After a 1.5 hour flight last weekend, the team arrived in Adjumani. The refugee camps are only 18 miles away, but due to the road conditions it takes us one hour one way to drive there. Though we arrived road weary and jostled, our greetings by two local pastors made...
This spring has been a tremendous time of growth and celebration as Mending the Soul launched the first two Online Basic Facilitator Training courses. Since March, we have trained 140 new and existing facilitators in the new online course. It has been a delight to get...
Dear friends, God has given Mending the Soul an amazing opportunity to train 100 African refugee ministry leaders in May. South Sudan, the newest country in the world, is on the brink of collapse. Country-wide conflict has displaced over a third of South Sudan’s...
Last week, in the middle of the night, Steve and Celestia received an urgent email from our close friend, Katavo, in East Africa. He asked for prayer because armed intruders broke into his father’s home near Beni, Congo, and kidnapped his father. They held him for a...
In the spring of 2006, I met Celestia Tracy at a Starbucks for a job interview. Her passion for healing, the twinkle in her eyes, and the warmth of her hug (yes, a hug at the end of an interview!) struck me immediately. As Celestia often says, “God tricks us into the...
Mending the Soul is excited to announce that the Beta Group for the Online Basic Training is officially underway! This first test group consists of sixty current facilitators who will help us fine-tune the new online course, so we are ready to launch our first...
Our team has been so blessed to connect with various ministries who are being shaped by Mending the Soul in East Africa. On the team’s next to last day in Kampala we went to a ministry for at-risk children and youth. The founder is a former street kid, and the...
Thank you to all our prayer partners during the conference this week. We could truly feel the reality of your prayers! Here's a summary of how we spent out time with the African leaders at this conference. Summit Day One Pastor Moses gave us a report from South Sudan....
Through God's provision, MTS has equipped local and global leaders from California to Virginia and Asia to Africa! If you are a church or organizational leader who is serving individuals with complex trauma such as human trafficking this training is for you. It...