30, 60, 100

Team leader in Morobo, Rev James Stevenson, recently rang into our office to share an encouragement from his time in South Sudan. The theme of the week in Morobo was being good soil, from the Parable of the Sower. ‘Kara Naga Apo’ is the Bari phrase for good soil. Back in the UK he was struck by some statistics Bishop Data Amosa reported back to him. A big aim of the SOMA Mission in Morobo was to help a diocese in some distress continue to be good soil when faced with issues of political insurrection and pillaging.

Bishop Data had noticed that in the final Sunday the team of two from the UK were ministering alongside him, 30 people had responded and come forward to ‘say yes to Jesus.’

The following week Bishop Data preached again and 45 came forward for salvation and a further 15 to be filled with the Spirit. 60 in total.

Then a week later Bishop Data was able to speak to met rebel soldiers from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO). These anti anti-governmental forces responded to his preach and asked for 100 bibles in local languages

As the parable of the sower in Mark 6:20 puts it: “the seed that fell on good soil represents those who hear and accept God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

Revd James Stevenson with Rt Revd Data Amosa, standing near the foundations of a future guest house.