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A City of Refuge

13 October 2022 By David Trounce

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Sunahan and Kahalek, two of the 35,000 Yali people of Central New Guinea, stopped their search for sweet potatoes, dropped their digging sticks and ran. An arrow whizzed past them. The target? A meal of human flesh for Heluk River cannibals. Rather than head for the safety of … [Read more...] about A City of Refuge

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Mercy, Refugee, Sanctuary

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