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September 2012 Newsletter

Suzy Prayer Walks in the USA!

Suzy is looking forward to seeing many of you at this year’s prayer walk fundraiser on September 22nd in CA. Our goal is to raise funds so In Deed and Truth Ministries can continue to reach out to over 50,000 Sudanese in the Tonj area of South Sudan through our expanding medical clinic, outreach programs, Jesus film, three churches, 15 pastors and the Community Health Evangelists. If you feel led to help us with the increasing costs of running these programs and ministering to the Tonj community please visit our website for walker and sponsor information. If you cannot attend please consider sponsoring Suzy to walk or giving a special donation marked ‘Prayer Walk.’

Suzy is only in San Diego for 6 days, so this prayer walk day has been set aside for her to visit, reconnect, share and pray with those who have supported us so faithfully over the last 13 years and for those who want to learn more about what we have been called to do in South Sudan. Suzy will be available before, during and after the walk for fun and fellowship. This year’s walk is at Horizon North County Church starting at 10 am with lunch provided. Please go to our website and register or call Jeamette Lock for more information.

Embrace Infant Warmer!

Sabet & Suzy receiving EmbraceEmbrace Infant Warmers were introduced to us through a friend. These baby sized sleeping bags havebeen tested throughout India and some other countries to reduce infant mortality, which South Sudan has one of the highest rates. The device works like a traditional incubator, regulating the baby’s body temperature but at a fraction of the cost to buy and even to operate. It can work with or without electricity, has no moving parts, is portable and safe to use. Due to the high number of babies we deliver and treat in a high risk area of infant mortality our clinic was one chosen by Embrace to begin using this device in Africa.

Embrace donated two infant baby warmers to our medical clinic and even traveled to Kenya where we were able to connect and collect them. We will keep you posted on how these simple devices are saving lives. To learn more about Embrace please visit their website.

Box of Blessings!

Box of Blessings was set up to help support the Kuj family as missionaries in a very remote and challenging location. The boxes are filled with special gifts and items for the family and sent with visitors to their location. We have several boxes ready to be filled and sent. If you would like to personally bless them and can help purchase items or donate so we can purchase on your behalf please contact Jeamette Lock for the family’s wish list.

Tonj Olympic Games!

Olympic Kid’s Games in TonjWhile the Olympics were going on in London, we started our own Kids Games Olympic style for the kids in Tonj and the surrounding areas. As you can see from the photo not as flashy as the Olympics but these children had fun playing, and heard the gospel with open hearts. Two of our medical staff, Gabriel and Emmanuel, together with Donato, Pastor Santino and our compound manager Albino, formed a team to go from village to village conducting kids games.

Their main objective was to encourage the kids that they are important in the society, and especially precious to the Lord Jesus, no matter where they come from or family background. Many of them think that they are less important than others because they do not have nice clothes and shoes. This makes them not to attend Sunday school. The games created a good relationship with the coaches who showed Jesus’ love and care for them. They were taught to respect each other, their parents, to have discipline and work hard in school (though only a few of them go to school) and to trust in the Lord Jesus.

Prayer Requests!

  • For the Kuj family as they spend time apart, safe travels for Suzy.
  • For the Lord’s blessing on the prayer walk, good weather.
  • Upcoming Pastor’s graduation on October 6th.
Ministry, Pastor Training

Sudan Church History

Prof. Dr. Bernd Brandl teaching students

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” – Matthew 24:14

IDAT Bible school opened two weeks ago. The Bible school students were privileged to have a professor of Church history who visited them for two days. Prof. Dr. Bernd Brandl had come all the way from Germany.

Church history for Africa dates back to a few decades after Christ was risen when some of the disciples came to North Africa, to places such as Alexandria in Egypt. Churches were established and later the gospel spread up the Nile river to a region around the present Khartoum.

Later these places were conquered by invading armies that scattered and destroyed the congregations. The churches died partially due to isolation from their mother churches and lack of strong leadership, this being a good lesson to learn for present day church leaders.

Ministry, Pastor Training

Bible School Update by Losee’s

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“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” – Mark 16:16

Nancy

My husband and I are excited again to be here in Tonj to teach the pastors. They were at the airstrip to meet us when we landed.  Monday, our first day of class, began with a song as I entered the classroom and then we prayed together and thanked the Lord Jesus Christ that we were all back together again.

We are finishing Manual 10, the last manual of the BTCP Curriculum, Missions Evangelism Discipleship. Yesterday was one of the best days I have had in the classroom since we started the Bible School three years ago. Part of the daily lesson was for the student to prepare and orally give his personal testimony.

I was privileged to listen to all of the pastors’ personal testimonies of how they became born again. It was truly awesome to learn that everyone of them are “first generation” Christians. Each pastor said that their parents were not believers, they were idol worshipers and involved in witchcraft. The wonderful part was that when they became a Christian and were baptized they returned to their homes and witnessed to their families and their families accepted Christ and they too became believers and were baptized. I was reminded of how the Philippine jailer and “all his household” was saved in Acts 16:25-34.

Joe

My husband, Joe, and I are teaching four sessions each day, starting at 9:15am and ending at 5:30pm. The pastors are there each morning ready to start with smiles on their faces and with a song to greet us.  We are so blessed to be a part of this training of the pastors.  We truly thank IDAT for the awesome work they are doing here in S Sudan and that they have allowed us to be a part of it.

Joe and Nancy Losee

Medical Clinic, Ministry

Prayer Request

Babies

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart;” – Jeremiah 1:5

Few days ago a woman brought her child to our clinic. Wut Manyuon Deng, seven days old was borne at home with a protrusion of intestines and other abdominal organs through the abdominal wall at the umbilicus partially without skin cover. The protrusion is 12 cm long and 6cm diameter at the end containing the intestines.

Medically this condition is called an omphalocele and it affects 5 out of 20,000 births. The problem is lack of complete development of the fetal abdominal muscles during pregnancy leaving a defect that allows herniation. This is the second case seen at our clinic within this year.

One of the amazing things in this particular case is that even with the culture of so much belief in witchcraft; the mother of this child was among the few who reported not to have gone through a witch doctor before coming to our clinic. She had heard  about our clinic a number of times and opted to seek first care with us.

We thank God that they came early enough and the child was not having any life threatening complications. This precious child needs specialized surgical correction of the defect as soon as possible. As we find out where this will be done, Please pray for:

  1. 1. God’s provision of enough funds-the parents has no money.
  2. 2. Patience and hope for the family.
  3. 3. No health complications.
  4. 4. Wisdom for the doctors involved.
  5. 5. Successful operation.
Ministry

Kids games in Tonj

Kids

“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” – Matthew 19:14

While the Olympics were going on in London, we started our own Kids Games Olympic style for the kids in Tonj and the surrounding areas of Tonj. As you can see from the Photos not as flashy as the Olympics but these children had fun playing, and heard the gospel with open heart. Gabriel, Emmanuel Part of our Medical staff,  together with Donato and Santino and Albino form a team to go from village to village to conducting kids games.

Their main objective is to encourage the kids that they are important in the society no matter where they come from or family background. Many of them think that they are less important than others because they do not have nice clothes and shoes. This makes them not to attend Sunday school.

The games also create a good relationship between the children and their trainers. They will grow knowing that they have big brothers who care for them. They are taught how to respect each other and their parents. They are also taught to have discipline and work hard in school (though only a few of them go to school). Most of these kids do not have a chance to come to church on Sunday. Their parents discourage them by telling them that is not important. The children who come to the Sunday school in our church have a chance to play all these games.

After playing games in the villages all the participants are given shoes and this encourages them and boosts their self esteem. Their parents come to cheer them and Gabriel addresses them. He advises them to teach their children the word of God and to respect each other so they will grow up as good children.

We have been having heavy rains often and this has hindered Gabriel and his team from going to the remote villages. In future they are planning to go to even more remote villages.

Emma

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