Homeward bound!

David and Fred are coming home!

After a challenging but successful 3½ months in Jalle, Sudan, David and Fred are returning home! They have not only succeeded at laying the foundation (literally) for future Christ-work in this village but they were wonderful ambassadors for Grace Chapel, for the USA and, most importantly, for Christ.

Please join family and friends at the airport to welcome our Grace Chapel sons home on Saturday, May 2^nd at 2:15pm (Northwest flight # 1743). Please check back here before heading to the airport just in case there are any last minute travel changes.

Update!

Please pray for safe travel for Fred, David, William and the Ugandan erection team as they leave from Jalle to Juba as the roads have become very poor to drive over. From David:

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Let me first update you on our most recent aventure. On Wednesday afternoon we were about to head back out to the jobsite when all of the sudden about 30 people walked into the compound and informed us that a girl had been bitten by a crocodile. So we walked over to take a look at it and when the pulled the shirt they had rapped it off, it was bad. You could see bone and muscle and tendon. I'm not sure how she got away. So the Sweet and Salty ambulance loaded up and headed for the hospital. We weren't sure how the drive was gonna be or if we would even make it, but we knew we had to try. By the grace of God we made it. They stitched up the little girl and she is doing fine last I heard. We had to crash in the hospital compound because if we had left we would have made most of the journey in the dark and it's hard enough in the light. The next morning we made it back to Jalle safely. Praise God!

So what we saw of the roads was pretty bad and, needless to say, there were more than a few hairy spots where we would have gotten stuck if God had not had his hand on us. The hospital we went to is before Bor, and talking to the people in that compound, the roads from there to Bor sound just as bad or worse. They said if it rains one more time that we won't be able to get to Bor. We aren't down there and don't know if it has actually rained in that specific area again, hopefully not. So having said all that, we are leaving as soon as possible, which at this point is looking like Sunday. We were gonna leave Tuesday or Wednesday, but we don't see the point in sticking around and hoping that it doesn't rain. Besides that, today is Saturday, and we will definitely finish the work we have left today. All that's left is tightening the bolts on the clinic and putting the erection team's tools in storage.

Thanks
David

Buildings are going up!!

The buildings are going up with good progress.

Fred wrote a few days ago:

Here are some more pictures of the school and church. Also you can see some of the damage the nasty strom we had this morning did. But the erection team said they can repair it so good thing it happened now and not when we left.

the Church


inside the Church


a school building


school building with busted vent



Continue in steadfast prayer over the team!

Prayer Request

But a serious prayer concern. We are super low on fuel for the erection team’s generator (used to power equipment and tools during the erection process) and it has rained quite a bit the last couple of days so getting to Bor is not easy. But in order for the erection to be complete we have to get some fuel quick. There isn’t even a gas station in Bor supposedly that sells gasoline - they are all diesel, at least that’s what we are being told. So all that to say we need a miracle.

Update

From David:

We successfully made it back to Jalle from Jube, and only a day late! It was nice to relax for a couple days, but I was ready to be back in Jalle. Upon our arrival, we could see this glorious structure from the road...the Church framing was complete and it was so cool to see it as we were pulling back in to town!! Also, much to our surprise, we found about 80% of the framing of the first school building done! It was awesome and very exciting! Work is steadily moving forward!

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Please continue to pray for endurance for the guys and that the rain would hold off!

Ty is home!

Ty Arrives Back Home
After spending one month with Fred, David & William on the site in Jalle, Ty returned home Thursday, very tired, but very jubilant about the work that is being done in the name of the Lord. After all of the work laying the footers, he prayed that he would see the buildings begin to go up before he left Jalle. As the team all prayed together for that reality to happen, Ty said that it was still looking bleak until his very last day on the site when the Lord answered their prayers and the "steel" began to go up! Thank you, Ty, for your sacrificial giving towards this project!
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Pictures of the church!!

Here are a few photos of the church so far!

Steel in the air!

The erection team made it here last night and this morning we started in on
the church! There is finally steel up in the air!

Praise the Lord!

The Church has arrived!

The Church finally arrived!!!! Its here and unloaded. The erection team should be here tomorrow afternoon. Praise God

Fred

Please be praying...

hey, we had a lady give birth this morning and was continuing to bleed
after the fact and started to lose consciousness. so i took her to the
hospital, on the way back we past the truck with the church, it was
broken down but they almost had it up and running. so they should be
here in the next couple hours. also the erection team caught a bus last
night and should be arriving in juba tonight. william said that biar has
arranged to have them brought all the way to jalle. my guess is that
they should be here saturday.