Baby Deborah Part 1

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witness in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth.Acts 1:8

Many people would consider Sudan and Chad the ends of the earth. In January of 2006, CEF, along with Partners in Compassion Care and Christian Mission Aid, sent a short-term mission team into southern Sudan to visit several of the villages, provide medical clinics and assess their need for additional medical services. Dan Sponner, our pilot, carefully landed the Caravan on the dirt runway outside the village of Lohutok, southern Sudan. Dr. Burt Oubre, Debbie Williamson and myself were part of the CEF team coming in to hold medical clinics and to evaluate the medical needs of the local villages. We carried in basic medical supplies which we had picked up in Nairobi and were paid for by Voice of the Martyrs. We were greeted by the village elders and escorted to our tukals (mud huts) which were to be our home for the next week. After we dropped off our possessions, we were given a tour of the village and then taken to the hospital/clinic in the village. Approximately 40-years-ago, there had been a medical missionary doctor who lived in this village. But after he left, no other physician had been in this village. The clinic was your basic cinderblock building constructed on a concrete slab. There was a small laboratory area, a clinic area, a medical/surgical ward area and an OB ward. There was no electricity or running water. They did have a lab tech that could do basic tests such as malaria preps and parasitic stool examinations. There was no x-ray facility. They did have a medical assistant, Michael, who had worked as a medical aid with SPLA during the war years. There was a local midwife to help with deliveries. This was your typical, remote, rural medical facility in southern Sudan. As we toured through the facility, little did we know what the Lord had prepared for us.

Mike McMahon

Prayer Power

Lord, thank you for your Holy Spirit to empower us to be your witnesses and to share your story with peoples even to the ends of the earth. In Jesus' name, amen.