Guaria village has a population of about 496 people. One of our Bible School Trainees planted a church in Guaria village. The Gauria people love God so very much and they usually meet for fellowships every Saturday in the evening and they have invited us to come. They also have Sunday services. Albino (Compound Manager) has gone to the Saturday evening service a couple of times along with Pastor Joe and Peter Malok (Community Health worker) and some of our Pastors from the Bible School.

The major challenge they had was the lack of clean water for drinking. They requested our Ministry to drill a borehole for them if possible.  One interesting thing about this village is that they have unity or a oneness. They all joined hands; Pastors, chiefs, elders, men, women and youth and sent to our ministry a proposal that stated that they are in need of a borehole. Our partners, Aid Sudan, sent a group on Saturday morning to Guaria village to drill a borehole. Every member in Guaria along with the women and children were there together to see what was going on in their village. These people are so very excited because they are looking forward to having a borehole which will give them clean water for drinking and will help prevent many of the common diseases such as diarrhea.

Because of this borehole and the availability of water, they will now be able to implement projects such as green vegetable planting and mango planting. This will result in the growth of Guaria and the other surrounding villages.

They thank God above all for remembering them, and they also thank Aid Sudan, our Ministry IDAT and our supporters and all those who participated.

“So that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.” – Isaiah 41:20

Yesterday in the evening a certain lady brought her child to our clinic. Malek Malok one month and a half was left in the house when a goat came in and stepped at the right side of his head. The temporal bone depressed or sucked  inside but the baby was breastfeeding well and no prior loss of consciousness when he was brought to the clinic. When the temporal bone is depressed (pressed  in)it  can cause pressure in the brain and cause neurological dysfunction, thus causing bleeding. The Doctor said it was a miracle for that child to be alive. We prayed together with the mother and she said that she has a reason to praise God for her child being alive.

Please pray for this child because there is a possibility for him to have a deformity. Operating on the child also is risking. The best thing we can do is to put him in the hands of God and to trust Him for His mighty work upon that baby’s head.

Teaching Sunday is seen as a hard task especially here in Sudan because you must have a translator.   Here we have a very committed and God fearing young man called Donato Ng’oang. He translates for us every single Sunday, by doing this he is able to learn more about the Bible Stories .You must have a heart for the kids and also a burden. We usually have more boys than girls in the class.

Here women are denied their rights, a girls education is not as valued as the boys. Here in Southern Sudan they pay certain amount of cows for dowry. Something interesting I learned 2 days ago is that the more educated a girl is, her chances of getting a husband is lessened as well has how many cows will be paid for her dowry to her parents.  That is a good reason for them not to educate a girl. They believe the more educated they are the more they will argue with their husbands and also they make decisions instead of their husbands.

I have found it a blessing teaching these children with love and joy. It really blesses my heart to see how they need to know more about God. Every week we usually have 60-80 children. They are good listeners and learning more about God each week. Those who are able to answer questions we give them presents and this encourages them to have courage to raise their hands and answer questions about the Bible Story.

Children are so important in our Community and we should appreciate them always and not value one more than the other. Jesus shows a good example to us when people brought the little children to him, His disciples tried to hinder them but Jesus said to them;

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” – Mark 10:14

God bless you.

(by Esther who is teaching the Sunday School children and helping in the compound)

Kuac is in bad shape.

About an hour ago, his ten year old body was struck by a speeding truck, then dragged 40 feet before it could stop.

His chin and lower teeth are all but missing; his chest is rubbed three layers raw; and yet he’s conscious.

There is a hole from his molars through his cheek, ending at a stub that used to be an ear.

And both ankles are broken.

Although he’s only ten… and in a lot of pain… he still took the time to thank us for saving his life. I mean, come on!

This kid is strong. Remarkably strong.

His family is gathering money for an immediate transport; the police are filling out accidents report forms; and the looky-loos have all come to gawk.

Now that his ankles are braced and his wounds are cleaned, we are watching his tiny chest bounce up and down as he breathes, waiting for his transport to Wau.

Like I said… he’s in bad shape.

But by God’s grace he’ll live. Please pray that he does. Thanks.

Here are some photos from this year’s Prayer Walk in Panama City.

View pictures from San Diego’s Prayer Walk.

View pictures from Tonj’s Prayer Walk.