Holy Spirit we invite you to come and intercede on our behalf and stir hearts to pray for our clinic staff, survivors and families of those who died.
Yesterday five patients were brought to the clinic that had been shot and wounded in a cattle raiding in Agulget Village. One was wounded on his neck, one on his leg, one on the foot, one on the hand while the fifth one had a wound on the back. This is the second case of cattle raiding so far this New Year. Already so many people have been killed and many wounded.
Two of the wounded patients were rushed to Wau hospital late yesterday while three of them are still here in our clinic. We still don’t know how many were wounded because we only received these 5 and only one person was reported dead. All of our medical staff was in the clinic trying to help where they could. Our pastors also came to pray for the patients and to encourage them.
Yesterday we also had an adult patient brought to our clinic, Makor Kuch, who had been operated on a few days ago in Rumbek Hospital. He had returned to Tonj and yesterday when a fight broke out in the neighborhood, he was kicked hard on the operated area. He was wounded again on his lower abdomen and on his back. The doctors admitted him in our clinic and he is being kept in the observation room to be reviewed.
Please pray for God to intervene and stop this senseless cattle raiding. Please pray also for those wounded to be healed. Please pray for our medical staff that God would give them grace and strength. The surgeries are still going on with Dr. Stick and we are receiving emergencies almost every day.
We pray for a few days of calm and rest for our medical staff.
“You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.” – Psalm 10:17-18
We (Sabet and Suzy) chose to spend Christmas in Kenya this year to give our family some 1181much needed ‘down time’. This was our first Christmas away from Tonj in three years, which was hard for us to do as we love spending Christmas in Sudan also. But family needs had to come first and with so much time apart this last 6 months we knew we needed to reconnect and spend time away from our compound and work. As it was a last minute decision, we were blessed by Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) who diverted a charter airplane to collect our family from Tonj. Africa Inland Mission (AIM) were also kind to offer us a four bedroom furnished home used for their own missionaries in transition. This has been an amazing blessing for our children especially. We’ve had a wonderful time of fellowship with friends, our church family here and have been able to join in all the Christmas church activities. Attending the candlelight carol concert with a picnic was very fun! But being able to go to church Christmas Eve and Day was awesome. We baked cookies for MAF and AIM and thanked them for their sacrificial service to missionaries like us living in the bush. Without these support services we could not survive each day in Sudan. Christmas Day was a joy to entertain 12 people by hosting a dinner for missionary friends also working in Sudan. December 30th we celebrated Hannah’s 10th Birthday (pictured) by spending a day swimming in a pool. She then had a double party with her old friends (one whom also turned 10). New Year was relaxed with Kenyan friends sipping chai, eating baked potatoes and worshipping the Lord around the bonfire. We are so thankful for this time of refreshment and fellowship. We are so thankful for each one of you for being a blessing and joy in our life.