Dear Friends and Partners, This past year has been a year of difficulty and change for everyone, but in every moment God has remained sovereign over everything. He holds the whole world in His hands, and He has an appointed time for everything that happens. I am amazed and very grateful when I think about…
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, the Bing Crosby hit from 1943, will not be heard in the refugee camps in Uganda. I am sure the South Sudanese living in the camps do dream of going home, but it won’t be happening this Christmas. LWCT is trying to make the best of their displacement period by…
“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:12. Apostle Paul voiced how proud he was of the believers in Corinth concerning their commitment to giving to other believers in need. (I feel the same about…
How about purchasing something for a person who has nothing, for that person who has everything? Choosing gifts from our Christmas catalog will bless struggling South Sudanese refugees with basic needs. It will also bless your loved one, not to mention the blessing that you yourself will receive. Our selections are gifts that keep on…
I am so glad you asked. Just like every other place in the world the COVID pandemic has far-reaching effects, well beyond the symptoms of the virus. For our brothers and sisters living in refugee camps, the problems are compounded by the recent trauma of having to flee their homeland due to violence. As you…
Many of you have asked how the food distribution has progressed since the appeal went out in July. My one word summary of the whole endeavor is “wow”. It is amazing to me to watch how God works through His people. It makes me wonder, if He creates or allows dire situations to arise just…
Here in the United States we are plagued with questions about school this year. Will the children return to classrooms like before? Or will they stay at home and learn by live teachers on Zoom or by video recorded lessons online? If they go back to classrooms we ask, “will we need to purchase uniforms…
“In the middle of this month we gave out small food rations to a few families. The local churches identified the most vulnerable people in all the refugee camps. They are the disabled, old age, widows, and people living with HIV/Aids.The UN reduced the food ratio to 6 kgs per person per month. Recently they…
A Rare Jewel “God has the power to transform our lives from nothing to something great in His eyes for His glory, only if we yield our lives to Him and for Him,” says Joyce Muraa. I first met Joyce on my visit to the refugee camps in Uganda in January. I recognized that she…
I first met John Deng in 2003, while leading our first medical team to Akot, South Sudan. We were helping an American missionary start churches by holding bush clinics in communities around Akot. John was the first of several young men being trained to tell Bible stories which would lead to church plants. John and…
