Growing up as a missionary kid in the De. Rep. of the Congo, we were forced out of our mission station by communist rebels in 1964. I was only 8 years old at the time; but I remember that our family, with 20 others white people on the station had received a radio message that the rebels were close by, and we only had about an hour to get out. We only had one Chevy Suburban on the station for 25 people. We all took a half hour to pack. The women and kids went in that vehicle. Another vehicle came to get the men left behind. Many of the Congolese Christians were killed, or died of starvation during this time. Other missionaries were killed in other parts of the country. Our missionstation was looted and burned.
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