A Story of Healing, Hope and Wholeness!

Mid-February a lady called Awien brought her 5 day old baby Adhel into our clinic. Adhel had developed a fever and stopped breastfeeding shortly after birth, and now had sunken eyes, doughy skin, and was barely breathing – her chances of survival were definitely low. Despite our strongest antibiotics, the next morning the child was even worse – her fontanel was bulging out in a way that Dr. Jono had never seen before, as the infection had spread to her brain (meningitis). Ted Miyake was visiting In Deed and Truth Ministries at the time and wrote, “The doctors here said even in the best hospitals in America, this baby would only be given a 50/50 chance of survival.” Knowing that we had nothing more to give medically, the IDAT team really prayed their hearts out, and “amath, amath” (slowly, slowly) over the next few days, the child became more awake, the fever subsided, and the fontanel swelling reduced. After a week, Adhel was breastfeeding and almost looking like a normal, healthy baby! It truly was a miracle and we’re all praising God for that!

Baby Adhel was released from the clinic after two weeks, so she could “witness” the baptism of her mom, Awien and grandmother, Adhiau!

During their stay, Sabet, the pastoral staff and other clinic worker ministered to this family, prayed with them and shared the good news of Christ’s offer of love and life, which they eagerly accepted. Inspired by the miraculous recovery of Adhel, both of these ladies made commitments to Christ, and without any prompting, asked if they could be baptized.

This is the real reason we do what we do and press on through hardships, heat and warfare. Is it a sacrifice? Not when you get to be a part of such eternal transformations; these moments are priceless and none of us would exchange them for anything. This is the fruit of much labor and preparation as one of our own discipled pastors had the honor and privilege of baptizing them in front of a crowd of witnesses.

“Great and marvelous are Your works, LORD God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!” – Revelation 15:3

Kuj Family in USA!

It is sometimes hard to believe it is already March, one year later and we are still in America. Sabet returned to Tonj to bless and encourage the team there and work on securing more evidence for Agum’s citizenship case. The rest of the Kuj clan left California in mid-February and returned to Florida to ‘wait it out’ and spend time with Suzy’s mum. We have peace; we are praying for the Lord’s perfect timing, for favor, and we trust Him as we stand firmly on the Rock that is Jesus Christ.

Sabet should return by the end of March, and then he’ll drive from West coast to East coast with our van. Pray he can get all of the necessary papers while in Africa, so we can refile before our end of March deadline.

Prayer Requests!

• Pray for the team and all those eagerly awaiting our return.
• Pray our ‘home’ in Tonj is completed and ready for us when we return to South Sudan.
• Pray for our container that is currently in Mombasa port awaiting release from customs.
• Pray all exemption papers would be in place as the container moves from Kenya, through Uganda and into South Sudan. Sabet is hoping it arrives before he leaves.