With decades of tribal violence and political unrest, there are many suffering in South Sudan.
When our partners come across a need, they don't always have the funds to maximize on opportunities, but we can help them build God's kingdom with real help accompanied by the Good News.
ITMI South Sudanese partner, Lazarus Yezinai demonstrates and declares the Gospel to a destitute elderly widow through willingness to visit, listen and when possible, supply food or other basic needs.
One of the deepest needs of the suffering in South Sudan is the hope that Biblical truth brings. Our partners are called on constantly to teach from the Bible. If people attend such an event, it is helpful to provide food for those in attendance because if they are attending, they will miss their opportunity to find a way to get a meal that day.
South Sudanese partner, Vicky Waraka, helps the hurting with Gospel counseling, and often, additional training in Biblical finance and business. We help her provide a small loan which they can use as seed money to buy supplies and start a micro-business, providing stability for their families.
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How the Coronavirus Pandemic is Affecting Our Partners
Though most of their churches have been unable to gather, our partners are continuing to minister. Now is most certainly a time when the people of God worldwide need to be reminded to put their trust in Him.
Angelina’s New Hope: Vicky, Lazarus and Team Share Hope in Uganda Refugee Camp
Angelina and her children were forced from their home in 2013 when the first tribal violence erupted in South Sudan. Angelina and her family ended up around 130 miles south of South Sudan’s southern border, in Kiryandongo Refugee settlement near Bweyale, Uganda. Last month, ITMI helped a team of believers from Juba, South Sudan equip pastors and leaders in Bweyale with a 3-day workshop.
How Our Partners Declared the Gospel at Christmas With Your Help
“There’s no life in gangsterism – what you see on the outside is not what you get on the inside, I gained nothing out of it except a criminal record, pain and regrets.” Vuyo Anta pounded the side of his hand into his other open, flat hand for emphasis.
Thanks to YOU, Asha is Earning a Steady Income!
In this 2.5 minute video, ITMI’s Vicky Waraka introduces us to Asha, a widow with six children in her care and one of the women ITMI supporters helped with seed money so she could start earning a steady income!
Merry Christmas from Your Partners
During this season of giving, we asked ITMI partners to share their heartfelt answers to several questions. May their answers bless and encourage you!
3 Haunting Stories You Can Help Change
FEAR ROSE INSIDE HIS CHEST as Bilal ducked under the door of his home – a mud hut where his family was squatting. At night, he still woke in a fearful sweat, remembering what happened the last time he and his brother had come home empty-handed.
Our Visit to South Sudan, featuring Steve Evers and Kent Reisenauer (Podcast Episode)
ITMI’s Steve Evers and Kent Reisenauer tell us all about their time in South Sudan, including: How they managed to get in and stay out of trouble, our partners’ “secret” of how they manage to stay spiritually healthy in the midst of trauma, how Steve met Vicky after being stranded in South Sudan years ago, a jaw-dropping story from Lazarus’ past, and three ways anyone can partner with Vicky and Lazarus to make a big difference for suffering victims of tribal violence.
Supporters Send Our Team with Special Deliveries
These are just a few of the items provided by supporters for our guys to take with them to bless our partners and their ministries. …
More of YOUR IMPACT from Our Trip!
“There was such a lack of tension and a lack of angst there… We later found out that so many of them have gotten saved through Kawede’s ministry and have been, and are being discipled, that it’s just revolutionized the flavor inside this prison.”
How South Sudan Supporters are Helping Traumatized Families
Dorca is a widow in Juba, South Sudan. She and her handful of children live like most of the just under half a million residents of the capital city. There were no others stepping up to feed Dorca’s children. The pressure and responsibility had been unceremoniously dumped on her shoulders. It was up to her – and the Lord. It wasn’t like she could just go get a job.How would she keep these children entrusted to her alive?
Onlookers Receive Christ While 32 New Believers are Baptized in South Sudan!
January was an exciting month at Word of Life Church in Juba, South Sudan!
The Remarkable Feats of God’s Word
The village dashed madly for their huts. They had caught one glimpse of the initial brownish-grey clean-out water spilling from the head of the newly drilled well. Moments later, they returned with the various makeshift containers, ready to collect the contaminated water.
“If God Loves Me, Why Did He Take My Parents?”
“Uncle, if God loves me, why did He take away my father, my mother and brother from me?”The twelve-year-old boy wasn’t even fighting the tears that spilled from his upturned, searching eyes.
Eleven Partners Share Their Hearts
During this season of giving, we asked ITMI partners to share their heartfelt answers to several questions. May their answers bless and encourage you!
3 New Places We’re Sharing the Good News
“When Jahim returned to his lodging within the camp, he was shocked at what he found! “I was so shocked when I saw…”
South Sudanese Widow’s Life Changed by Biblical Training
Nursa stood, facing the congregation of her fellow believers who had gathered for an evening service in Juba, South Sudan. “God is Good,” she reminded them, and she illuminated how He’d been good to her personally. Nursa, a widow, attended the SALT Financial training ITMI’s Steve Evers and Kent Reisenauer gave earlier this year…
7 Inspiring South Sudanese Women
Meet 7 women who are not just thriving in tough circumstances, but encouraging and teaching others. ITMI’s Vicky Waraka equipped and empowered to open micro-businesses using Biblical principles of managing money.
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…
Hungry and Impoverished Returning Refugees Want One Thing: “Teach us more from God’s Word!”
What would you do if you found yourself living in a war-zone? If you regularly saw your neighbors’ homes pierced with bullet holes? If you didn’t feel safe in your home but felt even more at-risk outside of it. If the threat of tribal violence threatened your children?
8 Improvements to Vicky’s Property that Reveal What Life is Like in South Sudan
Vicky’s home isn’t like anything we’re used to seeing. Physically, its uniquely South Sudanese. These 8 improvements will illuminate life in South Sudan. But it isn’t just the physical differences between living in South Sudan and other parts of the world that make this home a special place.
