Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

You may not have any desire to come to South Sudan and its borderlands. But that doesn’t mean you cannot pray. You can pray for these churches and pastors from your prayer closet in America. But be warned:  these strategic leaders and churches may capture your heart and you’ll find yourself on an airplane bound for Africa. You were warned. …

  Yesterday we shared Chapter 15 from our novel, A Good Place. This part of the novel continues with Chapter 16. Enjoy!   Chapter 16 I THOUGHT about picking Bo up to tote home, but any attempt to move him brought a terrible whimpering, and anyway, he weighed too much for me to carry that far. Leaving him was out …

Lent Lourens, a South African living in Uganda, is a dear friend of ours. Yesterday she had to put down her twelve year old dog. I was reminded of the pain of losing a dog. I thought about this story from our novel,  A Good Place. Male readers often say,  “Curt, I cried when I read that chapter about Bo the …

A word from Curt Sojourner It defines a person making a temporary stay. It goes along with the Swahili word for white men, Mzungu. Mzungu means “always moving about.” i.e. a sojourner. Below are photos from our current sojourn. Enjoy!   P.S. A Picture is truly worth a thousand words. Maybe more.         Will you join us …

 We call it “Holding the rope.” This saying goes back to the first Baptist missionary, William Carey. Before leaving for Asia, he told his fellow believers, “If you’ll hold the rope, I’ll go down in the well.” We are dependent on our friends in America for prayer and encouragement.   Sunday Prayer Points 1. Please pray for Daniella Jeremiadoss who …

  Chadan is an IMB cluster focusing on the over 100 Unreached and Unengaged People Groups of South Sudan and southern Chad. Here are three people groups you can pray for:   The Meera live in the semi-desert Majara region of Chad. The Meera* of Chad presently have no believers. Their strategic crossroads town is 100% Muslim. They have newly …

Question: what’s the most precious material possession you’ve lost? Reply here or in form at end of post. . . .  it was a reminder that the things in life that matter aren’t things.   I stared at the Ethiopian security worker as she removed my knife out of its case. “You cannot take that with you.” She handed the …

    Wow. That’s what I thought when I read this story by my wife, DeDe. It is powerful, full of insight, and written in the concise eloquent style of my wife. With her permission, I am sharing it with you. Enjoy. Reflect. Worship.   By DeDe Iles   My third Easter abroad. There is strangeness to holidays spent in …

A note from Uganda:  I’m spending Whippoorwill Day 2015 in Uganda. Lord willing, I’ll be on Crooked Bayou Louisiana for 2016’s Whippoorwill Day. No whippoorwills here but several cousins, including the song of a dusky nightjar each morning and evening. Since today is Whippoorwill Day in Louisiana, I believe you’ll enjoy this story. If you’d enjoy my story,  “Whippoorwill Day” …

If you missed last week’s story, “Fishermen” last week, you can read it here.  Scroll down to see our top four prayer needs. Fishing on Sunday It’s Easter. And fishing season is still open. Following our leader’s mantra, we’re all called to be fishers of men. Even on Sunday. Especially Easter Sunday. Will you pray for Sunday? Sunday is an …

Read this post as part of our monthly Story Letter.    We live on Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake. April’s Key Prayer Points: 1  Mid-April trip to Adjumani Refugee Churches with Riverside Baptist Church of Norfolk, Va. Pastor Bryan Breland and his wife Elizabeth. 2  Teammate J.D. Hull as he begins Arabic study. 3  Upcoming visit by our African leadership, Tim …

3 Prayer needs for our week: 1. Todd and Jessica Burnaman from Dry Creek Baptist Church (LA) arrive for a week with the Kakwa churches in West Nile District, Uganda. 2. Curt and JD Hull spend part of the week in a quarterly review of 2015.  Pray for us as we review, pray, and plan. 3. Pray for DeDe to …

Yesterday, we shared a neat story about our local keynoter, Mr. Johnson. I titled his story, “Come on in, Mr. Johnson.”  You can read it at www.creekbank.net/blog In today’s post, I’ll share why the quotation is such a part of our family history. Enjoy!     Come on in, Mr. Johnson. Part 2 Families have traditions and rituals. It’s our job …

    Blog checklist Read Read aloud Spell check Tags Check links  A word from Curt Ambushed.  They never saw it coming but I did. I believe you’ll like today’s post. A reminder that no moment or day in Africa can be predicted. A story that follows our daily tripod: Be curious Be amazed Tell about it. Enjoy! Ambushed. They …