The Hamricks are serving with ABWE in Cameroon, West Africa.

The needs are still very real among more than 25,000 Fulbe refugees in the East and Adamoua provinces, and this number is growing. This past dry season has compounded the situation, because it was several months longer than normal and thousands of cattle have died, perhaps as many as 100,000. The Fulbe are having to farm on land that is not theirs, and are often driven away by local villagers. If they are able to start a farm, they have few seeds to plant and the growing season is short in these areas. Along with the challenge of simple existence, they still live in danger of the “jagina’en” attacking.

ABWE missionaries plan to make three more trips to the refugee areas over the next eight months, and tentatively two more in 2008, to distribute food, blankets, sleeping mats, a few basic medicines, and most importantly the gospel message of hope. The same village chief who said “God is with you” thanked the missionaries for the food they were able to help provide on their survey trip. The chief also asked for more gospel cassettes, Bibles, and HIV/AIDS tracts. God has truly opened a door of opportunity among the local Fulbe and refugees.

Pray for the Hamricks as minister to the people of Cameroon.

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