Michael & Cindy Bryant

Today, we had the privilege of making our second MediCradle delivery. This one to Bweyale Medical Center, a private healthcare facility serving the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement. Kiryandongo is home to over 166,000 people, over half of whom are South Sudanese. The others are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and Sudan. This placement was facilitated by Matgocni Presbyterian Church, SPC’s Mission Partner in Kiryandongo.

Bweyale Medical Center will soon open its new birthing clinic near Kiryandongo and this MediCradle will be an essential piece of life saving equipment for at-risk newborns there. Three or four other clinics in the area will also have access to the MediCradle when it is not being used by BMC. Dr. Colin Ojok, BMC’s director, assured us that with the MediCradle in place, many, many lives will be spared and promised to share monthly reports tracking data on the births in the facility with us. Another interesting note about this MediCradle: it was donated in honor of a loved one who was an SPC member.

After making the MediCradle delivery, we rushed over to Good Shepherd School (a ministry of Matgocni Church) to greet the 850 students, teachers, and staff who were gathered in the courtyard patiently waiting for us to arrive. Pastor James Bab was eager to show off all the improvements the church has made to the school infrastructure over the past year. In a meeting with the Head Teacher and a handful of classroom teachers, we learned about Good Shepherd’s very aggressive five year development plan. Based on the school’s growth and improvement over the last nine years, it is hard to dispute the plan. We also praised, prayed, and sang with a group of about twenty women who were having a day of prayer and fasting in the church. It was very good to be with our South Sudanese brothers, sisters, and children again.

Note: Matgocni is a Nuer word meaning unity, the primary theme that permeates every ministry and mission of Matgocni Church as it knits together a congregation from the various (often warring) South Sudanese tribes, many different Christian backgrounds, and even former Muslims who have come to faith in Jesus through that church’s work and witness.

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2026-07-15T11:01:09-04:00