“I’m on the plane having a miserable time trying to sleep. It’s 4h40 Paris time. I must have slept though, because I had a dream of being taken hostage by a guy running from the police.

He ended up slitting my throat, though he told me it would be just a flesh wound and I wouldn’t die.

That’s when I woke up. I looked at the airmap animation thing on my TV screen and I saw that we were flying over the Sudan. Not sure that meant anything, but it led me to pray for Darfur.

Wondered how many people below me on the ground were feeling at that moment what I was feeling in my dream. For me, in Paris, it would take an extraordinary turn of events for this to happen to me.

In Darfur, this could happen because I went to get water. I did, by the way, when I woke up, get water. Extremely thirsty. Again, this made me think of the choice some face just below me, of thirst or risking their lives to go to a well, stalked by those who are tormenting them.

Lord, help us to care … to identify with your children here …”

- Todd Burkes
Some friends of ours are exploring the ways Christians can share and help each other within the French-African relationship. Very exciting! If this interests you, check out what happened on the rest of his trip in Africa. Click on the link of “Follow Him” under “My Favorite Blogs” on the sidebar to get to his blog.

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