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The Grieve Memorial ClinicA place of healing Our Clinic—a place where people can find physical and spiritual healing This Muslim came for care for his feet but also found a personal relationship with Christ. To keep him from boredom while I soaked his feet, I gave him an Arabic Audio Story Teller to listen to. He listened intently and even started "talking" back to it. Soon I brought in Pastor Bulus, our clinic Chaplain, to share with him in his mother tongue. When I came back to check on them I learned our patient had given his life to the Lord. He is just one example of many who have found new life as a result of looking for physical health. We want to continue to offer our patients compassionate, Christcentered care. Finding freedom from witchcraft These amulets were on an elderly women's neck. She walked 30 kilometers to get to our clinic for she had a long history of not feeling well. I told her the amulets were going to keep her bound in illness so she asked me to cut them off. She said she immediately started feeling better. God is good! This is why we believe our clinic is vital and must remain open. We continue to pray the Lord will encourage more people to become donors of the GMC so we can keep our doors open. Pastor Bulus—an example of a man sold out to God We love the faithfulness of our clinic chaplain, Pastor Bulus. Here he is sharing Bible stories with our patients still waiting to be seen. When he is not sharing Christ with waiting patients, he is in the clinic praying for patients and sharing the Gospel. He has led many to the Lord. He also uses the Audio Story Tellers to attract people to the Lord. He will set the Story Teller in the midst of the patients and they are soon captivated by the story of God’s love and plan for redeeming mankind. As a result they seek him out later and ask to learn more. We have given out hundreds of Audio Story Tellers to our illiterate patients who never had a chance to hear the Gospel. He then tries to follow up with them in the camps or in the villages they come from.

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The Grieve Memorial Clinic (GMC) is a Primary Health Care Center that serves an extremely undeveloped region in Upper Niles State in South Sudan. As a faith-based clinic we seek to provide holistic healthcare to our patients. Our clinic was initially started in the 1940s by Dr. Bob Grieve and his wife, Claire, to serve the local Mabaan population; however, it was closed for quite a few years because of the civil war that raged in much of Sudan for over 50 years. We reopened the doors in 2008 to serve the Mabaan peoples again. However, when war started in Blue Nile and Kordofan States in the Republic of Sudan in 2011 our area was flooded with over 130,000 refugees, of which the majority consists of unreached Muslims.We hope you will find the stories in this document encouraging and will stir you on to pray and be involved with our work through giving or joining our team and telling others about what God is up to in this vital spiritual and physical ministry that is bring hope and change to many nations.

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The  Grieve  Memorial  Clinic—A  place  of  healing    

Our  Clinic—a  place  where  people  can  find  physical  and  spiritual  healing    This  Muslim  came  for  care  for  his  feet  but  also  found  a  personal  relationship  with  Christ.  To  keep  him  from  boredom  while  I  soaked  his  feet,  I  gave  him  an  Arabic  Audio  Story  Teller  to  listen  to.  He  listened  intently  and  even  started  "talking"  back  to  it.  Soon  I  brought  in  Pastor  Bulus,  our  clinic  Chaplain,  to  share  with  him  in  his  mother  tongue.  When  I  came  back  to  check  on  them  I  learned  our  patient  had  given  his  life  to  the  Lord.  He  is  just  one  example  of  many  who  have  found  new  life  as  a  result  of  looking  for  physical  health.  We  want  to  continue  to  offer  our  patients  compassionate,  Christ-­‐centered  care.      

 

Finding  freedom  from  witchcraft  These  amulets  were  on  an  elderly  women's  neck.  She  walked  30  kilometers  to  get  to  our  clinic  for  she  had  a  long  history  of  not  feeling  well.  I  told  her  the  amulets  were  going  to  keep  her  bound  in  illness  so  she  asked  me  to  cut  them  off.  She  said  she  immediately  started  feeling  better.  God  is  good!  This  is  why  we  believe  our  clinic  is  vital  and  must  remain  open.  We  continue  to  pray  the  Lord  will  encourage  more  people  to  become  donors  of  the  GMC  so  we  can  keep  our  doors  open.    

Pastor  Bulus—an  example  of  a  man  sold  out  to  God    We  love  the  faithfulness  of  our  clinic  chaplain,  Pastor  Bulus.  Here  he  is  sharing  Bible  stories  with  our  patients  still  waiting  to  be  seen.  When  he  is  not  sharing  Christ  with  waiting  patients,  he  is  in  the  clinic  praying  for  patients  and  sharing  the  Gospel.  He  has  led  many  to  the  Lord.  He  also  uses  the  Audio  Story  Tellers  to  attract  people  to  the  Lord.  He  will  set  the  Story  Teller  in  the  midst  of  the  patients  and  they  are  soon  captivated  by  the  story  of  God’s  love  and  plan  for  redeeming  mankind.  As  a  result  they  seek  him  out  later  and  ask  to  learn  more.  We  have  given  out  hundreds  of  Audio  Story  Tellers  to  our  illiterate  patients  who  never  had  a  chance  to  hear  the  Gospel.  He  

then  tries  to  follow  up  with  them  in  the  camps  or  in  the  villages  they  come  from.  

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Reaching  the  unreached  peoples  in  their  mother  tongue  Every  year  the  Falatas  (Fulanis)  make  their  circuitous  travels  down  from  Damazin  in  Blue  Nile  State  towards  Upper  Nile  in  South  Sudan  before  heading  towards  Ethiopia  and  then  finally  back  to  Sudan.  There  are  over  2,000,000  Falatas  in  Sudan  and  they  are  about  99.99%  Muslim.  We  have  yet  to  meet  any  Falata  who  claims  to  follow  Christ.  Fiercely  independent  nomads  and  proudly  Muslim,  they  rarely  let  insiders  into  their  tight  communities.  However,  for  some  reason  we  have  found  favor  with  them  and  they  have  chosen  GMC  as  their  clinic.  Recently  I  had  several  in  the  clinic  with  their  various  maladies  and  one  child  of  theirs  who  was  severely  malnourished.  It  just  so  happened  that  I  had  an  Audio  Story  Teller  in  their  mother  tongue.  When  I  first  turned  on  the  Story  Teller  they  weren’t  paying  much  attention  to  it.  Then  all  of  the  sudden  their  eyes  popped  open  wide  and  they  exclaimed,  “This  man  is  speaking  Falata!  This  is  our  language!”  It  was  an  amazing  moment  and  they  were  thrilled.  We  pray  they  continue  to  come  to  us  for  their  health  needs  and  that  as  a  result  of  hearing  the  Good  News  and  seeing  Christ’s  love  in  our  deeds  and  our  staff  caring  for  them  with  the  love  of  God  they  will  come  into  His  family.    

Even  those  not  physically  ill  come  for  spiritual  healing  Even  in  the  midst  of  crazy  hectic  days,  God  often  brings  divine  appointments.  This  day  in  particular  we  were  super  busy  and  treated  160  patients.    Every  bed  was  occupied  by  someone  on  an  IV  for  treatment  

of  severe  malaria.  I  have  to  say,  however,  that  the  best  part  of  the  day  was  when  Izaddin,  a  Muslim  refugee,  came  to  the  clinic  not  because  he  was  sick,  but  because  he  was  "hungry"—he  was  hungry  to  find  truth.  He  wanted  a  "radio"  (Audio  Story  Teller)  as  he  heard  about  them  in  his  section  in  the  refugee  camp.  He  waited  over  an  hour  til  I  had  a  free  moment  to  speak  to  him.  When  I  finally  had  a  chance  to  talk  he  shared  that  he  was  searching  for  truth  and  wanted  to  find  out  more  about  our  belief  as  he  said  he'd  been  thinking  about  becoming  a  Christian.  "What????"  I  said  to  myself,  what  an  amazing  divine  appointment!  He  hungrily  ate  up  the  Good  News  I  shared  with  him  and  then  he  eagerly  allowed  me  to  pray  for  him  that  God  would  help  him  find  the  truth.  We  just  got  news  that  he  and  another  young  man  from  his  tribe  both  are  now  following  Jesus  and  attending  church.  Please  pray  for  Izaddin  as  he  shares  the  Audio  Story  Teller  with  them  that  they  too  will  choose  to  follow  our  Lord.    

Pray  for  GMC  This  is  a  divine  time  in  history  and  God  has  graced  us  with  the  task  of  reaching  many  around  us  in  Doro  who  have  never  had  a  chance  to  hear  of  His  love.  The  GMC  is  a  “city  set  upon  a  hill”.  We  need  more  financial  donors  and  more  medical  missionaries  to  join  our  team  so  we  can  continue  to  be  a  light  to  the  nations  that  surround  us.  

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History  and  background  of  the  Grieve  Memorial  Clinic    The  Grieve  Memorial  Clinic  (GMC)  is  a  Primary  Health  Care  Center  that  serves  an  extremely  undeveloped  region  in  Upper  Niles  State  in  South  Sudan.  As  a  faith-­‐based  clinic  we  seek  to  provide  holistic  health  care  to  our  patients.  Our  clinic  was  initially  started  in  the  1940s  by  Dr.  Bob  Grieve  and  his  wive,  Claire,  to  serve  the  local  Mabaan  population;  however,  it  was  closed  for  quite  a  few  years  because  of  the  civil  war  that  raged  in  much  of  Sudan  for  over  50  years.  We  reopened  the  doors  in  2008  to  serve  the  Mabaan  peoples  again.  However,  when  war  started  in  Blue  Nile  and  Kordofan  States  in  the  Republic  of  Sudan  in  2011  our  area  was  flooded  with  over  130,000  refugees,  of  which  the  majority  consists  of  unreached  Muslims.      Many  Mabaan  affiliate  themselves  with  the  Sudan  Interior  Church  (SIC)  or  the  Catholic  churches  that  are  scattered  in  this  region,  but  few  have  been  discipled  in  the  Word  and  many  remain  weak  in  their  faith  and  still  practice  much  witchcraft.  The  Muslims  in  the  refugee  camps  mostly  practice  folk  Islamic  traditions  and  we  have  found  many  to  be  open  to  hearing  about  our  faith.  We  can  freely  share  with  them  and  now  churches  springing  up  among  the  JumJum,  Mayak,  and  Mofu  peoples.  The  Ingessana,  a  tribe  completely  unreached  with  the  Gospel,  are  now  also  showing  interest  in  Christ  and  a  handful  has  come  to  the  Lord  in  the  past  2  years.  However,  we  recently  received  news  that  there  are  over  200  Ingessana  youth  in  one  of  the  refugee  camps  near  us  who  are  seriously  considering  becoming  followers  of  Christ.    With  war  continuing  in  Blue  Nile  and  Kordofan  State,  it  is  believed  that  the  refugees  will  continue  to  stay  here  for  quite  some  time.  Although  these  refugees  have  access  to  clinics  in  the  camps,  they  often  choose  to  come  to  our  clinic  for  care  as  they  frequently  receive  inferior  or  inadequate  care  in  the  camp  clinics.  A  recent  exit  interview  conducted  in  June  and  July  2014  among  1227  patients  revealed  that  56%  of  the  patients  had  been  seen  at  another  clinic  just  prior  to  visiting  the  GMC.  Most  patients  interviewed  stated  they  did  not  get  better  from  the  other  treatment  hence  they  come  seeking  help  from  our  staff.  Many  also  mentioned  they  prefer  the  care  they  get  from  our  staff.  They  notice  they  are  cared  for  with  compassion  and  many  patients,  including  Muslims,  warmly  welcome  the  prayers  and  counsel  of  our  clinic  chaplain,  Pastor  Bulus,  a  Mabaan  who  has  the  gift  of  evangelism.  Truly  this  is  an  historic  moment  where  many  Muslims  can  hear  of  the  Good  News  in  freedom,  have  time  to  digest  what  they  are  learning,  and  then  eventually  return  home  to  their  country  with  Christ  in  their  hearts  and  be  used  by  the  Lord  to  bring  revival  to  Sudan,  a  country  which  is  now  rated  the  6th  out  of  50  countries  where  persecution  of  Christians  for  religious  reasons  is  most  severe.1    Although  there  was  fighting  in  much  of  South  Sudan  during  2014,  Doro  has  remained  relatively  calm  except  for  a  few  incidents.  We  believe  this  is  because  God  has  a  special  plan  for  this  region  of  South  Sudan.  God  has  given  SIM  missionaries  open  doors  to  share  of  Christ’s  plan  of  redemption  with  such  tribes  as  the  Ingessana,  Mayak,  Jumjum,  Fulani,  Ragarik,  Nuban,  Surkum,  Zeriba,  and  Darfurian.  We  also  have  a  large  influx  of  Arabs  from  White  Nile  and  Gezira  States  who  have  come  to  start  businesses.  Truly  this  is  an  exciting  time  to  be  in  Mabaan  County  and  we  are  constantly  reminded  of  the  well-­‐known  scripture  from  the  Book  of  Esther:  

 For  if  you  keep  silent  at  this  time,  relief  and  deliverance  shall  arise  for  the  Jews  from  elsewhere,  but  you  and  your  father’s  house  will  perish.  And  who  knows  but  that  you  have  come  to  the  kingdom  for  such  a  time  as  this  and  for  this  very  occasion?  (Esther  4:14  AMP).  

 Although  we  know  this  is  dealing  with  the  deliverance  of  the  Jews  at  a  very  frightening  time  in  their  history,  we  can  also  apply  this  many  peoples  who  are  lost  and  trapped  in  the  kingdom  of  darkness  who  are  waiting  to  hear  the  Good  News  of  Christ.  In  the  Republic  of  Sudan  there  is  Sharia  law  and  limited  opportunities  to  share  Christ.  There  are  also  very  limited  opportunities  to  live  there  as  most  foreigners  were  kicked  out  in  2013.  Now  is  the  time  and  the  occasion  to  reach  the  unreached  tribes  from  the  North  who  are  living  in  desperate  situations  in  the  4  refugee  camps  that  surround  us.  Doro  has  the  largest  camp  with  over  50,000  people.    

                                                                                                               1  https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-­‐persecution/world-­‐watch-­‐list/  (accessed  2/1/15).  

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 The  SIM  GMC  serves  many  of  these  refugees  in  our  outpatient  clinic,  maternal  health  clinic,  and  leprosy  program  and  nutrition  village.  We  have  seen  many  Muslims  come  to  Christ  over  the  past  2  years  and  new  churches  are  starting  among  them.  This  is  a  very  exciting  time  for  those  who  have  a  heart  for  Muslim  evangelism  and  reaching  the  unreached  and  unengaged.  Our  desire  is  to  see  thousands  and  thousands  of  these  refugees  return  back  North  with  Christ  in  their  hearts  and  be  used  by  God  to  be  nation  changers.    We  also  believe  it  is  a  crucial  time  for  us  to  begin  reaching  the  Mabaan  peoples  with  the  truth  of  God’s  word,  to  disciple  them  in  the  truth,  and  to  encourage  them  to  fully  surrender  their  lives  to  Christ  and  give  up  the  practice  of  witchcraft.  Without  God  transforming  their  hearts,  they  will  not  prosper  and  walk  in  the  ways  of  the  Lord  and  receive  all  He  has  for  them.  Once  they  learn  God’s  word  and  know  the  purpose  He  has  for  their  lives,  they  too  will  become  nation  changers.