Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller

5 Steps to Engaging an Unreached Unengaged People Group* in South Sudan   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.   1.    Begin praying about an Unreached People Group to pray for.   Our Engagement Team is happy to help …

Tuesday’s Blog:  Remembering and Forgetting     It’s a face only a mother could love. They usually describe Jackson’s Hartebeest as “horse-faced.” That’s not a compliment where I come from. But it’s the most memorable of all of the animals we saw. On our recent game park visit, we saw thousands of animals in western Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park. …

Ground Truthing and Eternity-shaping Decisions   It’s the most difficult par of our job as an Engagement* Team for South Sudan. Which tribes/people groups are truly Unreached?   Whom do we seek to reach first?   What church(s) in America or Africa will commit to stand in the gap for the Unreached Group. Eternal decisions hang in the balance.  Deciding …

Good News from our friends among the K-People: 30 new believers in village close to border. Pray for a healthy church to come out of this.

“Living in fear is just another way Of dying before your time.” -“Shut Up and Get On the Plane.” Drive By Truckers song   I first read the following short story as a teen. It’s still a favorite and very pertinent for the unrest going on in Africa. I’ve added a few comments afterwards. The Appointment in Samarra Years ago …

Saturday Blog 21 Sept 2013 Thanks to all of you who are praying for my health.  I’m much better today and I attribute it to your prayers. I have a good African doctor (she looks about twenty but knows her stuff) and good medicine. But prayer is the best medicine of all. Also, as I write this, a couple we …

I’m often asked, “What’s your favorite thing about Africa?” I smile. “It’s the people. The warm smiles when they realize you’re not an unfriendly “mzungu” (white man) but a person who has come to build a relationship and learn from them.” Are there things I don’t like about Africa?  Sure. I could make a pretty long list of those also. …

Curt’s Tuesday Blog Tuesday, 10 September 2013 Entebbe, Uganda   We’ve just returned from a wonderful trip to visit our friends in rural Uganda and South Sudan. You can view a video clip of the memorable welcome we received. For some reason,  the song “Where Corn Don’t Grow” has been on my mind. It’s a song made popular by Travis …

We’re returning home from a memorable trip into the Internet-less rural South Sudan. Stay tuned for stories, photos, videos and more.

Carrying your burden   Not everyone can be trusted with a burden. Can you? This is probably the first (and maybe last ) devotional thought ever written to mention ZZ Top and a scripture together. It’s about burdens and the heavy weight of carrying them. The Bible, in Peter’s first letter encourages us to “cast our every care on Him, …

Scroll down through this history to read “Another Iles Comes Home to Sugartown.”   It was once called “The Queen of the Frontier.” There’s not much there now. But it once was the only civilisation between Alexandria and Orange, Texas. It’s called Sugartown.  At one time it was known for much more than just sweet watermelons.   History of Sugartown, …

Daddy   The first time she used the word while praying, it startled me.  I’d never heard the word Daddy used like that.   “Daddy, I want to come to you today in love and gratitude.”   She was a college student working with us at Dry Creek Camp.  For now, I’ll call her “Ty.”   Ty was a great …

Tony’s Hand   Tony gripped my hand as we started across the busy highway.  Vehicles, boda-bodas (motorcycles) and bicycles sped past in both directions as well as on each shoulder.   He carefully guided me across the Kampala-Entebbe Road.   I thought of Solomon’s words in scripture:  “Now, Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of …

Posted below is an series of stories about an American group’s work among the Dinka tribe of South Sudan. Called the Nehemiah Team, this student group worked in and out of the Cattle Camps of the world’s newest country. If you’re interested in how you and your church can be involved in South Sudan, feel free to contact us at  …