I (Sal) would like to share some information about this country, which I've grown an interest in since meeting Herman. Herman is a new UMM Int'l Student attending UMM this year (Fall of 2005), which I've learned a lot since I picked him up from Alexandria the day before classes!
I told him that I became more familiar of this country when it made news 5 or so years ago. The country had the United Nations intervene during a civil war. My local associate pastor had relatives there during the uprising, which he and his wife had to flee the country. This country borders Ghana, which I'm very familiar with friends from there. Herman actually told me his ancestors/family members came from a tribe in Ghana! The food in the Ivory Coast is very similar to Ghanan, which I like! I had the opportunity to taste this myself the other day when Herman invited me to eat some spicy chicken with bread (from Willies). Also, this country was colonized by France, which they claimed their independence in 1960.
Herman had the opportunity last weekend to attend his first "American" football game...
An Article Written from A UMM Student from the Ivory Coast-Africa
"Hello guys! My name is Herman Koutouan Dominique. I am a citizen of the Ivory Coast. No, it’s not a Caribbean island…uh, a coast made of ivory? Don’t think so…and it’s not in Oceania either, sorry. I know, I know and it’s okay…I can’t really blame you. Maybe you’d find the correct answer if I told you that in December 1999, my country knew its first military coup; in 2000, violent political rivalries led to the death of 200 civilians and in 2004, France even had to intervene militarily. See now? Wait a minute…Are you talking about an African country? Yeah, there you go! Nice try!...
A Article of Ivory Coast from Herman
Government
Culture
History
-War
Maps
Misc
Missions
Testimonies
Entire Muslim Family Finds Jesus
"Emmanuel moved to the Ivory Coast from Jamaica and then found Christ there. He prayed for his wife, Ramada to find Jesus too. Eventually, both former Muslims were Christian, and they started seeing miracles in their life. Now they are very happy because they have Jesus in their lives and know the true God"
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From : Bennett Adelle
Reply-To : Bennett Adelle prayingsoul@mixmail.com
Sent : Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:41 AM
To : goodnewsumm
Subject : Prayer Request...
Beloved In Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Prince of peace and the KING of kings.
It's a great pleassure for me to write you this short mail of mine, I am Bennett Adelle a 23 years old single female, I am sorry for any inconveniency that this mail may cause you. I don't have a computer of my own, a missionary from France allows me to use her computer since she can't help me in any other way.
I am a Victim of war in (COTE D'IVOIRE) Africa, I do have a small business before the war where I make my ends meet and take care of my old mother but unfortunately the REBELS came and destroyed all my properties and set fire on houses and offices of which mine is one of them, all my things are gone with fire,all what I have worked for in the past years are gone just on one day.
You know very well that a victim of war have nothing left for herthat is why I am writing you this mail to help me in any way the Lord Lord lay in your heart, to feed and clothe myself and if possible to re-start my little business again and I know that the Lord shall bless you in return for doing this, If you can't help me financially I will be glad if you can help me with FOOD and clothes, and also shoes, any other things that the LORD lay in your heart for me will be of a great help to me as well.
I as at now I NO have where to sleep comfortable, no good clothes, no shoes, infact I lack so many things, I am recently living with my pastor where we are about 11 people living in a single room. Please I am begger and not a THIEF, A SWINDLER OR A FRAUDSTER, anything that the Lord lay in your heart for me will really be of a great HELP at this point in time as I am seriously going hunger,Please kindly let me know what help you can render so that I can send you where to send it.
I will be expecting your response my beloved in Christ.May the Lord bless you abundanly and grant you success in all your dealinds. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your house hold for ever.
Yours Sister In Christ,
Bennett Adelle
NB: If you have doubts due to too many FRAUDS going on the internet nowadays, I
will send you my PHOTOGRAPH and the contacts of my pastor for you to contact him
and confirm things from him directly.
mrsgloriakrishna@everymail.net
To: mrsgloriakrishna@everymail.net
CC:
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:32:22 +0200
Subject: From: Mrs Gloria U. Krishna
From: Mrs Gloria U. Krishna
Abidjan Cote D´Ivoire,
West Africa.
Dear Good Friend .
I am Mrs. Gloria U. Krisha from Ivory Coast. I am
married to Mr. Lobi U Krishna who worked with our Embassy
in France for nine years before he died in the year 2001.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $1,500.000.00 with a Bank here in Cote D lvoire. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next eight months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church,organization or good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.
I want a church,organization or good person that will use this fund for orphanages, widows and for other peoples that needs help and also propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
The Bible made us to understand that"Blessed is the hand that giveth". l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians not even good at all because they are the one that responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all my late husband prperties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by those that conspired for his death.
This is why I am taking this decision, I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace".
I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development and I know that With God all things are possible.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the lawyer that will asist us in this project. I will also issue a letter of authorization to the bank that will prove you the present beneficiary of this money.
I also want you,church or the organization to always pray for me because the lord is my only shephard.My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.
Contact me on the this email address and any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another good person, church,organization for this same purpose.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
Hoping to receive your response immedaitely.
Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord. l remain yours sister in Christ.
Mrs Gloria U. Krishna
For Future Emails Contact (mrsgloriakrishna@yahoo.fr)
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:56:29 +0200 (CEST)
From: "herman
Subject: RE: Sal-E-mail from Ivory Coast?
To: "Alpha Omega"
Hey Sal,
I've visited your website. It's a good one with interesting facts on my country. The article "Christians facing Terror in Ivory Coast" was amazingly accurate and not so much unbiased, especially from someone who's not an ivorian citizen. About the junk emails you've received, put them where they should be, I mean in the trash bin, because they REALLY junk emails. I sometimes receive many like this. I'll save one for you the next time a fraudster sends me one. Since the political unrest, dishonest people (most of them non-ivorians) prey on innocent victims like NGOs, humanitarian organizations, asking them for money, and so on. Beware not to fall into their trap. Maybe you should send out alerts to affiliate religious organizations like yours to warn them. The senders of the 2 emails you received are not french-speaking persons. I can tell from their last names. Besides, they speak much too good English for people living in Ivory Coast. Besides, the domaine names used are the ones used to deceive people like ..... @everymail is not recognized as a well established server. We'll talk about it next time we meet. Good job with your website