Mission Moroto Stories: 27 Miles

by Matt Bullen May 29, 2026

2 years ago, a family of 11 came to visit the mission. Years before they had been up on Mt Moroto and ministered to some Tepeth Tribe villages and they wanted to reconnect with them. So Rebekah and some of her boys took them up there on foot and they found some villages and had a glorious reunion. They camped the night among the windy mountain peaks in tents and Rebekah still says that it was the coldest night of her life. They had a wonderful time but there was still one village higher up that they couldn’t reach. Some days later, Rebekah and one of her boys decided they would hike up there and find it. They took a motorcycle up as far as it would go. Then they hiked and climbed rocks and scrambled up nearly vertical slopes on hands and knees grasping one clump of grass or one root at a time. Up and down, one ridge and valley after another, they hiked and finally exhausted, they found the village and shared Jesus and fellowship with them. They hiked all the way back down and when they reached the motorcycle, it had a flat tire. So, because they had no other option, they drove the motorcycle with a flat until pieces of the tire were flying off, and they were down to the metal rim. It was now night and they had to push the motorcycle until they finally reached a police checkpoint and the police called one of Rebekah‘s staff members to bring the vehicle and pick them up. But the staff member had never driven the vehicle at night because of the tribal warfare and the gun battles along the roads, it is very unsafe to travel at night so he didn’t know how to turn the headlights on so the children piled into the vehicle and began to push every button and flip every switch until finally, the headlights came on. 😂 The staff member drove to the police checkpoint and picked them up and brought them home safely. When they finally reached home, Rebekah looked at the steps meter on her phone and it said they had walked 27 miles that day. Whew! Rebekah was violently sick all night from dehydration but rejoicing that they had found the village. Today, there’s a church among those villages. Many of the people have become baptized believers and they love to sing and dance and learn new worship songs. They tell us, “Teach us more! We are behind because we never knew these things and we want to catch up!” www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories