Oct 8 left Chad

 We are back in the USA arriving back in Jay, Okla early am Sept 19 after a 10 hr bus ride from Bere to NDJ then 4 hr flight NDJ to Addis then a 15 hr flight to IAD (Washington,DC) then a 3 hr flight to OKC then a 3 hr drive to Jay.   Of course there were some layovers etc.   On Sept 12 I came back to Bere from a branch Sab School and learned that the US State Dept had sent out an advisory that American citizens should leave Chad because of continuing government instability and danger from Boko Haram.   Although the last bombing in NDJ, Chad was June and July in a market and a police station.   We actually felt very safe in Bere as it is so remote.   That same day the General Conference (our church headquarters) sent out a note that we should leave "as soon as feasible".   We really think there was a mistake as we have not experienced any danger.   The US State Dept has since then sent out a travel advisory warning of possible danger areas but no mention of needing to evacuate.   A lot of expatriates have left Chad but there are still many who think everything is about the same and have stayed on.   Olen got permisson to stay to keep things together a little longer and thinking that Dolores and I would go back by the last part of October.   We don't know how soon the General Conference will give us the OK to return or if they will.   So we are sort of in limbo not knowing how to plan.   Danae and the kids, Scott and Bekki from Moundou and Dolores and I all came back on the same plane to DC.  We all have had malaria either during the trip or since arriving back here.   Olen also had it back in Bere but is better now.   James Appel is still in Chad.  
We are all safe and well but PRAY for us and the work in Chad that it can continue.   We have invested lot of time and energy as well as money there and would hate to see it go backwards by many years.  Of course the most important thing is all of our safety but we never saw any real danger except from malaria. 
refer to blog   www.missionarydoctors.blogspot.com
Our emails are  drbland@sbcglobal.net    and  dfbland@gmail.com
Love   Rollin and Dolores