Reaching Africa’s Unreached (RAU) has just received notification from the IRS that it has been granted its 501 c3, tax exempt status as a charitable organization. This means donors can now give to R.A.U. charitable donations by credit card or check and receive a tax deduction. We are grateful to the Lord for the favor He has shown to us in moving upon the IRS to grant Reaching Africa’s Unreached this tax exempt status.
“…R.A.U. is grateful for all financial gifts! We commit to faithfully use these gifts to extend Christ’s work in Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, and Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and regions to the North.
It is our desire that any gifts given to R.A.U. would not compromise what you are ALREADY giving to your local church or to foreign missions . To get the gospel to the unreached will take sacrificial giving on the part of all God’s people. May we all walk faithfully in the spirit of 2 Corinthians 8 & 9 so that our Lord God is worshiped by men and women from every tongue , tribe, people, and nation!
Charitable Donations may be made via PayPal. PayPal also has the option for an ongoing monthly gifts. You may click on their link below. PayPal deducts a small amount from each gift as a processing fee. All charitable gifts given through PayPal are now tax deductibleas Reaching Africa’s Unreached has 501 c3 tax exempt status as a charitable organization. If you wish to write a check you may write it out to R.A.U. and mail it to Lifegate Missions, 395 Lifegate Ln., Seguin Texas 78155.
“Saving souls can be likened to a man drowning in a deep well and a volunteer can do nothing unless there are people who will hold the rope for him to be lowered till he reaches the drowning man, and then pull them up to safety… I will go to India as a volunteer to seek sinners drowning in the well of Sin. But I can’t do it alone. I need rope holders.”
William Carey~ Father of Modern Missions
“This is the mission of God. Missionary martyrs going, financial martyrs sending; and all of us praying and working together, for the gospel and the glory of God to be known and enjoyed by all peoples.”
(Former Wahabbi Muslim from Saudi Arabia, Co-Author of “Quran Dilemma“, Researcher, editor, writer and translator of numerous ministries including “Answering Islam” and runs an outreach ministry designed of non-Muslim and Christians.)
We thank the Lord for the progress which has been made on the Guesthouse/Hall of Tyrannus and on our 17 acres the past two years! Thank you all for your prayers and support!
Note: If you right click on a photo it will be enlarged. Many of these pictures were taken from from Pictures and Vision for the R.A.U. Guesthouse/Hall of Tyrannus web page however there are also many new ones. Enjoy and praise God with us for what He has done and will surely continue to do! The vision and mission of Reaching Africa’s Unreached was planted in my heart way back in 1977 when Leonard Ravenhill challenged me with Romans 15:20. That flame was rekindle with my first trip to north Uganda and southern Sudan in 2007. My testimony can be found here.
August 2011Footings dugBringing foundation stonesBottom of the footings pouredFootings nearly done
The foundation is complete…thank you Jesus!!Front view of the R.A.U. GuesthouseSteel for concrete roof supports are set (Northeast corner of the house).Our bedroom is in this cornerLooking down upon inside walls. They will be brought up to roof height with venting along the top of corridor walls so that hot air can escape through the center roof vent thus creating our “African Bush air conditioning” :-)!We want lots of air flowing into the rooms thus the vent bricks. We will get fine metal screening in Kampala to put over the vent bricks and windows to keep out those nasty malaria biting mosquitoes.Sam in standing in the future north doorway. The breezeway runs through the entire center of the house so that the north-south winds can freely go through the whole house. Nurse Sam likes his Texas Longhorn shirt….you non Longhorn fans be kind now :-).Here Salongo, an expert, helps select the right trees to cut for our roof rafters.The upper part of the rafters will rest on this top beam once it is poured.Tying the steel for the top beam.Our trucked arrived with our water tanks, electrical supplies, and roof materials from Kampala. The truck had three blow outs and got stuck twice and had to be offloaded and reloaded both times. The roads from Gulu to Moyo are very,very bad. The Lord has granted grace and our supplies are now safely here at the site. Thank you for your prayers…please continue!Our God is good and He is good all the time!Taking shape!More rafters upThis 5000 liter tank will gravity feed our rooms. Our hope is that the water will be warmed in the attic for our baths. September ’13 Update: Our baths are cold, maybe during the hot season they will be warmer!October 2012The first iron sheets are up!Southeast viewEast Side of GuesthouseNovember 2012Garage Doors SetThis big window will bring a lot of air into the Hall of Tyrannus….very needful during the hot season!Plaster workLate December 2012
Inside CorridorFront
Front Veranda CeilingStone work around the base of the veranda.
Setting our outside 10,000 liter water tank. Water is pumped into this tank from our well. It gravity feeds our our attic 5,000 liter tank as well as future facilities.Thank you Jesus!Tile work in the Hall of TyrannusBreezewayGuesthouse kitchen counter topThe glass has now been installed in the windows and doorsThe first of four toilets set.All our vents have screens over them to help keep out those nasty malaria biting mosquitoes!Lower Kitchen CabinetsNorth Side of Guesthouse/Hall of Tyrannus June 20th 2013Starting work in battery/power roomThe battery room is finished!We have 4 operation 230 watt solar panels. We also can power the Guesthouse via generator if need be.We have electricity in the middle of the African bush 🙂 !Our working Kitchen!Our first table in the Hall of Tyrannus. By God’s grace at this table people’s bodies and souls will be nourished.Our first triple bunk bed is in place. All it needs now are its mattresses and mosquito nets. WE want to build 4 more.Touch up painting.Lots of work on the grounds to be done and all by hand for now.
Dedication Service August 10 2013. More photos as well as videos are here.
August 2013Widening our driveway entrance so that our 40′ container will be able to enter when it arrives.The graders last pass on the drivewayThe nicest driveway in Northwestern UgandaOver 1,100 Global Study Bibles and 3,500 christian books for distribution to pastors and others are on their way ..PTL!Faithful Seguin Texas brothers loading the RAU container.
RAU road sign. Its frame and poles are in the container headed to us.Soon this will parked at R.A.U….PTL!Refurbishing the remaining four tukalu’s on the land. They are not far from the Guesthouse. Many of the native pastor’s will feel more comfortable staying in these instead of the Guesthouse. We hope to build 4-5 more. They cost about $500 to build and will sleep 4-5.
We now have new grass roofs on tukalu’s. Our next step is to fix the doors and windows.Our existing outdoor kitchen. We use it each day (except Sunday’s) to cook for a dozen or more workers. This is the way we will also cook for our future discipleship groups and short term mission groups. Propane is very expensive and difficult to get here. Lord willing, soon we can build a updated one closer with a small room for our cook and helper to stay. We need about $4,000 to complete it.We have been clearing and planting a native low growing drought resistant grass around the Guesthouse. In the foreground is one of our many newly planted mango and we have a trellis for passion fruit in the background.
September 2013
Great exhortation right outside Carol’s and my bedroom.Our large garage serves us well.
Carpenters at work.Hall of Tyrannus library
Our calling…Make disciples of all nations (people groups)! A tribal group from North Uganda.
The Mbuti Pygmies of Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Train up children in the way of the Lord.Demonstrating Christ’s love to the poor and needy.Making Jesus known where He is not known
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Reaching Africa’s Unreached!
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RAU road sign. Its frame and poles are in the container headed to us. A special thank you to the Moore family!
As I write there is a cool breeze blowing in our north windows as day fades into evening. Even though rains have slowed it still remains comfortable each day and a light blanket is required at night. This is a very beautiful part of God’s creation!
Carol has just arrived in Entebbe from her short two week jaunt to American. After spending a few days in California with Gabby Bukenya in her aunt’s home and some time with a good high school friend she traveled on to Stephenville Texas. In Stephenville she had some precious time with family. In her next letter I am sure she will share some of those joys with you. I am happy she had this time with family. I am also very happy that she ,Lord willing, will be back here on Friday. I really missed her! Pray for her bus trip up from Kampala with Sam. Even though the rains have slowed the road between Gulu and Moyo remains very bad. Please also pray for Gabby as she has her heart surgery on Thursday the 5th.
We here at RAU continue to rejoice in God’s protection! As you know just recently I planted my bare foot only an inch away from a cobra and now just a few nights ago God protected us from unknown motives of some evil men. At about 4 AM a motorcycle slowed and stopped at our driveway entrance and when our guards, Aldo and Stephen, approached them from different directions they ran from their motorcycle which they couldn’t start. Aldo and Stephen do look intimidating in their camouflage and AK 47’s! They confiscated the motorcycle and it is still being held at the border station just a mile down the road. Praise God for Aldo and Stephen being here! Thank you for your prayers and support!
Stephen and Aldo
The supposed owner of the motorcycle has come forward and said it was stolen from him however he could not prove that it was his. There were 18 phones, a laptop and 200 S. Sudanese pounds with it. The bike had no plates and the border soldiers are not releasing it. Interestedly, a witchdoctor has come by the station and did his “thing” over it and said the people would be caught. That was a couple days ago and the thieves have not been caught. Witch doctors are often consulted by many and even by “church members”. The demonic is very active in this area! Our hope is in the Lord!
“Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the Lord;
he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.”
Psalms 33: 18-22
I have paid another bounty out for a poisonous snake which was found by Muduga while working yesterday. There was no consensus among us on what kind it was however. It was small,blackish, and according to everyone present very,very poisonous and deadly. There is a short video of it here. We are working to clear all the ground around the Guesthouse and the refurbished tukalus. Also, as I mention in my last newsletter, we would like to put tile on the veranda of house. The veranda goes all around the house with the exception of the garage door entrance. The veranda now has a rough concrete surface. From my earlier encounter with the cobra in our kitchen we found out that is much more difficult for a snake to move on the slick surface of tile.
We are continuing to make progress in preparing the Guesthouse/Hall of Tyrannus for groups. Our tukalu repairs are continuing too and we about to fasten the outside door and put in wooden shutters in the vacant window spaces. We had a bit of a close call and almost burned our new grass roofs on the tukalu’s. It has been raining a lot so I thought it would be a good time to burn the tall grass and brush we had cut down between the Guesthouse and tukalu’s. The wind picked up all a sudden drove the fire towards the tukalu’s. Fortunately, we had pulled the debris away from the tukalu’s and their roof’s were spared. Grass roofs and fire do not mix well!
Close call!
Thank you all for your continual prayers and support. We could not be here doing what the Lord has called us to do without your loving support. May all our prayers be in the same manner as Philip Brooks (1835-1893), “Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men or women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for power equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle but you shall be the miracle”
North Uganda
Here are our continuing needs that lay before us for you to pray for and consider helping us complete:
1. Finishing up the refurbishing of our four existing tukalus on the land. The four have now been roofed with new grass. To repair the doors, windows, and plaster them will require an additional $600. We have purchased the materials for the doors and windows and now are working on them. 2. The building of 4-5 more tukalu’s to house pastors/evangelists/church planters for discipleship. Each tukalu can take care of 4-5 people and they are inexpensive to build. To build one tukalu is around $500. 3. $1000 to dig a new double stall pit latrine for the tukalu quarters with an outdoor bathing facility. The existing pit latrine is about to cave in and there is no place to bath. (See our previous newsletters on the reason we are building these tukalu quarters ).
4. $4,000 for an outdoor kitchen and attached living quarters (one small room and bathroom) for Lucy, our cook/helper. The current one is about to fall down is some distance from the Guesthouse. As stated in an earlier newsletter we need an outdoor kitchen to be able to cook for large groups with wood and charcoal. To get propane gas for our indoor stove is hard to obtain and expensive. It also opens up the room Lucy is now staying in for guests.
5. The pouring of a slab to set the container on: $800+-
6. Upfront furnishings to host groups (beds,mattress,mosquito nets etc): $600+-
7. Tile our veranda to create an extra barrier between the Guesthouse and snakes! It would also make it easier to clean. We would have to bring the tile up from Kampala. The estimation to do this is $3000+-.
Continuing to Press Onward and Forward for Jesus and His Mission,
If you have any questions feel free to write and ask.
Thank You!
“I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.”
Hudson Taylor (Missionary to China in the 1800’s)
I paid another bounty out for a poisonous snake which was found by Muduga while working this morning. There was no consensus among us all on what kind it was however. It was small and according to everyone present very poisonous and deadly.
We are working to clear all the ground around the Guesthouse and refurbished tukalus.
We have cleared a perimeter around the house and planted it with a local grass that is drought resistant and does not grow tall. When healthy it chokes out all other grasses and weeds. We dug it up from another portion of our 17 acres.
Also, as I mention in my last newsletter we would like to put tile on the veranda of house. In my last encounter with a cobra we learned it was easy to kill it while in the kitchen and perhaps why it did not strike my bare foot (which was only an inch away ) was because it was on our tile floor. Because of kitchen’s slick tile surface it was difficult for a snake to move. Around the the Guesthouse we have 10 foot veranda on three sides and it is 15 feet in the front. Because of what we have learned about a snake’s ability to move on tile we would like to tile our veranda to create an extra barrier between the Guesthouse and snakes! It would also make it easier to clean. The estimation to do this tile work is $3000+-.
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