Praise the LORD, prayers were answered. I wonder if there will be conversions! However, it did come to light that “A South Sudanese military official initially claimed that rebels had demanded food in exchange for their release, but Samaritan’s Purse says that report was untrue.”
Ransom rumor, I guess. For those who call every poor nation a savage, it is from every nation, tribe, language, and people that God calls those He loves. Listen carefully for the whisper of His voice for every human is a savage, it is only by the Grace of God that we show any good. Hell will show us that, as will heaven.
short article but main headline right now:
“Samaritan’s Purse ‘Thankful to God’ for Release of Kidnapped Aid Workers”
Prayers answered. Praise God! May God continue to bless FG & SP.
Praise be to our Heavenly Father!!!
Thank you for the wonderful update!
Praise God! Thank you for the update. We prayed today that there would be conversions...Or at least some seeds planted.
From another article in your link, about Sudan Christians returning to THEIR country:
In addition to church planting and family discipleship programs, Operation Nehemiah also runs a brick-making factory, agricultural development initiatives and other numerous projects—all in an effort to rebuild the local economy and empower war-weary residents.
“As the Bible says, ‘If you don’t work, you don’t eat.’ So people are beginning to create sustainable living for themselves,” William said.
His goal: rebuild South Sudan one family and one village at a time.
“We want them to stay in the village so we create for them an environment where they can foster entrepreneurial ventures and be able to support their families.”...
Operation Nehemiah provides clean water to tens of thousands of villagers. They also run a medical clinic with help from American missionary Jonathan Lueken.
Lueken is from Massachusetts. He met the Levi family in 2009 and decided to join them in rebuilding South Sudan....
In between school, chores, Bible studies and church activities, the Levis also cultivate 200 acres of land, growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Levi insists that farming should be a family affair, in which “parents and children work together to create a thriving, Christ-centered community.”....
“For 30 years our people have stayed in refugee camps and they’ve depended on handouts from the U.N.,” William said. “Now God has given us a land and a country and we want to see to it that we are able to produce food from here and be able to give back to those who have given us when we were in our our difficult time.”
From another article in your link, about Sudan Christians returning to THEIR country:
In addition to church planting and family discipleship programs, Operation Nehemiah also runs a brick-making factory, agricultural development initiatives and other numerous projects—all in an effort to rebuild the local economy and empower war-weary residents.
“As the Bible says, ‘If you don’t work, you don’t eat.’ So people are beginning to create sustainable living for themselves,” William said.
His goal: rebuild South Sudan one family and one village at a time.
“We want them to stay in the village so we create for them an environment where they can foster entrepreneurial ventures and be able to support their families.”...
Operation Nehemiah provides clean water to tens of thousands of villagers. They also run a medical clinic with help from American missionary Jonathan Lueken.
Lueken is from Massachusetts. He met the Levi family in 2009 and decided to join them in rebuilding South Sudan....
In between school, chores, Bible studies and church activities, the Levis also cultivate 200 acres of land, growing all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Levi insists that farming should be a family affair, in which “parents and children work together to create a thriving, Christ-centered community.”....
“For 30 years our people have stayed in refugee camps and they’ve depended on handouts from the U.N.,” William said. “Now God has given us a land and a country and we want to see to it that we are able to produce food from here and be able to give back to those who have given us when we were in our our difficult time.”
In that article it said something about how folks that could be moved WERE moved. I’m guessing that meant the foreigners? I imagine that SP has many (mostly?) locals involved in their outreach, and that it was these locals that were kidnapped???