Wulu, Sudan

Mark Jordan speaking in Wulu under the mango tree.
The Lord established three new churches in Sudan through the campaign there two weeks ago, with the possibility of a fourth if a leader steps up. Our team divided up and worked in three areas. One was 27 miles away from the mother church, and it took our guys a full hour to drive there one way in a Toyota Landcruiser. It was a very rural area with no evangelical church within miles of the area. There were some very angry, disturbed bees who sent an entire cattle clan, and a couple of our guys, running, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.

Two very interesting things happened in Wulu. One I referenced earlier. It was when the guys on the team prayed Matthew 9:38, that the Lord of the Harvest would raise up laborers out of the harvest to be a leader(s) in Wulu. Shortly after praying that a young man rode by on his bicycle and told them, “I am the one.” What’s your name? they asked, and he repeated, “I am the one you are looking for.” Turns out he is a gifted evangelist and we pray he will continue to lead in that gift set for the new church.

Secondly, the week went something like this:

• Day one gathering the new believers together: 20 came to the new church
• Day two, 30
• Day three, 40
• Day four, 55 (35 of whom were adults)

This new church met under a giant mango tree and before the final meeting, the men cut away the grass and lashed poles together to form benches for the people to sit on. At the last meeting, the chief (the chief!!!, this is a big deal!) stood and said, “What has started here, we will continue.” Here’s a very short clip of the first day’s meeting. Finally, we provided a bicycle for the mother church to travel the 27 miles and back to keep discipling the new believers and mentoring the church leaders.

Tomorrow, final thoughts, stats, and our plan (for now) to establish churches in Sudan. In the meantime, check out Tim Kimberling’s photos. Tim shot a lot of video and is producing a DVD from this trip.