Hope for Sudan
Sudanese Outreach
Sudanese in Omaha
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Larry and Linda Heuertz

   
     
 

OUR MISSION

The main focus of the Sudanese Outreach is to build relationships through recreational activities, devotions, tutoring, mentoring, and sharing our lives with the Sudanese community.

Our goals include being an advocate for the over 9,000 refugees now living in Omaha, Nebraska teaching them through our commitments and our love for them that their hope is in Jesus Christ.

Linda and Larry Heuertz
 

IN THE NEWS:

  • In 2003 “Six Who Share” honored Larry and Linda Heuertz for outstanding contributions, leadership, guidance in the lives of Heartland children.
  • KAKUMA AFRICA In June of 2005 Larry and Linda went to Kakuma in Kenya Africa and visited the refugee camp there and were able to unite with families of families in Omaha Nebraska! What a reunion it was for us to bring news, supplies, and love from the families in Omaha to their families still waiting in refugee camps. It was such a culture shock to us to see how they live in a barren dusty land with little or no schooling at all, yet they give God all the glory for all that they have and to be in a safe place. (Please email us for all of the details of our time in Africa at info@hopeforsudan.com ). See photos of our trip to Kenya below:

HISTORY

Hope for Sudan outreach started in July of 1998 as part of a Fusion Street School Outreach in Omaha Nebraska. We spent a week with a small team of men and women holding a basketball clinic, having devotions and forming relationships.

At the time there were only 1,200 Sudanese in Omaha. We had 13 kids show up the first night. During that week God laid a burden on the hearts of Linda and Larry Heuertz for the Sudanese. So it was then that Larry and Linda began a ministry for the Sudanese called HOPE FOR SUDAN. When the Hope Center opened in October of that year, they allowed the outreach to meet there. God has blessed us with a team who was committed to be “Jesus with skin on”

   

OMAHA SUDANESE OUTREACH

What a fast TEN years it has been!

We wanted to send out a newsletter in celebration of starting our eleventh year. We have learned so much. God has taught us as we went along loving and doing HIS work.

The NATION OF SUDAN has grown into about 10,000 Sudanese right here in Omaha Nebraska! We have watched babies grow into young girls and boys and we have watched middle school kids grow and go off to college to further their education. We have attended college graduations from business, nursing etc. We have celebrated with many of them in receiving their citizenship. We have sent off many men who have joined the armed forces to protect the United States of America.

 

We have helped thru Lamaze delivering many many babies and spent many days and nights in intensive care with premature babies. There have also been some tragic accidents/sicknesses where we have spent many days in intensive care with youth from van and car accidents, helped with family needs, meals etc thru these times.

We have grieved with them when losing loved ones from infants on up in the states and grieved with them when losing loved ones in Sudan and the refugee camps. They then spend their time in church all day and all night reading scripture and worshipping HIM in song.

We continue to help the Sudanese community with groceries, medical visits, funerals, legal proceedings, schooling, helping with furniture, clothing, helping youth who have made wrong choices and spent time in youth detention centers.

The Sudanese community continues to teach us selflessness, patience kindness to one another and their strong faith in God. Their child-like faith that makes everything so matter of fact and not question why things happen when it is difficult things to go through. We share meals with kids and many times with their families and are able to listen to the hearts of the parents and their concerns of the public schools, praying for them, sharing the gospel and teaching them. They are always grateful whenever you help them and so hospitable to us when we come to visit. They welcome our prayers count on Mama Linda now to sing the “Blessing’ song over their newborn babies and their children. We have cried many times when families have moved out of Omaha and we miss them so much.

A VOICE AND AN ADVOCATE

We continue to be a voice and an advocate for Sudanese with immigration and the courts with documentation, jobs, schooling, attending athletic and school events, teacher conferences, school counselors, tutoring, medical visits, employment opportunities, explore housing opportunities etc.

   

TEAM

Our team continues to teach the Sudanese about American customs and Holidays. We spend time in the Sudanese communities, as guest in their homes; we have many Sudanese into Larry and Linda’s homes, even for slumber parties!!!!!
The teams go on community outings with the youth for all ages to the zoo, movies, skating, bowling, ballgames, swimming, shopping, church out to eat along with teaching life skills when out in the community.

The outreach has attended many Sudanese weddings, festivities, and helped sponsor 2 Sudan Days sanctioned by the Mayors office.

Above all, we are ministered and taught by the Sudanese. They teach us their customs, explain their holidays and accept us into their homes; Americans can learn so much from these sweet loving, and caring people.