SURVEY TRIP TO SOUTH SUDAN

In a few moments I will be boarding a bus along with Pastor Justus Oloo and Brother Peter Kosgei.  The bus will take us west through Kenya where we will cross the border into Uganda.  We will continue west until we reach Kampala, then head north up through Uganda until reaching the border of the Republic of South Sudan.  Once we are in Southern Sudan we will continue north until reaching the capital city of Juba.

The purpose of this trip is to make a survey with brother Peter Kosgei of South Sudan.  God has called the Kosgei family to missionaries to this needy, war torn and almost forgotten land.  Lord willing, sometime next year, the Kosgei family will be moving to this country to fulfill the great commission.  Brother Kosgei has been serving as a missionary intern for the last 18 months at the Grace Bible Baptist Church as a continual preparation for this move.

Peter Kosgei family

It was a few years ago that God began to burden the church concerning the great need in reaching our northern neighbors with the gospel.  We did not know when or how, but believed God wanted us to be part of taking the gospel to that country.  As we prayed, God began to send us Sudanese students in our Christian school.  The burden continued to grow and God continued to allow us to minister to the Sudanese refugees in our community.  Today we have nearly fifty Sudanese students in our school, we have seen a number of them saved at least five Sudanese have joined the church, and some are teaching Sunday School and singing in the choir. God then called the Peter Kosgei family to South Sudan!

This is the third country of the Regions Beyond that God has allowed us to be a part of reaching through our mission’s team here in Kenya.  The other two are Burundi and DR Congo.

Please pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit on this trip, safety while traveling and while we are in South Sudan, and for our families who remain behind.