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A Very Brief Update and a Message from John in Ghana [1]

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Date: 2023-03-25

Last week John in Ghana was assaulted and stabbed repeatedly while protecting his young son. The next morning he received a summons from the police. The abductor had filed charges against him, claiming he had been the one to instigate the violence. (This sort of thing is common in Ghana; it is a sort of extortion against the poor because they cannot defend themselves and thus the police ‘fine’ them and give the one filing the charges restitution as part of the settlement so everyone makes money except the victim.)

John was so injured that he went to the hospital and spent several days in serious pain, weak and mostly sleeping due to the medications he had been given. He has been staying in a safe place instead of home where the police might find him.

At any rate, today (Saturday) he went to a lawyer who seems to be giving him good advice and help. He informed me a few hours ago that he may have to pay a small fine (bribe?) but he will not be going to prison.

His son has been staying with John’s lodger and is safe, so that is good. Everyone is safe and things will be well.

This is an extreme simplification of what has been happening, obviously. I don’t have many details yet and the language barrier between John and myself sometimes makes it hard to communicate. Also since there are legal issues, here, I don’t want to violate too much of John’s privacy, as I hope everyone will understand.

John has sent me a message to share with you all:

“Thanks to those who had sympathy to Help me whiles am in pain may the Heaven poor Blessing protection Success Joy into the Hearts and Soul to all my fans Yours Dearly John”

I will perhaps write more fully tomorrow or update as I get more information but for now everyone is well and safe.

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