Hello!
We are overjoyed to share with you some of the
ways God has been abundantly gracious to us lately! As you may well know, we
were married November 16, 2013, enjoyed a beautiful honeymoon in Belize, and
are relishing our time as newlyweds. We are so thankful for the underserved
gift of marriage and are striving to do marriage well in light of the Gospel!
You are also likely to be familiar with and may
have even supported me (Jessica) in the journey the Lord has led me on in both
Uganda and South Sudan over the past 7 years or so. Well, to both our
excitement, God has opened a door for that journey to continue now as a married
couple! We simply cannot put into words how thrilled we are in light of this!
It has been three years since I returned from South Sudan and will be Lincoln’s
first journey to Africa!
I have been biting at the bit to go back, and
prepared to do so as I was on staff with Empower Sudan for 8 months, raising
support to this effort. God graciously persisted in telling me to pray and wait
as I worked hard to reach my support-raising goal. He then threw a curve ball and
asked me to trust Him in resigning from my staff position just in time to get
married. Not knowing what the future
held, I faithfully obeyed, albeit with a heavy heart.
Fast-forward 5 months and here we are with plane
tickets purchased and a journey awaiting us!! We will be traveling to South
Sudan on July 20th, 2014 and returning on July 31st. We
will be traveling with two other gentlemen, one being a dear friend of former
co-worker of mine at Empower Sudan.
The
heartbeat of Empower Sudan is to carry the Good News that Jesus Christ has come
to set the world free from sin and condemnation forever to the 20 million South
Sudanese
and Sudanese who have never heard His name. The mission is to
find, develop, train, disciple and “empower” Sudanese and South Sudanese to make disciples (followers) of Jesus Christ. Lincoln and I
consider it a privilege to join in this effort.
We
will first fly to Nimule, South Sudan where the first two days of our trip will
be spent equipping and training pastors. Lincoln and I will then take a short
flight on our own down to Kajo Keji, South Sudan. Kajo Keji is where I lived
for 4 months, my second home. There we will have the opportunity to visit a
number of the same villages where I established and facilitated discipleship
groups. We intend to encourage, challenge,
and facilitate groups where the Gospel is shared and believers are discipled. Our prayer is that my physical return (with
the gift of my husband!) will serve to confirm to these beautiful people they
are not forgotten. Moreover, they are deeply loved and prized…not just by us,
but also by our Heavenly Father!
By
the grace of God, through the support of people like you, our trip and all the
expenses are completely covered from the 8 months of support raising I did
while on staff with Empower Sudan! Our heart is to fully honor the intent of
the donors, and we are thrilled to have this opportunity to do so! In addition
to any trip expenses, however, we are praying for and trust the Lord will also provide
an additional $3,000 to help offset the income lost from not seeing any
counseling clients for 2 weeks. In light
of this specific need, any support given will not be tax deductible.
We are forever
grateful for your support in prayer and ask also to please pray and consider if
you are to graciously make a financial investment in this work. We
would be honored and greatly appreciative of your financial support.
Checks
can be written out to us personally and mailed to:
Lincoln
& Jessica Wiseman
1328
Ridgecrest Dr.
Midlothian,
TX 76065
If you are unable
to help us financially, please know we completely understand and would be
just as grateful for your support in prayer!
Gratefully,
“And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.”
-1
Thessalonians 5:14
