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Issue Number: 592 – July to September 2010accompanies this letter was taken in ahospital ward. A brother and a sister weredistributing calendars and tracts. Thecalendars are always appreciated by thereaders. It allows them to read the Bible.They especially like the verses which givethem confidence at the beginning of theyear. Our prayer is that the Lord will supplyall the needs of the TBS, that He will touchthe hearts of givers, managers and workers,that the Gospel may reach the ends of theearth. Amen!College students was killed near the collegethis afternoon and another student also losthis life. Our former house helper and longterm friend and her family had their housenear the Theological College burned today,narrowly escaping with their lives. We andour missionary colleagues are safe; but ourhearts are heavy for the city we love. Manyare suffering and the work of God ishindered. Much prayer is needed for God’speace to reign in a local situation that is stillvolatile, and in Nigeria as a country wherethe prolonged absence of the president(dead or alive?) is causing uncertainty.From D.R. Congo:Calendar distribution inTogolese hospitalFrom Jos, Nigeria:[Ed.: Our correspondent has been working inNigeria for at least 25 years. He hasestablished a huge network of Christianbookshops and has a great vision forChristian literature in West Africa. LastOctober we sent 3,000 Hausa GoldenThoughts Calendars for his ministry there.]This Sunday (January 17), several churchesin Jos were attacked and lives lost. Aftersome relief on Monday, the violence eruptedagain today (Tuesday) and the governmentintroduced a 24-hour curfew. Security forceshave been stretched trying to contain theviolence while they wait for reinforcementsfrom other states. One of our TheologicalI want you to know how grateful the studentsare to have their Hebrew-Greek Bibles. Ihave given out 100 of them so far with 100left. We gave out more this year since noone had received an original language textfor many years. Some of our previousgraduates have come to get one. I amattaching a photograph of our seniorundergraduate class and the Master’s levelstudents with their Bibles.Congolese students receiveOriginal Languages Bibles25