[SFDXA] Fwd: [FOC] Update: TL8DV / TJ8

[John/K4WJ]

Thought some of you may be interested in reading this from Dave Vittum/ 
W1DV/TL8DV. Dave was operating from the Central African Republic until the 
rebels came along.

73..de John/K4WJ

>Subject: [FOC] Update: TL8DV / TJ8
>Reply-To: "Dave & Jean Vittum"
>
>FOC friends:
>      Greetings from Yaounde, capitol city of Cameroon (TJ8) -
>     It has been a crazy five weeks.  I wanted to write my FOC friends 
> this note to let you know where we are and what is going on.
>     On October 31, after five days of mortar and artillery fire in the 
> city, we evacuated Bangui and drove to our Yaloke mission station (225 km 
> northwest of Bangui).  About one week  later I went back to Bangui with 
> four men to see if we thought things were safe enough in the city to 
> return.  At the time things seemed relatively stable, so I drove back to 
> Yaloke, picked up my team, and we all returned to Bangui. However that 
> was not a smart move and as things continued to rapidly deteriorate in 
> CAR, we all evacuated Bangui again on Nov 13 for Yaloke.  After staying 
> there just a short time, it was evident that the rebel forces were 
> heading our way so on 21 November we all left for Berberati, a Swedish 
> mission compound in the southwest corner of the country.  After living 
> THERE two days we received a report that the rebels were headed for 
> Berberati, so on three hours notice we suddenly packed up and moved to 
> Gamboula - a town in CAR but directly located on the border with 
> Cameroon.  On November 26, four drunk armed soldiers came to our mission 
> at Gamboula demanding coffee, money, and trucks. That was the final straw 
> and for the next several days a ten truck convoy (47 people) made its way 
> across the abysmal roads, fought the interminable paperwork to get 
> temporary visas, and ended up here in Yaounde at the large Summer 
> Institute of Linguistics (SIL- Wycliffe Bible Translators) compound.
>     We are fine but extremely tired, physically and emotionally. It has 
> been a rough rough five weeks.
>     We have no idea how long we will be here but things do not sound good 
> in CAR so I am guessing it will be many months - if ever - before we get 
> back to TL8 land.  There is at least a possibility Jean and I may go back 
> to the USA for a while - maybe a long while - but this is very tentative.
>     The only good news is that my QSL manager Mike Cesak (W3MC) is 
> getting a nice break for a while!!
>                         161 from Dave Vittum
>                         TL8DV  (W1DV)
>                         Yaounde, TJ8
>
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73..de John/K4WJ
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   John/K4WJ in Pembroke Pines, FL
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K8PXG from 18 Jun 59 to 11 Feb 97
K8WJ  from 12 Feb 97 to 07 Apr 97
ZF2HZ from 17 May 84 to 31 Dec 84
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