January 4 from Clair

We had a hard but amazing experience visiting one of the past Bishops.  We sat in his living room where the walls were full of bullet holes where he had been attacked.  The Lord's Resistance Army came in and killed many of his family members and tortured him.  After he recovered, he returned to his parish to serve them and was beaten and tortured again.  He recovered from that and returned again only to be beaten and tortured a third time.  He said he just couldn't leave his parishioners alone.  What a man of God and courage!  Another one of our best friends here is Willy who is also a war casualty.  I can't wait to share his story with you as well.  The people here are so brave and have been through so much, have so little but still have so much joy and hope.  This has been an eye-opening mission.  We give our testimonies a lot which seems to be a great encouragement to them here. The Youth Rally is coming up so I am sure a lot more testimonies are expected.  Please pray for us all!