Into the Lion’s Den

On February 21, 2014September 19, 2015 By Jacob LeeIn Discipleship, Missions

I continue to thank the Lord for your prayers and support. The last two weeks of ministry has been very fruitful and the things which were done could not have happened without your prayers and financial support. May the Lord pour out His blessings on you!

“You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.”
2 Corinthians 1:11

In our last newsletter Carol wrote about the Yumbe pastors retreat here at RAU where 17 pastors from Yumbe and 2 from Obongi attended. After they all left RAU, Carol and I looked at each other, smiling, and said, “This is why we are here!” The pastors left full of joy and enriched through the teaching they received and materials they were able to take with them.

Most of this past week was spent in Yumbe itself. In past newsletters I have written much about Yumbe and our desire to see Jesus exalted there. Pastors Ben and Charles, as well as some pastors who were at the retreat, planned discipleship training in Yumbe town and an outlying, hard-to-reach sub county, called Kerwa. One day of medical outreach in Kerwa was also planned, along with open air preaching in a Kerwa market and Yumbe town itself.

(Pictures and video’s of the week are below)

On Monday, when we arrived, we checked in with the Yumbe police and the Criminal Investigation Department. These departments needed to be aware of our presence in the city and district for our protection. Plain clothes officers were assigned to us. These law officials were very kind and helpful! We also visited the District Director of Health Services. He is a Christian as well as a physician and happily received us, giving us permission for our medical outreach in Kerwa. He also found a vehicle to transport us. We just had to provide fuel and pay the drivers for the two vehicles we used from the District.

Tuesday we all headed to Kerwa, which is near the South Sudan border. The road to Kerwa would be virtually impossible in the rainy season unless one has a powerful vehicle.We had discipleship training in the local Anglican church. Anglicans, Baptists, and Pentecostals gather together. Some came from as far away as Juba. We had a wonderful time together in study of God’s Word and worship. One of the video’s which is posted below gives you a flavor of what our worship of the King of kings in Kerwa was like.Carol and Sam shared the love of Christ with many at the local medical clinic. This clinic serves a large population and the personnel were very grateful for all the help. We had purchased medicines in Kampala and they were given out with loving care and counsel. Most of the time, the clinic does not have the medicines they need. Those who needed care were many! It was a very exhausting time for Sam and Carol, but they were refreshed and invigorated by God’s grace. You would all be proud of both Carol and Sam in how they displayed Christ’s love.

At about 6 PM open air preaching began in the local market. It was market day and there many,many people there. Mosques cover Yumbe District like churches in “Bible Belt” of America! Romans 1:16 states, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”. The power of the gospel was evident in this Kerwa market as over 20 people openly chose to say “I follow Jesus”! Thank you for praying!

On Wednesday and Thursday we had discipleship training in Yumbe itself in Pilgrims Anglican Church and open air preaching. I have been greatly encouraged by the Anglicans in the West Nile of Uganda. Though there are not many who are born again in Yumbe District, of the ones which are, Anglicans number the most. They are some real, Jesus-loving brethren! At these discipleship sessions many pastors and leaders attended from all over the district with the exception Kerwa where we were on Tuesday. We had to facilitate their transport, food and lodging. It was so encouraging to open God’s Word with these hungry saints! We are believing for God’s Spirit to be poured out on Yumbe District. Please join us in this prayer.

Lord willing, we will be able to keep hosting pastors from Yumbe at RAU for retreats. There are a number of young men who want to come for mentoring in the fundamentals of the faith. Because of the difficulty of transport to RAU the Yumbe brethren and RAU would like to have a resource center and Inter-denominational training center in Yumbe, aka Hall of Tyrannus- Yumbe Branch. Pilgrim Church has agreed to allow something to be done on their plot of land. Some details still need to worked out between them and the RAU team but it looks promising. I will keep you posted.

I cannot express adequately how much I appreciate you. Your prayers, support, and words of encouragement mean so much to Carol, the RAU team, and me. Thank you!

Thank You!

Jacob (and Carol) Lee

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The greatest evil is having the gospel and not doing everything within our power to get it to those who do not have it. May the Lord grant each of us His followers the wherewithal to be obedient disciples!

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Since it is the dry season we hired a car instead of 4 wheel vehicle to take us to Yumbe. A vehicle this in the rainy season would not do. The vehicle was packed with us and supplies “African style”.

In the dry season one does not have to worry about getting stuck however the trade off heavy dust and heat is not much better.

On our way to Yumbe we went by village after village with NO church. They will not hear the gospel unless someone goes to them!

This is the Guesthouse Sam, Carol, and I stayed in while in Yumbe.

We were blessed to have several hours of electricity each evening via generator and flushing toilets — We were blessed to have several hours of electricity each evening via generator. We had flushing toilets too!

What a joy to be with Carol on this journey

This is main street Yumbe. It has a population of 35,000 with evangelicals numbering less than 1% — This is the main street in Yumbe. It has a population of 35,000 with evangelicals numbering less than 1%. May the gospel go forth here in love and power!

Carol and Sam spent many hours in Kerwa clinic demonstrating Christ's love through loving care and dispensing medices RAU had purchased with donations from faithful givers — Carol and Sam spent many hours in Kerwa clinic demonstrating Christ’s love through loving care and dispensing medicines RAU had purchased with donations from faithful givers

Kerwa Health Center II. This clinic serves around 50,000 people with 2 RN's a midwife, and 2 nursing assistants. They have difficulties in keeping enough medicines there. The staff and all the patients were all very grateful for the care and medicines they received from RAU — Kerwa Health Center II. This clinic serves around 50,000 people with 2 RN’s ,a midwife, and 2 nursing assistants. They have difficulties in keeping enough medicines there. The staff and all the patients were all very grateful for the care and medicines they received from RAU

Many people waited for many hours to see Sam and Carol

Open Air Preaching in Kerwa Market

These pastor are praying and counseling those who have openly chosen to follow Jesus in this Muslim dominated community. — These pastor are praying and counseling those who have openly chosen to follow Jesus in this Muslim community.

Youth singing before open air preaching in Yumbe town

Discipleship training in Yumbe Town

Pastors and leaders from all over Yumbe district attended RAU's two discipleship training. — Pastors and leaders from all over Yumbe district attended RAU’s two day discipleship training in Yumbe town.

Pastors Ben and Charles did an excellent job heading up our four days of ministry in Yumbe District. Pllease continue to pray for the church in Yumbe district and RAU's call work alongside them. — Pastors Ben and Charles did an excellent job heading up our four days of ministry in Yumbe District. Please continue to pray for the church in Yumbe District and RAU’s as we work together for god’s glory..

Yumbe Pastor’s Retreat

On February 15, 2014September 20, 2015 By Jacob LeeIn Discipleship, Missions, News and Status Updates4 Comments

Greetings to all our rope-holding loved ones!

On Friday, the 14th, we watched the van loaded with 17 pastors from Yumbe District make a trail of dust as it left the RAU compound and we felt joy and satisfaction in all that was, by God’s grace, accomplished this last week. From the 11th, when the conference started, to its end on Friday, it was a steady effort to squeeze the maximum good that was possible out of this time. As goodbyes were said and hugs and handshakes were given on the last day, these were done with an appreciation all of us had in growing together in Christ. Jacob and I received a very special blessing in having these men gather around us, lay hands on and pray for us. This blessing was also extended to all those that work at RAU. What a way to end the retreat!

(Pictures and a video are below)

This special event had been in the works since last October. Initially, the plan was for our beloved brother and friend, Kevin Turner, with SWI (Strategic World Impact) to come for this time and bring his gifted friend, Jonathon Fletcher, with him to help us teach our brothers from Yumbe. The Lord apparently had different plans than ours. We have heard Kevin say, “God doesn’t have any plan B’s, only plan A’s,” however, we were saddened to hear that the reason for the change in plans was that Kevin’s wife, Tammy, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and would require immediate treatment. Please keep Tammy and the Turner family in prayer as she goes through rigorous and aggressive treatment. Understandably, this was a game changer for all of us.

Jacob called on our coworker, Patrick Bukenya (one of RAU’s directors) to help and he was gracious in accepting the invitation to come and teach alongside Jacob. Patrick also brought with him Kaabale David, an elder at First Presbyterian Church Uganda. Both men, as we learned, are excellent and inspiring teachers and served the pastors of Yumbe very well in teaching on principles of leadership! Jacob, Patrick and David each took 3 hour sessions each day and covered important topics of discipleship, leadership, suffering and evangelism. Not only did the pastors express appreciation for the teaching, but begged for future training. Between sessions there were many conversations around developing future events and opportunities and resources. This event was, by no means, the only one of its kind…there will be more with Yumbe leaders who represented different denominations.

One of the many blessings of the retreat was the opportunity to get to know these pastors a little more intimately and to identify the areas of difficulty in their personal lives as well as in their ministries in the context of living in a non-Christian environment.

One of the pastors at the retreat was a witness to the murdering of two American missionaries around eight years ago just outside of Yumbe, and he, himself, narrowly escaped. After the missionaries were bullied and then shot, this Yumbe pastor was locked in a hut which was then set on fire. He decided he would rather escape and be shot to death rather than be burned alive and found a way to climb out of the hut. When the armed men saw him, they told him to run and started shooting at him. By God’s grace he was able to escape without being hit by gunfire. Since that time there has been little help from the church outside of Yumbe. One pastor stated, “We thought that God had forgotten us!” Many times Jacob has been told that RAU is an answer to their prayers!

Part of the discussion during the retreat entailed helping them to strategize a respectful defense of their schools and property as well as giving them ideas to disciple their flocks so that everyone is prepared to give a humble, gentle and knowledgeable response to pressure tactics and a reason for their hope.

Among the prayer requests and accounts of challenges faced by the pastors, a very prominent issue is the low socioeconomic standing that most Christians have in the community. It is hard for them to keep their heads above water, economically speaking, and unexpected illnesses, educational needs and hardships can pull them under completely. This also means that a pastor cannot make his living by the Gospel and he must find means of supporting his family apart from pastoring.

Listed here are some of the specific requests by pastors for prayer: training and discipleship for church leaders, material/resources for training, people to come alongside them in their struggles, personal discipleship, financial resources to help the churches physically (buildings, transportation), illnesses in loved ones, financial resources for putting their children through school, prayer for the youth who are being drawn to the world or into Islam, wisdom in how to navigate, in a Christ-like loving way, political clashes and pressures and everyday living in an Islamic culture, unity among all the denominations that presents a positive answer to Islam, the joining together of all the churches as a united force in the region and so many, many more needs.

The pastors went away from the retreat with a renewed desire to reach their communities for Christ in a loving, gentle and powerful way.

As we move forward from here, this is what is in the works for RAU:

*On Monday, Jacob, Sam, Godfrey, and I will head to Yumbe town and District for a time of teaching, evangelism and medical outreach; this is being coordinated with pastors who were at the retreat. (See below the lists of medicines that were purchased for South Sudan refugees and for outreach in Yumbe this coming week) We will come back on Thursday.

*There is a plot of land available in Obongi for the same purpose of making a resource center and a location for interdenominational discipleship ( Hall of Tyrannus:Obongi Branch).

*There are a dozen or so young men in the pipe line for mentoring/discipleship at RAU for pastoring/church planting.

A few of the young men who want to be mentored at RAU

*We are closely working with the Kampala police and the Japanese Interpol to get our money for the ’99 Land Cruiser which we purchased from Japan refunded so that another one could be purchased. It is difficult and expensive to find vehicles that can take us to more rural areas. Please pray we can recover our money and find another vehicle soon.

*For the first time ever, there is an Aringa New Testament that is currently being published. Aringa is the main language spoken in the Yumbe area. For about $4 a copy (which must be ordered ahead of time) we could purchase Bibles to give out in outreaches to that area.

*Jacob did an interview with a Dinka tribesman and pastor from Bor, South Sudan, who narrowly escaped after hiding himself in the Nile for over a week. They were being shot at by rebel groups. Many drowned in the Nile trying to save themselves. He is now in a refugee camp in Adjumani. Jacob will be posting the video interview on the website. It is here.

*There are at least 3 pastors’ retreats that could be quickly be organized if funds were available. When hosting these retreats RAU transports the pastors to RAU and back to their homes, feeds and cares for them while at RAU, and provides resources for them. Please consider helping fund these retreats and consider coming to teach (if teaching is your gift and passion).

I have been thinking, once again, about how much people in this region need resource and development help from those who are rich in both. There are so many things that can be done in, not only pastoral training, but vocational training. If you are knowledgeable in any areas that could help people build life skills please consider getting a group together to come over and help! The women of the area are very involved in bringing income to the family. They are eager to learn skills that will help them do so.

Your ongoing prayerful support is very much appreciated. Please pray for our safety and health and for provisions for all of these plans. We entrust them to the Lord. May they be accomplished according to His will and purposes!

Carol (for both of us)

Web Site: www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReachingAfricasUnreached

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For those who have asked, small packages and letters may safely be sent to:

Jacob & Carol Lee, PO. 55, Moyo Uganda, East Africa

Our “wish lists” may be found at Amazon (Click on the “Wish List” link and type in our names)

*If you have questions on donations please email Jacob at JacobLeeRAU@gmail.com

We greatly enjoyed our meals together — We enjoyed our meals together

Lucy and Gracie prepared excellent meals for us. We had beans,posho,rice, a variety of vegitables with tea and coffee throughout the day. There were no complaints about not having — Lucy and Gracie prepared excellent meals for us. We had beans,posho,rice, and a variety of vegetables with tea and coffee throughout the day. There were no complaints about not having “meat”. The pastors were very appreciative of the simple cuisine.

We had many times of sweet worship and praise

Teaching God’s Word

Each pastor received a Global Study Bible and a bag of biblical sound books. — Each pastor received a Global Study Bible and a bag of biblically sound books.

Pastors

Enjoying Carol's guitar — Enjoying Carol’s guitar

Charles is in the pink and Ben is playing the guitar. We began planning this event together last October — Charles is in the pink and Ben is playing the guitar. Together with them we began planning this event last October

Servants of the Lord…Sam, Godfrey, and Carol!

17 pastors returned to Yumbe full of joy and encouragement from the Lord

Please pray with us that the glory of Christ will shine brightly in Yumbe. Pray for God's faithful servants who labor there tirelessly. — Please pray with us that the glory of Christ will shine brightly in Yumbe. Pray for God’s faithful servants who labor there tirelessly.

These are drugs which have thus far been purchased with donations.

Thank You!

1) Coatem(Anti-malarial) 100 adult doses

2)Doxycycline ……………500 caps

3)Ciprofloxaciline tabs…..500 tablates

4)Erythromycine tabs …..1,000 tablets(one tin)

5)Metronidazole tabs…….1,000 tablets(one tin)

6)Cotrimoxazole tabs……..1,000 tablets(one tin)

7)Ascorbic acid tabs……….1,000 tablets(one tin)

8)Albendazole tabs…………500 tablets

9)Magnesium trisilicate……1,000 tablets(one tin)

10)Folic acid tabs…………..1,000 tablets(one tin)

11)Ferrous-sulphate………..1,000 tablets(one tin)

12)Paracetamol tabs………1,000 tablets(one tine)

13)Nystatine/vaginal Pessaries……100 adult doses

14)Clotrimazole1% cream…………..100 creams

15)Benzyl Benzoate………………….20 creams

16)Calamine lotion 100mls…………10 bottles

17)Amoxycillin caps…………………1,000 caps(one tin)

18)Syrups Amoxycillin……………..50 syrups

19)Syrup Chlorophenical……………50 syrups

20)Syrup Ferrous Sulphate/Ferro-B..20 syrups

21)Tetracycline eye ointment…….50 eye ointments

22)Chlorophenical eye ointment….50 ointments

23)Gention violet 25g tin……………1 tin

24)Disposable gloves…………………1 box

25)gauze hydrophyllic 90cm by 91cm…..one

26)Elastic bandage 7.5cm by 45cm

27)Chlorhexidine/cetrimid 1.5/15% 1L

28)Omeprazole 20mg……..500 caps

29)Griseofulvin tablets…….50 tablets

30)Nystatine syrups……….50 syrups

31)Vitamin B……………….1,000 talets(one tin)

32)Vitamin B-coplex……..1,000 tablets(one tin)

First hand report from Bor South Sudan

On February 15, 2014February 15, 2014 By Jacob LeeIn Mercy Ministries

With Daniel (the tall one) who is a Dinka from Bor South Sudan — With Daniel who is a Dinka from Bor South Sudan

These are drugs which have thus far been purchased with donations.

1) Coatem(Anti-malarial) 100 adult doses

2)Doxycycline ……………500 caps

3)Ciprofloxaciline tabs…..500 tablates

4)Erythromycine tabs …..1,000 tablets(one tin)

5)Metronidazole tabs…….1,000 tablets(one tin)

6)Cotrimoxazole tabs……..1,000 tablets(one tin)

7)Ascorbic acid tabs……….1,000 tablets(one tin)

8)Albendazole tabs…………500 tablets

9)Magnesium trisilicate……1,000 tablets(one tin)

10)Folic acid tabs…………..1,000 tablets(one tin)

11)Ferrous-sulphate………..1,000 tablets(one tin)

12)Paracetamol tabs………1,000 tablets(one tine)

13)Nystatine/vaginal Pessaries……100 adult doses

14)Clotrimazole1% cream…………..100 creams

15)Benzyl Benzoate………………….20 creams

16)Calamine lotion 100mls…………10 bottles

17)Amoxycillin caps…………………1,000 caps(one tin)

18)Syrups Amoxycillin……………..50 syrups

19)Syrup Chlorophenical……………50 syrups

20)Syrup Ferrous Sulphate/Ferro-B..20 syrups

21)Tetracycline eye ointment…….50 eye ointments

22)Chlorophenical eye ointment….50 ointments

23)Gention violet 25g tin……………1 tin

24)Disposable gloves…………………1 box

25)gauze hydrophyllic 90cm by 91cm…..one

26)Elastic bandage 7.5cm by 45cm

27)Chlorhexidine/cetrimid 1.5/15% 1L

28)Omeprazole 20mg……..500 caps

29)Griseofulvin tablets…….50 tablets

30)Nystatine syrups……….50 syrups

31)Vitamin B……………….1,000 talets(one tin)

32)Vitamin B-coplex……..1,000 tablets(one tin)

The Container is on RAU Soil

On February 3, 2014February 5, 2014 By Jacob LeeIn News and Status Updates5 Comments

I am happy to report to you the container arrived at RAU on Friday and was placed on the ground late Saturday afternoon.

We had many challenges with the container but the Lord helped us all through them. It was a long journey with a 10 week layover with Uganda Revenue authorities. Thank you all for your love,support, and the sweat of many!

(Photos and videos of the unloading may be found below)

As the container arrived I saw that it was put on the trailer backwards. I had to throw all my previous plans in the trash heap. We had to jackknife the trailer to unload it. The Ugandan Revenue in their unloading and reloading (X 2) jammed things in so tightly that we could not move the tractor until we first unloaded the shredder on which the tractor was sitting. We had to unload about one third of the contents over top of the tractor. We then jacked the tractor up and man handle the shredder out! I backed the tractor out of the container on a steep home made ramp made from freshly cut teak logs. The breaks on the tractor decided not to work which made the tractor’s trip out a bit precarious (the understatement of the year!) Carol will need to watch the video to see it as she had her head buried in her hands interceding for my safety.) There were many shouts of joy when both I and the tractor landed safely on the ground! It is on video :-).

Thank you for your prayers….the Lord wanted the container here and after 13 months from the time we started collecting things it is now here…Lord you are so GOOD.

After unloading the container till dark on Friday, we had to wait until Saturday to pull it off the truck. There were no large cranes handy :-). It was a long and arduous project with some tense moments. Since the container was on backwards we could not drop it where I originally wanted it. Also, instead of being loaded on a flatbed trailer it was on a pinned trailer and the pins could not be removed! We had to jack the container up to clear the pins and put logs between the trailer bed and container. We then hooked it with heavy duty rope (which was in the container) to a guava tree. The truck had a hard time getting traction as the container is very, very heavy! After about 5 hours work, when the container hit the ground it landed on a piece of wood and crushed it in two! We almost tipped it several times too. I am going to ask the brother in charge of road maintenance (he is the same one who smoothed/widened our driveway) to bring his grader to pull the container to the pad we have made.

Now we have the task of organizing all the contents that were sent! It is a joy to have all these resources for ministry and many will benefit! Thanks, again, for your gifts of money and supplies and your labor that it required!
We just have a week before we will have over 20 guests here for our Yumbe pastors retreat…so much to do. Pray for us!

Thank You!

Jacob (and Carol) Lee

Web Site: www.ReachingAfricasUnreached.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ReachingAfricasUnreached

For those who have asked, small packages and letters may safely be sent to:

Jacob & Carol Lee, PO. 55, Moyo Uganda, East Africa

Our “wish lists” may be found at Amazon (Click on the “Wish List” link and type in our names)

*If you have questions on donations please email me at JacobLeeRAU@gmail.com

We had to jack knife the trailer to unload as the container was loaded backwards in Kampala

What we saw when the doors were first opened.

The tractor was on top of the shredder. They were also wedged so tightly we could not move either one until we jacked the tractor up and unloaded things in front of them.

We had unload many things over top of the tractor to make room to get the tractor and shredder out

We are finding that a number of small things were stolen when the container was being inspected and kept in Kampala by the Ugandan Revenue Authority. When this case was opened the nail gun was not there!

We had to cut trees and use old lumber to make our ramp to get the tractor and shredder out

Time for the shredder to exit the container

The garage was became full and very unorganized quite quickly. — The garage became full and very unorganized quickly.

We had to jack up the container and put logs between it and the trailer before we could pull it off — We had to jack up the container and put logs between it and the trailer to clear the trailer pins before we could pull it off

We tied the container to a guava tree with heavy duty rope which came in the container.

The container "almost" tipped on it's side several times in its slide off the the trailer. — The container “almost” tipped on it’s side several times in its slide off the the trailer.

The container is grounded! PTL! We need now to drag it to its ready made pad.

Generators to pump our water and provide other services...thank you Jesus! — Generators to pump our water and provide other services…thank you Jesus!

Over 1100 Global Study Bibles, over 3500 Biblical sound Christian books, over 40,000 gospel tracts are now ready to be placed into hands of pastors,evangelists, and church planters. Pray that the Lord would use these materials to strengthen His people and bring people into a saving relationship with God Almighty! — Over 1100 Global Study Bibles, over 3500 Biblical sound Christian books, over 40,000 gospel tracts (Madi and English) are now ready to be placed into hands of pastors,evangelists, and church planters. Pray that the Lord would use these materials to strengthen His people and bring people into a saving relationship with God Almighty!

These five young men were some of the first to receive a Global Study Bible and a book. I will be working them over the coming year with hopes that they will go forth to pastor and plant churches in unreached areas.

The RAU container has left Kampala!

On January 29, 2014 By Jacob LeeIn Discipleship, Missions, News and Status Updates, Unreached Peoples

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

I have good news to report! I received a call from our faithful and persistent brother Thomas that the truck carrying the RAU container has left the Uganda Revenue Authorities warehouse in Kampala. It’s journey to us will be via Arua, Koboko,Yumbe, Moyo and then Afoji. The truckers think they will be arriving Friday evening. Are any of you available for its unloading ? :-). Please pray for its safe delivery to RAU! Over the years I have seen many a container along the road on its side.It was a little over a year that we began to collect things and there have been many challenges along the way. The Lord has given grace and mercy. Through your prayers, the many who sacrificially gave, and hard work of so many, the precious cargo within the container when here will help facilitate the spreading of the fame of King Jesus in RAU’s working region. Only the Lord can measure the effect of these materials. At this link here you can see what is in the container.

Over 1,100 Global Study Bibles and 3,500 christian books for distribution to pastors and others are on their way ..PTL! — Over 1,100 Global Study Bibles and 3,500 christian books for distribution to pastors and others are on their way. PTL!

We are close to getting our money refunded back to us for the 1999 Land Cruiser we had ordered from Japan last September. Pray for the money to be placed in our account and for our new search for a suitable ministry vehicle. Going six months without a vehicle has not stopped our ministry outreaches but having one will greatly facilitate our travels for ministry. The terrain we work in is rugged. One can only go so far and only to certain places by boda boda or taxi. My back will especially appreciate a vehicle. Your prayers for us in this would be greatly appreciated.

These are the road conditions in our area during the rainy season

We have been putting a lot of thought and prayer into our next pastor’s retreat at RAU in which we will be hosting Yumbe pastors and leaders.There have been a number of relationship and strategy meetings in Yumbe since last November. These pastors will be with us from February 11-14th. Pray for us as we dig into God’s Word together. Our good friend Kevin Turner and Bible teacher Jonathan Fletcher will help in the instruction. It is our desire that these men from Yumbe will go back to their congregations strengthened, encouraged, and blessed. They are working for God’s glory in areas which are around 99% Muslim. Then the following week of February 17 we will go to Yumbe and stay there teaching, evangelizing and doing some medical work in a very rural part of Yumbe District. As soon as our vehicle arrives (I say that by faith) I want to make weekly visits to Yumbe to meet with pastors for bible study and encouragement. Please be in special prayer for these outreaches.

Godfrey reports that the RAU church plant,Obongi Town Church, is growing with new converts. We need to have another baptism service soon in the nearby Nile River As you remember, Godfrey spent two months with us here at RAU studying before we sent him to Obongi. As the Lord would have it, there appears to be eight more young men who are interested in doing the same thing as Godfrey. It brings me great joy to be a mentor of young men who want to see churches planted in unreached areas and are willing to serve in them! Please pray for these opportunities. Your gifts and prayers help make this possible

Making open proclamation in Obongi "I follow Jesus!" — Making open proclamation in Obongi “I follow Jesus!”

Sending Godfrey to Obongi to shepherd a new church plant — Sending Godfrey out from RAU to Obongi to shepherd a new church plant

Thank you for your prayers and gifts for refugee relief. We are of the opinion, after being here for about two weeks, that we can best serve and minister Christ’s love by providing medicines to those in our immediate area along with some food stuffs for those refugees staying with family and friends in the Moyo area. There are a number of large organizations providing food relief for those in the camps. As you know, malaria is rampant in our area. Having malaria meds, as well as others, will show great love to those who had to flee their homeland. The news reports say things are better in South Sudan, but on the ground level there is still a great deal of concern for a working peace agreement, and rightly so. Please keep praying for South Sudan.

We are here because God called us to be here and confirmed it through your prayers and support. It is an honor to partner with you in spreading the fame of our King Jesus in Northwestern Uganda (West Nile Region), Southwestern South Sudan, and Northeastern D,R. Congo.