Operation Nehemiah - Helping Rebuild the New Sudan

Dear Friends and Co-laborers in the Great Commission,

Shalom. I pray this note finds you well and prospering in the love of our Risen Lord.

As many of you know, I was leaving for the for New Sudan on , Jan. 15th and return home to the States Jan. 31st. Praise the Lord, my trip was a successful. I want to thank God for your prayers and support.

I would like you to pray for brother Festo Kicere, 40. I called him a brother because when I was down there, on Jan 27, we showed the Jesus Movie at our Mission compound in Beth Israel ( Borongole Compound). Festo was one of the men who watched the program. At the end of the show, he gave his life to Jesus as His Lord and Savior.

I have known Festo for years. We went to the same elementary school together back in the midst seventies before the war broke out. For almost 23 years we lost contacts. The war drove the entire community into Ugandan exile. Festo’s family also escaped to Uganda where He lost his father Philip and his mother Karamela is still alive including some of his siblings living in the refugee camps. Festo made a voluntary repatriation on his own to South Sudan. But he has developed bad habits of drinkings and moving with the wrong group. I ran into Festo thrice in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in Pageri , New Sudan. He was always drunk, and always getting into trouble. In September, 2006, we launched Nehemiah Trumpet Call, a Gospel radio aimed to bring the Good News to those who have no church to attend in Pageri Payam. On my way to the USA, I encourage Festo to listen to the program and give his life to the Lord.

This time around, I only not found Festo working as one of our bricklayers, he was also involved with our mission on the ground. He wants God to help him overcome the addiction to alcoholism and depression. He just wants to find a new life in Jesus.

Pray for brother Festo to be grounded in the word of God.

Pray that we can help disciple him to mature in his new Christian growth.

Pray that his family will join him in New Sudan