Lotim
Before
Tom and Jean left for the States and while Simon and Carina (potential
teammates) were still here, we headed up for Lotim to dream over the
future together. It is our desire to eventually move to Lotim. Lotim is
a small village located in Kaabong district in the heart of the Dodoth
people. This is an unreached area and our hope is to eventually see a
church planting movement begin here.
In
anticipation of this move, Tom organized a few local people to begin
building our huts. I was sorely disappointed by this decision, as I had
hoped to be able to build the hut myself alongside the village people
(thus building relationships with them as well). They were also much
smaller than I had anticipated! But Tom decided that we needed places
to sleep and an organized way to begin our compound up there. So by the
time we arrived, the huts were already under way.
I
have been to Lotim before, but I had forgotten how breath-taking it
was. Standing on the hill and looking out at the land below was
awe-inspiring. In every direction that you can look are small
"minyattas", villages that have never heard the name of Jesus. Most of
the villages are unpolluted by western thinking and retain traditional
life-styles that center around their homes and their animals. We had a
powerful prayer time on the top of the hill. Someday this land will be
reclaimed for the Lord!
But
that day is not today. We must look forward with patience and
anticipation to what God will do here. We had anticipated moving to
Lotim at the end of June, but due to the situation with Tom and Jean we
have had to push that date back until the Lord clears the way for us to
go forward. Please join us in prayer for this land and for our hearts
to be sensitive to the timing that God has for us. Pray for unity to
know what we are to do and when we are to go. Pray that the hearts of
the Dodoth will be prepared to receive us and God's Word when we do
come.
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