Floods Jeopardize Getting In and Out of Biong

On my recent trip into Sudan we had an amazing time! I told the group God always gives us amazing stories to share about His faithfulness and this trip was no different. Since I handle all the logistics most of my stories are from this point of view. First of all we landed in Padak Sudan and needed to be delivered to our compound in the village of Biong which is about 4 miles away. The road was like a river and the water was sometimes waist deep in places. We were all wondering how in the world we would get there with all our luggage but God came through for us as our Sudanese host, Gai Luom, had sent a huge UN truck with four wheel drive to take us to the compound. We were all rejoicing!

But this is not the entire story. On our way out of Biong, this huge truck was not available and we were getting ready to walk the 4 miles through the water but again Gai and God amazed us as he had lined up boats to carry us through the water for the 4 mile trek. It took us about 2 hours to make the journey but we were all humbled by the love shown to us by our Sudanese friends. We spent the week ministering to them through a medical clinic and here they were ministering to us in an even greater way because they carried all our heavy luggage the two miles we had to walk until we got to the boats. Then, they helped push, pull and drive the Sudanese boats to get us to the airstrip in time. They also cared for us as we had to traverse many deep water holes, helping us not fall into the muddy water as we lacked to balance needed to navigate these areas. 

I was moved greatly by the love that our Sudanese friends showed us through their humble service to help their guests get back to their homes. God truly is faithful and I love to watch Him work out things when it seems like there is no way. When the rivers of life look deep and long and we can’t see our way through we just need to turn to our Savior who helps us cross these rivers, even when in our mortal minds it looks impossible. We do love our Awesome God and praise Him for His provisions!