Returning to a harvest

Doro refugee camp (photo credit: Khambawi Ngaihte)

Things aren’t always as they seem.  To be sure, there has been terrible loss in the recent set of conflicts in both Sudan and South Sudan but if you ask us what we’re going back to, it’s more than just refugee camps and paralyzing needs, it’s a harvest. 

God willing, after our remaining time at home, we hope to return to Nairobi, Kenya in this coming term.  The combination of having lost our things in South Sudan after the fighting went through our town and being needed in the administrative office in Nairobi to help with leadership has cemented this decision.

A recent baptism in the refugee camp (photo credit: Cathy Hoelzer)

Despite the numerous challenges our team has undergone in 2014, there have been some incredible stories of God’s work.  People are hearing the Gospel and coming to faith and being baptized.  People from the Fulani tribe who pass through seasonally have been able to hear the Gospel.  One such lady cried every time she heard the Word in her own language.  A Uduk man trusting in amulets chose rather to trust in Jesus when pastor Bulus, the clinic chaplain, shared the Good News.  Women from the Nuba community learning how to share their faith go and do the same.  Whether through a life renewed in faith or a healing from illness at the hands of devoted caregivers, God is doing his harvest work.

Nuba women sharing their faith (photo credit: Cathy Hoelzer)

Pray for:

1. The word of God to continue to move in the camp and for people to be able to hear;

2. For hearts that are ready to accept the Word;

3. The churches that meet among the various
    tribes in the refugee camps;

4. A spirit of unity among all in difficult times.