We knelt on the pavement, three long lines of women. One woman at a time led in prayer, acknowledging our need and crying out for God’s intervention in South Sudan.
The Reformed Calvinist Church of El Salvador (IRCES) is a unique church partner. Though small in number, it is big in vision and commitment to the gospel. Grounded in their reformed identity, they are always making time to analyze and discern their call, based on the context in which they serve. From way south of the border, our partners are watching and anticipating the direct impact of U.S. immigration policy as they turn to longtime U.S. mission partners and confidants to ask, “What are you going to do about this? How can we face this together?”
“The fighting continues in South Sudan and the people continue to suffer with the greatest number of and most innocent sufferers being the children,” said Leisa Wagstaff, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission co-worker in South Sudan. “Having fled their homes amid a lot of terror and uncertainty, they have arrived in resettlement areas and are still fighting for their lives.”