Pastor John Garang: A Lost Boy of Sudan

John was taken to Ethopia from his village in Sudan when he was about 14 years old. He thought he was going to school, but it was a military camp. He served in the Sudanese Army until Jesus found him when he met a couple of missionaries while serving in Uganda. This Jesus changed his heart and mission forever.

In 2004 when we met Pastor John at Bungoma Bible School in northwestern Kenya, he was a young man studying for the ministry, but with one vision...to rescue his people from starvation and deplorable conditions.

He soon married Tabitha and together they headed back to Sudan only to find such poor conditions that life could not be sustained. He returned to Kenya bringing children and their caregivers with him to find a better life for the children. The picture above shows many of the children in front of Pastor John’s church. He now has 90 children in Kenya with many more waiting to come from the village in Sudan. "With God all things are possible" is written on the pulpit of his church and the tablet of his heart.

Thanks to our contributors, we are helping to provide food, shelter, education and health care needs for all of these refugee children. The Kenya schools beg John to enroll his children in their schools because they are role models of good character and academic progress. This is quite a testimony for children who came to Kenya having never attended a school.