Luka and Umjuma Otuba, of South Sudan’s Lopit tribe, serve as part of a multinational Outreach Team working to reach their own people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Meet the Laarim unreached people group of South Sudan.

“God is doing things within peoples’ hearts, and our job is just to be available when the Holy Spirit is moving.”

Meet the outreach team working with the Lopit unreached people group.

So there beside the drama of a protracted African war, beside the aid workers, peacekeepers, and pallets of relief food, were teachers. And some of them were missionaries.

What do you take on a trip like that? Good boots and a Bible. A notebook and an open mind. And, if you dare, an open heart.

So maybe these are the best moments. Moments like now, when I can reflect upon where we once were and where we are now. When I can honestly say, I love these people.

Panther, like Jacob’s favored son, was found, and he had a story to tell of God’s goodness and divine intervention – and a captive audience to hear it.