While planning my travel to Pakistan, many encouraged me not to go. Many expressed sentiments like, “You know what goes on over there!” “I don’t really think you should go to Pakistan,” or “Think about doing something different than going there.” …
DEAR TEAM: A Wednesday Morning Call That Changed Our Plans
It was a Wednesday morning when I got one of those calls you never want to get. …
Saved During SALT Teaching
ITMI’s Lazarus Yezinai was invited to the remote community of Wau, South Sudan to encourage 46 pastors with Biblical training. Lazarus taught Chapter 1 from the Seven Areas of Life Training (SALT) material. …
“Every Word is Valuable”
After one of the sessions, the leader in Bangladesh told Steve, “Every word is valuable.”
SALT Translation Update
Last month, we shared about an immediate opportunity to make an impact in the least-reached countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh. We’re pleased to report that…
A Big Opportunity for Impact in Bangladesh
In the hands of our national partners, we’ve seen this discipleship material cut through unbiblical cultural beliefs and change lives, families and communities. We receive testimony after testimony of how the Lord uses it to transform people’s minds.
The Fruit of Your Giving: Learning to Center Our Lives on Christ
Twelve South Sudanese women sat on hard, wooden benches, their shoes on the cement floor of Living Word of God Church in the Buluk section of Juba, South Sudan. …
Doing What Few Would Do in Search of Hope
When ITMI’s Lazarus Yezinai saw a half-naked 13-year-old boy wearing only a shirt, he didn’t think twice. The fact that the sight of this boy wasn’t a social spectacle or moment of shock and awe illustrates the extreme poverty and oppression the people of South Sudan are facing. Lazarus quickly…
One South Sudanese Man’s Letter: “Everything Has Changed in My Life!”
“After you spoke…everything has changed in my life,” wrote one South Sudanese man, a believer who had lived in a family feud with his sister for 8 years. Their angst toward one another had grown so bitter and strong that…
Dear Team: 125 Women Overjoyed With God’s Word
Your “inside” look at recent ministry in South Sudan and what’s ahead for ITMI next month, straight from Steve.
