I spoke in the school and then we got out of Dodge. It seems that SBC was the only school in the area that still had school that day because of a Muslim election taking place. A few hours after we left there was a bombing about 5 km from the city of M'lan where we were. A farmer was taken captive and there was a gun battle between the MILF and the military. Ignorance is bliss. We found out about it today through some people Ed and Luz know.
Needless to say we cannot go to General Santos city tomorrow. It is in the same are yet further south. That is where we were scheduled to go for the day. We were also going to see Grace Pengoi in Marbel and Congressman Pac but that is not going to happen. Both of them are in the Catabato area. It is too volitile they say. We feel very safe where we are and do not think it is a problem doing things around here. We are having a great time.
We had dinner tonight with some SBC missionaries who are working in this area. They have two boys. It was a joy to see missions in action and to hear the stories of the good work being done here through the cooperative program. I met them before but Laurie had not. They are from Texas. That was interesting with Laurie being from there as well.
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