The

Grieve Memorial ClinicA place of

healing

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 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, the majority of who are 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 have
come to the Lord in the past 2 years. However, 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 Christs 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 fathers 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

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

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.

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.

Our Clinica place where people can find physical and

spiritual healing

This Mslim 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 Bulusan 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 Gods 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.

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 werent 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 Christs 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 talk to him and when I finally had a
chance to talk to him 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. I don't think it will
be long before he fully surrenders his life to Christ. Please
pray for Izaddin and his family as he goes home and shares
the Audio Story Teller with them.

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.