View the full January 2018 newsletter here I landed in Uganda the 29th of September and had about seven of the senior chaplain leadership come to meet me in Kampala. With the ongoing war and casualties, the men needed a couple days of R&R. When I awoke on the 30th of September, Michael informed me […]
Read full November 2017 newsletter here. Duncan has no memory of his father. He was not yet a one-year-old when his father died. What he does know, is that his family is a casualty of war in South Sudan. Duncan’s father fled from what we refer to as the first war. The first war lasted […]
View the full October newsletter here It was the 16th of May, only four days after Thomas’ death (whom I shared about in our last newsletter), when word came that Santo had been shot and was being carried away from the front for aid. At first, the reports that came were scattered and unclear, which […]
View the full August 2017 newsletter here. Winston Churchill talked of the coming of World War II with Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich as a gathering storm. The signs were not vague about Hitler’s intentions for the conquest of Europe. Even today, the people who always want peace constantly ignore what should be evident to everyone. […]
View the full July 2017 Newsletter here. Last night, the rain was quite strong for several hours. I enjoy hearing the rumble of the thunder, hour after hour. A fresh wind blowing through the window made sleep come easily for me. I woke at about three in the morning, and I lay still, enjoying the […]
View the full June 2017 Newsletter here. I sent for ten chaplains from the frontlines to go to dive school in Tanzania. You may wonder why there is a need to send our men to dive school when we are in a landlocked nation. But in our village, two or three individuals a year are […]
View the full May 2017 Newsletter here. Emmanuel, first came to us in 2003. He served as a Nubian chaplain and as a member of the Camel Corps. For the last 14 years, he has been serving the Lord as a truly exceptional chaplain. Riding across the expansive Nuba region, he takes the Gospel […]
View the full April 2017 Newsletter here. In 2011, South Sudan was born amidst great prosperity and hope. Given the distinction of being the youngest nation in our world, the oil-rich land transformed poverty into a bright and booming democracy, almost overnight. Each time I visited the capital city of Juba, I saw new businesses, shops, and improvements. Local and international news channels reported […]
View the full March 2017 newsletter here. It was early January when I received a call from Michael, our senior chaplain. He called to inform me of the deaths of two of our men, Gabriel Manyuon and John Deng. Gabriel had graduated in 2015, from the chaplaincy training program, and John was being field trained […]
View the full February 2017 Newsletter here Wani-Igga, one of our Nubian chaplains, was an extraordinary man of God. He was a true warrior for the Kingdom of the Lord, and his journey will inspire you. While I care about all the men who serve at Far Reaching Ministries (FRM), there are always those few […]