Despite the Covid-19 Lockdown in the refugee camps, the two evangelists Jackson Alikanga & Doru Alex reached out to the neighborhood at the Morobi camp, a refugee’s settlement in the Obongi district. God has put into the hearts of these men a desire to share the Gospel with the community. One morning, the two evangelists went with their Bibles to reach out to their first home, they were welcomed, and both were given chairs to sit and share the Gospel with four people and two of them gave their lives to Jesus Christ.
The next home they went to was in the Morobi settlement camp. As the family welcomed them the police showed up and told them that they are under arrest. There were two charges against them. The first was that they illegally gathered people in the community during a time when the government had issued an order for churches and big gatherings to stop operating. The second charge was that they were resisting against the president’s orders for churches to close.
They were tied up quickly and taken to the police and were given a chance to write a statement to explain what exactly happened. They stated that they were sharing the Gospel in the refugee camps and with their neighborhood and suddenly the police arrested them and now they are here. The police officer warned them not to gather people again.
After they were released, they immediately started preaching to the police officers, and one of them accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and savior. Pray for these new friends who come to faith. Pray that they grow in the knowledge of God and pray for the two evangelists to continue to be bold in sharing their faith with lost people in the refugee camps.
Because of the coronavirus, we had to close the school. As you know, I taught in the church building all these years. I have two classes and I separate the small children from adult children. It has been a difficult time for me. Inside the building, there is the church inventory and a generator that poses a risk due to the fuel in it. It’s hard for me to teach some children inside while watching the others who are outside at the same time.
There was a case when one little boy remembered his mother and went home. Without a word, he suddenly disappeared. When his sister went on a break, she realized that her brother was gone. I called everyone who was nearby to help, after some time, we found him lost in the bushes. Since that time, I regularly go outside and see if all the children are still there. Having a separate building with two or three classes is my dream. When I teach in one class, other children will be able to learn to write or solve math problems in the other class.
Students from poor families come to class. Getting lunch at school is not easy for them. Some have livestock, while others have nothing. Most of these children are raised by one parent. Their mothers depend on beadwork. Due to the virus, they are forced to stay at home and cannot sell their beads in the Masai market. They have no livelihood. This is a very difficult time for my students. Do not forget us in your prayers!
Esther is six years old. She lives in southern Kenya in the Masaai tribe. After a severe, prolonged illness, the family lost their father. Now the mother is forced to raise their daughter alone. Esther has two brothers and two sisters. Both sisters are married. Now she lives with her mother and two brothers in a small hut.
Esther’s life is like many of her peers associated with livestock and beadwork. This is the main source of income. There is no work in these remote villages, and so the products, souvenirs, and necklaces that they make, they have to sell on the side of the road. With the proceeds, her mother buys everything necessary for everyday life.
Esther has her responsibilities in the house. She collects firewood, washes dishes, and regularly carries drinking water in a 5-liter (1.3 gallons) container. Esther loves school, loves to sing. She is a smart talkative girl, good at reading and writing. Due to their poverty, the mother cannot give her food for lunch in school. I have more than 20 children in the classroom and in order to provide lunch for them during the month I need an extra $200. Thank you for participating in the life of my students.
I greet you all in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We pray for the ministry that God began in South Sudan. We pray that the Lord will expand our limits in 2020. Thank you for your prayers and help in the refugee camps in Uganda. We really appreciate the fact that you are nearby and support us in this distress.
The Lord is faithful, we planted 12 new churches in one year. We had 1,119 people baptized. More than 11,000 people have heard the Gospel from our evangelists and then fifteen hundred of them accepted Christ as the Savior. The Lord showed his authority in the freeing of 23 people from demonic dependence. About 40 people returned to the church after the retreat. We thank God for the two evangelists who resumed their ministry in the church of Kajokeci. Due to hostilities, the ministry was terminated in January 2017.
One amazing story happened to a woman named Yakisuk. She was posessed with demons for a long time, and relatives paid money to the witches in Congo to free her. Our brother went to their village and preached the Gospel. When he prayed for her freedom, Yakisuk fainted. Everybody thought she was dead. After she regained consciousness, she stood up – healed and free from the power of Satan. The family and Yakisuk herself were very sorry that they had not turned to Christ earlier. After all, He gives true freedom and doesn’t take money for it but does it all by His grace and love. Continue to pray for revival in Uganda and Sudan.
Greetings my friends, our Gospel preaching is not limited to one place. We thank God that the ministry began in Sudan in the highly populated areas of the southern Blue Nile, in the areas of Ingessana, Uddu and Jumdzhum. A wide door for the Gospel was opened in northern Sudan, and we are so grateful that God used our disciples, Abdel, Saddam, Jalfu, Gadir, Abusaal, and others to reach the local population.
Last August, we visited churches in Sudan and heard about the persecution of our leaders, pastors, and ordinary believers. Pray for Pastor Abusaal. His Father-in-law, had learned that he had become a Christian, he took his wife and children, saying that he would return them only after Abusaala converted back to Islam! His wife, not believing in Christ, also doesn’t want to continue to live with him. Abusaala is now looking for money to pay his parents in law to buy out the children. He needs to pay $600 to get his children back. They wanted to sue Abusaal for adopting Christianity, and he was to appear before an Islamic court in Maban. Please pray for him!
Many Blue Nile residents are refugees in northeastern South Sudan, and they are among the people who were not able to reach Sudan. Pray for awakening in this region of the country and about opening new churches. Also, for existing communities, which today, among the hatred and hostility of the local population, perform ministry in the name of Christ.
We thank God for all the good that He has done for us. The school is doing well. After the holidays, we opened on Monday, January 6, 2020. We thanked God because He sent us rain and all the grass was green. We don’t need to worry about how to feed our livestock at the moment
School attendance is pretty good. My children are all grateful for their school uniforms and shoes. Last year, we bought part of the uniform. Now we bought the remaining sweaters, shirts and ties. We really appreciate your support. May the Lord bless you all. As you can see in the pictures, my children are very happy.
Now in the community, many parents want their children to go to school, but I do not have a second separate room for the other class. This is one of the main problems that I am facing today.
I also have an assistant, a teacher – this is a young man who received secondary education last year. He will be able to teach in primary school. Everything depends on the second room. Pray for this so that the Maasai school can grow!
