The sports outreach to South Sudanese gang members operated by ITMI’s Lazarus Yezinai continues to yield exciting fruit.

In the Lemon Gaba area of the city of Juba, South Sudan’s capitol, there are now 3 Bible study groups of about 15-20 people each.

Lazarus ministers to both gang members and women in poverty in the Lemon Gaba area. Eventually, he realized these two groups needed one another. In Christ, they have unity despite their different places in the community.

Lazarus reports that spiritual maturity is nurtured well in these Bible study groups.

Lazarus notices that some of the gang members have stopped doing drugs and dress differently. They can now pray for other people and lead singing. The community leaders notice a difference as well. They notice youth who once used the safety of their gang to steal from local businesses and families have now become day-laborers and bring home food for their families at the end of the day.

These important advances of God’s Kingdom into the Lemon Gaba community and the lives of those who are part of these Bible studies are the fruit of your partnership with Lazarus.

These advances began with outreaches: Project Joseph outreaches, Hand Washing Kit outreaches and Lazarus’s sports ministry. The Lord used these opportunities, your gifts, and Lazarus’ work to build on what was started through these outreaches.

Many of you helped Lazarus with funds for these outreaches, and this is what you’ve come alongside the Lord to be part of!

There’s still many ways to partner with Lazarus to reach this poverty-stricken area with the hope they can have in Jesus Christ.