He works through an organization called The Olive Branch.
I just received an email updating us as to the work he is doing.
We still intend to found a huge refugee-absorption center in the desert near Arad, but because that involves a whole new level of Israeli bureaucracy to wade through, and because that will require so much more funding than what we have available right now, we are moving in stages with our projects. As a result, we are unable to move our whole center of operations to Arad at this time, but because more Sudanese flood into Tel Aviv all the time, we are now responsible for two centers in Israel, one in Tel Aviv and one in Arad. The one in Tel Aviv is also a homeless shelter where they go when first released from prison. It serves predominately Darfurians, although sometimes South Sudanese (who are predominately Christian) come through there as well. They really appreciate our team ministering to them. Those in Arad already have their own housing and jobs, and so there we focus on education.
What the Sudanese leaders always emphasize with us is how much they want education. They would really like to have a program for them to finish high school and go on to trade school or college. They firmly believe that they are in Israel for a reason, but that they will go back to their home country with an independent government some day, and when they do, they want to go back with an education so that they can lead this new country into self-sufficiency. We are starting with classes in English and Hebrew, which is what they want to start with. In the near future we hope to begin offering classes in water management (a very important field for developing countries in Africa), agriculture, animal husbandry, midwifery, and so on. Of course they also want to learn Bible and the land of the Bible while they are in Israel, as I have said in past newsletters.
If this is something that moves you, please send a contribution to The Olive Branch.
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