{"id":164,"date":"2003-01-29T19:48:02","date_gmt":"2003-01-29T18:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greetings.gillespiesonline.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2003-01-29T19:48:02","modified_gmt":"2003-01-29T18:48:02","slug":"rumors-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Rumors of War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, we arrived back here in Dakar last night.  Thank you for your prayers.  God gave us wisdom as we worked out the best plan to get back here.  We (the group of 10) ended up leaving about half of the ‘stuff’ we brought from ICA in Abidjan so that we could all fit in 1 van and not have to take taxis to the airport; we taped pictures of American flags all over that van, and we left for the airport in the morning in an effort to miss the mobs.  (So far, Americans are still well-thought-of in Abidjan.) We waited around the airport for about 6 hours to get on a flight to Dakar and were fortunate to get seats as the plane was totally full.  No flights were arriving from Europe, so anyone leaving Abidjan has to go through another African country.<\/font><\/p>\n

We had a wonderful week at ICA. At no time did we feel threatened. We were able to accomplish what we went to do – that is to dismantle and store in 1 ‘safe’ location all the remaining network and computer equipment of value. We were also able to pack up and store our personal belongings in our magazine.  In faith, we left our things there at ICA, anticipating a return in the future.<\/font><\/p>\n

If you’re following the news about the Ivory Coast, you’ll know that things are not good.  The peace treaty signed in Paris is not being honored by all parties, and the youth are demonstrating their rejections, sometimes rather violently, especially in the capital city of Abidjan.  In particular danger are the French or anyone white.  Please pray for the many missionaries who have returned to minister in Abidjan.<\/font><\/p>\n

As we listen to the news and continue to receive messages from the American embassy here in Dakar to be ready to leave if necessary in case of war, we are reminded that there are rumors or war all over the world.  As Christians, we are comforted knowing that God is in control and His plan will be accomplished.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, we arrived back here in Dakar last night.  Thank you for your prayers.  God gave us wisdom as we worked out the best plan to get back here.  We (the group of 10) ended up leaving about half of the ‘stuff’ we brought from ICA in Abidjan so that we could all fit in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-term-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}