Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Update from Ethiopia
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Mission team departs
Going with the team is 600 pounds of humanitarian supplies. The tools and equipment to build the latrines and water filters, plus 175 little dresses and 75 shorts for children, hundreds of pencils and erasers, several pounds of undergarments (requested by the women of South Sudan). Three grain mills, twenty-two soccer balls, soccer jerseys, fifty pairs of reading glasses, dozens of children’s books, maps globes, and school materials along with dozens of pairs of shoes.
2. The Blog: www.klcsouthsudan.blogspot.com. Photos and news get posted here on a regular basis. You can also see a news ticker with news from South Sudan from twitter on the right hand side. You can also find the local time there.
4. Check the bulletin board at the church. Just outside the restrooms at the church is a bulletin board with all the information about the team’s latest activities.
Monday, February 13, 2012
South Sudan Mission Team Prepares for Departure!
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 500 is nearing departure!
Next week, 10 team members will leave from Seattle, one more from Kentucky and will join the three team members already in South Sudan.
We covet your prayers for traveling safety and health.
For those who have asked about our flight schedule: The team leaves Seattle on Feb 25th in the evening, and flies until arriving in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia’s capitol city) on March 27th. We’ll stay in guest houses and acclimate until March 2 when we fly to Gambella, Ethiopia, a city on the western border of Ethiopia. We’ll spend one night in Gambella, and then drive the next day to Malual, in South Sudan, a half-day’s drive. If you have specific concerns, the KLC office has a copy of hte
There are several ways to follow along with the team’s adventures.
1. Our facebook page: www.facebook.com/klcsouthsudan.
2. Our Mailchimp mailing list: http://eepurl.com/fxi_c (you can subscribe at that link)
3. Our blog www.klcsouthsudan.blogspot.com
South Sudan in the News
Many people have expressed concern for the safety of those traveling. Rest assured, we are serving in community with the local people, who are friends and relatives of team members. This affords some protection, as we are not strangers to this place. Also, this particular area of South Sudan has been very peaceful. However, if you would still like to catch local news broadcasts (in English) the Internet is a great place to do that. Voice of America offers a Sudan In Focus podcast. http://tinyurl.com/Sudan-in-Focus
Meet the team
The blog has brief biographies of each team member. As we travel, we hope to send updates from the perspective of each traveler. Meet them all at http://www.klcsouthsudan.blogspot.com/p/mission-team.html