Sudanese Refugee Church

If you're not familiar with the current situation in the Sudan, please educate yourself and make yourself aware of what's been going on. In short, the Sudanese government has been responsible for widespread genocide. Some estimates report that over 400,000 people have been killed, 2.5 million people displaced, and many more injured. This horrendous situation has caused many Sudanese people to relocate. Many of them have relocated to Egypt. My favorite part of the trip, as i said in an earlier post, was when our team got to go to a Sudanese refugee church. I had the opportunity to lead worship and it was one of the most humbling and surreal worship times i've ever been a part of. here is a video that someone recorded. as you watch it, think of how amazing it is that after all they've been through, these beautiful children of God still choose to come to church and worship God, amidst all the pain and suffering. We were able to sing "Hallelujah" together and i caught a glimpse of heaven. more to come later, on the sitaution in darfur and what we can do to help. but for now, i've been a blogging queen today, so i'll give you all a break! p.s. - the very high pitched screaming noise you'll hear is a coming noise that the people of Sudan make. at first, it caught us off guard, but then we ended up loving it. and at one point, i even attempted to mimic it, which the sudanese loved. we all had a good laugh. this is proof that joy is so not based on circumstances.