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South Sudan Ministry
Request a contact about going on or supporting a short term missions trip!Sudan Team Information Resources How to get to Sudan - Find out how you can go with us to Sudan--here is your first stop. Sudan Essentials - The basic information about the trip: costs, needs, etc... Application - You know you need to go, so the next step is the application. Waiver of Liability - The waiver must to be notarized, so don't wait. Quick Gear Listing - The list of things you will want on the trip. Immunization List - MD Travel Health 2012 Republic of South Sudan MinistrySeriously consider joining us March 10-24 (these dates may vary a day, according to flights), 2012. This year we can offer projects for those interested building, using a new interlocking block machine. Why serve in South Sudan? This ministry field is currently wide open. Unlike some fields, you may openly evangelize. English is a national language. At least some in the government, including the governor or Eastern Equatoria Province, realize that the country desperately needs a solid spiritual foundation. Almost any skill is needed, and people are open to partnerships. See how you might fit in. Here is a flyer that gives a trip overview and is suitable for posting in churches, etc. The earlier you apply, the better, and the earlier you pay for your flight, the lower the cost. Cheap seats go first. If you sense God's nudge, contact us, please, at 423-822-1091. Ellen FoxEllen traveled to South Sudan with us on three trips and she stayed, starting in March 2010. She serves as administrator in a school for girls that meets under trees, and is serving women in her village. Here is a link to her page and March 2011 videos featuring Ellen are here. 2011 South Sudan MinistryCheck our photo report. You'll find information about Ellen Fox, about the Torit hospital and a budding partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, headquartered in Juba. The interlocking block machine pictured on page 1 is due in S. Sudan by year's end. This will enable teams interested in building projects to get involved. We have two church buildings and a prison chapel that we'd like to complete, by God's grace. 2010 Ministry Trip to Southern SudanThis year's S. Sudan Team pushed some limits to assist in church planting in Eastern Equatoria Province, near Torit. Church planters have received training and we were able to assist through outdoor teaching and preaching, as well as through door-to-door evangelism. In the process we had an adventure. The Spirit went before and provided in every situation. The best witnessing opportunities were set up by people who were high on alcohol, for example. We hope to return in 2011, so please ask the Lord if you should be on board next spring. If you'd like to get involved in supporting one of the four church plants, three of which are located where there is no active church at all, please contact us. Here is a photo report of our trip.
2009 Ministry Trip to Southern SudanGo here to see a photo report, "Unusual Help: S. Sudan and Uganda 2008." Please contact us with any questions at 423-822-1091. 2008 Ministry Trip to Southern Sudan and UgandaThis year's Southern Sudan ministry focused upon teaching and evangelism--particularly upon both personal and open-air evangelism. By God's grace 80 made professions of faith in Sudan and Uganda. We had freedom to preach at Torit's city center and to share Christ with shop owners and passers-by. Conditions at Torit improved significantly since 2007. Request a contact about going on or supporting a short term missions trip!2007 Short-term Sudan Trip to Torit, Southern Sudan and Kajjansi, UgandaThis, our second ministry trip to southern Sudan, was more rigorous than our typical trips to (East) Africa. Southern Sudan is recovering from a civil war that lasted for over 20 years. Our Sudanese coordinator is a graduate of two Bible colleges and longtime friend. He heads the Presbyterian Church of Southern Sudan, under which we serve. We were able to serve those who have been under-served, due to war, for a long time. We found the city and area around Torit (Eastern Equatoria Province) much as we expected, except that it appears to be burgeoning economically. We were able to present seminars to men in Torit and in Kajjansi, Uganda on church leadership, marriage and personal finances and to women on getting to know God, and to many children about salvation, prayer and African geography. RN David Haley treated almost 590 patients at clinics, mostly young children. We also evangelized, seeing about 27 professions of faith. We plan to post a slide presentation of the trip soon, but in the meantime, check David's journal of the trip.
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 13:28 |
Two impressions arise from our June visit to Lohutok, Eastern Equatorial Province. First is God's common grace imparted to a culture. It would have taxed our founding fathers (and mothers) to have derived such a system of social checks and balances and orderly government. Second is God's provision. He provided safety, good food and our health was disturbed only briefly by various ailments, except for one serious ankle break. A medical evacuation flight landed within 2.5 hours (it's a 1.5 hour flight from the airport base). Then an anonymous donor in America advanced all the funds needed for the hospitalization and medical evacuation flight.