The director of the Migiale Baptist Association, Clement Niombo, expressed a huge gratitude for the assistance with the refugees from Southern Sudan in the Cerva Camp. This is the second truckload of food we sent to this newly founded camp.
We loaded the truck on December 29 and on the next day at 10 am in the morning we were already unloading it. A huge number of people were expecting our arrival. Church leaders and government officials were both expressing their gratitude to all those who participated in the help for the homeless. We unloaded 100 bags of corn flour, 100 bags of beans, 50 cans of oil and 50 boxes of soap and salt. About 1600 people were able to receive food packages for their families. We distributed the soap to the elderly, invalids and pregnant women.
The present people could not resist to overwhelmingly thank us for the help prayers. May the Lord bless you for your help.
Our first visit in Uganda was in May 2017. The thought to go there again never left my mind after I left. We saw horrible pictures of hunger, poverty, inhuman conditions of life and a thirst for God’s word.
Our trip began with difficulties. At the airport security, they found a knife at one of our team members. He didn’t know it was there. The police were called and after long conversations they let him go with the condition to appear in front of a court for further investigation.
Before our arrival, we learned that we would not be able to visit one of the camps ins South Sudan because of the armed conflict in that area. A unit of soldiers reached the refugee camp and started to shoot randomly at the refugees and didn’t even stop with women or children. Many fled to bordering Kerwa Region in Uganda.
The camp in Kerwa just opened a few weeks ago. We purchase 12 tons of food, 700 bibles, and medication. More than 1500 people were sitting under tree branches and waiting for us from the early morning.
People rejoiced and praised God for the help that arrived on time and for the Word of God that they received. Thank you, everybody, who helped and cared about the refugees here in Uganda. Our brothers and sister from South Sudan undergo a very difficult journey. They lost everything that they once owned. They are tired from a war that already lasts for more than 60 years.
Please pray for the awakening for South Sudan, for the end of the war so that the two rivaling tribes would stop killing innocent civilians.
In September 2017, the secretary of the Baptist Union of Kenya Peter Olonapa and head of the Southern Sudan Baptist Union Edward Dima visited churches of the north-west coast in the United States. The Lord abundantly blessed their participation in various divine services and family evenings.
On behalf of the ministry, I want to express my great gratitude to all who took us in for the night, fed us, and helped to resolve unforeseen problems! I also thank all the ministers who opened not only churches but also their hearts for our guests.
This month we are shipping another load of food to believing refugees who are in the North of Uganda. We also continue to build canopies in the camps. A group of helpers is flying to Kenya to finish building the church.
Pray for this ministry, that our help would be pleasing to God, and bring blessing to the needy!
Our Evangelical brothers are opening new churches in the various refugee camps in Northern Uganda. The founded churches in Bibidi and Abrimadsho, Yumbe already have 60 members even though they still don’t have a building or a shelter to gather and be protected from the scorching sun and rain. We want to build a tent for them so that they would be able to gather in any weather to worship God. Please pray for this church.
Pastor Oniseimo Serit visits believers in the Moyo district regularly to strengthen students and had conversations with new believers. Here he is standing on a flooded road. Families from here were forced to seek new accommodation for themselves. Pastor Onesimo encourages them to hold on to the Lord despite the inconveniences they are experiencing. Please pray for our brothers whose tents are flooded because they need to find a new place to stay with their families.
At the end of October, Pastor Musa started a new church. He is from Darfur, South Sudan. He was a Muslim until he found Christ a few years ago and now receiving theological education in Yumbe, Uganda. Knowing the teachings of Islam he can work with Muslims and bring them to Christ easier. The deacon of his church is an also a former Muslim, who is receiving a theological education in Yumbe as well. We are thankful for the support to build the tent for Pastor Musa’s church. We also want to thank for the opportunity to receive the Bible in Arabic, English, and some other tribal languages.
May the Lord bless you for your prayers and support.
