New Bishop Gwynne College, Juba

River Nile at Juba

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your tremendous contributions to New Bishop Gwynne College,Juba over the last twelve months. We are deeply conscious of the depth of prayer that is being offered for us. Many of

you have contributed a lot of money too. We really do need it as, along with the rest of the Christian Churches in theSudan, we are being hugely ambitious in this difficult part of the world. So much has been broken for so long, that in

order to grow we have to go into each day in the faith that God loves and heals. Our aim is not only to teach but to

enable each student to develop a deep relationship with God, without whom we cannot succeed in his work.

90% of our students, who are already serving as pastors, evangelists and lay-readers, have spent years in refugee camps.

Their education has been severely limited and interrupted. But these young men and women have dedicated their lives to

the service of their communities as agents for the Gospel, for peace and the basic needs that their children need to makesure they they better off than them. That's why, not only do we teach standard theological subjects, but also agriculture,

parish planning, basic maths and budgeting and conflict resolution. Some pastors have also undertaken basic medicaltraining and teacher training. They have worked incredibly hard in far from ideal circumstances (often without power,

sometimes without water), fighting off malaria and other common illnesses, parted from their families and studying in a

foreign language. We are very proud of each one of them, and enormously grateful to all of you who have supported usin 2010.

We look forward to 2011. Things are going to be very difficult to begin with on the financial front as some of our

expected rents have not materialised - so keep praying.. Then on 9th January the south of Sudan has a referendum onwhether to be independent of the north. This process is very significant and, whatever the outcome, the depth of change

will take a lot of patience and sensitivity.

May your Christmas be a blessed one, and your 2011 be a year in which your hopes will be fulfilled.

Yours in Christ

Trevor and Tina Stubbs