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AUGUST 2022 NEWSLETTER

Urgent Need! This little girl really touched my heart. She is suffering so much and in desperate need of surgery. Please pray as you read her story that the Lord touches someone’s heart to help us to help her. Achot with Suzy at the IDAT Hospital Achot is a beautiful...

JULY 2022 NEWSLETTER

Bringing Hope through Jesus! I’m heading back to Tonj this month with Jed, where In Deed and Truth are working so hard to provide food to the villages we are serving as a mission. We estimate 4,000 families need urgent assistance with food in our immediate area. We...

JUNE 2022 NEWSLETTER

Pastors in Training In 2012, In Deed and Truth Ministries graduated 13 pastors after spending three years in our Bible Institute. Pastor Graduation Class of 2012 Our prayer has always been to continue training pastors and others interested in studying God’s Word at a...

MAY 2022 NEWSLETTER

Church Dedication Starting in September with the foundation, we were able to build our church ready for Easter Sunday! September 2021 This might not sound like a big deal but every brick had to be made on site and all other materials were trucked in from Juba....

APRIL 2022 NEWSLETTER

The Future of IDAT Last year we announced our desire to train a Medical Doctor to run the IDAT Hospital and lead the medical team as the Medical Director. We rejoice that the Lord heard our cry and Gabriel Gojoh has been in medical school for the past 8 months. Our...

MARCH 2022 NEWSLETTER

Transforming Lives through CHE! Through IDAT’S Community Health Evangelism, individuals become followers of Jesus and communities are released from poverty through tangible solutions that change the course of their lives.  We have taught CHE for over ten years at In...

FEBRUARY 2022 NEWSLETTER

Training Indigenous Leaders! Before going to the mission field I heard a missionary share that if you have sat in a bible teaching church in USA for at least 6 months you are more qualified to teach God’s word in a third world country than most indigenous pastors....

JANUARY 2022 NEWSLETTER

Happy New Year! As we celebrate the New Year, we thank God for YOU our partners and supporters. It’s because of you we are now going into our 23rd year of serving in Tonj, South Sudan!! We are so grateful for the way you supported us in prayer and partnered...

DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Cataract Surgeries! In Deed and Truth Ministries has been partnering with Tenwek Mission Hospital for more than 10 years to bring cataract surgeries to the people of Tonj. This year Samaritan’s Purse supported Tenwek Eye team to get to the field and covered the...

NOVEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Partnerships in Christ! Obstetric fistula is a condition that occurs because of lack of access to skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care. In an obstructed labor, the tissues of the woman’s body are compressed, and the blood supply is damaged, while she...

OCTOBER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Maternal Waiting Home Imagine being pregnant, last trimester and labor starts. The nearest medical facility is 6 hours walking…. At night!! Do you risk going and giving birth on the road? Do you stay in the village and risk losing your baby and/or your own life if you...

SEPTEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER

Introducing the Beard Family! Ben, Sarah, Jonah (8) Seth (6) and Ryelle (3) left Australia in May to join our team short term and to pray about IDAT being a good fit for their long-term desire to be in the mission field. They came with hearts to learn and a...

AUGUST 2021 NEWSLETTER

Suzy in South Sudan! After an amazing first month back in the field, it is a reminder that God is in control and moving mightily through In Deed and Truth (IDAT) here in Tonj and all the surrounding villages. We celebrated our pastors graduation and we are now...

JULY 2021 NEWSLETTER

Home in Tonj! No matter where I go, it’s always so lovely to come back to Tonj. Home is where the heart is after all! The Welcome Committee at the Airstrip Coming back was quite emotional and yet also healing. Taking a breather and focusing on some of the field needs...

JUNE 2021 NEWSLETTER

‘CHE‘ Community Health Evangelism Expansion! Last week we had several days of CHE leaders training and planning for the next six months. It was exciting hearing testimonies such as Pastor Joseph baptizing two more witchdoctors on Sunday, and six more villages in...

MAY 2021 NEWSLETTER

CC Tonj Church in Progress! We have a great problem! And this is one area of our ministry challenges that I am excited to share with you and ask you to join us in prayer. The Lord used a simple Bible passage to move us to ministry in Tonj back in 2000. And it is the...

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