I want to talk a little about the current conflict in South Sudan. If you haven’t read anything about it
in the news there is fighting right now between two of the major tribes. I won’t go into too much detail here
because there is more to explain than I can in this space but if you want to
learn more I would love to talk about it and clarify anything. The BBC coverage has been good and this
site has also been very informative http://sudanreeves.org/.
We
are still assessing how this will affect the work of Empower Sudan. The mission of reaching the 20 million
has not changed and will not change although our methods might. Thankfully all of our pastors and
church leaders were safe and accounted for the last time we spoke with
them. The town of Torit, where I
go, has not seen any violence and is relatively safe.
It
is sad to see disunity among some of the people in South Sudan but it is
evidence that the people there need the peace that only Jesus can give. My next trip is scheduled for May of
2014 and as of now we are still planning on going (and are still looking for
people to join us). We will not
take any unnecessary risks but we are hopeful for peace and want to be ready to
go if we are able.
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