Testimonies

Testimony from South Sudan:

In the Shatt language, “Ng’akhatasi Khoskhos” means “sin kills” or “sin brings death.” Death is a word that many in the Shatt tribe fear of talking openly.

In the camp, there was a seventeen-year old girl who had been sick for quite a while, and no one seemed to know her sickness. This led her parents to make her stay next to the witch doctor’s altar where he had been putting marks on her body, doing different evil things in her life, passing her over a fire, and forcing her to drink fresh blood from little children who were killed by their own parents, commanded by the same witch doctor.

Her father, who had previously been a captain in one of the armies in South Sudan said this:

“The love of our daughter has made us to walk to different witch doctors, even as far west as Barhelgazel which is believed to be the center of all witchcraft in South Sudan. Our daughter has suffered under the hands of many witch doctors. We have spent all of our money which is now all gone. We have sacrificed all of our animals which are now all gone. We are remaining with nothing.

Strangely enough, one of the witch doctors who had previously ‘treated’ a friend told us that God had healed him. Therefore, we chose to bring our daughter out of the Nuba mountains, and went to look for our friend. When we found him, we saw people praying, and that his knee was now doing well.

After praying with us, for the first time, our daughter was able to sleep undisturbed. Learning the Word of God is the best that I can do. Indeed, sin brings death.

We have acted very foolishly. We have worshiped idols, and we have killed others because of sin. This day, however, we have received the grace of our God, and our daughter is completely healed. We are one week from when she has been healed, and she has no more sickness, she is no longer talking to herself, and she once again has all of her memory.

In the army, I had all authority, but not even my authority could heal our daughter.”

Pray with us for provision for audio Bibles to these people, and for the Lord to keep them growing through the booklets we have been sharing with them before they head back to Nuba mountains.

Mark 16:15 – “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

Testimony from evangelist in South Sudan:

“Teaching the Word of God needs lessons which are self taught. These booklets have been a major part of this. Many parents have shared how their children have changed. There are changes in their attitudes toward school, toward their parents, and toward life in general. Some of the students would drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes before arriving at school, but now this happens very seldom. The ideal change is taking place in the lives of these students.”

We are praying for the Lord Jesus Christ to bring more fruit of righteousness in the lives of these students, and for the high school at large. In their last class thirty, students received the free gift of salvation through believing in the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation.

Romans 10:9: “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Testimony from the principal of the high school in South Sudan:

“My students were not even able to respect us as teachers, and construction of a sentence in the English language was a challenge. These teachings have helped the students to not only learn the Word of God, but also to respond to their English lessons, and to love English more.”

We thank God for the continuous ministry in the high school here. The chronological teachings have been now fully embraced and the students have grown to love the Lord Jesus Christ. Previously when we began, not many of the students attended. Others were forced to attend, yet now the students are requesting for more time to study the lessons and no one wants to leave the class of chronological teachings.

Most people do not understand how sin brings them down until they’re down and nothing else can save them. When we learn about Sodom and Gomorrah, it is our own story.

It is quite interesting to understand that we can be very first to judge Lot–why he went into Sodom and Gomorrah, and why he was willing to give his own daughter to the wicked men of Sodom and Gomorrah even though he hosted the angels of the Lord in his own home.

One of the young people said this:

“I was looking at Sodom and Gomorrah as a very bad country, but I have now understood that the very sin that was holding Sodom and Gomorrah is the very one that has made us refugees today. We hate each other, and therefore, we kill. We hate each other’s marriages, and therefore, we sleep with others’ wives. We have gone to consult the witch doctors. We have chased away many servants of God and rejected them just like people of Sodom and Gomorrah rejected the angels of the Lord who visited Sodom and Gomorrah.

Even though we are young, we want to spread the Gospel to our tribe, the Kaunyaru tribe, because they are lost and they have no knowledge of God. Our parents may chase us away, but we must trust God. We do not want our tribe to perish like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. We want them to be saved like Lot. Only Jesus Christ can save us. No one else can.”

After sharing this, many people believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Pray with us that the word of a God may move swiftly and bring many people to Him. It is Jesus Christ alone who can save and not anyone else.

Ps.20:5: “We will [shout in] triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.”

From a man who lives in South Sudan. For three years, he could not walk. A sickness attacked his left knee, after which the knee started swelling.

After a period of continuous experimentation with herbal treatments, witch doctors, and voodoo, he still had no solution. Being a Muslim, he tried talking with several Muslim leaders, that is, sheiks and imams, but still nothing happened.
At last, they brought him to the camp to suffer and to die.

Here are some of his words:

“My entire family rejected me. My knee smelled so bad that they did not even want to be near me. I would cry and recite all of the verses of the Quran that I knew. At last, I was told by a visiting Imam that it was the will of Allah for me to die, and that I must accept it. I was so heartbroken.

After a long period, the members of my tribe left me. Finally, my wife also left me. I had no hope.

Then, one day, some brothers visited me. They washed my wounds and started sharing with me the stories of God. I told them that I am a Muslim, and that I did not want to hear anything about Christianity. They told me this, ‘You have tried everything for your sickness except for Jesus. Let’s try Jesus’ Way.’

I agreed and I started to learn. The classes were so nice, and many of my questions were answered even before I asked them. At the end, I said that I want Jesus Christ as my life here means nothing compared to being with this man who died for me.

Miraculously, I saw a great change in my knee. My family members started coming back to me. Some who were Muslims told me that if Jesus healed me, then they would become believers in Christ as well.

After three years of suffering, I am now walking. I have been healed, and I cannot wait to jump and sing for my Jesus who has also healed some of my brothers. I want to thank you all for praying. It is Jesus Christ who had sone this. Otherwise, who else could have done this. Glory and honor to Jesus Christ! Amen.”

Wycliffe writes: “Where we can not go in person, a book can go!”

“My name is Lelonki. I am a Maasai warrior trained to fight and protect our village. For many years, we have been fighting for water and grass for our animals. We would take our animals to other villages and we would force them to share their grass and water with us. This has gone on for a long time.

From my youth, I have been fighting. I was elected as an olengerisho, that is, a group leader. As a leader, I didn’t care what others did. My care was to provide grass and water for our cattle. This included even killing. I know that I have killed many people.

While we are in the fields grazing our cattle, we normally send one of us back to the village to get some food and to bring us news from the village. One day, one of our people came back with the news that there are some teachings going on in the village, and that the teaching even came with some books in our language. We have been reading these books and this is how we learned that grass and water were created by God.

When it rained, we went back to the village because we wanted to know more about what was in the books. We were directed to the church, and we joined the study of the books with three of my boys while the rest took care of the cattle.

From the books, we were taught that all people were created by God–including those from other tribes. We were taught that we were killing our neighboring tribes like Cain killed Abel, his brother. The teacher said we are just like Cain, that we belong to the family of evil, and that our reward is death in the lake of eternal fire.

This struck me deeply, and I felt ashamed of myself. I wanted to marry, but no woman was ready to marry me because of my wrong attitude. I found myself deep in thought, and decided that my life needed to change.

One Sunday, in the evening, I went back to the teacher and asked him to help me to change. He asked me to give my life to Jesus. He prayed for me, and I gave my life to Jesus.

God created all things, including the grass we fight for. This was what our teacher taught us. Our village used to be at war with the other villages just because of grass. I love these books as they are in our language, We now read them together as we graze and I believe we will not fight for grass again. I know that I have killed many people. I regret it now and I pray that God will forgive me.”

From a pastor working in South Sudan:

“The Lord has sent us further north to the Tondiak and Bentiu areas. These are mostly Islamic areas. It was not easy at first.

We thank God for the Arabic booklets. Many Muslims believe that these are their books and they read them. Before we were allowed to teach the booklets, the chief had to look through the first lessons. As these stories are similar to what the Muslims think, he allowed us to teach them, and we have been teaching the lessons without fear. Some have even taken the booklets to the mosque believing they are from the Quran.

We are praying for the next lessons. Could you copy and send to us lessons 21-42 in Arabic?

In the southern Bulbuong and Nasir areas, the Nuer books were very well received. The Ecumenical Church of South Sudan has embraced the lessons and they are being taught in their churches. There is a great interest with the people wanting to know more. These booklets are transformation tools that were lacking in these areas. We believe that the Holy Spirit is at work and very soon, we will start to have more testimonies. We need your help with the booklets, lessons 21-42 in the Nuer language. Help us reach out more with the truth.”