View full January 2020 newsletter here Why a man would participate in the rape of a woman, I will never understand. While the war in South Sudan has been deadly, the evil of what men can do to women and children rates as some of the worst things imaginable. As a soldier, I can understand […]
View full December 2019 Newsletter here I HAVE GIVEN YOU THIS LAND TO WORSHIP ME Chief of Staff, General Jagot, sent for Ismail saying, “We are in a very bad situation. We have only one 120-millimeter gun and only 10 shells of ammunition. The enemy has a superior size force and numerous weapons.” Then, he […]
View full November 2019 newsletter here The chaplains had been asked to come to Juba, the capital of South Sudan. The chaplains’ silent drill team would be performing before headquarters, and the nerve center and power base of the South Sudan Army. The men had been training for months, eight hours a day, six days […]
View the full October 2019 newsletter here When I was a child, Christmas was always the most exciting day of the year for my brothers and me, especially growing up in Germany. Germany was a beautiful country, that was not only picturesque, but had the look of a time gone past. Many buildings were hundreds […]
View the full August 2019 newsletter here Most of our donors do not know the dark history of how Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) came to be. Many are often surprised to know I never intended to start a foreign mission organization. From 1992 to 1996, I was a missionary in Russia. I prayed for Russia, […]
View the full July 2019 newsletter here. It was early Easter morning, and the whole community, near the city of Yei, was preparing to celebrate Resurrection Sunday. Easter is celebrated with much more respect in South Sudan than in the United States, and the war was probably the farthest thing from everyone’s mind. Every church […]
Read the full June 2019 newsletter here. One of the great problems in South Sudan, and across the continent of Africa, is the lack of jobs, schools and infrastructure for wounded soldiers and civilians. On top of this, the country has little to no income for a national medical system to care for its citizens. […]
Read the full May 2019 newsletter here. One of the men who attends my mother’s fellowship, Ted, is a former Marine and a strong believer. He was awakened one night by an unfamiliar sound. His father always told him, “Son, if you wake up in the night and hear your children crying, go take care […]
Read the full February 2019 newsletter here. I have taken several months from writing much about the war in South Sudan. The truth is that after so many men had been killed, I had to give time for my mind to clear to give the proper attention and thought to how these men lived and […]
Read the full December 2018 newsletter here. I was in Egypt many years ago to meet with the underground church. It was before the founding of Far Reaching Ministries, and yet, it would be one of the most significant foundations in ministry that the Lord would use to prepare me. When I flew into Egypt, […]