Sudan Elections

Originally, I wanted to wait until I could say something definitive about the Sudan elections, but as was to be expected, everything took a little longer than planned, so I decided to share what I know for now. The whole Sudan team came out in the first week of April has been spread out over Uganda and Kenya ever since. There was a lot of confusion about whether or not the elections would go forward as planned and some of the major parties pulled out at the last minute claiming that the elections had been rigged. Even a few days before the 11th we were not sure if they would actually go ahead - but in the end they did. There have been no reports of violence yet, which is certainly an answer to prayer. However, we always suspected that is would be more likely for violence to break out around the time of the announcement of the results. They were due to come out on the 20th but have not been announced yet. At any rate, the confusion and accusations around these elections have already put them into a bad light and have not set a good precedent for the vote on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement for January 2011, which is what people are concerned about. So please keep Sudan in your prayers at this difficult time.

Time in the UK

My trip to the UK was postponed for a few days due to the ash cloud, but I am now scheduled to arrive in Manchester on the 26th of April. I would very much appreciate your prayers for this trip, as flights are still being canceled due to an overload at Heathrow. Also, please pray that all my luggage will arrive with me :-). I will have a new mobile phone number in England and will send it out after I get there. The following is an outline of my speaking engagements in the UK and any important other meetings. Feel free to catch me at any of those locations or to contact me for a separate meeting. For the duration of my time in England, I will stay with friends in Nantwich.

3-6 May: Regents Theological College, Malvern
30 May: Speaking at Elim Longton
5-10 June: Elim Conference
12 June: AIM Conference in Liverpool
13 June: Speaking at Elim Bewbush
19 June: Speaking at AIM's 'Into Africa'