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What they asked for in Sudan

What they asked for in Sudan

This was my second trip into Darfur. The war and genocide in this region has caused many shortages. There is a shortage of food. There is very little clean water. Medicine is extremely hard to come by. There is however one thing that is not in short supply: guns and ammunition. Soldiers walking around with […]

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Saving 100 Lives in Darfur

Saving 100 Lives in Darfur

Did you know that for $30, you can give someone clean water for their entire life in Darfur Sudan?

The Watermelon Ministries team recently completed the 100 Wells Campaign for Persecution Project Foundation. We decided not only to provide creative media for this campaign, but give financially as well.

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A Prince Indeed

A Prince Indeed

I had never met anyone with the HIV/AIDS virus before visiting a School in Sunyani Ghana. The first thing that I saw on Prince was an incredible smile. The second thing I noticed were the scars on his arms. Prince was born with AIDS

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A Prayer for Compassion

A Prayer for Compassion

Imagine if water were so valuable, you wouldn’t waste if washing your face. As I stepped off the plane into Sudan, I saw the dusty faces of those who have suffered under the terrible genocide happening in Darfur.

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I Want to Thank You for Changing My Life

I Want to Thank You for Changing My Life

It is hard to put into words the things that have happened in northern Uganda. An unimaginably evil man named Joseph Koney led by “7 spirits” decided to attack the Ugandan government. He formed a cult rebel group and named it “The Lords Resistance Army (LRA).”

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The Happiest Person in all the World

The Happiest Person in all the World

I asked a missionary in Kenya to help me understand the rights of the poor and needy. “Everyone has the right to hear the gospel” she said. “Jesus paid for that right when He died on the cross. If a government is so corrupt that people are beaten down and not allowed to listen to the gospel, or people are so hungry that they cannot hear the gospel over the growl of their stomach, it is our job as Christians to defend their rights and share with them Christ’s love”.

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The Unity of Humanity

The Unity of Humanity

I wasn’t supposed to be on this trip. I had intended to fly into Sudan to scout out land for a medical clinic with a Sudanese lost boy.

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