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Road Side Delivery

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;” – Ephesians 6:17-18

It was on Sunday night around 12:30 a.m. when a woman in labor was brought to our clinic and she was expecting twins and needed to be taken to Wau hospital but unfortunately the midwife on duty could not reach the driver. Samuel prayed for her and by divine providence there was somebody who knew our driver’s residence and somebody else who could ride a motorbike to take him there.

While on the way to Wau the lady delivered a baby girl. Something interesting one of our Community Health Workers (Peter Malock) who accompanied her was the midwife! It looked like the other baby was not coming out and they proceeded with the journey. After a few bumps and more labor and by the grace of God he delivered the second baby, a boy.

They decided to come back to our clinic though the woman was still bleeding. By a strange turn of things the mother appeared to be very hostile with our medical staff. She completely refused any medical procedure to be done to her despite the fact that she was breeding a lot. Peter took a bike to get her husband and when he came back to the clinic he did manage to convince his wife.

Finally Albino decided to take her to the government hospital but they refused to admit her arguing that she was coming from better medical staff. He had to drive her home, pray for the family and hope for the best.

Please pray for the people in South Sudan to be delivered from witchcraft and God to give them knowledge that this is one of the lies of the devil. Some patients are being ‘discharged’ by their relatives so as to go for ‘further’ treatment from the witchdoctors. Samuel tried the gospel message on one man suffering from bacterial dysentery but his relatives soberly rejected waiting on Jesus to go and try out some sorcery.  However, we thank God for the ninety per cent or so who are saying ‘yes’ to the Lord. I wish there was a way to follow them up to deepen their faith in the word.

 

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“But the God of all the grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stabilish, strength, settle you.” – 1 Peter 5:10

Alet Wol Mathiang was brought to our clinic two weeks ago bleeding heavily and about eight months pregnant. On the same day she was rushed to Wau hospital with our ambulance as she had to have a caesarian delivery. Alet needed blood transfusion urgently because she had lost a lot of blood and praise God one of our nurse midwife Auxillia happened to be of the same blood group. Without hesitation she agreed to donate blood to Alet.

Unfortunately the baby was born dead but the Alet lived and came to the clinic today looking bright and healthy. She was accompanied by her husband and they expressed gratitude to God and to In Deed and Truth Ministries for having provided a way for her to get the operation. We prayed for them and urged them to be committed to Christ who gives life and is able to give her another child.

Another woman brought her child to the clinic that was having trouble breathing and had to be put on an oxygen machine. Samuel and the team prayed for the child and he stabilized so dramatically that his mother put him on the breast to suck while the oxygen tubes were still in his nostrils. The oxygen machine was soon removed.

The child was having charms around his neck and we advised the husband to cut them off and he agreed to do so. The mother was a bit anxious, perhaps not believing that the charms were of no good but after counseling and encouragement she was convinced, that the devil is a thief and not a protector.

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May 2012 Newsletter

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Are We Going Back To War?

This is a question we are being asked a lot in light of the recent news coverage on South Sudan. The answer is we don’t know; only the Lord knows what tomorrow brings. The world is watching closely and international leaders are urging both North and South Sudan to maintain peace but sadly many border areas ARE already under attack and living in a warzone. The effect of all this on our presence and ministry in Tonj is minimal at the moment. The rising prices of fuel and food, if you can find them, are about the only evidence that borders to the North are closed due to fighting. So you may be wondering what does all this mean for our family to continue in our mission work? It means we hold fast to the calling that gripped our hearts 14 years ago. We know our Lord equipped us to go and minister in South Sudan which was in war when He first gave us that assignment. We love Tonj and her people and our greatest burden is to bring the truth of His Word to them, so they might taste and see that the LORD is good. It is the work of the Father to take two seeds, useless in their own strength and plant them in this dry and barren land. He was confident in the life He had put inside us and by His Holy Spirit He watered us and brought much fruit. He told us to GO and be strong in the Lord and the power of His might, to put on the whole armor of God so we could stand against the devil’s schemes. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of the darkness of this world. Aren’t we all living in one big ‘warzone’ called the world? If we are Christians we are fighting a spiritual battle daily and Satan is our only enemy. Let us pray for one another to be effective, bold and courageous in our faith. May the Lord Jesus fill us with His Holy Spirit daily giving us His wisdom, power and strength as He divinely directs our paths to those that need the Gospel.

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” – John 12:24-25

CHE Training!CHE Training!

CHE, Community Health Evangelism, is a program we have begun teaching in Tonj that integrates discipleship and evangelism with community based development. The work is wholistic, seeking to meet the whole need of individuals and communities through complete obedience to everything that Jesus commanded.

We facilitated a team from World Gospel Mission in Uganda who led the CHE workshop from our compound. More than 20 people attended from different areas in South Sudan. We love the ministry of CHE, it empowers individuals to use the local resources God has given them to solve their problems. Our desire is to have Community Heath Evangelists planted in the villages surrounding Tonj that many of our patients travel from.

Prayer Requests!

  • For the completion of the new medical building.
  • Pray for CHE teams to be sent into local villages and implement what they have learnt.
  • Pray for peace between north and south Sudan.
  • Pray we can finalize all the adoption papers and visit USA in January 2013 as a family.

Kuj Family Adoption and Land!Kuj Family Adoption and Land!

Since 2006 our family has been living out of boxes and in 1 or 2 small rooms. This has become increasingly more challenging as we added Agum to our family in 2009 and homeschool all three. Agum’s adoption is now 70% complete and we hope to take a home assignment in early 2013. This year our board felt it necessary to begin a fund to help our family build a home so we can function better and continue to serve long-term. Communal living has many blessings and challenges, but as our ministry and staff have grown we recognize it is time for our family to live off of the compound and to have a home. So we have been looking for the right land to buy and as everything is undeveloped it was not an easy task. But, we prayed and the Lord led us to a piece of land that we both love and have so much peace about. It is officially purchased with the title deed!! Now we have to wait for the rainy season to pass before we can start construction in October. We need help…yes, if you are interested in helping us construct our home please get in touch. We need volunteers from 1 week to 6 months. It’s an overwhelming task but we firmly believe the Lord is in this and trust Him to bring it to completion quickly. One of the attractions was the massive mahogany tree pictured here with our family standing under it!

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From Dr. Tom in the Field

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Hi everyone,

Hasn’t been too eventful of a week. I am thankful for 3 children  with comas awakening from their comas. Two with meningitis and one with malaria. The kids with meningitis take 3-4 days to wake up where with malaria they wake up within 24 hours.I am just thanking God they all awoke. What a joy to see the happy parents.

A mother brought a child in Friday night severely dehydrated. For 5 days the witch doctor who tries to tell people that we give meds that kill people cared for the child. While we were giving IV  fluids and 50% dextrose and antibiotic the mother was saying they are killing my child. I did not understand all this and was told later by the community health worker. Later she pulled the IV out of the child but we already had given 500 ml of fluid and child was stable. I could not believe a parent could watch a child get so sick before coming in but it is just ignorance. I am sure for many years the folks only had the witch doctors and it takes time to earn the people’s confidence. The child is doing well for which I thank God.

I preached at church this AM and I think it went well. I also helped lead music. I love singing Amazing Grace it brings back good memories.

I have been fighting off an intestinal bug which has limited me to work and rest. I hate those bugs.

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CHE Training Update By Rick Morse

“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.” – Acts 5:41

I was reading Acts 5:17-41 today. That was a pretty amazing time and the apostles were filled with the Spirit of God. Gamaliel told the Sanhedrin in vs. 38 and 39 “…leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

My mind was immediately brought to our CHE work in South Sudan. In general, I feel some scepticism about the many humanitarian efforts that go on in Africa (including some in which I have been involved), and I feel that many of these efforts cause more harm than good.

Somehow though, I felt that our recent trip to Sudan was different. I felt that the Spirit of God was present in a way that was stronger than in any other activity that I have been involved in the past. These words in Acts seemed to ring true that if this work is from God, no one will be able to stop it, but if it is of human origin (perhaps like a well intended humanitarian effort on our part) then it will fail. Of course if you read on in Acts you will notice that the apostles got beaten, so everything is not always warm and fuzzy even if God’s Spirit is present.

I can’t say that I look forward to being beaten, nor do I have a desire to live in South Sudan.I love Kenya and Uganda and enjoy being there and feel comfortable. But if the Spirit of God is descending on this troubled part of the planet, it will be amazing.

So, please pray as often as you can remember for these areas in Tonj and Akot in South Sudan where we have introduced CHE. Especially pray that the Spirit of God will envelope this whole area.

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