EDT
Subject: Mali update

I've been getting a few scattered emails all along but no definite news. The southern part of Mali has been quiet lately but they will not accept that the whole northern part has been taken over by Radical Islamist who have drawn a new border and given that part a new name Azawad and put it under Sharia Law. So Civil War is likely.

 

All the missionaries who left Mali several weeks ago have been given an open door to return. Each one will make the decision for himself/herself and their families. It is not completely clear about the safety, and for sure, if war begins, they will have to leave again. A few are returning tomorrow. The ones with small children are not going back until a more stable situation is there. One is coming back to the States but she was due to leave for Stateside in May anyway. One is waiting for a medical test to be done and will decide whether to return based on the test results.

I so pray that the Work there will be continued. I believe that God has worked even through all this to glorify His Name and to open doors for some Malians to learn of Jesus who would never have heard otherwise.

 

Every email I get fron there has "thank you's" to all who have been praying.  I know they would love for you to continue praying.

 

 

JUDY

"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and majesty;   For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;   Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted as head over all."  I Chronicles 29:11