Africa Update

Below is an excerpt from Jeff & Michelle Theisens blog (the couple we are going to Africa with). It is encouraging news, regarding both Jeff's health and the stability of the situation in Uganda/Sudan, as well as outside interest in our missional community.

"Six weeks after heart surgery Jeff is walking 1-2 miles a day. I am stoked that I have a walking partner once again. Both the hip surgeon and the heart surgeon have finished their agenda with Jeff. Now it just remains to continue the walking rehab of both the hip and the heart. Our planned October return to Uganda looks very promising.

There is good news from Uganda and Sudan which gives great hope for our move there in the coming months. The Uganda newspaper and Relief Web report today that:

The former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) operation zones in South Sudan and northern Uganda are secure. “Since March, no incident by the LRA or other armed groups have been reported in Nimule or Magwi. Displaced persons are returning to their villages,” said Chris Hamm, the head of the United Nations team in Nimule, in a statement.

“We feel that the situation is gradually conducive for repatriation,” he added.

UNHCR opened a new corridor for refugees returning from Uganda to Eastern Equatoria state. The first convoy carrying 133 Sudanese refugees from Kyangwali and Kyriandongo camps in Uganda’s Hoima district has arrived in Nimule, a border town with Uganda.

We’ve also been dialoguing with Jared Mackey from The Next Level Church in Denver, Colorado. He and a team are planning to come up to Adjumani in November with the intent of developing a long-term relationship with a us– living and working with us in a missional community with hopes to serve both Ugandan and Sudanese in the area. We are definitely encouraged as we see God developing our dream of seeing others join with us and the national believers to live in kingdom community bridging the gap of land, oceans and cultures."

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