Guinea - Tanda Bridge #1 The Tanda people are saying that their religion does not work—they have seen the teachings from "that book, the Bible" and it does work. In the Muslim country of Guinea the Tanda people are asking the missionaries to teach them God's word. The Republic of Guinea, on the west coast of Africa is bordered by Senegal, Ivory Coast, Liberia and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The population is approximately 7.5 million; the official language is French with each ethnic group having its own language. 85% of the population is Muslim, 8% Christian and 7% with indigenous beliefs. During the African rainy season, the missionaries working with the Tanda people faced a tremendous challenge. They had virtually no access in or out of their village for four to five months because the nearby Tomboya River which they had to cross would rise from one foot in the dry season to almost twelve feet in the wet season. This meant there was no access to emergency medical care for the missionaries, their children, or the national people.They were helpless in the event of a national emergency requiring evacuation. Supplies had to be brought in for several months at a time, and contact with the other missionary families on the field was limited during the rainy season. During this period starvation would be much a reality for the local people as they were unable to get to the market to buy and sell their produce. Missionaries from New Tribes Mission contacted FRIENDS in ...
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