Robin's Missions

Hello friends!

I'm sitting down to write as I get the final details ready to leave for Sudan again. It's really the eleventh hour;I'm leaving first thing in the morning (Tuesday, March 25th) and by the time many of you read this I'll already be settling into life in Sudan.

One of the projects I've been working on is a church library for EPC (the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Sudan). On my first trip to Yei I read one book, other than my Bible, the entire trip. I practically knew it from cover to cover! I relied on family and friends to e-mail me bits and pieces of information from different books and study guides to help me teach! After waiting patiently for the e-mail to open I madly scribbled it in my notebook (I was paying by the minute for Internet on that trip!). It gave me a vision for a resource library for the local church so that pastors and missionaries could come study. I thought I'd start by taking a few books over at a time while I worked out all the details. I sent out a handful of e-mails and suddenly there were boxes and boxes of books at my door! (Thank you Youth Specialties, Focus on the Family, and many friends!) I'm taking four huge bags (70 pounds each!) with me....A total of 350 books! I feel so blessed! I know that EPC is also thrilled to have the resources they haven't had access too! I can't wait to see how the library grows and forms over time. I'm also dreaming about have a teachers mission to help teach ESL so that more people in Sudan can learn from the resources.

I've been asked if I would help at the Lura orphanage which is an hours drive outside of Yei. All I know is that I'm living in a tent and doing something with the widows and orphans. The last time I saw the orphanage site it had over 5 foot high grass! It's going to be a huge adventure! Yes, there are a lot of "unknowns" as I start out-- it's not a set plan like the last trip when we took Isaac for surgery in Kenya--but I trust the Lord's plan and I'm excited. I also know it has the greatest need for help of all EPC's ministries. I have many questions and I can't wait to share what my tent will be like, is there a roof on the latrine, will I pump my own water, what I'll be doing, what each day holds, and on and on. I do know that the orphanage is at the base of a mountain; lovely!

Please join in this adventure with me! I'll be posting on my blog as often as I can and I would love your prayers as I go out!

Much love to you all!
"See" you in Sudan!
Love,
Robin