Famine

Well, its a little worse than I thought. As I said down below, there has been a real lack of rain here this season and the crops are really suffering. I was talking to Reverend Kenneth today (the local head of EI) and he was telling me that it has caused a famine in Pader district. So far 5 people have died from hunger this season, two of them children. People are also stealing each others' crops right out of the ground out of desperation. The World Food Programme has already withdrawn from this district, so international aid isn't widely available. These people really need your prayers for rain, which will relieve their suffering. Emmanuel International has been doing seed distribution to vulnerable people, but that really doesn't matter if there's no rain. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.