Last year we were saddened when the TIMO Team working among the Didinga in Sudan was forced to end early. The Sudan team, working among people with little exposure to the rest of the world, were blamed for the lack of rain and suffered a dramatic threat to their lives.

Didinga crowd

They pulled out after only 8 months (usually the TIMO program runs for two or more years). This early ending was sad for us and the team and many others within AIM and even elsewhere who had worked so hard to put this team in place. Yet in this situation we have seen evidence of God’s faithfulness.

To the Sudanese Didinga, among whom the team had the privilege of sowing many seeds of the Good News, a Didinga evangelist named Hector went to continue the work. Church meetings were continued and interest went from around 25 to 200 almost immediately and now fluctuates weekly. A number have committed themselves to Jesus. But there’s also been more persecution and spiritual warfare.

Recently Hector’s brother-in-law was accused of stopping the rain and was killed. A recent convert was stabbed and injured. It is a wild area without infrastructure or law, but the Lord is meeting people there.

In January three former members of the Didinga TIMO team returned to Southern Sudan to work with the other workers living in another Didinga area who write -

“Three other AIM workers arrived yesterday to serve alongside of us in Nagishot! we are very excited for them to be here as they all spent 8 months in Napep, a neighboring Didinga community in 2009. They already know some language and culture and are eager to get involved in Nagishot. We are not sure in exactly what capacity they will be serving here, but it looks like education, agriculture and Bible storying are their areas of interest.

Jonathan is hard at work on their new home as well as our own. We are hoping to have most of these projects completed by April. Pray that things will go well and the buildings will be able to progress. “

Pray that the Lord will continue to build His church among the Didinga people in the mountains of Southern Sudan.

PRAYER POINTS

• Pray for Hector as he continues the work at Napep.
• Pray for the Lord’s comfort for him in the loss of his brother and for courage and protection.
• Pray for the growing team at Nagishot, that the building work will go well and that there will be a real spirit of cooperation and unity among the team members.
• Pray that the Lord will continue to build His church among the Didinga.