Serving the Persecuted Church in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

(far left) Charlene, hostess for the Africa

Night; Pictured with Marty, age 99 years, our 'youngest' Prayer Partner, and Lynn, her friend. We had 22 folks who came - on a 4th of July weekend

Charlotte teaching at Leer church, South Sudan, Pastor Rell interpreting. That's why it's so important to prepare lesson plans in advance.

Imagine! He gets all over Leer - and beyond - by himself using only that hand-made cane!

Charlotte treating his infected sores with bandages, antibiotics & TLC

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Peter Felix   

Treasurer

Head Teacher               

We submit this Report with gratefulness to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Blessings, 

Tom Kilian

REPORT FROM PS. SUNLIGHT OF ANGAIM VILLAGE,

ZION PRIMARY SCHOOL 

SOUTH SUDAN

Report from Teachers Peter and Victor to Bush Mission.

* Thank you for all your prayers and your contribution which you have contributed to us here

   in Zion Nursery and Primary School in Angaim, South Sudan.  We are really moving

   forward.

* Functioning of the school:  it’s moving forward and functioning well.  Teachers are

   motivated since we have received incentives from Bush Telegraph.  The school is now

   accelerating faster.  We have 7 classes now from Nursery up to Primary Six. We hope to

   reach Primary Eight.

* Teachers:  There are currently four teachers in the school.  However, we are not enough to

   manage teaching all these classes.  Many teachers have left teaching because there is no

   motivation.  Pray with us so that we may have enough teachers.  We are also reporting this

   school to the government.  However, the government has not offered to pay our teachers.

* Community and Church Commitment:   They are committed to work with us for all the plans

   to build four classrooms for the school.  The community and church are willing to lay

   bricks, but we have nowhere to get the funds to build a school.  Pray with us for this plan.

   The community and church have erected 3 primitive mud-and-pole thatch huts to use as

   classrooms.

* Condition of the School:  It has no computer or electricity to send Reports.  Up to now we

   have been using Pastor Sunlight’s laptop but he is now gone to Kampala, Uganda, for 4 years

   of studies.  The school has no camera to take photos of the students, the school environment,

   the facilities and teachers.  We are teaching under the trees.  When it rains the students

   suffer.  We don’t have exercise books, chalk or pens in the school.  We were buying these

   from the market but it is now difficult to find exercise books.  Pray with us for this condition.

* Number of Students and Orphans:  The children were 149 at the beginning of first term

   2014.  In the middle of the first term (March 2014), 32 children were taken to Kenya to

   Kakuma Refugee Camp by their parents.  Three children are now in Kampala with Pastor

   Sunlight.  We are left with 114 children in school.  These children have no capacity to pay

   school fees.  This number includes 39 orphans.  Pray for these children.

Blessings, 

Tom Kilian

Thank you for the encouraging Words of the Father and for your prayers.  May God be Glorified. 

USA – SOUTH SUDAN

Letter from Missionary Tom Kilian, director of Mercy Partners. Together we are working hard to get food to needy Christian refugees near Juba, the capitol. Thanks to a generous Earthly Angel, we were able to send Mercy Partners a large donation. They have a secure method to get money directly into South Sudan at this critical time. Br. Tom explains how: 

1.   We will send your donation in small disbursements over phases rather than one

       lump amount;

Dear Bush Telegraph Mission,

2.   We wait to receive photos, reports and copies of receipts; clear them; then send the next

      funds;

3.   Food will be purchased in ba. The area impacted by starvation now is Gudele (West Juba).

      They need maize (corn), flour, meats, cooking oil, rice, beans, fruit and dextrose for    

      rehydration;

4.  A local pickup truck will be used for transport. Our evangelist will drive from Yei town.

     The Gudele Church of Christ will distribute the food as part of their Emergency Feeding

     Program; 

5.  This church area represents 16 tribes/refugees from Khartoum, North Sudan, who was hit

     hard during the cholera epidemic.  The tribes are: Bari, Dinka, Pugali, Nuer, Shilluk,

     Zande, Acholies, Didinka, KuKu, Mundari, Moru Lurtuko, Baka, Madee, Kakwa,

     Nyambara and Balanda; 

6.  Current Issues: Sanitation and hygiene was com-

     promised when civil war broke last December 15.

     You don't risk your life to defecate any further from

      your compound then you have to. Attached is a

      photo of Sunday, my little Sudanese girl, squatting

      outside my door - this was the safest place; 

7.  Foods need to be heated since Vibro Cholera cannot live in heated food; to stop this

     epidemic; 

8.  Medicines need to be taken with food; and food needs to be eaten while warm to cut

     contamination. We are mobilizing the Church to extend the Hand of Christ to their people

     for God’s Glory.  We are nearing a famine in South Sudan. We will buy dextrose with the

     food funds so we can rehydrate.

9.  We grieve that two of our church children died

     from [Cholera] a preventable disease - any

     assistance will be held to full account and we

     will handle your donation as earmarked or

     return the balance. 

INSERT PAGE – EMERGENCY FEEDING PROGRAM, SOUTH SUDAN

Dear Lord,

    Our hearts weep as we consider the hardship and trauma experienced by Christians we minister to. As we go about our lives here, may we remember our suffering brothers. We pray with urgency on their behalf to You. Grant these precious people the daily courage and strength to live for Christ in difficult circumstances. 

In the name of Jesus, our strength and hope. Amen.                                                

                                                             [adapted from Open Doors]

Helping the blind to see,

Charlotte

Nate's 8th grade graduation:

w/ Cousin Zach, Mom Delena, Nate the graduate, Dad Wayne, Grandma Charlotte, & Aunt Michelle.

Katie & Team passing through Los Angeles Airport en route to Australia

* Nate, my grandson, graduated from 8th grade in San Diego

from Christian Heritage Home School.

Michelle and I drove out; the weather was lovely; we even spent time at the beach. Living in a desert we’d forgotten what that was.

Sunday service was great. Best of all was the precious time spent with family.   

* Katie. After ‘Boot Camp’ in Florida, her Team flew through Los Angeles Airport en route to Australia.  Mom Delena had only a few minutes to

say a final ‘good-by’.

* Michelle. Thank you for praying for her summer job. She just started

at Ross and loves it!

USA BITS-N-PIECES

* Travel Update:  I fly July 10th. Plans are moving right along as

I check off a mile-long ‘to do’ list.

* Visa for Congo – check!

Update 4 vaccinations and a new Int’l Health Certificate – check! etc. etc. etc.

* Pray for Power Point presentation at Charlene’s home July 5th for local prayer partners.

* Pray for Terry Hardy who is driving from Grand Junction, CO,

to help me pack.

* Pray as I prepare hundreds of lessons for 5 countries and dozens of different people-groups.

Ps Henry's Church in the bush

Yours in Christ, Pastor Henry

[NOTE: Pastor Henry’s church is made of mud, poles and thatch. We are thankful that the wall didn’t collapse during school or services so no one was hurt. We sent money to repair church walls using permanent materials.]

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Dear Bush Mission & Mama,

  “Thank you for the [money] I have received. I will update you … as soon as we start work to repair the wall of the church where the preschool children study. We are very very so much glad for what you have done for us…. I will send a Report … soon. The children are so happy; the whole church passes regards to the donors.”

UGANDA

Letter from Pastor Henry, spiritual advisor to Mama Josephine. 

Dear Mama & Bush Mission,

 “I had malaria and chest X-Ray and got treatment. I received the Lords' touch and am much better. My family, wife Teresa, parents, orphans at home and the preschool send you warm regards. They love and pray for you…. One side of our church was destroyed by the rains and it also affects the preschool as we meet there weekdays. We pray for the lord to provide that we can raise a classroom for the preschool….”

Dear Friends,

 “Thank you for the concern of the children. When we received these children we had two nets. I gave one to the two younger children to share and remained with one. It was old and torn. Now they do not have any. As for water I boil it. I’ve been careful that they do not take unboiled water unless it’s outside the house. It is now the rainy season and there are many mosquitoes around. If possible could you help us buy 6 mosquito nets and 6 blankets? The bedding I have is very worn. That would of a great security for their lives.”

Mama Monica, Kampala Church, UGANDA

Dear Bush Mission & Mama,

“Thank you for your prayers…. Salima and Richard were sick…. We bought medicine…. Salima responded but Richard resisted the medicine. We took him to the clinic and he is now better. The pharmacy cost 11,500 ($4.40) for both; but Richard’s blood tests and medicine cost 36,000 ($13.80) as shown on the receipt.

Wish you well, Monica, Kampala Church

[NOTE: we replied asking if the children had mosquito nets and if their drinking water was boiled. She replied:]

UGANDA

Letter from Mama Monica, Pastor John’s married daughter, in Kampala, who keeps 6 orphans. 

Bena

Mercy

Letter from Pastor John of Peace Church, Tororo, who keeps 10 orphans. PTL! He took in two more.

Greetings in the name of our Lord,

 “We have two new orphans added to us. Their stories are as follows:

(1) “BENA. Both her parents were members of our church for a long time. Bena’s father died in 2012 when she was in … Senior Two (2nd year of high school), second term. There was no one to pay her school fees and she stopped going. She stayed in the church and served as Choir Director. She desired to go back to school…. I took her to her former Senior Two class and requested she be admitted as an orphan … no school fees. The PTA approved it; thank God … she will receive a free education as an orphan. They only need school lunch fees and exam fee per term.

(2) “MERCY’S parents got in a serious accident last December 2013. Her father died and Mercy broke her leg. It was amputated as you see in the photo. Her mother remarried … and left Mercy with her old grandmother (one of the widows you supported). The grandmother … requested the church to help Mercy go to school. I took her to school and requested no school fees to be paid. The PTA approved my request….

“We ask your support for the two orphans for school lunch fees and exam fees to enable them to continue their education. We asked the Head Teacher to give us two weeks by faith…. Thank you for the money sent last time…. This is how I used it: Bena, scholastic materials; Mercy scholastic materials; and with the balance I bought sugar. We request you to support Bena and Mercy with school lunches and end term exams. 

Thank you in advance, Pastor John, Peace Church, Tororo

UGANDA

Plane at Juba Airport bound for Leer

SOUTH SUDAN

Letter from Bro. James, Field Director.

Dear Mama & Bush Mission,

      “I am late to inform you of the latest developments because I was a delegate for Peace Talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They did not make any progress and innocent children are still losing their lives.  On June 18th we sent a chartered plane to Leer with mosquito nets and medical supplies. On June 24th another chartered plane which took the remaining nets…. On the ground we have John Kong to receive them.  Later he will send a Report.  The South Sudan government is playing games and busy recruiting foreign troops to our country. Yesterday there was heavy fighting in Bentiu and the Upper Nile. Please pray!”

Ps. John teaching

Letter from Pastor John of Goma and Northern Kivu.

Dear Bush Mission & Mama,

“… We are happy for … all that you are doing for [us]…. Since 2009 until now I supported my own studies by selling a plot of land in my village. I have been in Goma 4 years. Like Abraham, I left my parents and home because of God’s calling. I came to study theology…. To fulfill theology we must study for 5 years. I am in my 5th year. In two months I will finish and … minister fulltime. We study from 8:00-5:00 P.M. I have only Saturday and Sunday to minister; worship God; see my family; and visit traumatized people.

 “To support my family you sent money to begin a photography business…. I got a new-used Camera. Thanks so much. Please … be patient … for this new business. I am at the end of my studies and have seen many difficulties. One of my children died; my father is very ill with TB; and I have no scholarships. My wife and I struggle daily … to survive…. On June 30th we will have a wonderful outreach at Mugunga Refugee Camp near Goma. It was a holiday in Congo [when] …they were colonized by the Belgium. I will preach at Mugunga Camp using … the story of Naomi and Ruth. Volunteers will give out clothes and supplies. Pray God will use me that day. God bless.

CONGO

CONGO

Letter from Pastor Delphin, Eden Church, Goma.

 Praise the Lord…. The School year has ended. My two daughters finished the State Exam. In one month we will find out if they received their high school diplomas. Thank you for the monthly assistance; and for paying our debts at school this month. God bless all your donors and prayer partners. Espoir, the missing boy, is doing well.

Dear Mama and Bush Telegraph,

We found him and he now lives with his Aunt. We thank the Lord for healing Marcochee, a child in Sunday School, who lost 4 teeth last Sunday from a bicycle accident…. He … will leave the hospital tonight…. Thank you for praying.”

Ministering to the traumatized

Dear Blessed of the Lord

     “Our ministry, Guardian Angel, focuses on: 1) Evangelism and Prayer; and 2) Relieving Trauma through a psychological approach including Christian counseling and therapy. We are in a season of commemorating the 20th anniversary of our genocide in which 1,000,000 Tootsies killed in 100 days. From March-July we did evangelism…. In our trainings … we take time to pray. It is the root….

Letter from Pastor Celestin, director of Guardian Angel, a trauma ministry.

RWANDA

Prayer -N- Praise Report

June 2014

    "The other leg was crippled in 1982…. I was going to preach in the bush when I met Muslim Arabs on the road…. They ran over me with their car and left me for dead. My leg was crushed but healed well enough that I can walk on it today…. I have remained with God. I have a wife and 9 children - the youngest are twin boys. They live about 30 minutes by foot. God takes care of my 9 children and my wife because He knows that I cannot."

Dear Friends of the Persecuted Church,           

       “ONCE I WAS BLIND….” In Africa amazing Men of God often cross my path. They’re not on radio or TV; nor have they written a book. One of them lives in Leer, South Sudan. We call him Simon the Blind Evangelist. You even prayed for him when war broke out last December. 

       In Leer, Simon stays at the Bible School House behind our mission compound. He speaks no English so staff interpret. He taught me Nuer words which I diligently wrote in my notebook. I 'practiced' on Simon. He’d laugh and slap his leg as I butchered yet another word. He knew a great deal about the history of the Church in Leer and was a regular at our morning devotions.

       One day I looked down at the white scars on Simon’s right leg and his deformed left leg. Yet he never complained.  I cried as I bent over to treat several infected leg sores:

       "Mama … I became a Christian because of my leg ... it was cut by a corn stalk ... and became swollen ... infected. I could not walk.  My parents were into witchcraft ... they even gave cows to the witch doctor for my healing but my leg became worse…. I decided to go to church and be baptized. Immediately my leg improved…." 

June 2014