This is the long-awaited post about the Teacher Workshop that I was a part of during our trip. I’m sorry it has been so delayed in getting posted. I think the more I thought about our time in Yei, the harder (rather than easier) it became to really put into words all that we have [...]
John Garang, leader of the SPLM and newly inaugurated vice president in Sudan has died in an air crash. For details read these news releases:
CNN International Edition
BBC News Release
The fragile peace in Sudan is being reaffirmed by the Sudanese government, but the South will need a strong leader to step up and fill Garang’s shoes. [...]
If a picture is really worth a thousand words, then maybe these photos will buy me some time to write the rest of my reports.
This is a young (maybe 8 years old) girl who is babysitting for a young infant. The child is tied to her back in the traditional way, with a blanket. When [...]
We’re still tracking down luggage, but we seem to be getting back to the normal routine. And that means Mark is blogging (and making up for not blogging for a while to boot!). He’s done a great job of describing our travel, our arrival, our accommodations, the worship service, the town of Yei and the [...]
Here’s an unedited MP3 of some of the young people in Yei singing. It’s a about 3.3 MB in size, but worth it to hear!
Listen to it here.
We’ll post some more of the music that we recorded after we get it cleaned up.
We are home! Thanks so much for all your prayers. We have been up for about 28 hours now, and are ready to hit the sack (but I wanted to get a few pictures up to hold you until we get a chance to really decompress and write about our time). Actually, the team is [...]
Greetings from London! The team metup at Newark’s Liberty International Airport yesterday and begin the long trek to Yei, Sudan. We had a relatively uneventful first leg to London. The only hiccup (that we know of) is that half the team was able to check their baggage on through to their final destination (Entebbe, Uganda) [...]
Much has happened since we first told you about our trip to Yei, Sudan. We finished our first year at Westminster, we joined the church we have been worshiping with, and we spent three weeks in Maine with family. We’ve also been busy preparing for the July trip to the Sudan. Mark and I have [...]
Rather than pine on about finals and the pits of despair, I’ll give some perspective to my life and tell you about Mark and me going to southern Sudan this summer.
Yes , Africa!
Our church is sending its second small team to work with ALARM (African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministry) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (no [...]