Dear brother Ruel,
Greetings to you in the great name of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Hope this will finds you all doing well. It have been long time since we have heard from you. There had been a lot of things happening with us at Lome, some time so frustrating, but we all thank God anyway. After the death our former president, there had been trouble seriously. Lastly, the political violence erupted more and more, with our people being killed including a brother from our fellowship. Over 20,000 people including us(our family & the church) fled out of the country several days ago. I have included the below news link so that you can have much clearer idea of what happenned, and what is going on at the moment.
After the presidential election, there have been serious violence which results in many people being killed and innocents being victimized either by the opposition militants or the government forces. One of the brother of our fellowship was killed innocently at his home when the soldiers were moving from house to house beating and shooting suspected opposition militants. Two other relatives of ours are suspected to be among the victims being killed by the military gunmen. The very odd thing is that, whether someone partakes in the violence or not, innocent people are being killed and wounded. Some of the houses have been robbed and vandalized.
Continuous violence have put us backward in many ways, and it is only God that will continue to provide for us, and give us sustainability even when it will be safe to return back home. Please pray fervently for us, we are trying to sustain here in Ghana. There is no refugee camps nearby, so our total dependency is on God. This is a very difficult time for all of us.
You can read some news about Togo's situation by clicking on the below links;
http://allafrica.com/stories/200504280681.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200505060779.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200505060732.html
At the moment, my family, the church from Lome and friends that we share things in common here is about 30 in number. A meal for a single person cost GHC7000,(approximately 0.60EUR) and for everyone cost GHC210,000 per meal(approximately 18EUR). Twice a day costs GHC420,000 which is approximatey 36EUR. Besides this, there is daily need for water, soap,etc. It is our desire to find anything doing here to help in our daily needs, and we are certain that God will not leave us lacking. Please, keep us all in your prayers as they try to maintain ourselves as refugees. There are no refugee camps nearby, so all our dependency is on God for provision. These are dangerous and difficult times here. Please, prayerfully ask God what you can do to render aid in our circumstances.
Extend our greetings,love and thanks to your family, and to the brethren there. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Your brother,
Udeme
If you are interested in providing help and support to these Christian brothers & sisters, please email me at ruel@onlinephilippines.net.
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