At Stephen's birthday celebration he let his wife Victoria have the first piece of cake . . . she said it was a little like their wedding. Victoria is holding Hallelujah!! She's Praise's sister.
To celebrate Stephen's birthday we "Went Down to the River to Pray", I mean Play . . . They play river soccer in the Sudan!!
Meet Anter, Garang, and Stephen, three teachers from the secondary school. The two on the left are Sudanese coming back from Kenya to help their country. Stephen is a missionary from Ethiopia. His wife and two children have joined him. You met Praise last night. He was in the picture sitting on my lap. His sister is in the first picture.I did work a bit too today. I helped figure out a foot pumping system to irrigate the school garden down by the river. So far it is a dust bowl inside a barb wire fence. The students of the school built the fence. Now they will have to use two foot pumps set up in tandem to get the water up from the river 28 meters to the top of the garden. I "did the math" and put in an order to a larger nearby village for pipe. I also had a long conversation with Garang. He's a great young Sudanese man. His grandfather was a general in the southern Sudanese army. His father was also a leader. Now from his family there are only three male leaders left, his uncle, cousin and Garang. Garang teaches math and physics in the secondary school.
Grace and peace,
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