Who Are We?

Kudumoch and Alec hike to Upper Boma

HISTORY

SSCDO was born out of the vision of John Kudumoch Nyakurono. Kudumoch was born in Boma, Sudan and spent many of the early years of his life there. Like many Sudanese, however, he has moved around his country and East Africa because of the war which raged on for 21 years. As a young man, Kudumoch was challenged with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and eagerly embraced the salvation and forgiveness that was offered to him by God.

Very early on, Kudumoch entered into the ministry and worked as an evangelist among his people (the Murle), and neighboring tribes. His heart's desire, from the very beginning, has been to see his people know the word of God. This desire became clear to missionaries that met Kudumoch, and he was involved in their ministries.

During the time that the New Testament was being translated into the Murle language, Kudumoch was recruited, trained and employed to be a part of the translation team. The Murle New Testament was dedicated in the mid-1990s.

Kudumoch continued to work with the translation of the Old Testament of the Murle Bible, which was taking place in Uganda (the country just south of Sudan). On a trip that he made back to the Murle homeland, he was struck once again with the suffering of his people. God placed a vision in his heart that He wanted to do a work among the people of Boma, and that He wanted to use Kudumoch somehow.

It was at this point that Kudumoch came into contact with Alec and Tammy Millen. They had come to assist in the translation of the Murle Old Testament, and had opportunity to spend much time with Kudumoch. As their friendship grew, they had many opportunities to share about the suffering of the people of Boma and other areas of southern Sudan. Kudumoch was persistent that they needed to visit his home.

In March of 2006, Alec, Craig Linquist and Tim Carpenter traveled to Boma to meet Kudumoch and spent a week with him. The need was so great, as this area has been devastated by drought. But what impacted Alec the most was that there were no other missions in Boma seeking to evangelize the non-Christians or build up the churches. There is such a tremendous void in training, which Kudumoch hopes to fill. The physical suffering was tremendous also, as people are totally dependent upon any relief food that is brought in by the U.N. or others. It was a life-impacting visit.

Kudumoch in Upper Boma

OUR VISION

Out of that visit to Boma, Kudumoch and Alec began to seek God's will about what they could do to reach out to the people of Southern Sudan, starting in Boma.

From the very beginning, they have envisioned SSCDO as a SEED. As a young organization, they recognize that they are dealing with limited resources. Therefore, the resources which are available will be used to establish programs which are sustainable. If God blesses this "seed" and allows it to grow, then SSCDO will establish other programs. SSCDO is committed to not getting ahead of what the resources can sustain.

In 2006, a compound was built as a base of operations with the contributions of individuals. These six tukles (round mud houses with grass roofs; pronounced TOO-kuls) will serve as a location for an orphan feeding program, a hostel for visitors & mission teams and a place for Bible training.

Also, orphans were identified and registered with SSCDO, and a small program was begun to feed them. Because of travel difficulties due to the rains ("roads" become mudbogs!), we were limited in our ability to provide the ongoing food supplies. All food has to be brought in during the dry season, as roads became impassable.

In 2007, the vision is to provide basic sustenence (maize flour, rice and beans)to the orphans which are registered. This will involve shipping the food in during the beginning of the year, before the rains come. Also, completion of the compound with basic furnishings is necessary, in order for it to be fully functional. If funding is available, other programs are waiting, like establishing a farm to grow crops resistent to the harsh climate, a business of exporting goods, and a training course for widows in making clothing.

Kudumoch plans to visit his homeland during his breaks from Bible school (he is studying in Kampala, Uganda for the next year) in order to hold Bible-training seminars for the local church leaders, and evangelism crusades to unreached areas of Boma. (Boma is called home by two unreached tribes, the Jie and Kachipo).

The future is in God's hands, yet we at SSCDO feel that God plans to use this organization in a great way to bring the Word of God and the influence of the Kingdom of God into southeastern Sudan. We would greatly appreciate your prayers.

P.O. Box 47 / Willow Street, Pennsylvania 17584 / 610-996-1602

For any questions, contact: info@sscdo.com