Family and Friends!
I wanted to share some exciting news with you. I am so humbled that the Lord has selected me to go back to Africa to serve Him there this summer. I will be going to Sudan with The Village Church August 9th through the 22nd. Our team (myself and nine other individuals) will be traveling to Yei, Sudan and working with our sister church, The Evangelical Presbyterian Church. We will join with the church in ministering to two nearby orphanages.
It is a privilege and an honor to bring glory to His name among the nations. I have had a desire to go and serve in the Sudan for about five years now. He has fulfilled this desire of my heart, and I am ever grateful even though at times I feel unworthy. It has been two years since I was last in Zambia for the summer. There has not been a day that has gone by that the Lord’s people there haven’t been on my heart. I pray for them often and miss them dearly. I am amazed that the Lord continues to allow me to serve Him in the fields of the fatherless and amidst oppressed brothers and sisters in Christ.
The people of Sudan have suffered from many tragedies: the Darfur conflict, fighting with Chad, and a 20 year civil war between the North and South that has left large parts of the country in desolation and extreme starvation. Based upon a peace agreement brokered by the United Nations, Southern Sudan is set to succeed from the North in January 2011. Southern Sudan also contains the oil supply for the entire region, so there is doubt amongst many there that the North will let them go peaceably. The suffering there has been so great, my hope is that I can encourage and minister to the people that their light momentary afflictions are preparing for them an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, and that His promise will preserve their life.
So, I humbly ask if you would pray that I, as a prisoner for the Lord, would walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which I have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with others in love, and be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. And pray that the Lord would remove the Sudanese’ hearts of stone and give them hearts of flesh. Pray that the Lord would look down and save them. Pray also for the unity and protection of our team, and for our team leader Jason Clarke. I would love for all of you to be a part of my trip and I really do covet your prayers. Thank you for your love and friendship. I am blessed beyond measure.
In Him,
Rachael Rosser