View Full December 2020 Newsletter Six weeks ago, Michael and Lino, my two senior chaplains, were summoned to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, by a South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) Commanding General. A vehicle was spotted just 100 yards ahead, as they closed the distance between the two, gunfire erupted. Michael hit the […]
View Full November 2020 Newsletter In South Sudan, if a father has a son that is a shame to him, he does not want people to know that the son is his. But if the son does well, everyone asks, “Whose son is this?” They want to meet the father and ask what he did […]
View August 2020 Full Version of the Newsletter One of my very closest friends is a Dutch woman named Tirza. We met many years ago while we both did ministry in Russia. What drew me to her was when I led a team of Americans to come and do outreaches in the prisons. On the […]
View September 2020 Full Version of the news letter Every man has a journey to make in this life, and John Riel, chaplain number C00367 wanted to make one that would count for all eternity. John was born into a non believing family and grew up without the knowledge of Christ. War makes a man […]
View July 2020 Full Version of the Newsletter I know many of you who have been long-term supporters have heard portions of this story in previous newsletters, but this is for those who are new and need a little background information first. Before Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) was started, I had originally worked as a […]
View June 2020 full version of the newsletter Peter Gai graduated with class six from the Chaplain Corps. What made him so different, from any other chaplain we had ever trained, was that he had immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee—being one of the Lost Boys of Sudan. One day, when Peter was 11 […]
View May 2020 full version of the newsletter With this newsletter, I want to give you the ability to trust that the Lord is going to take care of your financial needs. When I first went to the mission field, I came from a very small Calvary Chapel. While the ministry and fellowship were a […]
View April 2020 full version of the newsletter I know that a lot of believers are afraid right now, if not terrified, because of the coronavirus. But if we understood the hand of our Lord, and His ability to protect us, we would be at peace. The Word says that he whose heart is set […]
View March 2020 full Newsletter It started last summer with a pastors’ conference in Masindi, Uganda. We invited 450 pastors and 125 women to come, but 900 pastors showed up and close to 400 women. Then, Vicky began having women’s conferences. At first, we thought 300 would show up, but 1,300 came. There would be […]
View full February 2020 newsletter here The word typhoon does not strike fear in most Americans because we cannot identify with what this truly means. However, in the Philippine Islands everyone knows exactly what the word typhoon means. In South Sudan we often get visitors, both believers and non-believers, who come to the base just […]