Dr. Steve Tracy recently had the opportunity to sit down with Steve Price and Kara Githens of The Innkeepers Podcast by Sanctuary Inn. Sanctuary Inn exists to equip, refresh, and restore God’s global workers. Both Steve and Kara have lived the cross-cultural...
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Urgent Prayer Request
Dear Praying friends,The situation is critical in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This is the region where most of our 13-year partners and By His Wounds' trainers are focused. They are asking us to pray for them and with them that God will choose to...
Following Jesus to the Gates of Hell
Now that Celestia and I have been back from Africa for about 6 weeks, we’ve had time to reflect more deeply on our experiences there. And we’ve gotten many reports from those we’ve trained. If we were to summarize our work in Africa with a single word, it would be...
Africa Presentation
Here is the link to the presentation of Steve and Celestia discussing their stories from Africa as well as a casting of their vision for Mending the Soul’s next season in Africa and how you can be a part of it! WATCH THE AFRICA PRESENTATION
We lose a friend; Heaven gains a saint
Dear Mending the Soul friends and partners, Celestia and I are finally back from Africa. God gave us an incredible month there. I’ll send out a final trip report soon. Yesterday we lost a dear friend. Heaven gained a saint. In the past 12 years you may have heard us...
By His Wounds Workbook Conference Finish – The Seed is Planted; The Fruit is Growing
A few days ago our team finished Mending the Soul's By His Wounds Workbook Facilitator Training in Goma, DR Congo. We couldn’t have asked for much more (well, hot water would have been nice, but it definitely was a want and not a need). The reports we heard the last...
By His Wounds Workbook Conference Update – “Loaves & Fishes”
Celestia and I have had the opportunity to visit some twenty countries. We’ve lived overseas. We’ve been exposed to numerous cultures. But nothing compares to the Congo. The needs are impossible to quantify. Every single person we interact with has bone chilling...
Ugandan Refugee Camp Report
The Rwamwanja Refugee camp is located in a forested region of Uganda called Kyenjojo. It is “home” to over 85,000 refugees from Rwanda, Congo, and Burundi—many of them children—Rwamwanja is just one of four camps. Sixty lead pastors were carefully chosen to attend...
By His Wounds Workbook Conference Update – Day 1
After a very early flight and a roller coaster van ride through the mountains our team arrived in Congo yesterday. We were greeted at the border by a beaming team of Congolese partners. It was so good to see our dear friends and hear how God has been sustaining and...