abuk

so, im going to wrap up our time in sudan with these last few pictures...i have to tell you about the little girl i wanted to stuff in my suitcase and bring home with us. her name is abuk. she was brought to the compound a couple of days before we arrived, starving to death. she is 4 years old and weighed less than 15 pounds. well, God was looking out for this little orphan because one of the guys on our team is the director of nutrigenomics for harvard and wake forrest. he is trying to redevelop the cure for malnutrition in impoverished areas. so, he quickly began feeding her and nursing her back to health. when she arrived, she couldnt sit up on her own or lift her arms. by the time we left, she could sit up and she even reached up to ask for food. it was quite an accomplishment...her story brought each of us to tears.

here we are with abuk...she felt like a sack of bones sitting in my lap.

these are some of the men in the village of waliel. they gathered together to tell us their story and beg us to help them. we were overwhelmed, to say the least.

the same village (waliel) celebrating at our arrival. the women found a strange enjoyment out of screaming in our ears. dave would look at them, smiling, and say "if you do that one more time im going to hit you in the mouth."

here we are getting ready to leave. we have on t-shirts for the new mocha club campaign, "i need africa more than africa needs me"...it seemed appropriate.

now you have a little glimpse of our time in sudan. theres obviously much more to it- this blog is not my emotional outlet and i dont intend for it to bear my soul. i do, however, want to share enough of myself so that you will feel connected in some way to these people and this place.

dave had a show at samford last night- he called me to tell me that he lost it during the show. as he was in the middle of his mocha club speech, he started to weep. on stage. in front of hundreds of people. it all hit him at once and he couldnt keep his composure. thats how this has affected us. deeply. emotionally. passionately. i just hope that, despite my inadequacies, you can see how the LORD has used africa to stir our hearts and affect our lives.

im still going to post a few more pics of kenya and egypt, so check back soon!