Monthly Archives - March 2011

Don't Believe?

From: Joe Knittig in Africa
Sorry for the delay in blogging! I’ve been sans connection for a few days.
Sunday morning we were in Magwi, Sudan.  We dropped in on this very remote village church – about 80% children. This isn’t […]

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From Sudan to Ethiopia

From Joe Knittig in Africa
We’ve been in a very remote place in Sudan since early yesterday.  No connection so no blog. I have some good updates coming.  For now, here’s our day today:  Up at 5.  3 hours in […]

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More on Torit (Sudan)

From Joe Knittig, Live in Sudan
Children everywhere.  Very few men.

This is the community borehole (well) the local church put in.  That pump has been going nonstop since we got here.  It’s HUGE that this community has access to clean […]

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Sustainability in Sudan

From Joe Knittig, Live in Sudan
Sustaining orphan care here is very doable.  Living expenses at a culturally relevant level will cost little, with food being the main expense.
But there is ample and quite fertile land for ag development to […]

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New Roommate

From: Joe Knittig, Torit Sudan
I’m in a mud hut with grass roof, pitch black, bullet holes everywhere, in Torit, Sudan.
My roommate for the night, right next to my bed as I write (within petting distance), is a white, Sudanese […]

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Torit, Sudan

Joe Knittig in Torit, Sudan
Memo to file: civilians shouldn’t make the drive from Juba up country in the night.
We’re about 4 1/2 hours into our drive to our potential pilot site in Torit. It’s a dusty, bumpy […]

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Traveling through E. Africa

Just arrived in Juba, S. Sudan. Right in the teeth of rush hour 🙂

Crossing the Nile.

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Sharon Wins the Day

It’s a little past midnight here and we’ve wrapped up our day. There’s much we could discuss. But sometimes a single story so transcends the bounds of ordinary events, that one can think of little else. […]

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Day 2 in East Africa

Joe Knittig in Kampala, Uganda
We just wrapped up a busy day in Kampala.  Importantly, we cleared a big hurdle for our plans in East Africa.  More on that launch after our trip.
While in Kampala, Tate went on to Mbira […]

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Great Expectations: Follow a Special East Africa Trip

Mike Fox and I have a small team arriving now in this East Africa trek.  Mike Helmuth is with us.  Our two Global Development Managers, Tate Williams and Scott Kice, are here for this work.  We’ll meet up with […]

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