We have just returned to Nairobi, Kenya after nine productive and adventure filled days in Sudan. I am so thankful that Curt Peterson, James Tang, and Pete and Cindy Ekstrand were a part of the team. We shared some harrowing …
Teamwork
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Written on October 3rd, 2009
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Kenya, South Sudan
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Kenya, South Sudan
Best School in the State
We began our journey from Fangak to Bentiu at 5:30 AM in the pitch dark in a fast moving speed boat. When the commissioner of Fangak heard that we were planning to take the ECC of Sudan’s boat, he offered …
International Day of Older Persons
Fulani Refugee in Cameroon
Today is the International Day of Older Persons. No, this isn’t some fake holiday, but a day the United Nations designated to raise awareness of the unique opportunities and challenges that face an aging population.
This …
Flooding in the Phillippines
Below is a prayer request from a Covenant Missionary in Taiwan. Please remember our brothers and sisters in prayer.
Hello prayer partners,
It was just over a month ago that we requested prayer for Taiwan and
the thousands of people …
Returnees from Exile
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Written on September 28th, 2009
Filed under: Community Development, Disaster Relief
Tags: South Sudan
Filed under: Community Development, Disaster Relief
Tags: South Sudan
The Evangelical Covenant Church of Sudan began in Ethiopia in 1997 among a large group of South Sudanese refugees. In 2005 most of the destitute refugees walked several days to return to their homeland. Covenant World Relief has been involved …
