Our women and girls face significant challenges during menstruation, which is uncomfortable but needs to be discussed. We have recognized this need and decided to help especially the girls who cannot afford to buy hygiene kits and end up missing school during this time, staying home and feeling very uncomfortable. We have decided to create reusable hygiene kits. Some of us can sew, while others handle finishing, assembling everything we need into one kit. One of the sisters took the initiative and started meeting with 5 girls. Soon, their number increased to 150. Today, more than 200 teenagers come.
The schoolgirls who receive these kits gain confidence, not fearing awkward situations, and they can continue their education. They receive not only reusable kits but also guidance from the Bible that transforms lives.
A complete hygiene kit costs us $15. We give 2 kits to each girl! Each kit contains 2 bars of soap, which are very valuable at the camp. These kits are convenient and designed to last for a year, minimizing costs. Helping these teenage girls will lead to a great transformation of their souls. By being involved in their lives, they open up to the Gospel! We ask for your help in purchasing materials and sewing 2000 kits!
More than 19,000 refugees from South Sudan are stranded right on the border between South Sudan and Sudan in the regions of Renk, Aweil, and Bentiu. These refugees have traveled on foot for hundreds of miles before reaching the border line. Others have used trucks, and some have made their way to the border on donkeys and camels. Most of them are exhausted, many are sick, dehydrated, and there are no medicines, food, or other essential items.
Just last week, 9 people died in refugee camps due to the lack of food and other essential items in the settlement. Life in refugee camps in South Sudan is hell! Repatriates from South Sudan are living in terrible conditions. Our churches in the Malakal area are taking in thousands of people and asking for help in this serious situation. There are reports of genocide, rape, and looting in the Genna and Darfur regions. Most hospitals have been destroyed due to ongoing fighting. Most churches in these regions of Sudan have been burned down, and believers have moved to Chad.
Thank you for taking the time to pray for these needs! We are tired of war and ask for prayers for believers in this region so that they may not be silenced and can continue to preach the Gospel!
Our evangelist Adam Harun is a witness to the senseless political struggle in Sudan. He is currently in El Fasher, in the western region of Darfur. This is the 6th day of the battle between the Armed Forces of Sudan and the militarized group known as the Rapid Support Forces or the Janjaweed militia. Adam and his disciples have witnessed people being killed. The training center in El Fasher was bombed, and dozens of children were injured. There is no water, no electricity, no food, and life is unbearably difficult.
Adam called me early in the morning and asked for prayers for him and for Nasreddin. Together, they plan to go to the border region of South Sudan, Aweil. Pray that God protects their lives and helps save many people weary of war!
Another evangelist, Almaden, lives on the outskirts of Khartoum. He is also in danger. Bombings day and night. People cannot sleep, panic is spreading! He said he wants to flee to Port Sudan, but due to constant shelling, he hasn’t been able to do so! Pray for him!
Abdel, our evangelist in the Blue Nile region of Sudan, also witnessed the gunfire that began in Damazin, Kormuk, and Gedaref. The Rapid Support Forces suffered defeat, and many of them were arrested by the government. Abdel initially fled with his family to Bao near the Ethiopian border. But in Bao, there is no clean water or electricity, and they were forced to return to Damazin!
Support our ministry in Sudan, where war has been ongoing for many decades!
I would like to sincerely thank God for His protection of my life in 2022. On October 31, 2022 at 7:15, I was driving from Arua to Adjumani via Moyo and immediately after leaving the city, we got into an accident. The car exceeded the speed limit and crashed into a tree. There were three of us in the car, thank God that none of us were hurt. Although the car needs to be restored, it will require a large sum of money.
A few days later, as if this were not enough, Satan was still pursuing me when we were driving from Juby to Nimule on the highway, our car hit a rebel ambush and ten people were killed and 22 were seriously injured. Thank God our driver was able to turn the car around and none of us were hurt. We stopped 10 kilometers from the scene and called for a military convoy. We were escorted by the military arrived at the border with Uganda.
After this incident, I sang Psalm 144:1-3 “I will exalt you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord and highly praised, and His greatness is unsearchable…”…I would like to thank God and all of you for always praying for me and supporting the Kingdom work in the region south of the Sahara and the countless groups in that area.
“He who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, by the revelation of the mystery, about which from time immemorial it has been silent, but which is now revealed, and through the prophetic writings, by the command of the eternal God, proclaimed to all peoples to conquer their faith. To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, glory forever. Amen”. – Ephesians 3:20-21
It is in these places of Scripture, we, as the first generation of Baptists in South Sudan, have rooted and prayed to reach all the farthest corners of South Sudan and other sub-Saharan countries. The photographs you see are testament to the fulfillment of the commission of Jesus Christ and the preaching of the gospel to the lost in the refugee camps in northern Uganda. As part of this mission, a total of 76 people gave their lives to Jesus Christ, and they are now taking discipleship classes. Pray that God strengthened and grew them in their faith. Glory to God. We pray that God will continue to equip leaders so they can help all the lost in South Sudan.
The people of South Sudan have survived many wars. We never had our own school to train missionaries and pastors. And now, the long-awaited discipleship center has opened in Moyo, Northern Uganda! We started with 10 students who were recruited from the refugee camps. We have experienced the power of God for the last 14 days of teaching and witnessed four students being baptized after learning the biblical meaning of baptism.
Pastor Yonan Ismail baptized them early Friday morning! All students felt the importance of studying Word of God. Our first witnesses went to preach in the city of Moyo, located near the school, and in total 46 people turned to Jesus Christ. One former demoniac teacher also received Christ as Lord. We would like to sincerely give glory and honor to God for the fact that our training center began to work. We would like to thank you all for your prayers and generosity in supporting the construction of the center. We plan to provide online learning in the future, so you can teach as well. In our center and we are praying for hardware, screen, laptop, Wi-Fi, all of which will require about $3,000. Pray with us as we plan to reach the most remote villages, groups and tribes south of the Sahara.
