Wow!
God is so Awesome
As I wrote in my
Previous although short post
A few of us
From here in Kitgum
Went up to Southern Sudan
At the beginning of this week
Just for a few days
What a HUGE blessing it was
I wish everyone could experience
Just a little
Of what we were able to
Do,
Experience,
Be a part of
Wow!
So awesome
And yet
So heartbreaking
The life that some of these people live
What they go through
Experience
And suffer
Wow, it is sobering
And reminds me
The importance of remembering
The huge blessings that the Lord gives me!
Every day
Some of the children
Would just break your heart
They are so sweet...
As you can imagine
It was easy to take their pictures :)
Although we weren't able
To do as much
As we would have liked with the children
Since we were only there
For one full day
We were able
To gather them all together
And do two short lessons
As well as some songs
So much fun!
I taught them
"If your happy and you know it"
Complete
With action
Clap
Jump
Stomp
Say "Amen!"
Turn Around
Then Erica
(One of the missionaries that came with us)
Taught on Creation
And Adam and Eve
Good stuff :)
Then we went on
To have a few sessions
With some of the local women
Down in the "church"
Here is the outside
And the pews
Inside
Sitting on those pews
In America
Doesn't seem like it is
"All that uncomfortable" anymore
Does it :)
Wow!
Those women
What they live with
Every day
I don't know how
Some of them continue on
A few of the ladies
That came with us
Taught
From 1 John
And then
We got to know some
Of the ladies
Of Obbo better
We opened up
After the teaching
For questions
And prayer requests
One woman
Asked for prayer
She was blinded by her husband
Who was a drunk
And then he knocked out
Half her teeth
To top it all off
He then died
...
She was praying
For God to help her find a way
To survive
As she is blind
Elderly at this point
And raising two small children
Your life
Doesn't seem so difficult anymore
Does it?
Another woman
Asked for prayer
She was the second
Of four wives
Her husband hates Christians
Is a drunk
And enjoys
Coming home every night
After drinking for hours
To find his two wives
Who are believers
And beating them and their children
The only thing
That they can do
To protect themselves
Is to run out
Into the bush
Hide
And sleep there
Until he is sober in the morning...
How's your life looking now?
Another woman
Birthed 9 children
After the 6th died
She decided
She didn't need the Lord
And walked away
She only came to church again
After 5 years
Because she had heard we had come
And wanted to see
What we were about
Another of her children
Had died
Since she left the Lord
How horrible!
And yet
There is hope in Christ
Death is not the end
For those that love the Lord
Which we reminded her of
She had walked away
From Him
But he had not forgotten her
She rededicated
Her life to Him
Praise the name of Jesus!
The stories
Go on and on
But what it reminded me of
Was how faithful
Our God is
And how good He is to me!
Hard to take things for granted
When you can look around
And see the suffering of others
Then there was
The singing
Wow!
You can't explain it
You just have to be there
There was singing for greeting
There was singing for worship
There was singing for our break
There was singing in our honor
By the children
The youth
And the women
That...
Is a lot of singing
Then
There was the eating!
Wow
Here, if you are welcome
They will serve you chicken
If they are really excited
You get it twice
We...
Got it three times...
Who else
Gets chicken for breakfast?
I did :)
Oh and did I mention
The fresh coffee
Like
Grown on the mountain
(It was left there by the Italians before the war)
Hand ground
And then served
Yep,
So
Good!
Oh
And did I mention
Bathing
You just have to make sure
That towel doesn't fall
:)
Whoops!
Here is where we
Washed our hands
Ah the beauty
Of simplicity :)
What a blessing
So two days
Went much to fast
And here I am
Back in my warm bed
The next trip is in August :)
Can't wait!
P.S.
Please be praying
For the people
Of Southern Sudan
