Of course we are always praying for continued peace in Sudan. One of the agreements set in the treaty, was dates set by both sides for armed forces to leave certain areas. They are starting to miss there dates and we fear this may lead to a breakdown of the process leading to the vote in 2011.

As you might have heard, there was a major attack on the AU (African Union) forces on Sudan in Darfur. At least 7 personel were killed. Read about it at CNN.com. Click the image.

For those of you in the Dallas area check out the DFW area SIM prayer meeting this Friday evening at the home of Dick Ackley (SIM USA’s Southcentral Rep), 1613 James Good Lane, Garland 75043 from 7:30-8:45 pm. Join with others interested in SIM, hear updates, and pray for SIM and those ministering with SIM. Hope to see you there!

This is my first foray into some black & white photography. I’d love your feedback. Click the image below to see the B&W photography.

Doctors Without Borders is currently touring the US, setting up a refugee center for people to come and experience what it’s like. They recently finished in Milwaukee and Chicago. They are hitting up Minneapolis and Houston before ending in Dallas Oct 11-14. It’s a 1 hour walk-through experience, sure to change your outlook and compassion for refugees.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Go here to sign up.

They’ll be holding it at The Flag Pole. If you’re interested, be sure to sign up ahead of time. They are expecting to be packed out and you have to be signed up in order to walk through the experience.

Up until now the town of Malakal has been obscured by cloud cover on the sat photos. Now it’s crystal clear. I have created my own Google map with all of our points of interest. I may add a few more as I recall certain areas. With the newest imagery, that actually took photos of a large area, to within just a few miles of Atar. I was really bummed. But for now, check out the link below or click the image to see the Malakal map with our points of interests.

Malakal Google Map

Things have really begun to pick up lately! Keep an eye out for our latest letter which explains further about our future plans and how you can specifically partner with us in ministry to Sudan.
We have the opportunity to promote SIM and specifically their work in Sudan this weekend at the Fusion event at Irving Bible Church on Saturday, for those of you in the DFW area check it out if you have time.
Then we will head up to Tulsa to enjoy a dessert reception Sunday evening at 6-7pm at my parent’s, Phil and Denise Rounds, home 7919 S. Richmond Ave 74136. PLEASE feel free to come and hear about our recent trip to Sudan and visit with us face to face. We would LOVE to see you all.
Monday evening we are honored to visit with the FUMC missions council. Please pray for us to present a clear vision of what the Lord is doing through SIM in southern Sudan and that we can spread the passion!
Once again we can’t thank you all enough for your prayers and support, thank you!!!

The long awaited Sudan Report has finally been completed. This six page document describes stories along the way, facts we found out, stories of people around us, reports on training and other things that you might find interesting. I hope it will give some insight into what life and ministry is like in Sudan as well as provide a few details you might be curious to know.

Click here to download the PDF (117kb)

As a nice little bonus, I just found the “Comprehensive Peace Agreement” that was the peace treaty signed between the North and South Sudan following 20 years of civil war. I found it as a PDF on the State Department’s web site. If you’re really interested about Sudanese affairs, it’s a good read. Download the CPA PDF Here (8.6MB)

Just this morning I was informed by SIM that Allison and I had been moved from our current status as “Appointees” to APP-2 (Appointee-Transport Full). This means that we have raised all of our transport costs ($11,189). We are at about 20% ($1000) of our monthly need ($5200) and now need to raise about another $20,00 for all of our other up-front costs.

As mentioned in our last letter, we will be getting another letter out shortly that details our financial need and how you can get involved if you feel God is leading you that way.

Please be in prayer for how God would have you involved as well as for others as they are considering the same.