The violence has calmed down in Cueibet and the villagers are picking up the pieces. The official figure of those killed in the violence as of that day were 21 people, mostly civilians who had stormed the armory in Cueibet trying to get their weapons back from the military. According to Janet, our house mom at KKV who was living in that village for almost four months, this is not a rare occurrence in Cueibet. The combination of over forty years of war in the last fifty three years and low levels of literacy have had its toll on the peace. Today's paper tells of another place in the same Lakes State area that erupted in violence over this past weekend. http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article34294
These truly are a needy people and we are praying about how to proceed. We are asking for all who will to pray for us to hear from God about what to do and how...
I will be writing more about this after this coming weekend here in Nairobi. We are focusing on Southern Sudan in our Missions Sunday this weekend. We hope to present a video about both our trip and the trip our Evangelist, John Magangi, made this past week into Sudan.
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