Grace and peace be with all of you. We thank God for your prayers and the support you faithfully offer to us all the time. God has been faithful for the gift of open doors to our message and ministry, especially to newer communities. Ministry Update: Our grand plan of ministry is to establish mission hubs in strategic centers of influence within our focus area. A mission hub is led by a local leader, whose main purpose is to raise up other missional leaders focusing on a particular area with regard to church planting and other holistic ministries. What motivates us is the sense of urgency that the Gospel message is needed to get out to the unreached. With the uncertainty in our country, we never know how long the windows of opportunities will exist before any twist to the political instability here. We, therefore, surrender our will and timing to God’s timing. Sometimes it may appear to us to be too early, but we praise God for showing us how to go about and are convinced that it is His will for us to extend our ministry. To heed God’s call, we are extending our ministry to the Diding’a tribe, the second largest tribe in the Kapoeta area. Our long-term plan has always been to reach the immediate tribes bordering our focus tribe – the Toposa. I thought that it was going to take many years before we started to reach any of the other tribes. God has challenged us to think of our church planting movement as a multiplication process rather than addition. Our focus now is to start self-reproducing ministries among the other tribes, thus helping us to reach out to the lost on multiple fronts. Nachilagur Ministry: Nachilagur is the village that merited our extra attention this year. The vision we had for this village was to plant a church and help revive a closed down school. We are glad that these two goals have been achieved! The impact has been tremendous despite the challenges that we have had to contend with. Being a nomadic community, there are a number of factors that influence the population and school attendance. Migration during dry and wet seasons affects the proximity of homes to the school. During the dry season, which results in times of hunger, more kids may come to school in order to get lunch. Other economic activities such as farming and gold mining have also influenced this as children go out to help. All in all, our goal is to continue raising the awareness of the importance of education. Due to the crisis in the country, most government schools are affected and struggling, and some are closing down. So when kids hear of a functioning school, they grab the opportunity. Most of our school support has been directed for school feeding. Lunch for pupils has been the single most important motivating factor for kids to go to school. Our next plan is to make uniforms for the pupils while engaging the community to pay at least half of the cost. The main goal is to help the community own the school and strive to play their part. We are hoping that the community will, after a few years, support their own kids by paying for their education. This will give us a chance to also focus on another school. One exciting result of this school program is that every Sunday, the community gathers to pray together and listen from the word of God. Some of the young men who know how to read and write, help run the services. Our evangelists, led by Nichodemus, also help run the Sunday services at times. I was privileged recently to attend a Sunday service, which was so meaningful to my life. Church Planting Training: Late last year, we sent one of our lead evangelists and a youth leader to encourage the church at Chukudum and to assess the area for church planting. In June, a team of six led a 6-day mission that included open air preaching, hospital visits, home-to-home and water well evangelism. Over 100 people received Jesus and about 600 heard the Gospel. The team shared testimonies with their colleagues on their current training with the Timothy Initiative and how God was moving in Kapoeta. The result was the formation of an evangelism team for the Chukudum church. This team is boiling to the brim for the lost! It will be led by Joseph Lopeyo (pictured here). He is a young man whose spirit of determination, courage, and faithful pursuit of God’s purposes resonates with mine. Prayer Needs: Pray for continued peace and stability in the country Pray for funds to complete the building of the main church Pray for our vision to the Diding’a tribe, especially the upcoming evangelist training Pray for the provision of two new motorbikes for Chukudum and Mogos mission Thank you again for your continued prayers and support. Pastor Reuben

Greetings in the name of our Lord! From the field, we would like to share our joys and challenges with you. We always count on your partnership as you help bear our burden through prayer and material support. Our unity of purpose on what God has embraced in our hearts shall one day be achieved. Situation in South Sudan The country remains in a state of uncertainty. The economic meltdown is unbearable for many. War, combined with hunger, has caused people to flee to refugee camps. The original peace agreement collapsed, and a modified version is now in effect. We still pray for God to bring enduring peace. Ministry Update The main church at Kapoeta is doing great. We were excited to hold our first baptism since the ministry began. We also had our first communion services, which we hope to hold on a regular basis. This has breathed life and energy into our church. Construction of our church building resumed last month after a break. We expect that the structure will be complete with windows and doors by the third week of December. The flooring, paint, glass for windows, and other furnishings are still needed. We hope that it can be finished by next year, whenever God provides the funds needed for the last phase. The church programs are running well. We have held seminars with several church groups including elders, youth leaders, evangelists, and worship leaders. There has been great impact. Our evangelism team is taking the Gospel to the hospitals and prisons at least once a week. I had the opportunity to preach in the Kapoeta prison. Recently, one of those men was release from prison, and he came to church. His testimony was a great encouragement! Our other preaching points in Riwotoo, Katiko, Lotien, and Mogos are going very well, with many seeing record attendance. We do not have a committed evangelist in Nanyia and are praying that God will raise up the right man for this village. Education Program & Street Kids Ministry Our educational program focuses on supporting needy children from our main church in Kapoeta, as well as a few from our preaching points. We are supporting 15 students in both primary and secondary schools, including some of the street kids. Next year, we hope to take our educational program to our newest preaching point in Nachilakur. There is a school that has been closed down, and we are negotiating with the government education authorities to begin using the building. We are planning to recruit teachers, employ a watchman and cook so that the school can kick off when schools begin session early next year. Once the school is handed over to us, then believers and community members will also be able to use the classroom to conduct their services. We are praying for God to provide for our needs to run this school. My Family I thank you for your prayers for the safety of my family. My wife, Loice, and son remain in Kenya while the situation here is so dire. I thank God for the grace He has given that we could endure this situation that has forced the family to be apart for a while. Prayer Requests 1. Pray for the peace in the country. 2. Pray for our ministry especially to new places like Nachilakur. 3. Pray for the funds needed to finish the church – approximately $17,000. 4. Pray for the school program kicking off next year. Pray for provision for the borehole that is needed. 5. Pray for Christmas celebration in each of our churches

Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan

When Light Occupies The Land

andrea2020-02-11T20:03:46-05:00February 20th, 2020|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Our vision at POM South Sudan is to let light occupy the land. Church planting, disciple making, and leadership development are at the heart of [...]

Expanding our Mission, Expanding the Kingdom

andrea2019-12-02T16:20:23-05:00December 2nd, 2019|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus! We thank God for what He has been doing in us and through us this year. We [...]

Pokot Outreach Ministries – South Sudan

andrea2019-03-28T13:05:13-04:00March 28th, 2019|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

The focus of our ministry over the past year has been evangelism, church planting, the training and equipping of leaders, and education. Evangelism was done [...]

Pokot Outreach Ministry – South Sudan

andrea2018-12-11T12:20:01-05:00December 11th, 2018|Harvesters International Ministries News, Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Greetings in the name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are all doing fine in the Lord. We thank God for the continued [...]

Pokot Outreach Ministries – South Sudan

himadmin2019-11-01T15:29:18-04:00July 19th, 2018|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Our ministry’s primary focus is bringing the good news to everyone through evangelism and church planting. Besides this, we also engage in community development activities [...]

Pokot Outreach Ministries – South Sudan Update

andrea2018-03-20T13:32:59-04:00March 20th, 2018|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

By Reuben Meriakol Our ministry’s primary focus is bringing the good news to everyone through evangelism and church planting. Besides this, we also engage in [...]

From the Field

andrea2017-09-28T15:01:52-04:00September 28th, 2017|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Grace and peace be with all of you. We thank God for your prayers and the support you faithfully offer to us all the time. God [...]

From The Field

andrea2019-11-01T15:37:13-04:00December 13th, 2016|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Greetings in the name of our Lord! From the field, we would like to share our joys and challenges with you. We always count on [...]

Update From The Field

andrea2016-07-06T13:36:05-04:00July 6th, 2016|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus. God has been gracious to us, and we thank him for the great progress our ministry is [...]

Pokot Outreach Ministries – South Sudan Update

andrea2016-03-30T15:53:25-04:00March 30th, 2016|Pokot Outreach Ministry, Sudan|

The goal of POM in South Sudan is to reach all people, regardless of tribe, age or circumstance. I have been serving here for almost [...]