Johann excelled in music from a very young age, and from there, only ascended with his music. Johann loved the scriptures also. His passion was to give his community “well-regulated church music to the glory of God,” …
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. …
Dear Team: Four Things to Be Thankful For!
Most of the trees have shed their colorful leaves. Many are anticipating a truly thankful Thanksgiving. 2020 is closing in on hopefully a calmer 2021. We have much to be thankful for. Our partners in India, Paul and Molly are truly thankful. Just a week ago Paul was diagnosed with…
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.
“No One Has Ever Told Me My Money Belongs to God.”
“No one has ever told me that the money I have belong to God and I am just a manager managing God’s money and have the privilege to enjoy His money. I have never tithed in my life and I spend what I have in foolishly. I am going to starts a new life from what I have learned today.”
Why He Turned Down Financial Support (and why it rocks us)
His response was so unexpected that ITMI’s Director, Steve Evers, re-stated the question. “Would you like to be an ITMI partner?”Most people jump at such an offer. But not Lazarus.
Dear Team: What I Wouldn’t Have Seen if I Didn’t Go to South Sudan
“Catch a flight out of South Sudan as soon as possible.” I was looking at a few-day-old communique from the US Government containing that warning for any Americans who might find themselves in South Sudan. There was even an offer to US citizens who “are unable to get a flight out, contact us and we will assist.” I was scheduled to be on a flight to South Sudan that very week.
A Letter from Steve in Uganda: How I Shocked My Fellow Taxi Riders
It seems like someone who had “seen absolutely everything” as a daily taxi conductor, absolutely didn’t know what to do. He had probably never seen this done before – especially from a “white” stranger. The other passengers watched the “white guy” anyway, but now they turned their eyes to my exchange with the conductor with intensity and interest.
