http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/ Posting from a family called by God as servants in Sudan. Copyright 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:14:26 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1. Pray for God to speak through Chris as he preaches on Sunday March 2 at Stonebrook Church in Smyrna 2. Pray for our colleague Phalice Vanderpol as she finishes her 3rd week in Sudan at the Yabus base. Pray... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/02/prayer_reqs_for.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/02/prayer_reqs_for.php Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:14:26 -0600 http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/02/new_video_youtu.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/02/new_video_youtu.php Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:40:45 -0600 Dear Friends, The bitter wind blasted me nearly sideways, ruffling the hood of my parka. Was I going to make it? With cold-stiffened fingers, I retrieved my receipt and my cash. A short dash, a fumble with the keys, and... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/01/how_are_the_cro_1.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2008/01/how_are_the_cro_1.php Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:51:58 -0600 The next thing is quite a bit sadder. Do you remember the quad bike (ATV) that we were able to fly into Yabus? We had just sold it to our Yabus colleagues when it met with an accident. It... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/12/atv_fire.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/12/atv_fire.php Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:50:24 -0600 Dear Friends, ·12 states ·27 cities ·45 families ·3 churches ·And thousands of prayers. . . What do those things have in common? You, our supporters! Without you standing with us we could not be here in Africa. Thank you... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/12/preparing_to_co.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/12/preparing_to_co.php Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:03:11 -0600 Dear friends, Sometimes Chris and I forget to tell you about where we live and some of the people we get the privilege of serving here in Sudan. So I thought I would give a little bit of a bird's... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/09/birds_eye_view_1.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/09/birds_eye_view_1.php Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:01:17 -0600 Dear Friends, We'd love to tell you about our visit to the market the other day. This is not a terribly spiritual email, but you are friends, and we're not trying to impress you, only share our day with you.... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/09/market_day.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/09/market_day.php Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:02:18 -0600 Baby Thomas has just learned to propel himself forward across the floor. In English we call that "crawling". It's appropriate for an 8-month old, I'm told. It also made me think about the Damo village church we just visited.... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/07/propelling_forw.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/07/propelling_forw.php Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:39:50 -0600 Dear Friends, We've been very busy with a short-term team since coming to Sudan on June 19th! Sorry for the lack of emails, but hopefully you've received either an email or paper copy of our newsletter. Can we tell you... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/07/today_in_sudan.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/07/today_in_sudan.php Site News Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:26:17 -0600 Dear Friends, Hello this is Chris, writing from Sudan. Our email is working now via satellite phone. Sorry we've been out of communication for a while. Beverly and Thomas made a short visit to the US and will return to... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/05/a_village_visit.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/05/a_village_visit.php Site News Sun, 27 May 2007 16:06:36 -0600 Dear Friends, You may have noticed that our prayer updates have been coming in the “list” format! Forgive our brevity but we want to remain connected to you and enabled by prayer. 1. Pray for safe and successful month of... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/02/prayer_update.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/02/prayer_update.php Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:58:05 -0600 Dear Ones, The Arabic term for white man is "khawadja". So I was a little surprised to discover that Khawadja is the name of the young Uduk man selected to be our guard. Khawadja's English was pretty good, and he... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/01/khawadja.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/01/khawadja.php Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:19:17 -0600 Godspace Have you ever embarked upon a project which was doomed to failure unless God was driving it forward? A friend of mine calls that “Godspace” – the place where God is moving. Southern Blue Nile Academy, a Christian secondary... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/01/southern_blue_n.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2007/01/southern_blue_n.php Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:51:34 -0600 Dear Friends, Thanks for your prayers. You'd be surprised how many people wrote back saying they were praying. Can we give you and update on the Malakal situation? The news is mostly good. All our missionary colleagues got out of... http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2006/12/special_prayer_1.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2006/12/special_prayer_1.php Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:50:20 -0600 http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2006/12/thomas_birth_an.php http://www.crowdersinafrica.com/archives/2006/12/thomas_birth_an.php Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:26:53 -0600