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gratuitous

(82,849 posts) Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:04 PM Oct 2016

A bit of good news about the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram

Group of Chibok schoolgirls are released from captivity

http://www.brethren.org/news/2016/group-of-chibok-schoolgirls-released.html

The Nigerian government says 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in April 2014 have been freed in negotiations with the insurgents, according to reports from media outlets today including the Associated Press and ABC News. The negotiations were carried out with help from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government.

Church of the Brethren staff have received confirmation of this news from Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria). EYN president Joel S. Billi sent confirmation after he talked with Chibok parents and the Bring Back Our Girls organization in Nigeria. The majority of the girls abducted from the school in Chibok are from Nigerian Brethren families.

A list of the girls' names is at the link. At the specific request of EYN, our congregation has been in prayer for Ruth Amos, whose name is not on this list.

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A bit of good news about the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram (Original Post) gratuitous Oct 2016 OP

every so called leader of those rapist scum should be fed to hyenas. JanMichael Oct 2016 #1

If I can borrow a line from Monty Python... iandhr Oct 2016 #2

The poor girls whose names aren't on the list... Dorian Gray Oct 2016 #3

Many of them are co-religionists gratuitous Oct 2016 #4

JanMichael

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1. every so called leader of those rapist scum should be fed to hyenas.

Reply to gratuitous (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 10:21 PM

Oct 2016

fed alive to them.

they are almost the worst of humanity less nazis and tge khmer rouge.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

2. If I can borrow a line from Monty Python...

Reply to JanMichael (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:37 PM

Oct 2016

Crucifixion is too good for 'em sir

Dorian Gray

(13,498 posts)

3. The poor girls whose names aren't on the list...

Reply to gratuitous (Original post)

Fri Oct 14, 2016, 06:13 AM

Oct 2016

my thoughts go to them and their families.

And i'm happy for the girls who are finally going home. I can't imagine the pain and horror and trauma they will have to live with for the rest of their lives, but they are going home. They can try to rebuild their lives.

gratuitous

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4. Many of them are co-religionists

Reply to Dorian Gray (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 14, 2016, 08:37 AM

Oct 2016

The Church of the Brethren in Nigeria is actually larger than it is in the U.S. It's tough for Americans to do, but our Nigerian brothers and sisters have asked us for our prayers, not our intervention. Americans like taking action. Your good thoughts and prayers are what they have asked of us as they move forward. Thanks.

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