{africa}

If you had asked me a couple of months ago, 

I would have said that I would have been more likely to be planning a trip

to Antarctica than to Africa.

No exaggeration.  

Yet the Lord, in His mysterious and unexpected ways, opened the door 

(and then rather pushed me through it)

for me to join a team of five other people from here in Colorado

to go for three weeks to South Sudan.  

In a few short weeks, (we leave on May 20th) we will be partnering with the long-term

missionaries in the village of Nagishot to put on two VBS camps for the children of the villages.

We are currently in the midst of working on curriculum

(for it is rather impossible to find a pre-packaged deal for an unreached people group)

and oh! how beautiful it has been, to be constantly thinking about,

reading again and praying about how to communicate

the Gospel.

It is amazing to me, the beauty and simplicity of the Good News.  

The longer that I study it, the fewer words I seem to have, just a thankful and amazed awe.  

And to be part of the Lord's work in bringing the news

to a people for generation after generation

have lived in darkness, sin and fear - 

it seems like the most unbelievable privilege and joy.

It truly would be a blessing have a team of people 'holding the ropes' as we walk forward in this adventure.  Below are a couple of specifics in regards to prayer. . .

prayer points:

That the Lord would now be softening and awakening the hearts of these people, 

that they might see the worth of Christ and grasp the power of the Gospel.  

A true revival in the Didinga people, church and community.

For the translators we shall be working with - may the Truth penetrate deeply in their lives.
(we will be learning some key memory verses in their language (and just as much of their language as we can!) - and we'll probably need a special measure of grace for that one!) 

Wisdom, creativity and unction for curriculum development.

Unity, health and wholeness for the entire team - the Colorado contingent and the team already in Africa.

(if you are interested in a little more information, you can check out this blog or this one, written by two of the missionaries that we'll be joining.  All photos are from them!)

"I want to learn the words of God - come to Nagishot"

"For God so loved, that He sent. . ."