As 2009 Comes To A Close

As 2009 comes to a close, I wish you God's richest blessings in 2010.

Happy New Year in the Lord

God's Beauty

Even in the dryness and brown of dry season, God provides color

The relationships that God is forming

God is about relationships, and even though I may not speak the same language as they do, there is no bridge that is to big for our Lord to cross. I go and spend time with these beautiful people, and Grace she is standing with me teaches me her mother tongue and I teach her English. When I am with her and her family I am humbled as I am every time I see God's hand. To be such a small part of what God is doing.

My Soul finds rest in God alone

Well here it is almost the end of 2009. December 13Th was my two year anniversary in Sudan and I am humbled and in AWE of my heavenly Father and all that He has enabled me to do. I share with you some of the last two months.

God's amazing beauty. When you are living in the bush, with very little to distract you, you have time to stop and stare, as you walk, as you sit, or as you just stand and gaze upon what God has created.






Their lives are so much more then we could ever imagine. They are never to young to start learning how to cook, get water, take care of their brothers and sisters, do wash, and so much more.







God has provided bore hole wells around this area and that is how we are able to get water to the compound where we live. There is a man (they call him donkey man), who owns a donkey and water tanks and he comes in 3 or 4 times a week and fills up all the water drums. This is how he supports his family.







What a privilege and blessing from the Lord to be able to spend time with the women in the Nutrition Village (these are women or grandma's who have brought there children for help
because they are so malnourished. I sit twice a week with them, praying, sharing the love of Jesus, and using a translator teaching them about HIV/AIDS.






Their lives are hard, and they have suffered through many, many years of war. The land is flat and very dry. Rainy season is over with, so there is very little green left, food is short, and I continue to pray to my Father for provisions. Death is a way of life for many of them, but through it all you see smiles on their faces, and the joy of the Lord in their hearts. They know that God will provide and protect them. And God has given me the privilege and the honor to be used as His Vessel.

Pray for the ones who do not know Jesus, when you look in those eyes you see despair, no joy, no hope and such a darkness. Pray that they will have ears to hear the Good News and will except the gift that God has given us all JESUS.

The reason for Christmas

Christmas began with a present from God to His sin-damaged world:
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

I hope you have all enjoyed this Christmas season as you celebrated the birth of Jesus.

Happy New Year in the Lord.