​​RAU is located just north of Moyo on the Ugandan side of the border with South Sudan

Happy New Year praying Friends and Family! May the Lord’s blessings, guidance, and provision be with you throughout 2016!

Thank you to all who have prayed for Carol’s and my health. We both have recovered. However, I do really sense that my many bouts of malaria are taking a toll on me physically so your continual prayers are appreciated for ongoing health and strength to carry on with the beautiful calling the Lord has given to us…and YOU…our prayer and financial supporters.

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This newsletter will be short, the goal being to provide praise reports as well as the needs before us.

Praise Report since our last newsletter:

* Healing from malaria for both Carol and me and the UTI for Carol.

* Being able to reconnect with family and many friends.

* Funds given for completion of a second well in the nearby remote region of the Metu Mountains where we are proclaiming the gospel.

*Funds given or promised for re-sponsorship of a second year of education for 9 children from the West Nile in quality schools.

*Opportunities to speak in a number of churches in Texas

* Funds given to bring back literature in Arabic, including Bibles, for our work with Muslims.

*Continuing to be able to encourage church leaders through teaching, Study Bibles and Biblical literature (2 Timothy 2:2).

*Continuing open doors to proclaim the gospel to the unreached Aringa tribe and opportunities to strengthen/encourage Aringa believers.

* Continuing opportunities to empower our local Moyo area through agricultural training and agricultural resources.

Needs before Us:

*Prayers as Carol and I travel and speak in churches to share the vision of R.A.U. 

* Funding for on going operational expenses, (e.g. 4 day retreats for church leaders at RAU, ministry outreach for discipleship, evangelism and church planting, Land Cruiser fuel and upkeep, etc.)

 * Reading glasses and  over the counter medicines (e,g., pain, flu/cough and allergy medications)

* Implementation of a three-month, intensive Bible School : Building of two Classrooms=$25,000 and $10,000 for start up costs.

There are only a few days left in our t-shirt/ hoodies fundraiser. Different styles of t-shirts and hoodies are available. All profits go to Reaching Africa’s Unreached. Thank you!

Here is the link and a picture: https://www.bonfirefunds.com/reaching-africas-unreached

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Thank you for your ongoing prayers and loving sacrificial support. We are sowing and watering together and God is giving the increase!.

 “What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.  So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.”

1 Corinthians 3:5-9 ESV (Emphasis mine)

The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with you!

Jacob (Carol) Lee

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

​​  Tax deductible  charitable donations may  be made via PayPal.  PayPal also has a way to make reoccurring monthly gifts. To do so  please click their link below. PayPal deducts  a small amount from each gift as a processing fee. All gifts given through PayPal are now tax deductible as 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.

Here is way you can help support the ministry of RAU. Different style t-shirts and hoodies are available. All profits go to Reaching Africa’s Unreached. Thank you!
Please feel free to pass this on to your friends.

https://www.bonfirefunds.com/reaching-africas-unreached

 

This short video gives a brief overview of the ministry of Reaching Africa’s Unreached in 2015. Carol, the R.A.U. staff and I (Jacob) thank all our faithful intercessors and financial partners. You are God’s means in working through us to spread HIS glory and fame throughout the West Nile (Northwestern) of Uganda and the neighboring countries of South Sudan and D.R. Congo. May God bless you and continue to use you! Thank you!

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“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)

2 Corinthians 1:11 is a verse which gives Carol and me great comfort and encouragement! Living as missionaries in the midst of a foreign culture, seeking to be a part of strengthening God’s people (2 Timothy 2:2) and making it our ambition to take the gospel to those with little or no access to it (Romans 15:20) would be fruitless without your intercession and support! Without your prayers we might just as well go back to Texas to “piddle around” and enjoy our family and friends in the latter years of our lives. “You” (our fellow ambassadors) “must help” (a necessity) “us” (your co-labors in the faith) “by prayer” (essential to foreign missions as well as all of life) “so that” (connecting words) “many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us” (result of faithful prayer) “through the prayers of many.” (the reason for thanksgiving and blessing).

Andrew Murray rightly states, “Without prayer, even though there may be increased interest in missions, more work for them, better success in organization and greater finances, the real growth of the spiritual life and of the love of Christ in the people may be very small.” (Key to the Missionary Problem page 145). Prayer is the jet fuel for missions! At the RAU website I have a page entitled “How to Pray for Missionaries” as a guide in your prayers for us, Reaching Africa’s Unreached, and all those laboring to reach the lost. Thank you and may God richly bless you!

Since last writing we had retreat number 18. Most of the church leaders (pastors, deacons, evangelist, Sunday School teachers etc.) were from South Sudan near the border at Koboko, with a few from Koboko and Arua. There were some that were unable to come (who live right across the border from us) because of a road ambush and the funerals which were necessitated because of it. The details are still sketchy.  Please pray for peace in South Sudan as the civil war continues. Pastor Patrick and I did the teaching. Emma spent one day in Ag Training.  Nearly 100% of church leaders in the West Nile of Uganda and Southwestern South Sudan are bi-vocational and have gardens. Emma’s training is geared to empower them and their congregations (2 Timothy 2:2) with agricultural-colored glasses. Zorah, Carol, and the rest of staff are the unsung heroes of these retreats…they make up the large fraction of the iceberg which remains under the water and invisible to the eye! By God’s grace we have been able to host over 400 church leaders at our four day teaching retreats since our move in 2013. Next week we will be hosting another group of church leaders, this time from northeastern D.R. Congo. It will be our 4^th group from the Congo. Please pray for retreat number 19!

“How to plant a church: (1) Pray. (2) Do the work of an evangelist. (3) Disciple converts. (4) Train elders and deacons. (5) Accept suffering”

Paul Washer

Please pray as the Lord continues to fling doors open to share the beauty of Jesus with Muslims, including their leaders. God is doing a wonderful work here in the West Nile (Northwestern) Uganda in the Muslim community! This week I received an invitation from the local Imam whose mosque is ¼ km from us and with whom I have been interacting, to meet with him and a group of other nearby Muslim leaders. They are requesting more Bibles and Christian literature. In the works is a meeting with leading Sheikhs and Imams from Koboko. In Obongi we have had numerous opportunities to share Christ with Muslims and their leaders. The Lord has opened the door for three separate meetings with Yumbe Sheikhs and Imams and with other meetings also in the works. The Sheikhs and Imams have been hospitable, friendly, and have freely given me time to preach. I have sought to speak forth the gospel winsomely, humbly and boldly all at the same time. They have listened intently and are reading the things given them. The materials given are in the picture. One-on-one discussions (my preferred way of sharing the gospel) and open air preaching in these places are happening too. I am not entirely sure what the Lord has ahead but I do know for sure He desires Jesus to be rightly worshiped and adored in all the earth and that includes the West Nile. We are walking forward or, better said in the words of my brother in Christ, Kevin Turner, “Running to the Battle“! Thank you for your prayers, friends!

The door has been open for more local radio preaching. At the Christian station, New Life, I have an open invitation to come back when I can. This Wednesday I was back at Moyo TBS radio station to preach. I was told that the last time I preached the listening audience was double from the normal Wednesday evening and they are considering giving me 2 hours every other Wednesday evening. The third station reaching our area is the Muslim operated Voice of the Nile. There are possibilities to preach on this station as well. It is a wonderful opportunity to share Christ. The combination of these three stations makes for a very wide audience of a variety of demographics. The only thing I am lacking is time…pray for “laborers”! Praise the Name of the Lord!

“We do not make the Bible relevant. We cannot make the Bible what it already is. We simply show its relevancy for daily life.”

Steve Lawson

Tuesday we left early to Arua to have more work done on the Land Cruiser and pick up supplies. Arua is the largest city in our region and, depending on road conditions and number of stops, is a 3.5-4.5 hour drive. Arua is nice and gives us little taste of city life. We ended up getting back around 9:30 PM because the Land Cruiser work took longer than expected.

We rejoice in the open doors the Lord continues to bring our way but, like ministry anywhere, missionary work is faithful a “plodding” day by day. Kevin DeYoung puts it this way, “…What we need are fewer revolutionaries and a few more plodding visionaries. That’s my dream for the church — a multitude of faithful, risk-taking plodders. The best churches are full of gospel-saturated people holding tenaciously to a vision of godly obedience and God’s glory, and pursuing that godliness and glory with relentless, often unnoticed, plodding consistency…” (“The Glory of Plodding”).

Our “plodding”, which is time consuming, involves things like fixing the Land Cruiser, buying supplies (purchasing anything here is far more tedious than in Texas), maintenance on the compound, gardens, and fields. Then tasks like coordinating events and the almost daily hosting of visitors (e.g. people needing medicines, pastor’s visits, and other community members etc.) fill the day. Living in the place of ministry does not allow us to go “home” but places us in the mist of activity 7 days a week. With all the activities I especially have to be careful not to allow study of God’s Word and prayer are not squeeze out.

Just yesterday (the 4^th), two Moyo District officials were with us for most of the afternoon in good conversation. These daily activities help build good relationships within the community and build bridges for sharing the gospel. Both District officials left with Bibles and, the one who was a Muslim, with my booklet entitled, “Muslim-Christian Dialog.”

After more than two years of “plodding” the door has been open with the next door Mosque as mentioned above. I write all this just to say that being a “missionary” is, most importantly, being faithful in the small, daily activities. Pray that we remain faithful in such tasks!

All these “little” activities need prayer, cost money and are the structural backbone to retreats, meeting with Imams/Sheikhs, and evangelism in hard-to-reach places. It might seem nobler to pray and give for the “big events” but every “plodding” step is equally important. Carol and I rejoice and are very, very grateful for every prayer and gift to the ministry of RAU. What is most encouraging is to hear from friends that prayer for RAU (and us) is habitual and to see those that are faithful to give month after month … faithfulness in both the “small” and “big” is what is most important. The reoccurring monthly giving is God’s way, through you, for us to “plod” and walk through the “big” doors the Sovereign Lord has placed before us! Thank you to those who faithfully “plod” with us in their daily prayers and reoccurring monthly giving. At our website here are easy instructions on how to make reoccurring tax deductible gifts. It is an honor to partner with you for God’s glory in this gospel starved region of the world!

Continuing prayer requests:

•        Retreat number 19 and all our discipleship activities.
•        Our gospel witness with our Muslim friends and neighbors as well as all our evangelism activities both planned and unplanned.
•        Being faithful in our daily “plodding”.
•        Good health, protection, and continuing favor in the West Nile, especially Moyo, Yumbe, and Koboko Districts.
•        Our trip back to States for Christmas and the month of January. If you would like us to visit your church on a Sunday or Wednesday please let us know so we can put it our calendar to be with your church family. If anyone in the Seguin Texas area has a vehicle we can use during this time it would be much appreciated! We hope we can see many of you
•        Continuing grace to be given to RAU’s agricultural ministry in the community via Emma and M.A.R.S. This ministry is turning out to be a big blessing for the Body of Christ and relationships and development in Moyo District.
•        The building of two classrooms ($25,000) and the opening of Bible School in 2016
•        Heavy El Nino rains are expected throughout Uganda. Without dams and flood control programs this could make things very difficult throughout the country.
•        National elections are in February. Pray for a peaceful election process.

​ All For Jesus,

Jacob (Carol) Lee

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“Send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me.”

David Livingstone

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 name or email address)

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!  Jacob W. Lee

Tax deductible  charitable donations may  be made via PayPal.  PayPal also has a way to make reoccurring monthly gifts. To do so  please click their link below. PayPal deducts  a small amount from each gift as a processing fee. All gifts given through PayPal are now tax deductible as 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

Carol and I, as well as the whole R.A.U. team, count it a privilege to partner with you as Christ’s ambassadors here in Northwestern Uganda, a.k.a. “the West Nile”.  Thank you for your prayers and support!

As believers in Christ you, too, are Christ’s ambassadors and heralds where the Lord has set you! Heralds and ambassadors do not proclaim their own message (Acts 10:42, 17:3; 2 Cor.5:16-21). They speak on behalf of the one who sent them. We, as Christ’s followers, ARE His heralds and ambassadors. We ARE sent (John 20:21) to proclaim the one and only gospel (Galatians 1:6-9). This will be the passion of everyone who is captured by the Savior’s love. If this is not the case something else has captured us! Let us press on my fellow followers of King Jesus!

As Carol wrote in the last letter we had a group of YWAM youth with us from October 8-18. They ministered in many ways here at RAU and in the community. They helped get all the Bibles and books moved and organized in the container which arrived just a few days before their coming. They broke up into evangelism teams and went out into the neighboring villages sharing Christ. They also ministered in two Sunday morning worship services. We look forward to a continued partnership with YWAM in the future.

“Don’t let the sands of time get into the eye of your vision to reach those who sit in darkness. They simply must hear.” (Missionary Martyr Jim Elliot)

On the 15^th and 16^th, Zorah and I took along two of the YWAM team, Protais and Samuel, to Koboko for a church leaders’ seminar. Koboko is the capital of the neighboring district which goes by the same name and is the home of former Ugandan President, Idi Amin, and I am told by our Koboko Christian brothers that it is around 80% Muslim. Zorah, Protais, and Samuel gave their testimony and I taught. There were over 100 leaders in attendance. We gave out materials from the newly arrived container (ESV Global Study Bibles and books), my booklet “Christian-Muslim Dialog”, and reading glasses with covers.

What a joy it was to be with these men and woman who love Jesus and labor in very difficult situations. At the beginning of the second day they decided they wanted to give me a nickname in their local language. The Kakwa name they gave me was “Anyole“, which means “joy” in English. At the end of second day of teaching I sat exhausted but was almost immediately refreshed, body and soul, by leaders who spoke words of appreciation on behalf of the others “…we do not want you to leave…you have so much more we need to hear…please, please come back again… we want to squeeze every bit of knowledge the Lord has been imparting in you all these years…” It was hard to hold back the tears of joy. Your prayers and support make these 2 Timothy 2:2 times possible. Thank you!

On Monday, October 19^th, Zorah, Emma, and I spent most of day in the Metu Mountains in the remote village of Oku. We left late in the day for home (Reaching Africa’s Unreached) and had to drive in the thick bush and steep hills in the dark with rain but the bush lights mounted on the rack of the Land Cruiser are strong and were very helpful. My 60 year old legs felt like putty on Tuesday morning from all the mountain walking! Families of Oku and Lea were encouraged from the Word as Zorah preached, and received agricultural help/future hope from Emma. The people reported how the medicines which we brought with us on our last visit helped and they requested more, especially some snake bite medicine (injectable hydro-cortisone) which we will try to get to them next trip (in remote Arapi/Gbari over a ridge from them two lives were saved from Cobra bites from injectable hydro-cortisone). Your donations help us supply medicines in these remote villages.

Here are two YouTube Videos from our ministry trip in the mountains. Hang on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejKGCMUDukw&feature=youtu.be&t=13s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mePI6GJPmO0

Since we have only been able to place one Ma’di Bible in Oku/Lea with a man who can read, I encouraged them to meet in the mornings under the same tree we were at for public Bible reading (1 Timothy 4:13 ) before going out to their fields. They happily agreed! Pray for these new believers and those who still have not come to faith! Along the way back up the ridges I paused often which gave good excuses for the mountain boys to rest too. While walking, I was told of two other villages over some ridges which have not been touched with the light of the gospel. They must be reached too! We will go…will you pray? Bless you!

Metu Mountains

You prayer warriors…here are a few things to be praying for:

* We are soon hosting a group 25 church leaders from South Sudan and another 25 from D.R. Congo for retreats.

* My fourth meeting with leading Yumbe Imams and Sheikhs was pushed back to November 7^th. These leaders want to continue hear to from me and I am very eager, all be it with fear and trepidation, to lovingly proclaim the gospel and point them to the beauty of Jesus as portrayed in the Bible.  We also have an open door for open air preaching/one on one witnessing in the Yumbe taxi park in downtown Yumbe and another day in nearby trading center, Kuru. These are unprecedented opportunities the Lord has given to be Christ’s ambassador among a tribe, the Aringa, who are 99% Muslim. Thank you for being a part of what God is doing with a people He loves!

* Please continue to pray for good health and protection for the RAU team, Carol, and myself.

* On December 21^st we head to Texas for a visit and will be in the States through January. Carol and I are excited to see our family whom we miss so very much (pray for us in this). We recently received the news that our fifth grandbaby is a girl. She will be joining sisters, Eliza and Vera, brother Ben, and cousin Keira. If anyone in the Seguin area has a vehicle they could loan us during our visit that would be greatly appreciated.

In God’s Loving Sovereign Grip,

Jacob (Carol) Lee

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 name or email  address)

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!  Jacob W. Lee

Tax deductible  charitable donations may  be made via PayPal.  PayPal also has a way to make reoccurring monthly gifts. To do so  please click their link below. PayPal deducts  a small amount from each gift as a processing fee. All gifts given through PayPal are now tax deductible as 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