This Fusion group which has come to Africa numbers ten young people. It is quite a commitment. They spend five months preparing to go overseas and then they go out to the various areas of the world for four months.
Four young men have come to South Sudan for five weeks of their four month stay to help in research Two flew out from Juba to the north east part of the country while two others traveled back to Rumbek with us and will be going out from here to areas farther north. While we were all in Juba we talked about the areas they should visit and some of the questions and information they research. We also met with the President of Baptist Convention South Sudan. He was very pleased that they would come and is looking forward to hearing the results of their adventures.
These two young men have stayed with us in Rumbek for almost a week. We took advantage of their youthful exuberance, their young legs, and their willingness to experience anything while they were with us. To the left you see a picture of them on top of our water tower. They are catching the frogs that live in our water tanks. They used a pole attached to a plastic wastebasket. Then they treated the water with a little bleach. Debbie thought it was a good idea to get the frogs out before putting the bleach in!
Today these two are off with a South Sudanese friend to areas north of us and will be gone until March 23 or so. They will be gathering information from these far-flung areas such as the health of the evangelical church, are there any Baptist churches, if so where do they meet? Who are the other evangelical organizations represented in the area? They have a gps with them so they will be marking places of importance. They will be looking at logistics as well and providing information to questions like, if someone were to live here, is there any health care - what is available in the market - what is the condition of the road - who else is there (in reference to mission groups and NGO-type agencies)?
