Moving Forward!

25 June 2012 We have now been in Yei for nearly 4 months and we beginning to see signs of progress! First off - we are in the process of visiting with the Safe Birth Committees of all the 18 United Methodist Churches in the District of South Sudan. Our efforts with Juba Arabic make those visits more personal and more fun for us...and for the church members and TBAs (traditional birth attendants) we are helping to train. Names and faces are becoming more familiar and relationships are beginning to deepen. We thank God for this progress! Secondly, our little house on the UMCOR compound is nearly finished - YEH! It will be good to settle into a place and hide the suitcases at last! We are grateful for Stephen, the contractor, who motivates his team of builders and is on schedule with the work. Praise God! Thirdly, the 2012 Toyota Hilux 4 WD Double-Cab pick-up arrived 3 days ago and just awaits the final paperwork to allow us to use it in the health ministry here! We also learned this past week that we are a finalist for a funding grant called Saving Lives at Birth! Should we get the 2 year seed grant, this vehicle will make a major difference in allowing us to reach more villages in a month. Thank you Kentucky Annual Conference of the UMC! Every journey has its ups and downs! We are feeling amazed at how God has moved us along so quickly in the work of community health education and prevention! Thanks to all who support us here - we truly could not do it without YOU! :-)