Gasoline shortage AND personnel shortage

The hospital has been somewhat slow although Danae seems to be keeping busy with Ob-GYN. There have been several prematures and several babies that were dead before the mother got here. One does not like to do c-sections for dead babies but sometimes it has to be done. Also has had several curettages for incomplete abortions or retained placenta fragments with lots of bleeding.

One big item now is lack of gasoline or very expensive if you can find it. They say there is rioting and people even being killed in NDJ and Moundou because of the lack of gasoline. If it can be found some places are charging up to 4000 or 5000 cfa per liter (about $32 to $40 per gallon). They say there is still diesel for some reason but lack of gasoline which really affects the motorcycles and small cars. My Toyota 4-runner takes gasoline. It is quiet here in Bere and I don't need to go anywhere. Some of the government employees are going on strike also some of the taxis are on strike. It has been rumored that war could break out if it does not get better soon. I think the military has pretty tight control. We are so far out that here should be no danger here. Hopefully they get their refinery or whatever repaired soon.

The REAL BIG item is that Jamie and Tammy Parker arrived back last week BUT they came only to pack their things and sell or give away almost everything and return to the USA. They will really be missed. Hopefully a replacement can be found soon so that construction and maintainance can be continued. They left here April 1 and just now are saying they are leaving permanently. He had back surgery while he was home this time and still is having problems. They had served here 5 years and had done a lot of good work. They had been serving as volunteers living on donations from their home church in Tennessee. They could not accept the salary and terms that AHI had offered. The Lord works in mysterious ways so maybe something will come of all this and the construction project etc. will continue.  Money is in short supply as well as personnel.

Tax decuctible donations can be made to Adventist Health International Bere Hospital Project, Loma Linda, California and 100% goes to the project. They get their operating expenses from other sources.

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Rollin and Dolores Bland
Hopital Adventiste de Bere
Boite Postal 52
Kelo, Tandjile, Chad, Afrique