Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Monday, April 23 in Easter.
* Today in Scripture:
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1942, William Temple (1881-1944) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Mission: Sudanese refugee helps to provide wells in his homeland
By Carolyn Lumbard
[Episcopal Life] Salva Dut, tall, slender, son of a Dinka cattle herdsman, has a smile that will light up any room. History calls him, and thousands of other children who fled Sudan, Lost Boys.
At age 11, Dut, with other children, fled from his school into the bush through gunfire and jet-bomb blasts. As he ran, each day he was in danger of being conscripted by rebel armies or killed by militiamen from the north.
Although many children died trying to escape, Dut survived the trek across hundreds of miles of desert. His uncle was executed by bandits from a rival tribe. Another friend was devoured by a lion while they slept. An ambush killed 200 children in his group. Finally, those who remained settled at an Ethiopian refugee camp.
Forced by Ethiopian soldiers to flee the refugee settlement in 1991, thousands fled across the crocodile-infested Gilo River to Kenya. After another five years in refugee camps, Dut came to the United States under sponsorship of St. Paul's Church in Rochester, New York, whose parishioners are involved in refugee resettlement.
At Christmas five years ago, the parish helped him travel to Africa to visit his sick father, who he had not seen in 19 years. At the United Nations hospital there, doctors said that if his father was to live, he must have clean water to drink. Unfortunately, there was none in the village where he lived.
When Dut returned to Rochester, he himself was sick and 10 pounds lighter. He first thought it was from eating peanuts, but believes now it could have been the water. The trip opened his eyes to the plight of his people.
"I wish I could do something to help my father and my friends," he said at the time.
Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_85191_ENG_HTM.htm
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Catalyst: "New Revised Standard Version Children's Bible" from Abingdon Press, 1640 pages, hardcover, c. 2006, $20
[Source: Abingdon Press] Parents and Sunday School teachers will now have a complete NRSV Children's Bible for promotion Sunday, gifts, teaching, and worship. This is a Bible 8 to 12-year-olds will enjoy using. It presents the New Revised Standard Version Old and New Testaments along with illustrations, maps, and a glossary to help readers understand the object, people, and places mentioned in the text. Through the use of the NRSV, children will encounter a consistent Scripture in Sunday School and worship.
To order: Episcopal Books and Resources, online at http://www.episcopalbookstore.org or call 800-903-5544.
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