Cueibet Sudan violence: As many as 30 killed so far

Dear Readers,        Dozens Killed in Cueibet...

Hit the link above for the news story from today's Sudan Tribune... If you're a praying man/woman please join me in praying for the village of Cueibet, where I visited two weeks ago. The village has irrupted in violence starting this past Thursday, 18th Feb. It is an ongoing feud between neighboring communities over  cattle. Apparently the neighboring community was dis-armed recently and came to get their weapons back by storming the armory at the army camp in Cueibet. We drove through the army camp to get to our guesthouse every day. We also walked past the grounds where the courts are held and two chiefs died in the cross-fire between police and armed civilians. The Commissioner of Cueibet is mentioned in the article. 

Please pray for the people of Cueibet. They are the innocent ones caught in the cross-fire. Also pray for the shop owners, many of whom are Kenyans doing small business in the area... i am sure many, if not all of the shops looted and burned belonged to Kenyan and Ugandan shopkeepers.

Also, pray for our NLC missionary, Silas (pictured below left), who is situated about 15 Kilometers from the fighting. Pray for his safety and for opportunities to open up to impact the community for Christ.

This is heavy on my heart, having seen it all two weeks ago. Especially Janet, (Pictured above with our missionary, Silas and her Son in law, John in Cueibet on 3rd Feb. 2010)  our House Mom in Apartment C at KKV is affected by this news. She knows many of the people who have died, including the two chiefs. She had been up in Cueibet for almost 4 months until we brought her back two weeks ago today...

Jon Stern