The Bread of Life

Or in this case, the porridge of life! Sorghum is the staple grain of the South Sudanese. They pound it in a mortar and pestle or grind it between rocks, stir it with water into a thick porridge over a fire, and scoop it into separate bowls for the men, the women, and the small children when it's cooked. It is then served with a stew made from wild greens during rainy season (like the one pictured here) or with one made from dried okra (during dry season). This is the usual daily fare of the M. people where I lived--literally, the grain of life.

But what happens when there is no grain, due to the flooding that has recently destroyed all the sorghum and maize crops in M. county? We've been hearing from teammates in Sudan that some people are getting UN relief food that is being trucked in on big lorries. Others aren't and are needing to sell their goats and chickens (cashing in their bank accounts) to buy grain to survive. Others will need to walk 8 hours to other areas that weren't affected by the floods to find sorghum when it's ripe.

Please pray that the people will be able to get the food they need to live during this dry season and that development (in agriculture practices, in education, in health care, in clean water) will continue for the future.

Please pray that they will also find the true Bread of Life, the lasting bread, and be absolutely satisfied.

"Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.'" John 6:35