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

Wed, 4 Dec 2002 20:31:12 -0500

Yes....but did he save the logs?
-Bill W2CQ


> 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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> >
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> 73..de John/K4WJ
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