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Mission Moroto Stories: Fun, Jesus Praising, Statistics

Even though we live here every day and are always in awe of what God is doing here, it is still humbling and amazing to work out some of the statistics of all the good that is happening here, of all that God is doing through you, our donors and sponsors…

We often mention the glorious stats about 24 village churches and over 1800 baptisms to date, but here are some other shocking stats for your enjoyment and God’s praise.

Mission Moroto currently has 352 orphans, 110 of whom are preschoolers. Supernaturally, Rebekah knows almost every name and can recite every child’s story. She has detailed records for each child. She oversees 98 staff members. Staff members consist of Manager, Guard, Guidance Counselor, Social Worker, Nurse, Assistant Nurse, 8 Cooks, 6 House Moms, 6 Laundresses, 11 Elementary School Teachers, 13 Pastors, 24 Jesus & Porridge Teachers, and 24 Jesus & Porridge Cooks. The 48 Jesus and Porridge workers feed and teach over 2000 village children 3 days a week. This requires 30 – 200 pound bags of maize flour a month.

To feed and care for the orphanage alone each month it requires 12 – 200 pound bags of beans, 12 – 200 pound bags of rice, 25 – 200 pound bags of maize flour, 10 – 1 quart containers of cooking oil, 6 – 100 pound bags of sugar, 116 containers of skin lotion, 6 cases of bar soap, 12 cases of laundry soap, 3 packages of salt, 168 heads of cabbage, 224 onions, 900 tomatoes, 200 pounds of beef, 15 cans of baby formula, 900 diapers, 32 tubes of toothpaste, 15 gallons of gasoline at $8 a gallon (for the motorcycles to go to each of the 24 village Jesus & Porridge programs and churches). She makes trips to the capitol city 2 or 3 times a year to buy a truck load of lightly used clothing to keep the children well clothed. Not to mention the cases of Malaria medicine & antibiotics we go through a month. Rebekah has multiple disabled children that have regular doctor visits, surgeries, and trips 12 hours away to hospitals in the capitol.

By God’s grace and a beautiful anointing, Rebekah has built relationships with all the best Christian suppliers in our region and beyond and she gets the best deals. Because our region is semi-arid, very little can be grown here so Rebekah has it trucked in from parts of Uganda that are very fertile and get plenty of rain. She keeps all of this in her head, and by God’s sweet grace, though we are only about 1/2 sponsored, we have always had just enough, just in time, over these last 5 years. She has made friends with all of the government officials in the local and state offices, has completed hundreds and hundreds of required documents and our operation is 100% legal. Our school is on track to be the best scoring school in the state (district). She has fended off thieves, enemies, con artists, and more. She has built 14 dormitories, a 1200 seat auditorium, a 300 seat dining hall, a 12 classroom school, drilled 5 wells, and more while being violently ill 75% of the time. Only Jesus can do this. His vision, His calling, His love, His favor. To Him alone be praise, honor, and glory!!! www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories

Several months after Rebekah rescued Morning Joy, she heard about Morning’s little sister, Nakudi who was very malnourished and close to death. Rebekah went and got her and began to nurse her back to life. She gave her the customary second name, Grace. Nakudi would only wake to eat a little. She slept all the time but she would only sleep if she was being held so we all took turns holding Nakudi Grace while she slowly recovered. Rebekah had already had to bury 2 little girls that were just too malnourished and sick to recover, which nearly killed Rebekah, so we all prayed and held Nakudi Grace tight. Slowly, this beautiful little miracle came to life and today she is in school and doing wonderful. She and Morning Joy are always playing together and she is a delight to our whole team at Mission Moroto. www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories

In the spring of 2021 shortly after moving to Moroto full time, Rebekah and some of her children decided to hike up Mount Moroto and see the waterfall. They had a beautiful time on a beautiful day. On the way back down they “stumbled upon” a mountain village that had been raided and many of the people killed. There was a terrified and very aged grandmother and 5 little children, some of whom had never worn clothes in their life. The grandmother begged Rebekah to take the children and she did.

One of the children was a little girl named Morning. Rebekah gave her a customary second name, Joy. Morning was so traumatized by what had happened in her village that she cried all the time. When she wasn’t crying she was mute and expressionless. When she got upset she would sometimes cry for hours and even days. Mama Lisa would hold her for long periods of time and let her cry. Mama Lisa would give her a cookie or a piece of bread or a candy but Morning would never accept it from her hand. But, if Mama Lisa set it down next to Morning and walked away, when she came back it would be gone. Many times Mama Lisa would whisper or sing to Morning and she would finally calm down and stop crying. Mama Lisa was the only one who could calm her most of the time. We would hear Morning’s familiar cries and screams and we would say, “Mama Lisa, your girl needs you.” For 3 years Morning never spoke a word. Slowly she became more involved with the other children and eventually rarely had a crying spell. We would all hug Morning and greet her regularly and she wouldn’t acknowledge us at all. But God. One morning, Papa Matthew walked out of the house and Morning was there. He smiled at her and said, “Good morning, Morning!” She smiled and said, “Mzee (old gentleman) picture.” Papa Matthew nearly fainted. Those were the first words she had spoken in more than 3 years. He quickly pulled out his phone and snapped this photo. Only Jesus! Today, Morning Joy is a happy, playing, well adjusted girl doing well in primary school and never has crying spells any more. She comes bounding up all smiles and gives great hugs. Only Jesus! www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories

Throughout 2024 Auntie Rubi began to feel a burden in her heart for the street children of Moroto town. Every time she was shopping or going to prison ministry she would see the street kids and think, “Lord, can’t we do something about them?” Legally they couldn’t be brought to Mission Moroto but surely there was something… Rubi began mentoring a newly released prisoner named Lydia and they would meet in the main Market in Moroto Town. One day, as they were walking through the open market, Rubi saw a little street boy cooking a chicken gizzard someone had given him in a tin can over some left over charcoal. Her heart broke. She asked Rebekah’s advice about what to do for them and Rebekah said, “Just show up and God will make a way.” So, the next Sunday afternoon in February, 2025 Rubi and Lydia met at the market with some bananas and about 20 street kids showed up and they shared bananas and Jesus and a miracle ministry was born.

Rubi kept “showing up” and the ministry grew rapidly. Soon though, she had to return to the U.S. but she had taken a former street boy, Daniel the Giant, who Rebekah had rescued years before, with her to the weekly street ministry and he had fallen in love with it. So she asked Daniel to lead the ministry while she was in the U.S. She would give him money for Chapati (fried African bread) for each child and the Mission Moroto youth would take turns sharing a Bible message. Every week while Rubi was in the U.S. Daniel sent her photos of the street ministry that had now grown to 70 children weekly. Rubi returned and continued leading the ministry weekly on Sundays at 2pm with the help of Mission Moroto youth.

It grew to over 200 children. One day a mother from the local slum called Nakapelimen, where most of the children lived, came to Rubi and said, “Thank you so much! You are changing Nakapelimen for the better.” What an affirmation! Soon, the meeting became too large to continue meeting in the market so Pastor Muhammed came to Rubi and offered his makeshift church building for the meetings.

Today they are ministering to over 330 children weekly with a Bible story and a piece of Chapati and only Heaven knows what is to come. Praise the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!

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Karamojong Tribe

Tepeth Tribe

Turkana Tribe

In May of 2025 we began to feel led to have a communion service with all of our village churches gathered together in our church at Mission Moroto. Mama Lisa and Papa Matthew brought 2000 communion cups from America and we bought grape juice and bread in Moroto Town. We called all of our people together and over 800 showed up. Some things that were historic that day were, most if not all of the villagers had never taken communion and didn’t know anything about it. They were newly baptized believers ready for another act of obedience and allegiance to the King of Glory and present that day was people from 3 different tribes (Karamojong, Tepeth, & Turkana) formerly at war with each other. Before we served the communion, Papa Matthew got up and shared this message,

Secret of Covenant Meals

The story of the Bible can almost be told through meals. 50 references to food in just the book of Luke! 10 meals in Luke.
From the beginning of Scripture to the end, God repeatedly invites people to eat in His presence. These meals are not ordinary—they are covenant meals. A covenant meal is a meal shared to seal, celebrate, or remember a sacred agreement, a contract of peace, fellowship, and a binding relationship. To an ancient Hebrew, a meal was as good as a contract.
“Every covenant God makes is sealed with blood and celebrated with a meal.”

1. The Covenant Meal of Peace
After making a covenant, people often shared a meal to confirm peace. When Jacob made a covenant with Laban, Scripture says:
“Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to a meal.” (Genesis 31:54)
A covenant meal meant:
We are no longer enemies. We are bound together in peace.
This pattern appears again and again in Scripture.

2. Abraham’s Table with God
In Genesis 18, Abraham prepares a meal for mysterious visitors who represent the Lord.
He serves bread, meat, and milk—and God shares a meal with a human being.
This moment reveals the heart of God:
He does not only command from heaven—He sits at the table with His people.

3. The Covenant Meal at Mt. Sinai
After God made His covenant with Israel, something astonishing happened.
Moses and the elders of Israel went up the mountain.
“They saw God, and they ate and drank.” (Exodus 24:11)
Imagine this moment. After the covenant was sealed with blood, the leaders of Israel shared a meal in the presence of God.
The covenant was not merely legal—it was relational.
God was saying:
“You are My people, and you are welcome at My table.”

4. The Passover Meal – Redemption Remembered
When God delivered Israel from Egypt, He gave them a meal to remember it.
The lamb, the bread, the bitter herbs—all told the story of salvation.
Every year families gathered to eat and remember:
“It is the Lord’s Passover.” (Exodus 12:11)
This meal declared that God redeems His people and keeps His covenant promises.

5. The Last Supper – The New Covenant Table
On the night before the cross, Jesus took the ancient Passover meal and transformed it.
He took bread.
He took the cup.
And He said:
“This cup is the new covenant in My blood.” (Luke 22:20)
He was using covenant language that His disciples would have recognized. In biblical times, covenants were often ratified by a shared meal — a visible, relational act sealing the bond between God and His people.
From that moment forward, believers would gather around bread and wine to remember that the covenant was sealed with Christ’s blood.
Rev 3:20 “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.
Communion is not merely a symbol—it is a covenant meal with our Savior.
“The Lord’s Table is a feast of love.”
— Thomas Watson
“Christ spreads His table for weak believers as well as for strong.”
— Richard Sibbes
“The communion table is the place where believers remember with gratitude, receive with faith, and anticipate with hope.” – Charles Spurgeon
“The Lord’s Supper is the gospel made edible.”
— Tim Chester
“The Table is where sinners become family.”
— N. T. Wright

6. The Final Covenant Meal – The Marriage Supper
The Bible ends with a feast.
“Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” (Rev. 19:9)
Marriage Supper of the Lamb
One day, the redeemed of every nation will gather at the table of Christ.
No more sin.
No more separation.
No more broken covenant.
Just eternal fellowship with the King.

Communion Reflection
When we take Communion today, we stand in the middle of this story.
We look back to the cross where the covenant was sealed.
We experience present fellowship with Christ.
And we look forward to the great feast in the Kingdom
This small piece of bread and cup remind us:
Every time we take Communion, we are doing more than remembering.
We are participating in the covenant, celebrating reconciliation with God, fellowship with one another, and anticipating the great feast that is still to come.

Closing Prayer 🙏
“Lord Jesus, thank You for inviting us to Your covenant table.
Thank You that Your body was broken and Your blood was shed to bring us back into fellowship with God. As we receive this bread and cup, remind us of Your love, unite us as Your people, and fill us with hope for the day we sit with You at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Amen.”

After the message, our young people and our staff served the cups and the bread and we took communion together. Praise be to our Almighty Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Mission Moroto Stories: 1st Day at Mission Moroto

From February 1st, 2020, the day we first heard about Moroto, we began praying and working to get to Uganda. With COVID-19 raging, the airports would open and then close, we would book flights and then they were cancelled. Finally, in January of 2021 we were able to fly to Uganda. We had to get a PCR test before getting on the plane, wear a mask the entire 24 hrs to get to Entebbe, Uganda. Then we had to take another PCR test in country. Then we flew with Mission Aviation Fellowship from Entebbe to Moroto but because of COVID-19 restrictions we had to fly all around Uganda before getting to Moroto. So, a flight that would today be 1-1/2 hours took 6 hours. We were picked up at the dirt airstrip and driven to Mt. Moroto Hotel in Moroto Town. We unpacked and then told the driver, “We want to go to the mission now.” He said, “Today? You don’t need to rest?” We said, “NOW” We drove the 8 kilometers north to a little 4 building broken down dilapidated “orphanage” with 35 nearly starved and barely clothed Karamojong children. On January 21st, 2021 we stepped out of the van and the children looked at us warily. Then we started dragging footlockers of toys and clothes and sodas and sweets out of the van and the party started. The children sang and danced and clapped and Rebekah, Papa Matthew, & Mama Lisa fell head over heels in love. But Papa Matthew & Mama Lisa were also scared half to death at the condition of the “orphanage” and the children. We looked at Rebekah and said, “What do you think?” She said, “I’m going home, selling everything, and moving here next month!” Mama Lisa said, “Where will you live?” Rebekah said, “Right here!” Papa Matthew said, “But look at the conditions.” Rebekah said, “Dad, I didn’t ask God for easy, I asked Him for possible and this is possible.” And there began the miracle now known as Mission Moroto. Praise to Jesus alone www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories