Isaac was separated from his family when he was about 6 years old when death squads from northern Sudan attacked his village and killed many of his people.  He and other children grouped together and endured months of walking in a quest to find safety and shelter.  They endured extreme heat, no food, no water, painful injuries, disease and continued attacks from the northern soldiers, lions and other wild animals.   Isaac found shelter in an Ethiopian refugee camp for three years before being displaced back into Sudan at gunpoint when Ethiopia experienced conflict.  He survived the Gilo River crossing where thousands of people lost their lives to shooting, drowning or being eaten by crocodiles.

Isaac eventually arrived at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya where he found safety and education.  He was selected for refugee resettlement to the U.S. in 1999.  Isaac was settled in the San Diego, California area and gained entrance to Point Loma Nazarene University.  In 2005 Isaac visited Sudan as part of a mission team.  This was the first time he had returned home since he was a child and was able to reconnect with his brothers.  At that time he met approximately 60 children in the Wanyjok area who were without parents.   Isaac felt like he was seeing himself as a child all over again and identified with their pain.  Upon his return to the United States, he felt called by God to help.  He became a committed voice for the children and has been active in this cause while concurrently finishing his degree in Criminal Justice.  After graduation in 2007,  Isaac returned to Sudan to assist with projects at the orphanage site where there are now over 400 children who are being cared for by various teachers, cooks and caretakers.  He was joyfully reunited with his mother for the first time since they were separated.  

Isaac now resides in Southern Sudan part of the year while facilitating key projects and improvements.