Roger
Benjamin, a Kenyan who is ministering in Southern Sudan, shared with us his very first trip there five years ago. He was dropped off in a village by cargo plane and discovered there was not even a road in or out of this place. The desert there is so dry that when he asked for water to bathe in they brought it to him in a cup.
He immediately became severely ill from the contaminated water he drank. I must mention to you that the water in Kenya is highly contaminated by our standards so you can only imagine what this Sudanese water was like. He nearly died because this village had received no medicines for nearly two years and he had no way to get out for medical treatment until the next cargo plane flew in. He did finally make it home where he swore to his wife that he would never return to the Sudan. But, it was only a short time before he felt God stir him. He said he felt as though his body had come home, but his spirit was still with the Sudanese. He knew he had to return to do God's work there. In the past five years he has started churches and schools, and helped train pastors and new missionaries there!
So, on those days when Brooks and I think we are making sacrifices by traveling and staying in Kenya, we remind ourselves that it could be the Sudan!!!!
Men From a Sudanese Village (did I mention it's desert?)
He immediately became severely ill from the contaminated water he drank. I must mention to you that the water in Kenya is highly contaminated by our standards so you can only imagine what this Sudanese water was like. He nearly died because this village had received no medicines for nearly two years and he had no way to get out for medical treatment until the next cargo plane flew in. He did finally make it home where he swore to his wife that he would never return to the Sudan. But, it was only a short time before he felt God stir him. He said he felt as though his body had come home, but his spirit was still with the Sudanese. He knew he had to return to do God's work there. In the past five years he has started churches and schools, and helped train pastors and new missionaries there!
So, on those days when Brooks and I think we are making sacrifices by traveling and staying in Kenya, we remind ourselves that it could be the Sudan!!!!
Men From a Sudanese Village (did I mention it's desert?)
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