On January 15, a seven-member team from CrossPoint Church in Ellijay embarked on what would be the adventure of a lifetime: From left to right, Glen Grindley, Deneen Stover, myself, Keli Grooms, Eric Berk, Team Leader Andrea Boykin and Andy Macaulay. Our mission was to make our way to Werkok in Southern Sudan and to present ourselves available to God to further His mission of love of restoration to a people recovering from 20 years of war. This day came about because a year and a half earlier, God gave His heart for the Sudanese to Andrea, and His heart was apparently breaking, His love overwhelming. She could not sleep, viewing picture after picture that described the plight of the Sudanese. A connection was made with another man who is driven to help the Sudanese, Dave Bowman of Grand Rapids, MI. Dave is a retired dental technician who adopted five Sudanese "Lost Boys" who were orphaned by the war and walked 1000 miles to Ethiopia before being brought to the states. Through his Sudanese sons, Dave met Bishop Nathaniel Garang and later Pastor Stephen Mathiang who shared with Dave their story and dreams for their people. A vision was conceived to build a teaching hospital in the little town of Werkok, to give relief and health care to these people who had none, all in the name of Jesus.
Dave's passion has carried the vision forward, and in just one year since the work began, a compound has been established by the Werkok community for the hospital and for the missionaries overseeing the project. We were met by Dave in Nairobi, where we spent several days getting over our jetlag and mingling with other missionaries at African Inland Mission's Mayfield Guest House.
A chronology of this experience will be to great a project to undertake at this time, so the rest of the posts will be our stories and pictures captured throughout this life-changing adventure.
On January 15, a seven-member team from CrossPoint Church in Ellijay embarked on what would be the adventure of a lifetime: From left to right, Glen Grindley, Deneen Stover, myself, Keli Grooms, Eric Berk, Team Leader Andrea Boykin and Andy Macaulay. Our mission was to make our way to Werkok in Southern Sudan and to present ourselves available to God to further His mission of love of restoration to a people recovering from 20 years of war. This day came about because a year and a half earlier, God gave His heart for the Sudanese to Andrea, and His heart was apparently breaking, His love overwhelming. She could not sleep, viewing picture after picture that described the plight of the Sudanese. A connection was made with another man who is driven to help the Sudanese, Dave Bowman of Grand Rapids, MI. Dave is a retired dental technician who adopted five Sudanese "Lost Boys" who were orphaned by the war and walked 1000 miles to Ethiopia before being brought to the states. Through his Sudanese sons, Dave met Bishop Nathaniel Garang and later Pastor Stephen Mathiang who shared with Dave their story and dreams for their people. A vision was conceived to build a teaching hospital in the little town of Werkok, to give relief and health care to these people who had none, all in the name of Jesus. 
Dave's passion has carried the vision forward, and in just one year since the work began, a compound has been established by the Werkok community for the hospital and for the missionaries overseeing the project. We were met by Dave in Nairobi, where we spent several days getting over our jetlag and mingling with other missionaries at African Inland Mission's Mayfield Guest House. 
A chronology of this experience will be to great a project to undertake at this time, so the rest of the posts will be our stories and pictures captured throughout this life-changing adventure.
2 comments:
That's really cool! It's awesome to see the body of Christ in action. It reminded me of the song "God of Justice" by Tim Hughes. It's a great song!
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Hey, my name is James Conner. I am actually going to be able to spend some time in Sudan this next year. Due to the help of your Church member Scott Giet I was put in contact with the peole you guys are working with. This blog has shown me a lot about what I will be doing next year. Thanks!
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