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After our evacuation from the Central African Republic (CAR), we can testify to God's faithfulness during our time in this war-torn country.
We spent our first term overseas in the CAR, where Gary directed the Assemblies of God Bible Institute. In addition, he led numerous outreach efforts and helped plant new churches.
Sheryl had a burden for the women in the country, many of whom could not read the Bible in their own language. In response to this need, she helped to start a literacy program for women in the Assemblies of God in CAR.
During our term in Africa, we went through three military uprisings. Our final test came when armed rebel troops invaded our home in a looting rampage. During these horrific moments, a drunken soldier struck Sheryl—four months pregnant at the time—knocking her unconscious, while other rebel troops held their guns to Gary's head, screaming that they were going to kill him. Through a series of miraculous interventions, the Lord spared our lives and we were later evacuated from the country.
At the end of 2005, as we were preparing to return to Africa, the Holy Spirit began to speak to us about a part of the world which desperately needs God's message of hope—the former communist stronghold of Yugoslavia.
As we prayed about this burden for several months, one country kept returning to our minds again and again—Slovenia.
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