Making Dreams Come True

Jan 7, 2024

Making Dreams Come True

Making Dreams Come True

What difference can $15 a month make? In the life of a child in South Sudan… everything! Our Christian school has brought hope to the small village of Narus, South Sudan and the 900+ lives it impacts. Hope for literacy. Hope for a better future. But most importantly, eternal hope that a relationship with Jesus Christ brings.

Today, our older students say, “I want to be a doctor, the Commissioner, a nurse, a teacher, a pastor, a driver, a pilot.” When we had first asked the question “What do you want to be when you grow up” to the children entering into our program, we were met with blank stares. They had never dreamed of anything, other than surviving, because they had no hope of education or a future beyond the day to day. Thank you for partnering with us at Ends of the Earth to make these dreams a reality.

Making Dreams Come True Sponsorship Photos

Hearts of Worship

Before dawn, the children rise from their beds and make their way to the meeting house for “Morning Glory.” Soft prayers can be heard as various children lead the others to pray for their community, the salvation of relatives, their education and even for those who sponsor them. Yes! The children you sponsor, pray for YOU!

As the sun shines it’s first rays on the garden, praises erupt from the 100 kids who live at the Children’s home. Their daily praises echo through the quiet village every morning and again each evening as they gather in a large circle to study God’s word and pray together. God is raising a generation of young people to know and love Him and who will share this love with the many unreached tribes around them.

A Mural of Joy

Written by Sienna age 17

The beginning vision for a mural at the Children’s Home was something the Lord showed me while in one of my art classes at high school. The assignment was to create a piece of art that would have an impact on those who would see it. The mural we created is an image of hope, love, unity, and most of all joy. The flower’s petals are made of a child’s or staff member’s handprint. Although it was a long process, it was so worth it to get to see their smiles as they showed their friends where their handprint was on the wall. On the inner wall, we painted a scene of clear skies and green hills with the verse from Habakuk 3:18, “Rejoice in the Lord.”

Getting to be with the children and staff on this short trip over the summer, I observed that rejoicing is really a reflection of the lives of the kids who live at the Children’s Home. I went hoping to just bring joy to them, and instead they showed me what pure joy in the Lord looks like and it was beautiful to experience.

From all of us at Ends of the Earth Ministries and the 900+ kids being cared for by your love and partneship in South Sudan, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!

Thank you for your partnership in reaching the lost, to the ends of the earth.
God bless you,
Pastor Rob Douglass

Please come and pull us out of the pit!

Oct 17, 2022

Please come and pull us out of the pit!

“He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground…”
Psalms 40:2

For hundreds of years, the Koma people of South Sudan have been assaulted by the larger tribes that surround them. These tribes attack from within South Sudan, and the two neighboring countries of North Sudan and Ethiopia. For as long as they can remember, the Koma people have been kidnapped and sold by slave traders.

As with many traditional African tribes, their history is passed down through oral tradition from the elders. As a result of the constant slave trade, the Koma people have been left without an understanding of their tribal history. They feel as if they have been without an identity for hundreds of years.

During the harvest season, they are often attacked by larger neighboring tribes, which steal all of their food supply. As a small tribe of 5,000, they have been unable to defend themselves from these raids. This has caused them to cultivate small quantities of crops, in the hopes that they would not be a desirable target. As a result, there are no back up supplies during seasons of drought. This has led to a perpetual state of hunger and hopelessness.

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Our South Sudanese national missionaries, led by Pastor James Nyika, have been praying that God would open a door to contact the Koma people in hopes to reach them with the Gospel. The Lord answered their prayers. In 2021, a man from the Koma tribe met with Pastor James and invited them pleading, “Please come and pull us out of the pit!” Ends of the Earth Ministries has recently sent five South Sudanese national missionaries to live among this remote tribe. This new venture of faith started with a missions aviation pilot, flying over the area to survey an abandoned dirt runway to determine if it was suitable to land a small 12 seater Cessna. After a series of these survey flights, and six months of minimal repairs, the runway was suitable for a first landing. The only other way to access this tribe is a six day hike through the mountains and traversing multiple rivers.

Excitement filled the air when the day finally came and the Koma heard the motor of the small MAF airplane. They knew it was delivering much needed supplies, and Christians who would make their home among them. As the plane rolled to a stop, and the door opened, the crowd was shocked to see a father and mother disembark with two young children and a baby in their arms. This spoke deeply to the people that these missionaries were coming not to take from them, but were there to love and serve them. Normally, it would take many years to develop this level of trust.

Today, there is one family and three men, living amongst the Koma, learning their culture and language. One of the best ways we have found to connect with, and reach a new people group is to begin a simple school consisting of a chalkboard under a shade tree. The children who gather are learning quickly. Our missionaries are adapting well to the language and building bridges to share the Gospel.

In November, myself and a small team of Americans, will be meeting with our African missionaries in South Sudan. We are looking forward to hearing all that God has done and asking the Lord for clear direction on how best to minister to the Koma in 2023. Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support, and for partnering with us to see the Gospel reach those who have never heard.

God Bless You, Pastor Rob Douglass

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Prayer Needs

Please pray for the Koma people to be open and receptive to the Gospel and for the missionaries reaching them.
Pray for our November meeting, that God would speak through veteran missionaries to encourage and send new national missionaries to finish the great commission.
Pray for protection and wisdom. There has been intense spiritual warfare as we seek to continually reach these tribes, who are hearing the Gospel for the first time.
Pray for financial provision to establish an emergency communication system, and finances for construction equipment that will enable us to develop the airstrip so that a plane can land in any weather.
Pray that God would move on the hearts of more African missionaries to join our team in reaching every part of the Koma community.

Faith Comes by Hearing

Dec 25, 2020

Faith Comes by Hearing

The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.
Matthew 4:16

Ends of the Earth Ministries - Taposa Village, South Sudan

Today, as we sit in our offices with stacks of bibles, commentaries, and devotions, at least 2000 languages are still without one word of Scripture. God has revealed His character, His plan, and His promises to us through His Word, but for more than 1.5 billion people around the world, access to reading or hearing about this God of love in a language they can understand is not yet possible.

We are thrilled to announce that this will change forever as we launch our new Bible translation project for the Taposa people of South Sudan in the new year.

Ends of the Earth Ministries - Taposa Man, Medical Clinic, South Sudan

After a decade of persevering, unconditional love, our national missionaries have laid a firm foundation of trust and respect, developing the relationships to make this new work possible. Preparations have been made for a translation team of tribal elders, educated youth, and outside language advisors to begin co-laboring on the Gospel of Luke.

Because the Taposa have no written history and no value for literacy, they rely on oral stories to pass down traditions and impart wisdom throughout the generations. This would make a written Bible translation totally inaccessible to most of the elders, who lead their communities and shape their entire culture.

Thankfully, through the tireless self-sacrifice of our missionary parents, God has been preparing a handful of discipled teenagers who are highly literate and devoted to serving Jesus with their education. After we create a written Taposa text of the book of Luke, these teens will read it to the elders, who will be recorded reciting the scriptures.

For the first time in history, the Taposa will have an audio Bible spoken in their own heart language. This new audio Bible will be put onto solar charged devices that can be carried around and listened to in hundreds of villages, home to some 250,000 Taposa people scattered throughout a vast unreached desert. As God’s Word breaks through the darkness, cultures and communities will be forever changed.

To complete this exciting new work, we will need to build a handful of rooms for the translation and recording project, along with a half-dozen huts to accommodate the translation team while they are working out in the village. The book of Luke will be our first priority, then we will begin translating hundreds of key stories in the Old Testament.
Our vision is to have the entire Bible translated in 10 years or less. For the first year, the estimated project cost of $25,000 will cover the equipment, salaries, and room and board for our team of 25 people.

The magnitude of this project is a new step of faith for us, so we ask you to stand with us and our translation team in constant prayer and financial partnership as we endeavor to bring God’s word to an unreached people group waiting to hear for the first time.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Pastor Rob Douglass

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Prayer Requests

Jun 12, 2020

Prayer Requests

Ends of the Earth Ministries

In South Sudan:

Please continue to pray for the nation of South Sudan. Decades of Civil War have collapsed the economy, resulting in mass starvation and desperation. Hopelessness and violence run rampant throughout communities.

Pray for our 500 students that are being daily discipled in the love of God and His Word, so they may lead their nation Into a new season of hope.

Pray for the 75 children and young adults in our children’s home and for the Missionary parents that are laying down their lives to provide peace and unconditional love to these precious ones.

Please pray for the new churches in the Tauso & Taposa villages. Pray that the pastors and medical staff will have the spiritual and physical tenacity to handle the countless challenges while living amongst Stone-Age tribes.

In Kenya:

Pray for the refugee students in our missionary training college in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. They are fasting and praying as they prepare to return to South Sudan to begin reaching cities across the border in North Sudan, with hopes to plant churches amongst Muslim peoples in 2020-21.

In USA:

Pray for the Missions Equip Training Programs. We are in the throws of launching two new schools this year.

The first – International School, will be used in Bible Colleges as a complete missions training course.

The second – Transformation, is a cross-cultural immersion training program, equipping missionaries to assimilate into their new culture while learning the language and world view.

Pray that God would continue to empower, envision and sustain us as we seek to establish nationally led, culturally relevant, biblical-based churches among unreached peoples.

Yours for the unreached,

Pastor Rob Douglass

Songs of Hope

Apr 8, 2020

Songs of Hope

In the stillness of our world-wide quarantine, a tiny desert village breathes with life as a choir of a hundred voices lifts to break the silence, carrying melodies of Hope in the wind.

Despite the very desperate situation continuing to unfold in South Sudan with the civil war, economy collapse, crumbling government, and now closed borders to our main source of food and supplies in Kenya, our kids and missionaries continue to prosper in God’s faithfulness.

Just before the border closed, we were able to bring truck loads of beans, rice, and other basic staple supplies to our program. With our new well on the compound providing constant clean water, and the help of our missionary parents diligently teaching the kids how to farm, our children are now able to grow their own food in a desert wasteland.

There is still much need and a continual sense of danger, but the kids in our program are thriving in region where most are just barely surviving. In a remote and desperate corner of the world, the children you support have become a source of hope and light to the surrounding unreached community.

As dusk falls and the bustle of the village turns to silence each night, the only thing heard is the beautiful echo of 75 children from our home, along with their parents, crying out songs of praise. Once unreached and in despair, our children now fill the desert skies with harmonious joy, hope, and confident trust in our faithful Lord!

Though all of us are experiencing uncertain times with the outbreak of COVID-19, stepping back to see everything through the eyes of God shifts our vision from our circumstances to an eternal perspective, and enables our hearts to praise Him no matter what may come.

Several months ago as I laid in a hospital bed suffering with Malaria and finding myself fighting this vicious disease yet again, I asked the Lord,

“Do you love me?” He answered in the same way He always has, “Rob I have always loved you. I came to this earth 2,000 years ago, and I paid for your sins before you were even born. That one act of love, giving my life on the cross, is the only thing you need to think about. I love you and I always have.” So, as I try to step back and get an eternal perspective in these times of difficulty and constant change, I have to remember that God hasn’t changed one bit, and His faithful love endures forever.

Be encouraged! Be the light in your community, as you let Jesus turn your fear into faith and sorrows into songs. Thank you for supporting our children in South Sudan and playing a vital role in bringing light to the Ends of the Earth!

God Bless you, be safe, and trust the Lord.

Pastor Rob Douglass

Worship Under The Stars

Feb 28, 2020

Worship Under the Stars

Voices rang out under the milky way as clouds of dust arose from the joyful stomping of barefooted villagers, once untouched by the Gospel. I rejoiced to see the fulfillment of 20 years of prayer unfolding before me, as God quietly spoke to my heart: “As I promised Abraham, ‘Look toward heaven, and number the stars … So shall your offspring be.’ Trust Me and walk with Me and I will pour out my Spirit on this desert land.” In the neighboring villages of our discipleship program, many of the kids who came to us from the “Forgotten People” over a decade ago are now venturing out in hut to hut evangelism, sharing the love of God to the isolated communities they once lived in.

Marko, like many others, had been reluctant to send his son Lobai to our children’s home during its early years. When our African director, James Nyika, assured the resistant father that Lobai would be properly cared for and receive an education, Marko consented, unaware of the eternal impact this decision would have on his own life. When Lobai heard that his father recently fell ill, he and six other boys in our program returned to the village to pray over Marko. Amazed at the change in his now teen-aged son, Marko sat as Lobai led the boys in prayer over his feeble body. The love of God prevailed, compelling Lobai’s father to receive the Good News and give his life to Jesus.

After visiting with Marko, the boys began to collect firewood and invite other villagers to join them for prayer that evening. Curious bystanders gathered around the fire, as another of our boys, Lokwar, stood to welcome them in their native tongue. Seeing the boldness of their grown up children overflowing with God’s love and confidently worshiping in their own language, the people began sobbing with joy. The young wandering children they had once known were now young adults being powerfully used by the God of the universe.

As God’s Spirit continued to pour out on the village, another youth, Ariko, preached and invited all to come to Jesus, followed by a prayer of confession. Light pierced the darkness as fifteen men and sixty women came forward to receive the Lord around the glowing bonfire illuminating the night. What began with a small group of obedient young disciples has now become an established church, meeting several evenings a week to gather and worship the Creator of the stars above.

Lobai’s father Marko, who was among the first to receive Jesus, died one week after the boys prayed for him. Though his body did not recover from the sickness, he found true healing in the arms of his Savior. He will be followed by many from his village who can now enter eternity welcomed by their Heavenly Chief.

In the same way that Marko’s village was recently unreached, fifty percent of the world’s population still lives in areas with no access to the Gospel. We exist to share the good news of Jesus Christ with those who have never had the chance to hear His name.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, love and support of Ends of the Earth Ministries!

God bless you,
Pastor Rob Douglass

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