{"id":29235,"date":"2025-12-17T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=29235"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:01:00","slug":"thomas-moore-december-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/en\/news\/thomas-moore-december-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Moore | December Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Nicodeme At The Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hi Friends and Family,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing to you from the Wycliffe compound in Juba, South Sudan and am a little over halfway through my trip. For the past 6 days, I\u2019ve had the opportunity to meet the missionaries and the South Sudanese who work with Wycliffe here, and I have absolutely loved it! I\u2019ve felt so welcomed by various people making sure I have what I need and looking out for me, and several people have had me over for dinner on various nights to get to know me better. Beyond that, I\u2019ve loved being with people who have a love for linguistics and Bible translation. From conversations about the process of Bible translation to Greek and Hebrew to the software tools Wycliffe uses to aid the translation process, I feel very at home here.<\/p>\n

But one of my favorite things has been sitting in with a couple of translation teams (the Avokaya team and the Fur team) as they work on translating the Old Testament. The Avokaya team, who I visited on Friday, were checking their draft of Exodus 21 and talking about various exegetical and translation issues that came up. The Fur team, who I visited on Monday, were checking their draft of Joshua 14 and doing the same. I\u2019ve learned a lot by watching them and was able to help out in small ways when they had questions about the original Hebrew text or about the cultural context of the passage they were working on.<\/p>\n

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The Tuqul: A Place For Monday Morning Prayer Together And Hanging Out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today (Tuesday), I will leave Wycliffe\u2019s compound and have a different focus for the rest of my trip. Pastor Nicodeme, a missionary from Rwanda, has been in South Sudan for the past two and a half months to figure out the logistics of his family and him living here starting sometime next year. The plan is for Nicodeme and his family to be joined by Evangelical Friends Mission (EFM) missionaries in the near future so that we can partner together in planting churches in South Sudan. I, two pastors from Rwanda, an EFM missionary, and an EFM director will spend the rest of the week with Nicodeme to be with him, encourage him, and help him debrief. I\u2019ve already gotten to spend some good quality time with Nicodeme when he\u2019s visited me at the Wycliffe compound and am looking forward to hearing more about what the past few months have looked like for him.<\/p>\n

Finally, I\u2019m so grateful for all of you! Thank you for how you\u2019ve prayed and are praying for me and for how you\u2019ve given so that I can begin a disciple-making apprenticeship with North County Project in January. Currently, I\u2019m 73% funded! Thank you for your incredible generosity! As a reminder, if you\u2019d like to partner with me through financial gifts, here are the ways you can do it:<\/p>\n