Good News Friends!

God has graciously given us connections with  Crossway Global Ministry and  Christianbook International Outreach CIO in America. These both have played a part in our getting 20,861  ESV Global Study Bible last year . We have been giving them to Bible Schools and Bible Training Centers (both formal and informal) throughout our West Nile of Uganda, the nearby refugee resettlement camps for both South and North Sudanese. We also have been sending them to teaching centers in both South Sudan and the Republic of (North) Sudan. Since the new war in the Republic of (North) Sudan, we have only been able to get them into the Nuba Mountain and Blue Nile States..

Currently we have 20,000 softcover ESV Bibles, 500 ESV Church Pew Bibles, and 500 Concise Study Bibles on their way to RAU. We just recently received 1000 Story of Redemption Bibles and a good number of hardback ESV Bibles. Along with all of these, we have received, through CIO, many thousands of good Christian books, specifically for church leaders. One of the means for RAU to walk out 2 Timothy 2:2 is by ensuring that every church leader has a Bible; if they can read English or Arabic, we do our best to put in their hands a good study Bible. By God’s grace, since 2013, RAU has received around 30,000 ESV Global Study Bibles, many Arabic Study Bibles and some local language Bibles. In much of Uganda, as well as among Sudanese, English is known and read because of educational systems whose primary learning mode is English.

With these connections and the increasing demand for both Bibles and good Christian literature, we see the Lord setting us in a position to be a distribution center for resources. It has been estimated that our specific Sub-Saharan geographical location has one of the fastest growing numbers of believers in the world!  This calling is definitely God ordained!

In my own life, one the greatest means God has used to grow me in Christ is through reading the writings of godly men and women, many of whom have been dead for many years. One of the gifts God gives to the church is teachers. In my opinion, the person who believes that just “me and my bible is enough” is someone who doesn’t recognize his own limitations or appreciate what the Bible has to say in Romans and Corinthians about the Body of Christ. Praise God for the universal Body of Christ with various gifts that God has given to build up his church! We believe that Ugandan and Sudanese church leaders (and others) deserve the opportunity to access good Christian literature.

We are seeking to use these two old 40-foot containers from Kampala at RAU to expand storage space for these materials and keep them free from the elements and the many rats in our area. I  estimate the cost to be $20,000+- to set them and cover them properly. If we have money left over we  commit to use it to buy local language bibles.

If you or your church or organization could help us with setting up a resource center, it would be greatly appreciated! By helping, you would be taking part in strengthening one of the areas of the world upon which the Lord is pouring out his Spirit and rapidly growing His church. The need is great for mature church leaders. Current estimates concerning church leaders in our area are that 90-97 percent have received little to no formal biblical training. Please help us change that! 

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https://reachingafricasunreached.org/donations/

“The printed page is a missionary that can go anywhere and do so at minimum cost. It enters closed lands and reaches all strata of society. It does not grow weary. It needs no furlough. It lives longer than any missionary. It never gets ill. It penetrates through the mind to the heart and conscience. It has and is producing results everywhere. It has often lain dormant yet retained its life and bloomed years later.” Missionary Samuel Marinus Zwemer ( 1867– 1952). 

PRAISES:

1) We had a great day in Yumbe at the Youth Conference held at Pilgrim Church in Yumbe town. Co-worker, Onduga Charles, and his team have done a wonderful job of bringing youth from all over the district. The joy of the Lord filled the church with over 300 youth…one would never know from our time with them that the Aringa tribe is still listed as an unreached people group. Carol, Micaiah, and I taught eager learners. Most received ESV Global Study Bibles (we did not bring enough), booklet/tract packs , and the Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship “Message of Hope” in both English and Aringa. We closed the day with open air preaching in nearby Kuru which is a very strong Muslim center. The Youth sang their hearts out and I preached the gospel from a top the Land Cruiser with Charles passionately interpreting. What joyful time we all had proclaiming the glorious gospel….life does not get any better!

2) Vivian (Jovia) is recovering well from surgery for  macrodactyly on her left foot (unusually large toes).

3) The receiving of 100 “The Mission Ball” footballs (soccer balls) from the Garden Church Youth Group. These are great tools for gospel outreach. Thank you Garden Church! 

4) We praise God for sending Micaiah McClymont to us for 5 weeks to share our lives, ministry and knowledge. She has refreshed us with her joyful spirit, willingness to learn, ask questions, and share her wisdom. Micaiah has been outgoing in serving, sharing the Gospel, encouraging other believers and working hard at whatever is put before her. Our prayer is that the Lord would guide her into all the good plans He has prepared in advance for her to do.

We love you and pray for you, our beloved family and friends and supporters!

With gratefulness,

Jacob and Carol Lee

www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.org

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!

“It is our conviction that the Gospel is the power of God for salvation” (Romans 1:16) and we have been entrusted to proclaim it passionately and rightly. Our dependence is upon the Holy Spirit for the power to preach, teach, live and endure all things for the sake of the elect. (1 Timothy 2:10). As Christians, we are called to lay down our lives so that the Gospel will be preached to all. As ones who are confident in God’s sovereignty and passionate for His glory we seek to reach the many that have never heard of the Savior and His work of reconciliation. We understand that this work cannot be accomplished in our own strength but only through the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit. The means He uses in His people are cross-centered living, sacrificial and loving service, Bible-soaked preaching/teaching, fervent intercessory prayer, and Christ-likeness.” (From Reaching Africa’s Unreached Mission & Vision Statement)

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