Mission: Finding My Guesthouse in Juba

This week has been great and challenging.  I praise God that I was able to travel to Juba this week and register us with the Ministry of Religious Affairs!!  This will help us tremendously in our work here in southern Sudan.

I arrived in Juba on Tuesday with all plans to meet up with my Sudanese friend at the airport, but to my dismay he was not there.  All that I had to communicate with was my satellite phone and I couldn’t reach him or the guesthouse where I was to stay. I later found out that the bus he was on had a problem and made him late. So I stayed at the airport for some time but then it began to rain and I decided I needed to go and get a taxi and try and find the guesthouse myself. I negotiated the price with a driver who then instructed another who he “said” he knew where to go but after about an hour of riding around in the rain, stopping at numerous places for him to ask directions, a small accident with another taxi and my finding out that he knew neither where the guesthouse was or English, I decided to go back to the airport. The whole way I was praying to God for him to please help me get to the guesthouse, I didn’t want to spend the night in the taxi. 

As we were reaching the airport I saw a truck coming towards us and I recognized it, it looked like the Mission Aviation Fellowship truck who had met me at their plane upon arrival.  As it got closer I was sure and even saw the sign on the door, I immediately rolled down my window and started waving and yelling and he stopped there in the middle of the road.  I ran over and told him my dilemma and he sent one of his guys with us to find the guesthouse!  I was praising God for his greatness and for answering my prayer!!  God loves us and He will take care of His children!  I praise Him for the way He is continually teaching me to trust Him in everything.