That’s A Wrap!…Well, Just About

On October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 By Jacob LeeIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

(More pictures and a video below)

By Carol Lee

By now, Jacob and I would have been to the States for our annual 3-month visit and would already be packed and ready to return to Uganda. As it is, we still have some weeks left before we visit family, friends and supporting churches in the US. Extenuating circumstances lengthened our stay, but it has been providential in allowing Jacob to WRAP up the last of the renovations on campus and ready us for another year of fruitful ministry as well as to receive other missionary families to join us as God provides.

It has been a long year of steady physical as well as administrative/managerial effort for Jacob in overseeing the building projects and keeping in contact with partners in the US and Canada in addition to expanding RAU’s network of ministry collaborators. We are so grateful for the way the Lord connects us to others who have similar visions so that we can all go far together in Kingdom mission. As the saying goes, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

We recently returned from a short getaway at our favorite spot in Entebbe. Now, in about one month we will complete the final WRAP up before traveling to the States. Once again, we are blessed to be able to put the management of the campus and its activities into the capable hands of Onette Zorah (Bachelors in Child Development and soon receiving his Masters in Business Administration with a major in organizational leadership). He has proven to be valuable to the ministry as have our friends and co-workers in Kampala, Bukenya Patrick (COO) and Kalunda Thomas (CFO) and the folks that help us out here on campus.

Here is what has been happening since the last update:

The site for the borehole for the UPDF (Ugandan army) has been found and drilled and officially opened by Local government leaders as well as Jacob. Due to some insecurity at the border between South Sudan and Uganda, the Ugandan government wanted to install a large UPDF barracks to keep peace and stability in our border region. The road to the designated site was too rough for the drilling trucks to reach easily, so the district assigned a bulldozer to grade a road to the borehole site so that the drillers could push forward. Once the road was complete, it did not take long for the local drilling company to hit water. This borehole will be a tremendous help, not only for those in the barracks but also for the nearby communities and, Lord willing, an in-road for the Good News of Jesus Christ we long to bring to the people.
RAU has been supporting the church plants in the Metu Mountains to gradually improve their meeting areas. Termites are a troublesome enemy and they are equal opportunity devourers of anything wood. During rainy season, the ground turns to mud. RAU has helped them to get cement columns and metal roofing in the past and now, in a couple of locations, the churches are having slabs put in. Duku and Oyo Community Baptist Churches both received slabs which will make much better places to meet.
Pastor Tobious and Jacob have known each other since 2010; RAU has developed a wonderful ministry partnership with him and Aya Baptist Church for which Tobious is the senior pastor. Recently, the church plants which were birthed out of Aya and Ijujo Baptist churches began the process of applying for membership in the Baptist Union of Uganda. RAU’s desire has always been to come alongside church plants for 8 villages to move them towards self-governance, self-sufficiency and self-propagation. This coincides with the motto of the Baptist Union: “To bring churches to spiritual maturity and equip them for God’s mission.” Membership involves many processes and fees towards which we have been able to contribute. Pastor Tobious has great vision for his “corner of the world” and for his people and works tirelessly to bring them good.
The Arapi/Gbari (the “G” in Gbari is almost silent) Community Baptist Church building is finally and fully complete–the last step was to get “Arapi/Gbari Community Baptist Church” is painted and it has been done well! Pray that this church will be a place of worship, learning, fellowship and mission. It is our hope that it also be a training center for smaller churches in Metu Mountains northern side. Aya Baptist vision is to do the same for small southern Metu Mountain churches. Aya Baptist also received a small face lift via a new coat of paint on the walls.
Literature distribution continues on a regular basis: Africa Study Bibles to Church leaders in Uganda, Refugee settlements, South Sudan and the Nuba Mountain region, and Global Outreach Bibles to students and congregation members.
RAU was able to get 4,000 more Prosperity Gospel booklets and 5,000 of ABWE’s Good Soil publication, “Message of Hope” (MOH) booklets (in Aringa-) printed through a wonderful partner–Ekisinga Publishing out of Jinja, Uganda. We want all leaders to receive a copy of the Prosperity Gospel booklet to make them aware of the dangers and false promises of the Prosperity Gospel. The MOH booklet will be distributed mostly in Yumbe District where Aringa is spoken.
RAU is supplying two Bible School libraries–one in Gulu and the other in Adjumani–with theological books for students in attendance. We have also provided at least 5 graduating classes around (mainly) the West Nile but also beyond with Africa Study Bibles for the students.
Crossway Publishing has given RAU license to post 15 different theological books in Arabic making them available for free to a large population of Arabic speaking people. This is a huge blessing to leaders who might not otherwise have access to such wonderful resources.
Dr. Steve Wellum, Professor at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has produced 26 lessons (each 25-30 minutes in length) on the first tier Christian doctrines of the Trinity and the Person of Christ which will be uploaded to the RAU website. Stateside, Wayne Reigel is organizing the project to put these lessons on thumb drives and MicroSD cards for easy access for those with smart phones.
The Yumbe–RAU Branch: With the Land title secured for the property in Yumbe, we are only waiting to reach the full amount of funding necessary to drill a borehole, build a wall around the property and build a home for potential team members which would also serve as a teaching/discipleship space. So far, $40,000 has been set aside from a donation of Blackhawk Mintries. The goal is $246,000. Please read about the vision of an RAU on the ground branch in Yumbe which would be set amoung the Aringa tribe which listed as unreached people group and put RAU closer to Bidi-Bidi Zones One and Two Refugee Resettlement camps which is home to many Sudanese.
On October 24th, we will attend another graduation at Bidi Bidi Refugee Resettlement where Joshua Abraham Rawi has led another group of church leaders through 14 theological books and some few pamphlets. Joshua has been faithfully leading 2 groups per year in this study for the last 5-6 years.
Praise the Lord! With finishing touches and being done on campus as I write, we now have 4 beautiful homes for missionary team members to join. Of course, the Langworthy’s, and Jacob and I occupy two of them. We look forward to others joining us in days to come. For those interested, please go to ABWE and browse under “Serve” and then ” Browse Opportunities” to see the positions we are hoping to fill. As missionaries must raise their own support, we are looking for those who can accomplish this in addition to raising money for the funding of ministry activities.
In the town of Kochi, along the route to Yumbe and Arua, the Land Cruiser broke down some years back. While waiting for repairs , Jacob was approached by a Local Councilman to come and preach there–which he did. Now a small church has been planted and is being pastored by Ofezu Wilson. For the longest time they were meeting under a tree or in a local school, but now they are trying to build a small structure in which to gather. Pastor Wilson has come by for some “carpets” or tarpaulins to cover the simple structure they have built. Jacob also sent along Bibles and some theological books. This kind of providence brings such joy.

Praise and Prayer Requests

Praise the Lord for the energy and stamina to finish the long haul of building
Praise the Lord for our upcoming visit in the States to see family, friends and churches. Lord willing we leave Entebbe for Texas on November 16th.
Praise the Lord for His gracious supply for every aspect of ministry, whether here on campus or out in the communities
Pray for the fast spreading Ebola outbreak in next door D.R. Congo to be stopped and a wall to prevent cross border contamination.
Prayer for our travels within Uganda and the USA–safety and minimal disruption in travel
Pray for our co-workers here that they would experience health, energy and provision as they serve the Lord in their various capacities
Pray that the Lord of the Harvest would thrust forth laborers (future missionary team members) and pray that their fund-raising efforts would be fruitful and timely
Pray for and consider giving towards the Yumbe RAU Branch
Please pray for Jacob’s family in the loss of their father, Keith Lee. He passed away in Hospice care and was peaceful at the end. He would have been 96 on November 7th. We are grateful that he knew the Lord and we rest in the assurance that his faith in Christ has gained him entrance into a joyful inheritance in heaven.

And, well….That’s a WRAP–for now! Please enjoy some photos (below) that highlight the updates listed (above)!

Jacob’s father and one of Jacob’s favorite pictures of him as a child on his father’s lap.

1) Nkata and Lawrence (expert carpenter and finisher) are responsible for all the beautiful furniture and cabinetry around the campus. Here are some of the results of the skilled hard work of many over this past year on the missionary homes. Jacobs experience as general contractor in Texas served these projects well.

2. Jacob and the crew going to check for a borehole site where the barracks will be. He had a little protection with him!! The soldiers all received Africa Study Bibles and ESV Outreache Bibles and a commentary by Tim Keller on the Gospel of Mark.Here is the location. Jacob is targeting the barracks and village Abaya as a preaching point and Lord willing a church plant.

3. Some of the Metu Mountain church buildings (Arapi/Gbari, Aya, Duku, Oyo) getting a face lift or renovation!

4 .Africa Study Bibles, The Message of Hope in Aringa and a multitude of Bibles and theological books going out to leaders from Uganda, Refugees (Sudan and South Sudan) as well as into the countries of Sudan and South Sudan

5. Jacob and Pastor Wilson (from Kochi, Yumbe District–coming alongside a new church plant)

Thank you for standing with us, for taking an interest in, and for partnering with us in all we seek to do!

“Reaching Africa’s Unreached” was placed on our hearts in 2007. We know we are standing on the shoulders of many who have gone before us! Carol and I are very grateful for your prayers, words of encouragement, and support.

We ask for your continued prayers and financial support!

*Information on giving to Reaching Africa’s Unreached: https://reachingafricasunreached.org/donations/

RAU YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@jacoblee2082/videos

At our website, www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org , are many pictures, videos, blog posts which help flesh out our mission and calling from our Lor and Savior Jesus.

“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after you”

Missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Love and blessings from both of us!

Jacob and Carol Lee

Video: October 2025 to August 2026 Update

On August 26, 2026August 29, 2026 By Jacob LeeIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Carol put the video below together which we posted this morning on our YouTube Channel. She is a gift and gifted!

Find out what has been happening at Reaching Africa’s Unreached (RAU) since October 2025. God is faithful and good and we are grateful for all the ways He has blessed us! Thank you for your prayers and support!

Please keep praying for Carol and me as we push forward. I am nearing 71, and Carol isn’t far behind me. We continue to pray for God to bring more missionaries to join us and local churches in proclaiming the gospel of grace combined with being zealous for deeds of mercy. You can check out the Uganda opportunities on the ABWE site, where we have five spots open for long-term missionaries. We’re in good communication with ABWE about ministry teams and local church teaching teams visiting us. We are also grateful for the church teams which come our way.

Thank you for standing with us, for taking an interest in, and for partnering with us in all we seek to do!

We ask for your continued prayers and financial support!

*Information on giving to Reaching Africa’s Unreached:

https://reachingafricasunreached.org/donations/

RAU YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@jacoblee2082/videos

At our website, www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org , are many pictures, videos, blog posts which help flesh out our mission and calling from our Lor and Savior Jesus.

“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after you”

Missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Love and blessings from both of us!

Jacob and Carol Lee

What we do now in the Lord and for Him will echo throughout eternity for His praise and honor; all else is dust in the wind!

Day of Remembrance- August 10, 2013

On August 10, 2026 By Jacob LeeIn Uncategorized2 Comments

August 10,2013 is a day of remembrance. Thirteen years ago today, on August 10, 2013, we dedicated our first structure on the Reaching Africa’s Unreached (RAU) campus. The NGO purchased the original 17-acre land, which has now grown to 25 acres, in January 2011, and building work began soon after. At the dedication celebration, many local church leaders, Christians, and politicians joined us, including Moyo’s Member of Parliament. As you know, Carol and I moved here long term on July 13, 2013. My first ministry trip to Uganda was in August 2006, and the trip to where RAU is now was in March 2007. That is when the vision and mission for RAU was given, encompassed in 2 Timothy 2:2 and Acts 19:10: teaching faithful ones who will teach faithful ones the necessary first-tier truths of Christianity. Without biblically sound pastors/shepherds churches will not be healthy and self producing.

We praise the LORD for how HE has led, guided, and touched the many churches, individuals, and families who have stood with us through their prayers and sacrificial giving. We know that we are standing together and upon the shoulders of those who have inspired and taught us. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! It is our desire and prayer to continue to be faithful stewards and press on proclaiming the glorious good news of the gospel pointing people to King Jesus until the day He takes us to our permanent home with him in heaven. Jesus IS building his church, and the gates of hell will not stop Him!
Below is a link to a blog post from August 10, 2013 with pictures and videos of the celebration day. We were quite a bit heavier back then and had fewer gray hairs: https://reachingafricasunreached.org/2013/08/11/dedication-of-the-rau-guesthousehall-of-tyrannus-and-17-acres/

Below is a link to blog post with pictures and videos detailing RAU’s history from 2011 forward. Physical building continues on campus to this day, alongside, we pray, the right kind of spiritual building (1 Corinthians 3:12-15). We continue to envision a Yumbe On the Ground Branch Campus of RAU:

History of R.A.U. with Pictures and Videos : https://reachingafricasunreached.org/r-a-u-guesthouse-building-pictures-2/

Thank you for standing with us, for taking an interest in, and for partnering with us in all we seek to do!

We ask for your continued prayers and financial support!

RAU YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@jacoblee2082/videos

At our website, www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org , are many pictures, videos, blog posts which help flesh out our mission and calling from our Lor and Savior Jesus.

“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after you”

Missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Love and blessings from both of us!

Jacob and Carol Lee

There Is No Plan B with God!

On July 30, 2026August 1, 2026 By Jacob LeeIn Uncategorized

Carol and I want to give you a personal update on our travel plans, which have changed again due to the Ebola situation in our region. Thank you so much for your prayers; we deeply desire that you continue to pray for us. Please pray for Uganda, South Sudan, and especially the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As noted in previous email reports, we are actively seeking to walk in “Prudence and Prayer” and are following all of Uganda’s protocols. We are also assisting the local government with certain necessary physical supplies.

Oswald Chambers says, in one of his works, that prayer is the greater work, not just preparation for it. And “God is too good to be unkind and He is too wise to be mistaken. And when we cannot trace His hand, we must trust His heart”(attributed to Charles Spurgeon). We agree wholeheartedly with this! Carol, our team at Reaching Africa’s Unreached (RAU), and I earnestly request your continued prayers for us here in Northwestern Uganda. The good news is that Uganda has reported no Ebola cases since mid-June. The Ugandan Minister of Health recently declared Uganda Ebola-free due to the absence of new cases since mid June. In my opinion, Uganda has the best protocols in East Africa to prevent Ebola’s spread. However, this is not the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We’re at RAU which is only a couple of hours from the DRC’s very porous border. The Ebola-affected provinces are in Eastern DRC with most outbreaks in Ituri Province. It would be difficult for any nation to prevent this virus from crossing man-made borders. Pray that Uganda remains strong in its containment measures and that God’s will be done to stop the virus’s movement into Uganda. In the map below, you can see the eastern tip of Ituri Province in Congo. RAU is near the blue dot on the map. This is also where Uganda, the DRC, and South Sudan converge.

This week we pushed our flights for a short furlough forward to November 16th. This would allow us to spend the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays with our children, their spouses, our 10 grandchildren, friends, and our home church Lifegate. We hope to visit our supporting churches as well as newer churches through early next year. Carol and I also need some rest. Originally, our tickets were for July 3rd, then August 12th, and now November 16th but we are holding that date loosely. Currently, there’s a 21-day quarantine required for Americans who have been in the DRC before entering America. Recently those serving in the DRC with Samaritan’s Purse were sent to Kenya for their 21 day quarantine upon leaving the DRC. Currently, Canada requires a 21-day quarantine for all those coming from the DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan. Americans returning from Uganda and South Sudan must undergo special screenings at designated American airports. If Ebola continues to spread and breaks into Uganda, Carol and I do not want to leave our Ugandan and Sudanese teams to deal with this alone. Our teams are like family; we need to stand with them if Ebola breaks through the border into Uganda. We love our Ugandan and Sudanese brothers and sisters in Christ! Also we would not want to endanger loved ones and friends in America.

Please pray for our young Congolese friend, Misengile Samuel, and his family. He stayed with us for training for about a year and a half but has since returned to Congo. I’ve been chatting with him via WhatsApp; he mentioned that Ebola is in his village with little they can do physically.

Sam’s “on the ground report” and the one below from a missionary working in the DRC shed light on the often conflicting reports in the Western mainstream media.

An observation from a missionary working in the Democratic Republic of Congo –“My guess is 20,000 to 30,000 will be dead from Ebola by January without massive additional funding and response scale-up (recently citing a $1.4 billion need). That aid won’t come.1,354 people are dead here now from Ebola. 3,075 have been diagnosed. The WHO says the true scale of infected people could be 2 to 4 times higher than official figures. 6,000 to 12,000 people may already be infected and not yet tested. At a 46-52% fatality rate, that hidden pool alone will produce thousands more deaths. The average daily growth rate of deaths is 4.4%. That trajectory reaches roughly 19,000 dead by late September and 76,000 by the end of the year.Many people tune out when they read big numbers. Sorry. That is just the math of the current rate of daily increases in deaths: 4.4%/day. Actually, there are 15 reasons those numbers could be cut down. No Ebola virus has killed so many so fast. Ebola outbreaks usually “die out” or slow due to “depletion of susceptibles,” and intervention comes in. Unfortunately, no real effective intervention, vaccine, or cure is coming. The first Bundibugyo-specific vaccine candidate is months to a year-plus from mattering at scale. Nothing coming will change the rate of deaths in the next two to three months. The WHO and CDC have produced low estimates based on optimistic forecasts of key drivers like isolation and contact tracing. But community resistance, attacks on treatment centers, health-worker strikes for lack of pay, and four separate wars drive the trajectory towards higher numbers. Here in Beni, we hear Congolese say, or it is reported they say: “There is no such thing as Ebola,” “You only get ebola when they inject you at the hospital,” “If you go to an Ebola centre, you will die.” People here have stoned a nurse to death, beaten guards and hospital workers and burned or looted treatment centers just to retrieve infected dead bodies for traditional burial. 121 health workers are infected in Ituri alone, and 36 have died. Only 15% of planned infection-control triage units are functional.The international community far underestimated the resistance to treatment and far overestimated the impact of interventions under the control of the DRC government. Pray for a miracle.” This is from the CDC: “The response to this outbreak is challenging due to several complex circumstances in the region: 1)Limited health infrastructure, including limited access to healthcare, diagnostic and laboratory services, infection prevention and control supplies, and other basic services make stopping this outbreak more difficult.2)Ongoing conflict in the area where the outbreak is occurring creates security issues and complicates contact tracing and infection prevention and control.3)Violence against healthcare workers and shortages of personal protective equipment are leading to healthcare workers becoming infected while treating patients.4)Frequent population movement and cross-border travel increase the risk of spread to Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, and to other areas.5)Lack of trust in the government and misinformation make communicating about Ebola more difficult.”

In other ministry news, things have been moving along here at RAU. We’re starting the paintwork at a Arapi-Gbari Metu Mountain church which was planted in 2015. Initially, they met under a tree, then under tarps, and eventually under a tent. Now the building, including the roof and plaster work, is complete. The toilets have been upgraded, and the pastor’s living quarters improved. Our team is currently painting there right now. Praise God for that! Our hope and prayer is that this church becomes a training center for smaller nearby Metu Mountain churches.

The paint work has begun

We’ve also distributed lots of Bibles— Africa Study Bibles, ESV Global Study Bibles, Arabic Study Bibles, Arabic Bibles, and ESV Outreach Bibles as well as theological books to church leaders and congregations in Uganda and refugee resettlement camps like Bidi Bidi. These resources have also reached South Sudanese pastors and refugees from North Sudan staying in South Sudan and many have gone to the Nuba Mountains in the Republic of (North) Sudan. We praise God and those who have given so that we can distribute these important materials. Jesus said He is building His church. What a joy to co-labor with Jesus and those who stand with us! Praise God, more resources are on the way: another 700 Arabic Bibles and solid Christian resource books.

Also encouraging is the land title has been granted for our “RAU Yumbe On The Ground Branch”. This opens up further development opportunities there, including building a facility where we hope RAU ABWE missionaries will live and serve.

These are the Bibles going out

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Please keep praying for Carol and me as we push forward. I am nearing 71, and Carol isn’t far behind me. We continue to pray for God to bring more missionaries to join us and local churches in proclaiming the gospel of grace combined with being zealous for deeds of mercy. You can check out the Uganda opportunities on the ABWE site, where we have five spots open for long-term missionaries. We’re in good communication with ABWE about ministry teams and local church teaching teams visiting us. We are also grateful for the church teams which come our way.

Thank you for standing with us, for taking an interest in, and for partnering with us in all we seek to do!

We ask for your continued prayers and financial support!

RAU YouTube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@jacoblee2082/videos

At our website, www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org , are many pictures, videos, blog posts which help flesh out our mission and calling from our Lor and Savior Jesus.

“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after you”

Missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Love and blessings from both of us!

Jacob and Carol Lee

Bibles and Books

On July 18, 2026 By Jacob LeeIn Uncategorized

Aringa Sheikh
Dear Friends of Reaching Africa’s Unreached (RAU)! I hope you are well!

This is an update/opportunity which arose shortly after Carol and I sent out our last newsletter on July 14th entitle “July Headlines.” One of RAU’s priorities from the beginning has been distributing Study Bibles, Bibles, and sound biblical books to church leaders, church members, students, and evangelism efforts. The LORD has opened the door to a number of Christian book printers and distributors. One of those faithful partners for a good number of years has been Global Christian Book Fund (GCBF) formerly CBIO. GCBF has changed locations to Dover, NH. RAU is blessed to have such an enduring relationship with GCBF and their team. We have received numerous books and Bibles at greatly discounted prices (compare prices at retailers) and have been able to ship these materials, that ride in their containers they send to Uganda each year.

Here is our opportunity with GCBF: To secure these prices we must order a minimum of 500 of each item.

Hardback NLT Pew Bible: $4.50 per Bible; 500= $2,250.00

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Seeking Allah Finding Jesus: $3.00 per book; 500=$1500.00

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No God But One: $6.90 per book; 500=$3,450.00

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Trusting God:$8.55 per book; 500 = $4,275.00

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ESV Outreach Bible: 1,300 Free

Total for materials: $11,475.00.

If funds exceed this amount, we will use the remainder for shipping and handling costs from Dover, NH, to Kampala and then north to RAU. And if that is covered we would order additional #’s of materials.

Donation instructions are on our website. Make notation: Books and Bibles- https://reachingafricasunreached.org/donations/

Would you consider helping us get these resources to RAU? We commit to being faithful and prudent in their distribution.

Thank you for standing with us, for taking an interest in, and for partnering with us in all we seek to do!

We ask for your continued prayers and financial support!

At our website, www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org , are many pictures, videos, blog posts which help flesh out our mission and calling from our Lor and Savior Jesus.

“There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after you”

Missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850)

Love and blessings from both of us!

Jacob and Carol Lee