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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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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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The Birth of a Village: The Need and The Partner

Dear Trace, Adrien, and Joe,
As you know, I’m in Kabale at the moment. Today we visited the proposed site for the expansion of the Kabale ministry…The Bishop met with Obed and several others and they discussed many options and […]

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Sewing up a storm in Kabale

The Kabale Sewing Center is up and running and sewing uniforms! Here is the latest update from Alison Barfoot…
The Kabale Sewing Centre currently employes 9 tailors. Four are making sweaters and five are operating sewing machines. We weren’t originally […]

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Out of Africa: Phrases to remember from our journey

From Marsha Campbell,
As our journey to Africa was nearing an end, we decided to share some of the phrases that have become memorable in capturing our life changing experience. To help with context, the people mentioned are Obed, who […]

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