We didn’t plan it like this.
We couldn’t have anticipated it.
We even thought the message on 10/40 Window and missions across the borders of South Sudan would be too deep for these kids at this time.
We were wrong. Abba answered us beyond our prayers.
When Elspeth and her husband Phil finished their short presentation on missions to the Muslim world and prayed, Phil made an altar call for students that want to serve God’s cause as missionaries to Muslims and especially Arabs.
To my utter amazement and joy, almost 50 students responded immediately.
I was deeply moved as the pastors stepped forward and began praying for them and their decision.
We asked them to come the following evening for a follow-up talk and discussions. 43 of them showed up (some, even before we arrived) and told of how deeply convicted and committed they are to this call.
This conference saw another 185 give their lives to Jesus after Rev Johnny Anikpe’s exhortation.
The joy and celebration at the end included the surprise visit of the Hon. Commissioner of the County. He greatly encouraged the students and appreciated the ministry’s thrust among them. We prayed for him.
This was all Abba’s hand at work.
We can see South Sudan as a sending nation within the next few years.
We see an army of trained and unstoppable warriors for Christ’s cause, matching northward with love in their hearts and passion in their souls.
They are getting the message and soon, they’ll be giving it across the borders of this land.
These few photos below help tell the story of the Yei Students’ Prayer Conference 2012. Thanks for praying.
Students were led to pray on various issues. It was a time of serious intercession.
They were led in series of powerful worship sessions too.
They got the message and we warred in prayers together.
Uche, casting the vision for the Prayer Conference.
When Phil made the call for missionaries who’d take the gospel northward, these ones responded.
Pastors praying for those that answered the call to be missionaries to the ends of the earth… northward of South Sudan. Praise Jesus!!
Rev Johnny Anikpe leading several students to Jesus. Many of whom are primary school kids, hearing the gospel explained simply for the first time.
185 in all came to Jesus here. Discipling them is the next task.
Pastors were called out for prayers and we prayed for them; asking for unity, humility, protection, provision…
Pastor Stanley LoNathan prayed for the leaders of the two Sudans
It was a good time of prayer and worship. Some will never be the same again.
Cross section of ministers at the Prayer Conference
It was a pleasant surprise to have the Hon. Commissioner of Yei River County come to address the meeting.
The students and the organizers were encouraged by the comments of the Hon. Commissioner. He showed a great sense of understanding, and humility. He asked for support and partnership to build a greater Yei.
Rev. Johnny led prayers for the Hon. Commissioner.
There was celebration, dancing and joy in the end.
The saved took timeout to fill their decision slips. You could sense the joy among them.
Food was served and we had fun.
It was a pretty long queue for food but in the end, everyone got a good portion.
The task ahead of us in discipling and training these youth is an arduous one. But we remain focused amid many distractions. With your continued prayers and support, we’ll do valiantly.
Author: Uche Izuora
I'm inspired by God’s passion for His name in every generation, which provokes global worship through Jesus Christ. Becoming an emotionally healthy and transformative disciple, I aim to mobilize the Church to engage in cross-cultural missions and raise other like-minded disciples who discover themselves in Christ and seek to present and represent Him as Savior and Lord among the nations northward of Uganda.
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You really captured the most part of the conference. yes,God poured the Holy spirit upon His Children in that Conference and as a result people who were sitting passing time out side and those in the streets surrounding that Premises ran to see what is taking place- that people keep singing aloud even when the power went off and there was no instrument to suport and Help Brother Anthony Lead the Praising and worship.
It was Moment of ascending in Faith,
We thank God for His great Power.
Elias Iddi.
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Abram, the spiritual soil here has been fallow for many years. Pray for divine visitations that will breakthrough the hardness and birth a revival that will spill across the borders of Yei and South Sudan.
Pray that altars of prayer and intercession will spring up all over the land, from the schools to the streets; we long to see God’s people in prayer until Abba’s power and purpose is known here.
Thanks for choosing to stand with us.
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