THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MINISTRY
As many of you know, I have been serving as an IPHC missionary in Africa for several years. Most of that service has been in South Sudan, but it included a stint in Mozambique to oversee a major building project. I came on my first trip to South Sudan in 2007, and I was forever changed. I went home, gave up my secular job, and moved halfway around the world to serve in South Sudan, initially as a missionary with Hope4Sudan.
I went to South Africa about two years later to attend a missions training called SAFARI (Semester Abroad For A Radial Impact). While there, two major things happened that shaped my future life and ministry. I officially joined IPHC World Missions Ministries (WMM), and I met my future wife, Latoya. We got married in 2011 and by 2012, we arrived in South Sudan to serve together.
We are now a family of four (shown below) and I have been traveling back and forth between Kapoeta, South Sudan, and Eldoret, Kenya, where my family needed to live for various reasons. As of a few months ago, my job description expanded, and we are now all living in Eldoret, Kenya. I’m still traveling back and forth and working to oversee the various ministries in both countries.
My role in Eldoret is to serve as Facilities Director of the East Africa Bible College (EABC) where I oversee all the buildings and grounds. Additionally, I oversee and hire support staff for the facilities and schedule the school’s events and retreats. One of the most challenging roles is to generate support and income for EABC for special projects and monthly operating expenses.
East Africa Bible College serves as a valuable training facility for both Kenya and South Sudan as well as other East African nations. Last year, we opened an extension Bible school on the Kapoeta Compound. Keeping this school on strong footing is essential to our ministry in both locations.
Latoya has developed and oversees the Bloom Ministry for special needs children in Eldoret. She bravely ventured into the pig-farming adventure to help fund Bloom. She and that ministry continue to thrive. The family is definitely benefiting from us all being together under one roof.
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COMPASS LEADERSHIP TRAINING HELD AT EABC
Compass is a Kenyan-based ministry established by Hope4Sudan to help our students who ended up in Kenya to continue their secondary education. Some of them started attending EABC to earn college-level credit and the ministry has taken off from that time on. I have traveled back and forth to attend many of those events over the years.
The Compass Ministry in Kenya has been evolving and growing continually. In late January, we wrapped up a full week of training leaders who will implement our Compass Ministry Leadership Program (CMLP). This means we now have a full curriculum program. We are grateful to Coach Isaiah (white t-shirt with orange graphic) for a wonderful job! These pictures document the highlights.
BACK IN SESSION WITH RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY
School is in back in session at East Africa Bible School (EABC) in Eldoret, Kenya. We were honored to have our IPHC Regional Director, Rev. Ron Wooten, visit and lead the first chapel service of this term. Our session started with eight students.
We have now started renovation projects, such as the one shown here, on the campus. We want to thank the IPHC Spirit Life Conference for giving funds to help with this need. We also want to thank IPHC World Missions for approving EABC as one of the Antioch Grant recipients recently. These grants were awarded on a need-basis application process from funds received from the 2024 Global Outreach Offering. If you gave to the GO Offering, thank you! We will still have other renovation project needs as well as the need for monthly support for EABC.
THEN & NOW-MEMORIES TO LAST
If you are on Facebook, you know that sometimes it brings up memories from years ago. The two feeding pictures on this page are prime examples of the memories that are part of my history in South Sudan. One photo (green H4S shirt) was taken about 17 years ago when we did a feeding outreach at our compound in Naakwa, South Sudan. The other picture was a more recent feeding opportunity at our Kapoeta compound.
By the grace of God, I am still serving. My territory has expanded, and the job description is changing, but God is still directing! Keep this newsletter handy to remind you to pray for us throughout this transition process. I think you’ll agree that change can be scary, but as I have learned in my many years in Africa, if things are NOT changing, you just might be stuck in a rut!
Greg about 17 years ago at the compound in Naakwa, South Sudan.
This picture is a more recent feeding opportunity at our Kapoeta compound.
