It’s also a fact that a picture is worth a thousand words.
These are the highlight images from our African sojourn.
Enjoy.
Dream.
Pray.
Clicking on an image will take you to the respective story that relates to the photo.
The Sahel is where “Sand Africa” meets “Grass Africa.”
Tennessee Claw Hammer Banjo on a windy African night. It doesn’t get any better than that. Robert “Bobby” Lane and his Bob Calvert banjo.
Big mudcat from Nile River at Nyumazi Refugee Camp.
Zande church leaders Isaac and Felix stand under a tree where they plan to build a church in Tambura, South Sudan.
It’s all about relationships, but isn’t that always true?
Everything we do is to “Get the Word Out.”
Dinka facial markings
Nuer facial markings
Joseph and Jessica on the day before their first child’s birth.
Water is a precious resource among refugees.
Margaret with Maggie Iles
John Monchyol with Curt
Why my mirror is always misadjusted
Mzee in his shelter. Nyumazi Camp, Uganda
A Senna Spertabilita Tree in northern Uganda
Wherever we’re at, our goal is telling stories that connect and change lives.
Bob Calvert sharing the Gospel
The areas where the Dinka and Nuer overlap have been the flash points for violence.
The Sudans cover a large area. South Sudan is similar in size to Texas
DeDe weekly taught our compound guards with the Story Cloth.
Jumbo Baptist Church in South Sudan. This church is planting churches in the neighbouring villages. Engagement is the process where an American church comes alongside churches like Jombu.
A Dinka tribesman
The Dinka Cattle Culture is a key part of South Sudan.
The Nile River Basin is the area we’ll be working.
Eric and Margaret pick us up for our home visit. (May 2013 Zambia)
African feet. They understand so much about walking.
Bo in the Hole.
Bo Smith standing in “Pothole” on African “Highway.”
God’s light is shining all around us if we’ll only stop and look.
My new keyword is
“Privilege.” As in, “It is a privilege to be in Africa, it is a privilege to ______.
South Sudanese woman sharing at refugee camp.
Village Huts
Africa is a huge continent!
K People Hut
The Sahel is where “Sand Africa” meets “Grass Africa.”1
Trampled Grass is an ebook short story collection of our time in Africa. Learn more at www.creekbank.net
Yawning Lion at Murchison Falls Nat’l Park
Lion in Kidepo National Park, Uganda.
One of my favorite LLL photos. An African church leader with his learner’s lean in a Bible Study. Notice the parka. It’s about 70 degrees that morning at Nyumazi Refugee Camp.
The Smiles of Africa never leave you.
Wood-cutting Village Girl with Ax
Central Africa is the land of Red Dirt.
Pastor Edward Dima leads our Baptist Convention of South Sudan.
End of first rainy season. Crops looking great Sweet Potato hills.
JD has brought a young person’s insight to maximizing technology to share the Gospel. He is demonstrating how to insert a audio Bible SD card into a cell phone.
School Boy Masaka School Uganda
I printed and read this story to Mr. Johnson.
My African teachers had reminded me that the things that matter aren’t things.
Pastor Matthew Dohl and his wife Sara.
Pastor Joseph Anyovi, his wife Jessica, and Desire Grace.
Kakuma Refugee Camp
The needs in Adjumani’s refugee camps include the physical, spiritual, and emotional.
Bari, Nuer, Dinka, Latooka, and Kakwa Pastors. These men have worked together in spite of tribal aspect to SS Civil War.
Podium Banner at Dead Dog Evangelical Church. (I kid you not. That’s what the name is in local language.
The Sahel is where “Sand Africa” meets “Grass Africa.”
Tennessee Claw Hammer Banjo on a windy African night. It doesn’t get any better than that. Robert “Bobby” Lane and his Bob Calvert banjo.
DeDe and Abby J. at our tukul (hut). Two of my favorite women.
Africans understand the art of encouragement. My South Sudanese friend Michael Wango walks me through his village of Jombu.
DeDe Iles and Jombu, South Sudan ladies.
Uganda is highlighted on this African map. South Sudan is directly north.
Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller
