Our vision here at In Deed and Truth Ministries is to transform ordinary South Sudanese communities into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Our ministry provides a platform for those who feel called to help us reach that vision, not part-time but fully invested in this Kingdom work, to go all the way with us. As Jesus commanded:

Matthew 28:19 – “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

As fully involved believers that are committed to Jesus and earnestly live for Him your “GO” may be committing to pray, volunteer or financially partner with our ministry so we can “MAKE DISCIPLES” in South Sudan together. And as most of us find as believers, this is often hard to actually put into practice. We get frustrated or overwhelmed by the size of the task and often live with a sense of defeat, “Will my effort make the slightest difference?” The answer is YES!! Allow the power of Jesus to use you and include you in His greater plan to impact and transform lives thousands of miles away. He calls us, He equips us and He goes with us. He has sent us His Helper, the Holy Spirit, to direct our lives and empower us.

Philippians 4:13 – “I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.”

Please pray for our ministry, we currently have 46% of our monthly needs met by fully invested financial partners. If the Spirit of God is leading you to financially partner with us in making disciples and to get involved, now is the time. As the Spirit has filled us and directed us to make known this need, please pray if this is an area the Lord is directing you to be involved in.

Testimonies from the Clinic!

One of the ways God is using us to reach His precious people in South Sudan is through our medical assistance. Most people living in South Sudan live in extreme poverty as it is still one of the poorest countries in the world. After gaining independence after years of civil war with the North, basic needs are still not met. We serve a community that extends to regions further than our immediate town and reach over 100,000 people. Our goal is to exit our ministry one day and leave it self-sustainable in the hands of God fearing South Sudanese people. We have started this process by first ‘making disciples’ and then giving those faithful ones an opportunity to be used by the Lord to serve their own community, five of which today are in medical school and 13 are pastors, have planted 7 churches and minister all over North, East and South Tonj county.

Meet Bor, he is 6 months old and arrived in our clinic with a massive neck abscess. His parents brought him with the complaint of neck swelling for the last five days. He was having trouble breastfeeding, suffered high fever, kept vomiting and was crying all the time. His parents walked a day and a half to bring him to our clinic from the remote village where they lived. After incision and drainage of more than ½ pint of pus we were able to admit him and monitor his recovery. After prayer, antibiotics, cleaning and dressing, Bor made a full recovery.

It still excites us to see what the Lord is doing in Tonj every day. We’re so grateful to God for making us to be a part of it and to partner us with those who want to make a difference in this world. What a blessing to witness the work of the pastor’s at the clinic sharing the gospel and praying patients like Bor and his parents. The pastors have a table well situated and once patients get their prescription and medicine, they join the pastors on their table for prayer.

Here the pastors are able to have a one on one chat with the patient, getting to know of their spiritual well-being and whether they attend any church. The greatest joy is that these patients aren’t forced to go for prayer, they go there willingly. They are able to share their prayer requests, whether it be personal prayer, prayer for their husbands or wives, prayer for the peace of the region. They leave the clinic knowing clearly that it is the Lord who heals and provides the medicines, and life won’t be well unless we care for the ‘whole’ being which includes our spiritual health and the truth about our eternal salvation. It is not about loving in word or in tongue but in DEED and in TRUTH!

• Prayer for our family as we continue to endure months apart. Suzy’s trip update is on the blog.

In the midst of today’s busyness and high-tech lifestyles, it is easy to not find time to pray but what a privilege to be given this calling as children of God. The battle, even for our time, is a spiritual one for which prayer is our answer!! We thank each one of you for praying for our family, missionaries, team and ministry. Your fervent prayers are carrying us through these tough times.

We have received notice that a decision regarding Agum’s US status should be communicated to us by the end of October. We are praising God and praying it would be favorable. Our greatest desire would be to be back in Africa for Christmas.

Sabet is still in Nairobi with his mum. His brother Dominic arrived safely from Australia and the three of them happily reunited for the first time in 20 years. The Lord is amazing and has answered our prayers by providing a ticket for Suzy to ‘nip’ over to Kenya to see Sabet after 8 weeks of separation. She’ll also get to see Sabet’s mum and Dominic before they all go back to Tonj, which may be her last chance to spend time with her. Pray for our time together, October 26th to November 7th, and for our children, Hannah, Agum and Jedidiah who will remain in Florida with Suzy’s mum.

Missions Conference!

Suzy and the kids were so blessed to spend a weekend with Calvary Chapel Merritt Island to attend their ‘Beautiful Feet’ mission conference. It was a time of refreshment, fun and making new friends.

Testimonies from Tonj!

This is Marek, he’s the cousin of our finance administrator, Andrea.

He turned up at our clinic last week to share his testimony of the transforming power of Christ in his life. As a young man he made his fortune raiding cattle from the neighboring Nuer tribe, and like so many of rural South Sudanese he lived entrenched in spirit worship. Several months ago he developed a certain illnesses which even the strongest witchdoctors were powerless to fix. So as a last resort he came to Andrea, who brought him to our clinic. With a course of medication and prayer to the almighty God Marek had completely recovered within 3 days! He along with his 3 wives and many children were astonished at his rapid recovery, and the whole family determined that from this day forth they would follow the God who was so much more powerful than any witchdoctor.

“Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!” – Psalm 107:19-21

Praise to Jesus!!

Four month old Mabior woke up in the night crying with a high fever.

Early the next morning he started seizing, and the seizure just didn’t stop. His mother, convinced he would die,   started mourning at home, but a relative convinced her to go to the nearest clinic. At the village clinic they were told it was too late so they tried a market pharmacy who also couldn’t help. Finally they turned up at In Deed and Truth clinic with the child still convulsing, struggling to breathe from aspiration, and on the verge of death. We promised the mother to try our best but told her that it would take some help from God to save this child. So while starting IV infusions to treat the malaria and stop the convulsions we laid hands on him and committed him to God. The next morning the child was alert and breastfeeding again, showing off his adorable smile… and we couldn’t stop smiling either! After witnessing the healing of her child, our chaplain Santino was able to share the good news of Jesus with her using picture cards, and like so many of our patients she joyfully invited Christ into her life.

• Please join us in praise and prayer for all these needs and testimonies.