“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14 On December 16th Living Water Primary School in Akot, South Sudan celebrated the first graduation ceremony for 25 level 8 students. Since only 1.9% of children in South Sudan complete primary school, this was a great…
Her husband calls her Acitdeng, “because she is like the rain…she is the heart of our family”, says Pastor Paul. The rest of the community calls her Mama Rose. I call her sister. Rose Paul is a wonderful godly woman, who leads our flagship ministry, “Women of Hope”. In spite of the political fighting and…
PRAYERS FOR JACOB Friends from Abundant Life Primary prayed for Jacob prior to his boarding a Samaritan’s Purse plane bound for Juba, the capital city of South Sudan. God used Samaritan’s Purse’s visiting surgical team to answered the many prayers for little Jacob. All attempts to get him to Kenya for surgery had failed. …
“We have lost direction and hope for the future since we were here without studies”, stated young Abraham Panyar at a meeting in Paloc, called by former students of Abundant Life Primary. Abraham, a fifth grader, spoke boldly and passionately for his classmates. He went on to explain that the children were determined to meet…
“With small means, it is possible to accomplish great things.” NOTE: Living Waters Community Transformation, Inc., runs Abundant Life and Living Water primary schools in Akot, South Sudan, a place currently suffering from local clan violence. As a partner organization, Baptist Global Response funds a school lunch program for these two facilities and provides students…
The UN has called the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan “the worst in the world”. More than one million internally displaced people are without food, water and shelter. Education is suffering, but it is a lesser priority than the basic survival needs. Yet Living Water Primary and Abundant Life Primary, two schools operated by Akot…
“Please come to my tukel to see my wife. She is very ill and cannot get up from her bed”, pleaded Pilot, one of Akot Christian Ministries employees. Dr Raymond and I made the house call and found that his wife was not ill. She was pregnant, anemic and very weak. There was no food…
Six hundred primary school children in Akot are feasting on the “Word of God”, thanks to the Gideon Society. Akot Christian Ministries is so grateful for the generous shipment of 650 Bibles to our extremely remote village, by the Gideons. In the West we tend to take for granted that our Christian schools will have…
Recently six hundred families from community of Akot fled to the area of their ancestors because of inter-clan fighting. It is very difficult to see 3 of our church congregations displaced as a result of these revenge attacks. These are not statistics, they are our beloved brothers and sisters in Christ. Several leaders of Akot…
Dear SoSu Friends, I just received this picture this morning, and wanted to share it with you. Despite all of the bad news coming from South Sudan our ministry is able to continue our God given mission, which is transforming a community. Several setbacks have resulted in our not being totally ready to start the…
