Wow, it does not seem we have been here Bere, Chad, Africa for almost a year. We are still deficient in French but have weathered 2 months of being the only doctor here. Olen, Danae, Lyol, and Zane are back arriving here the end of last week. We are so glad. Hope to get an end of year letter done and sent soon.
This month is the crescendo of our big hospital construction project. People are starting to come in as volunteers to do various things of the project. Large amounts of concrete have been poured already for various buildings so that when the containers arrive with the rest of the materials hopefully by the end of this week at latest word. They are moving now but one truck had a break down on the “great roads” but supposedly they are moving again and maybe cross the border into Chad tonight or tomorrow. The last 25 miles to here would be expected to take at least 4 hours but there is really good highway with pavement the previous 70 miles. I don’t know what it is like coming up through Cameroon from the port at the coast.
New Years day is a big deal here with drums all night. We had a group serenade us at 0630 with drums, dancing, “singing” and “bonne annie” whereas Christmas was just another day.except no scheduled surgeries.
Contrary to what is said to be in the news, Chad IS NOT the same as Central African Republic. Americans are not being evacuated from Chad. In fact more are coming in. Yes there is an uprising in CAR with rebels heading toward the capital, Bangui but that is to the south of us. Besides even if there was something here in Chad, we are so isolated that probably no one could find us. No, we are not in any danger. But we do appreciate everyone’s prayers and concerns and emails.Our emails are drbland@sbcglobal.net and dfbland@gmail.com
Love, Rollin and Dolores
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