Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

Jeff writes:

The folk at the CLTC Lae Centre have been having problems with two of their neighbors. Apparently this husband and wife team are intent on driving us off of some of the land we own.

A while ago these people tried to clear some of our land to make a garden. When we stopped them, trouble started. To alleviate further problems the staff here decided to build a fence to clearly mark the property line.

As construction was underway, the husband and the wife began to vandalize the work knocking down welded sections of fence.

We were nearly finished with the fence tonight when the wife attacked it and us with a long piece of fencing iron. She tore holes in the fence and started shouting obscenities.

I ran over to see what was going on and yelled at her to stop. She took a swing at me. When threatened with the police, she just got more upset.

Donald, who is our dean here, tried to reason with her. She poked him with the fence iron and hit him on the arm. For a time there it looked like things could quickly get out of hand. However, Donald remained calm.

In the past she had demanded money for the work they had done to clear their garden on our property. Once again Donald offered to settle with her, but she has to date refused.

It appears that she and her husband want to use these tactics to intimidate us. They have threatened the employees here with machetes and axes, and this is just another step in the process.

So far the police have not really been effective. Unhappily in this country might does too often make right.

Please pray for all of here tonight as we sleep. Also pray that this pair will not succeed in their plans.