MEET THE MISSIONARIES

James Maker Manyang
Home Village: Tong (Bor area)
Family:  Wife, Rebecca Apajok Atem, and daughter, Akur Maker

After learning about Aid Sudan’s Moses Project, Maker’s first reaction was that it would be good if God called him to return home. When war broke out in Sudan, Maker was separated from his village, moving from place to place. In his journeys, he was in want of food, shelter and water. He was pursued by the enemy and witnessed the tragic deaths of friends and family. His displacement from Sudan landed him in the Kakuma refugee camp in northwest Kenya, where he completed his high school education and applied for asylum to the United States.
 
Looking back, Maker knows God had a plan for his life.  It was the tragedy in his life that led him to become a follower of Jesus Christ, to pray intensely for the salvation of his people and to passionately tell others the truth that is found in God’s Word. He counts it a privilege to receive the calling to return home to Sudan and to his wife and daughter with a purpose – to be a servant leader as he attends to the spiritual and community development needs of his people.

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Peter Jengmer Yat
Home Village: Torpuot (Nasir area)
Family:  Wife, Nyabang Chuol, and 4 boys and 1 girl

Jengmer is determined to spread the peace of the gospel to his people. When he was only a young man, the government stormed his village, interrogated the people, killed those who did not have the right answers and burned all crops. It was here that he lost his earthly father and held tight to the protection of his Heavenly Father. One of the many displaced, he eventually made his way to Kenya on foot and literally climbed a mountain to enter the safety net of the refugee camp. Here he served as a spiritual leader to his hope-deprived people and eventually gained asylum to the United States.

Jengmer has always had it in his heart to return home to share the gospel of peace but never had an opportunity go back. Through his experiences, he learned that if he prayed, God would do something. So he prayed. When he learned of Aid Sudan’s Moses Project, he responded with a simple yet profound, “I am ready!”

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