Hello Everyone!

Being over here has really opened my eyes to the third world. There is such a lack of the things that we take for granted everyday, the biggest being infrastructure. Little things like running water and always having electricity all hours of the day. Over here running water has a completely different meaning. Over here someone runs to the river or well to run back with water to use, and electricity comes on by a generator and only from 7pm to 11pm. Other small things that the teachers loved that we take for granted are a toothbrush and toothpaste, something that they do not normally use.

I find it so hard to watch because I want to help so much but in some cases there is nothing I can do until there is infrastructure. As soon as they come up with infrastructure, all of the lives in Sudan will be so much better and easier lived.

Today I learned that the teacher strike in the government schools was settled, and that the government decided to finally pay the teachers in the schools. But there are still the private Christian schools that need funding. The Baguga school is in desperate need of funds. They have about 375 students and there are only 3 small, one story huts to teach in. Also they only have about 10 teachers for all of those students, Kindergarten through grade eight. These teachers have not even been paid for the past six months yet they still continue to work. This is amazing that they still continue to work. No one in there right mind in America would continue to work for six months not knowing when the next time they will get paid. God has truly blessed this school with teachers who continue to work under these condition. --Neil