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Helping the Church in Chad rescue orphans and widows,
train leaders, and share
the Gospel
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February 2012
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Teaching the Bible in N'djamena, Chad:
The 3rd Most Expensive City for Expats in the World!
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By Scott Hafemann, President,
Mission:Chad
This past summer The London Telegraph gave the results of their yearly study of the 20 most expensive cities in the world for expats (see the link below). N'djamena ranked 3rd, right after Tokyo and just ahead of Moscow! Though consistently one of the ten poorest countries in the world (currently ranked 7th by the UN's 2010 Human Development Report), Chad's main city is one of the most expensive for expats, due no doubt to the extremely high cost of everything beyond subsistence level... 
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December 2011
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We Need Students at Christmas!
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By Scott Hafemann, President,
Mission:Chad
 Though we take it for granted, we all know that there is no future for the church or for society without education. Mission Chad is committed to the education of the next generation of leaders of Chad, for a country that was ranked in 2009 by the CIA at 212th out of 213 countries for literacy (74% over the age of 15 cannot read; the U.S. is tied for 27th, with only 1% illiterate). And that is just reading. What about life-changing understanding? Mission Chad currently supports Christian, life-changing education for approximately 440 students throughout the country, from the highest levels of leadership training (ESTES), to mid-range pastoral-training (Bebalem), to vocational and management training (our new project: the Christian business school,) to the all-important beginning (K-12 at Village Altonodji).
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December 2011
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Training the Next Generation of Leaders
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December 2011
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Pastor Training Program Started & Ready to Grow
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December 2011
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Update on the Mission:Chad Board
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We try to keep the news focused on the work being done in Chad and how you can participate in it, but there have been recent changes with the board, so we thought that it would be a good time to give an update on the board.
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December 2011
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Treasurer's Report - Million Dollar Milestone
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November 2011
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Learning From Orphans
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By Scott Hafemann
President, Mission:Chad
From its beginning, Mission Chad has desired to help the Chadian church rescue the orphaned and destitute children in her midst. Because our supporters have caught this same desire, all that has happened in the last seven years through your love and generosity amazes us. From bare ground to a thriving village of 160 children and their widow-mothers, complete with a chapel, a top-rated school system for 350 students (so those in the surrounding area can benefit as well!), a clinic, bakery and tailor shop – with more to come.
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November 2011
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Pictures of Chad, by a first time visitor
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The first of a series of impressions and observations recorded by David Detert on his first trip to Chad earlier this year.
As we traveled in the countryside, we saw many small buildings, both round and rectangular, with straw thatch roofs, scattered along the road. Built of red, fired mud bricks, they were often clustered inside the wall of a compound, which contained several of these structures.
The land near Beladaja was flat, but with many trees and scrubby bushes, and some open fields where millet had been planted and harvested. The millet is pounded into flour by women using tall poles and the concave top of a tree stump.
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September 2011
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ESTES Graduates Working to Train Others
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A year ago, the board of Mission:Chad voted to help support the Evangelical Church of Chad's Bible school in Bebalem. It is not accredited but it takes seriously the training of pastors and their wives for the ministry in Chad. Some people describe this school as seminary for "grassroots" pastors. Wasn't supporting ESTES enough? Now a second school to support? Would the
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Lord provide the funds to do so?
We traveled to Chad in January this year and for the first time drove off into 'the bush' as they say, to visit the Bible school in Bebalem. Life looks very different once you leave the paved road of Moundou. Even Village Altonodji (the orphan village) has a black topped road to it.
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