Closing - 8/5

August 5th

Being sure of something is like pinning down the wind. How does one start on one path and end up on a completely different path.

So not a day after we returned from our vacation, actually in transit through Nairobi, we got some sad news. Our program is closing early. Our funder decided that they are going to scrap all the programs in the southern part of the country and move them up north to the border states of Southern Sudan. They are scrapping 34 programs (us included). In one breath, our small cloister is burst apart.

The border states still has some small fighting and unrest due to the dispute of the border line and oil. If there is unrest at the border, there is even a harder time to stabilize the country as a whole. As you can see, this is much bigger than all of us. As a result, I will be leaving Sudan much earlier than I anticipated. I am very sad to leave.