CONAKRY, Guinea — After calling for 20 days of prayer for Guinea, Southern Baptist missionaries there are expressing thanks for the intercession of fellow Christians.
Violent protests and a strike shut down most of the African country’s businesses and schools and left more than 100 people dead in February. Two missionary families were evacuated and others were confined to their homes after the country’s president declared martial law in response to protests against his leadership.
Since then, the country has stabilized, the strike has been suspended and businesses and schools have reopened. One of the couples evacuated has returned to the field and the other will return after stateside assignment. Missionaries also report that church attendance in and around the capital city of Conakry appears to be growing.
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