To Sudan and Back Again

I have been all over the place! Neltia and I have been hosting and working with two great teams from the states. Our first trip went into the Padak area of southern Sudan and the second trip went into Aweil.  You can read more about these trips and see pictures here on our website.  We also had some friends from our home church come and spend some time with us and it was great to be with them and show them some of the sights of Uganda! 

I don’t know if I have written this in a blog yet but we finally got our registration so Aid Sudan is official in Uganda and we now have our work permit! Thanks to all who prayed with us for this - God has answered our prayers! Please pray for us as we now begin working to get registered in Sudan.

This past week has been busy working with immigrations to get the work permit put into my passport. I have also been busy getting things together for a food delivery project that we have slated to do in the Bor area in a few weeks. We have been working with the local church to complete this project - please pray for all the logistics that goes into this and that the people will be blessed not only by the food but also that many will come to know Jesus Christ.

One thing I wanted to share from one of my Sudanese friends here in Uganda who said the reason that southern Sudan respects the church, the missionaries and all Christians so much is because when things were bad and the war was going on it was the church and all the leaders that stood with them.  Everyone else left them.  This reminded me of how Christ is always with us, even when we are down he is always there.  Please God let us be like Christ who is closer than a brother and help us to stand with our Sudanese friends in the good times and bad.