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Light of Darfur Ministry (LDM) - Darfur Discipleship & Relief Member

Light of Darfur Ministry exists to bring the Hope of the Gospel to those suffering in Internally Displaced People camps in Darfur, Sudan. Through providing practical medical care and discipleship, LDM brings Christ's light into the darkness of human suffering for the Darfur Muslims and Animists who have been persecuted in the genocide.

 

LDM is led by Kenyan evangelist, Phillip. Read his story below:

Sometimes it is hard to explain that people like Phillip the Evangelist are not crazy, careless, or have some sort of “death wish.”   I think the Apostle Paul put it best in what he told the Caesareans as they feared for his life and begged him not to go to Jerusalem.  In Acts 21: 12-14, he basically said, “Yeah, I wouldn't mind if I die because I'd be made whole with Jesus!  But on the other hand, I know you need me here , so I am torn and simply yield to His call.”

 

Phillip's only forms of communication outside of Darfur are prayer and an unreliable satellite phone.  Originally, we assigned him to work with one Muslim doctor from Darfur. Together, they worked in a makeshift clinic all day. The doctor watched as Philip prayed with and over patients, and he gave Phillip a crash course on IV insertion and other vital-care services.   Day by day, others have come to volunteer in the clinic, swelling the medical team.  Some of the volunteers come simply out of curiosity about why anyone [Phillip] would choose, of his own accord, to live in Darfur – with nothing but a grass roof over his head.

 

This God-given curiosity gives Phillip the perfect entrée to the love of Jesus. People are truly amazed at Phillip's willingness to share in their suffering and his nonjudgmental love of them.   So many have come to Christ that they have now formed a time of worship and fellowship outside the clinic, just after sunrise before their full-day's work begins.

 

Please pray in particular for a young nurse assistant whom Phillip led to the Lord. Her name is Hazenia. She is only about 20 and has an infant. The Commander of the army told Hazenia they had lost too many soldiers, and she would have to be mobilized to fight with the troops.   Hazenia does not want to leave her baby for any reason, especially to become a soldier!   God has blessed Phillip with favor in the eyes of the Commander, so he spoke with the Commander about Hazenia. For now, the Commander agreed that she can work in the clinic because he sees she is needed there. However, he made it clear that Hazenia is still “under his hand” and he can come for her at any time.

 

The key to keeping Phillip in such a volatile place is having the life-saving offering of our free medicine and make-shift clinic in a camp of many thousands where there is no other Western aid or organizational help whatsoever. We are treating Malaria, life-threatening parasites, complicated pregnancies and deliveries, and many other serious conditions.

 

Click Here to support Phillip the Evangelist in his life and soul-saving efforts.