Beard Family to South Sudan

Beard Family to South Sudan The Beard family are missionaries serving Tonj, South Sudan with InDeed and Truth (IDAT) Ministries.

My 252GB phone is full. Therefore, I am spending a significant amount of time emptying my phone. So far I have moved 200...
11/06/2026

My 252GB phone is full. Therefore, I am spending a significant amount of time emptying my phone. So far I have moved 2000 photos and 1000 videos onto a hard drive and that has barely scratched the surface.

However, I am stumbling upon many photos that I havent shared with anyone. So here is a random bunch of photos before I clear them off my phone. Some are from yesterday, some are this week and some where 2-3 weeks ago.

It is a time salad!

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” Galatians 4:4-6

10/06/2026

Little Ryelle having a crack at being the news anchor for In Deed And Truth Ministries 🤣🤣🤣

Do you recognise this guy? This is Jono Macleod. He was the beginning of our calling to South Sudan. When I was working ...
08/06/2026

Do you recognise this guy?

This is Jono Macleod. He was the beginning of our calling to South Sudan. When I was working as a nurse in Mount Isa in the Intensive Care Unit, Jono was one of the doctors who would review my patients.

As he wrote his patients notes, he would share with me how he is studying a masters in Tropical Health so that he could move to South Sudan as a missionary. I told him, “one day, I will visit you.”

6 years later, Sarah and I started to hear God calling us to the mission field. But where do we start? Let’s start by visiting other missionaries we know that are currently on the field. Jono was the only missionary we could think of. So, that is where we started.

We came in 2021 for 6 months. It was meant to be 3 months. However, Australia locked us out of our home country because of COVID-19. This gave us enough time for God to make it clear that this is where we are being called to.

We never looked back. We are loving the journey that God has put us on. So happy to see this man’s face again.

29/05/2026

The other night, Ben had to visit the hospital at 9pm because we were going above capacity. We put some strategies in place. On his way back, he found the ambulance driver changing a flat tyre (us Australians say “flattie”). Why not? He stopped to assist with a tyre change as well. the only mechanical thing he knows how to do on cars. 🤣

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17

27/05/2026

Today, Sarah shared a devotion about the importance of prayer in peace and unity. After a quick message, we went outside our compound, made a line around our walls and prayed for peace and unity in our community.

“Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9

BEN’S REFLECTION: THE HEART OF PRAYERWhat is the heart of prayer? Is it treating God as our ATM? We perform a special ri...
23/05/2026

BEN’S REFLECTION: THE HEART OF PRAYER

What is the heart of prayer? Is it treating God as our ATM? We perform a special ritual, make our request and then demand the request to be delivered. God’s job is to deliver my needs and wants, right? We often place ourselves at the centre of prayer.

However, Jesus showed us a different way in Matthew 6:9-15.

- God-focussed: “Our heavenly Father…”
- God-focussed: “Hallowed be your name…”
- God-focussed: “your kingdom come, YOUR WILL BE DONE…”
- God-focussed: “…on earth as it is in heaven…”
- Others including self (physical): “Give US this day our daily bread…”
- Others including self (spiritual): “Forgive US our debts…”
- Others including self (spiritual): “deliver US from evil.”

Our SELF is minimised in this prayer. When we pray, do we focus on what God wants or what we want?” If we focus on God’s desires, how does the language of our prayer change? what does it sound like?

We often treat prayer as spiritual warfare against God himself. Us fighting with him to get the “YES” to our prayer. Yet Jesus himself received the answer, “NO” when he prayed “take this cup away from me.” Are we better than our master at getting a “YES”? Prayer is not spiritual warfare against God. Prayer is spiritual warfare against ourselves. Jesus prayed “yet not my will but yours…”

Most humans hate change. We fight for comfortable consistency. There is one thing thing about this life that does not change, and that is that everything changes! Changes occur around us all the time. You would think that humans would be better at change, but we are not! Therefore, changing ourselves to align with God’s will is often a big spiritual battle. Bigger than most!

When we have the perspective that prayer is about our own selfish needs, our prayer life is only active when things are going wrong. Prayer generally ceases when things are going right. When we place the perspective ONTO God and others, our prayer life comes to life. We see need everywhere… and prayers become less individualistic and become more collective:
- Spiritual revivals
- Awakened understanding
- Confessing national sins when the nation is unrepentant (Read Daniel 9:3-6)
- End to wars
- End to starvation

Our prayer becomes more consistent because we see other people’s need to come to God and seek His will… 🙏

“Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17

23/05/2026

Our New Mailing Address We are grateful for your faithful partnership in the ministry God is building in South Sudan. To better serve our partners and

Most people can’t wait to clock out on Friday and run for the weekend. 🏃‍♂️💨But here at IDAT? Something different happen...
15/05/2026

Most people can’t wait to clock out on Friday and run for the weekend. 🏃‍♂️💨
But here at IDAT? Something different happens.

After work, the women on our staff gather together – not to rush out the door, but to open God’s Word. 🙌✨

This afternoon we dove into Matthew 7 – such a powerful reminder about judging others and how we’re called to love and serve "the least of these." ❤️

"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." — Matthew 25:40 🙏

We closed out in prayer, lifting up everyone's requests. No rush. No agenda. Just hearts focused on the Lord as we head into the weekend.

This is our favorite way to finish the week – grounded in truth, surrounded by sisters in Christ.

Happy Friday, friends. May your weekend start with His peace.

10/05/2026

I wrote a worship song and used AI to put music to it. I’m sharing with you in hope that it will bless you. We listen the song regularly and even sing it regularly. This song has blessed our family anyway.

I have also used a variety of videos over the year to make a music video to go with the song.

“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.” Romans 8:14

THE BEARD FAMILY ARE BACK IN TONJ! We are back on ground, serving with In Deed And Truth Ministries. We are here for 6 w...
07/05/2026

THE BEARD FAMILY ARE BACK IN TONJ!

We are back on ground, serving with In Deed And Truth Ministries. We are here for 6 weeks until we fly out again for our R&R. It will be a busy 6 weeks!

- 2x discipleship courses that run for 1-week. This is a new program. Next week will be the first time running it. Please keep this in your prayers.
- 1-2 Workshops
- Catching up on the new school term.
- In 4x weeks, a team is coming to visit.

At 6 weeks, we are going to Italy for our R&R (furlough). The cheapest place to visit outside of Africa. We are very excited though to check out the Christian history.

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