Recently, our president facilitated the recognition of the nation of Israel by the Arab countries of Bahrain, UAE, and most recently, Sudan. We lived in Khartoum, Sudan for 2 years but were denied a residence visa in 2008. Now that its long-time president has been ousted, Sudan is trying to remove itself from the US state-sponsored terrorism list that it has been on for the past 27 years. I hope to visit old friends there in December, as well as be introduced to several younger pastors with whom I will develop online friendships and visit twice a year. I hope to visit Egypt and Lebanon on the same trip. Unfortunately, Jordan is requiring a 2-week quarantine. Would you pray for God's perfect will to be done regarding travel and visas for this complicated trip?
Last week I zoomed with a wonderful Egyptian father. As a college student, he was trained by Cru on how to share the gospel with the Ms. That led him to find oil work in neighboring Libya, one of the most unreached countries in the Arab world. After years of serving there and even recruiting a few Egyptian families to join them, he led his family back to Egypt due to increasing instability. His wife is now part of the homeschooling group that I mentioned last month. They attend the Brethren Church which is known to be open to 1 Corinthians 14-style congregational participation but not known for outreach to Ms. He told me that he wants to learn how to discipline his young kids in a way that pleases God so I sent him this.
