Dear friends, We finished our South Sudan conference today. They couldn't be any more appreciative for the training and resources we've given them. Each day we've heard more stories and are amazed that with all the deaths, beatings, war, etc they have suffered...
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Africa 2014 Update 4
Dear friends, It's 10:00 pm and I just got to my room. The day began with a rather tense trip to the conference facility as the military is everywhere with roadblocks, searching every vehicle. Things are incredibly tense and it's evident that peace is tentative...
Africa 2014 Update 3
Dear friends, Thank you so much for your prayers. Today was the first day at our conference and it was incredible. We have 55 attenders who have come from all 10 states of South Sudan. What an amazing group of leaders. One woman is a member of the South Sudan...
Africa 2014 Update 2
Dear friends, We arrived in Juba first thing this morning. It rained yesterday and we were told it was a "very cool" day. The temperature was in the low 90s with about 90% humidity. Not the coolness we are used to but we are delighted to be here. We are utterly...
Africa 2014 Update 1
"Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep." —MTS Mentor's Creed, Romans 12 As S.Sudan conflict deepens, a generation loses hope. —Agence France Presse, April 5, 2014 "How precious is your loving kindness O God! The children of men put their trust...
2014 Mending the Soul Africa Ministry Trip
Team Members South Sudan: Dr. Karen Fancher , Pastor Jumah Patrick, Steve Tracy Uganda: Nora Poling, Shanell Bender, Pastor Christopher Coffman, Nicole Larson, Steve Tracy, Celestia Tracy (in May) Rwanda: Nora Poling, Shanell Bender, Christopher Coffman, Nicole...
Do Street Children Go to Heaven?
Following is an email Abby’s father (Steve Tracy) wrote in response to her questions and concerns regarding Yahaya’s death. (See blog post "Yahaya " for Abby's email regarding Yahaya's death.) There are countless street children who die everyday from the direct...
Yahaya
Following is a letter Abigail Kakeeto wrote February 2, 2014 about one of the street boys in their Kampala, Uganda street programs. She and her husband David founded A Perfect Injustice in 2010. Mending the Soul Ministries resources and trains their volunteers and...
What’s Your Story?
I walked early this morning in the bitter cold, my fingers stiff and red. Frosty clouds of silver surround and I cannot see beyond the next house. Bare branches, like gnarled hands bending low. Barren yards, in monochromatic tones of grey, brown. Empty. Houses, once...