There followed a first failed attempt of wife and children to flee to a neighboring country, arrest (not just of the wife, but also of the children, who were all held in prison), release in exchange for payment… then a further attempt at flight, this time to another country, on foot, at night, in the desert… a refugee camp, and, finally, the long-awaited family reunion!
The persecution has forced the team to move fieldwork to a neighboring country, where a variant of the same language is spoken. Here, too, given that the area is at risk from a new conflict between the two bordering nations, progress moves along two parallel fronts: official linguistic-cultural activities and unofficial translation of the Bible.