RETOM Global Mission
“PROMOTING HUMAN DIGNITY FOR A COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND LEADING PEOPLE TO DISCOVER JESUS AND FOLLOW HIM FULLY”
Leadership
Pastor Peter O. Okwera,
President/ CEO RETOM Global Mission
Pastor Peter Okwera is a servant leader, a senior Minister at Christ Community Church (3C Church Gulu). He enjoys teaching families to love God, training and equipping pastors, doing evangelistic outreaches and speaking at conferences. He is the Founder and President of RETOM Global, he is passionate about helping victims of Nodding Disease, victims of the war with the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and orphaned children who are victims of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has destroyed many lives in Uganda.
Because Northern Uganda has suffered so much as a result of the long civil wars that ran for over 2 decades, and the fact that Peter came from poverty-stricken backgrounds, they are passionate about helping disadvantaged young mothers and at-risk women, as well as vulnerable and impoverished children and teens.
Pastor Peter currently lives in Buffalo, New York. Since his arrival in the United States, Peter has preached in several churches and has shown to be a very generous, kind, loyal, down-to-earth servant leader, but most of all he is a man after God’s own heart. You will enjoy meeting him and learning about his experience and ministries.
Mary A. Kanouff
Public Relations/ VP
RETOM Global Mission
God has blessed Mary with a heart for outreach and also with the gifts of networking and connecting people and resources. Mary has been a member of the Home City Church Family in Depew, N.Y., for almost 5 years, where she leads their community outreach team. She is also a lead volunteer for Outpour Ministries and part of the volunteer team of the Twin CitiesTask Force for the Homeless. In additional, she also volunteers in Niagara Falls, N.Y., with Lighthouse Women and Children's Ministries and one of the Kenmore Alliance Church Outreach Teams.
Mary is blessed to reside in North Tonawanda, N.Y., with her husband of 44 years, Mark. She is also blessed to be a loving mom to three adult children, and loving grandma to two grandchildren.
Mary is excited to share her God's given gifts with the RETOM Team!
Gary Johnson
Chairman Board-USA
RETOM Global Mission
Gary Johnson has known Jesus as his Lord and Savior for almost fifty years. He spent much of his life working in children's ministry at his church and later taught Sunday school to adults. Gary has become involved in mentoring and leading Bible studies as well. Gary has been married over 41 years and has two grown daughters.
He has his own business doing human resource consulting and soft skills training where he travels throughout the U.S. to serve clients. He has a Bachelors in Secondary Education and a Masters in Corporate Communications.
Agnes Aromorach
General Secretary
RETOM Global Mission
Agnes Aromorach hailed from Pader district in Northern Uganda. She's a very smart and kind person that you would love to meet and hears her testimony. she started serving under our ministry since her high school when she was a student at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School in Gulu. She's married to Jordan Zachritz, and together they are living in North Tonawanda, NY, USA.
Agnes graduated from Gulu University in 2011 with a Bachelors of Business Administration, she's an IT analyst (compTIA certified) and with this credential, she worked for Rogers communications Inc in Canada from 2018- 2023. Agnes also worked as a manager for Kleos Uganda, Gulu office from 2013-2016, and also as a banking officer for Opportunity Uganda from 2012-2013.
Agnes volunteered with invisible children(non-profit organization), where she was a roadie, carrying out fundraising activities for the organization working together with other roadies from Uganda, USA and Canada from 2011-2012.
And lastly but not least, she's currently taking training in cyber security, where she will get certified and hope to find employment in this field.
So at RETOM Global Mission, we are blessed to have such a person with a very rich background join the team. She will coordinate our Education programs and any other duty that will be assigned to her. feel free to reach Agnes and share your thought with her.
Chrislyn Richardson
Volunteer & Mission
RETOM Global Mission
Chrislyn Richardson is an American born and raised, Married to her husband and both lives in Queens in New York City. Chrislyn has worked in Family Counseling programs (male and female, children and youth counseling) in New York, She has a 20 years of experience in Community Outreach and ministry program in the busy Subway outreach in New York City. Worked as a Senior Case Manager at NYC non-profit Organization that supports the homeless. Yes, her outstanding organizational and glowing interpersonal skills have enabled her sailed these much.
She has strong passion for helping and supporting Mothers and girls more so when she travels overseas, so as a Missionary called of God, she’s very reliable when God sends her, very caring, kind, a servant leader with a heart for capacity building and positive social impacts. Chrislyn earned a B.S. in Psychology and a Masters in Pastoral Care & Counseling from Moravian Theological Seminary. And she has been engaged a lot with Missions to West and East African countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
So at RETOM Global Mission, we are so happy and blessed to have her join our team. Just feel free to reach Chrislyn and share your thought with her.
Brian William
Finance Officer
RETOM Global Mission
Brian Williams has lived in western New York his entire life and has a wife of nearly 20 years and 2 wonderful daughters. He has served those in need for many years through a number of ministries including a local outreach program as a volunteer and serving as a volunteer with 8 days of Hope Ministries when they are serving locally.
Brian works in technology in the financial industry for 23 years for a local bank. He attends a local non-denominational church for 10 years. He enjoys fishing and taking friends out fishing on the lake.
Brian has joined RETOM in the last 18 months and is eager to help the mission. So with that being said, we at RETOM Global Mission are so happy and blessed to have Brian Williams join our team. Just feel free to reach him and share your thought with him
Pastor Denis Oruk
Chairman Board RETOM Global Uganda
Pastor Denis Oruk is a father, husband, counselor, and a teacher of the word of God. Professionally, Pastor Denis is a Secondary School teacher of Mathematics, Physics, Christian Religious Education, and technical drawing (TD).
Pastor Denis pastored 3 different churches under lifeline Ministries, and they are both in Gulu and Pader district. He’s currently Pastoring a newly planned Church in the city center of Gulu, Denis is our 2nd sitting board Chair of RETOM Global Uganda.
Pastor Denis has an extensive background in Ministry and services. His passion for ministry has afforded him the opportunity to build marriages, strengthen families and working with Organizations and community leaders for over 2 decades has earned him respect among his community in Northern Uganda.
Pastor Denis holds a Bachelor of Education with Special Needs Education with specialization in
Physics, Mathematics, and teaching Persons with Visual Impairment from
Kampala International University (Chartered) from August 2009 to November 2012. Pr. Denis has a Diploma in Community Based and Rural Development from 2001 – 2002 from Business Skill Trust under Uganda Chamber of Commerce and a Certificate in Project Planning and Management from Kigumba Cooperative among others.
And currently, Pastor Denis is undergoing intensive Theological Trainings with Bible Training Centre for Pastors and Leaders concurrently with a two-year “The Church in Hard Places” (CiHP) apprenticeship program with Acts29 ministry with a mission is to train pastors who work in difficult areas to become more effective pastors and leaders.
At RETOM Global Uganda and RETOM Global Mission USA we are so bless to have Pastor Denis Oruk with us with such experiences and a rich ministry background.
Paska Aol
Coordinator Europe RETOM Global Mission
Sister Paska Aol became a born-again believer in Jesus Christ in the year 2006, At the age of 12 her grandmother spoke to her a lot about someone who is big, and that someone is the creator of the universe. He is above everything, And she remembers very well when her grand mom said, “Paska, that’s your father, He is God.” Paska was a very staunch Catholic by then. She then confesed the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and savior.
Paska's parents were poor and lived in Laboro east of Gulu City, currently in the new district of Omoro in Northern Uganda. They could not afford to send Paska to school. Therefore, she was forcefully pushed by her parents to go start working as a maid in people’s homes. With no other choices at her age, she had no option but to go and work. In third world countries you have to do what you have to do in order to survive.
In spite of these hurdles of life, God worked everything for her good, and Paska has been used by God to help change the lives of many women and girls that were sexually abused, forced into early marriages, or dropped out of school due early pregnancy. Many of them were doing the same things she used to do as their only means of survival.
Paska is now happily married to her loving husband Mr. Boissenin and is currently living and working in Europe. Paska Aol came to be part of RETOM Global Mission just 2 years ago. Having seen the vision of RETOM and realizing that the burden she has in her heart were being implemented by RETOM, Paska happily joined the team. She has been one of our guest speakers on the radio in Gulu and currently coordinates RETOM Global Mission in Europe. Feel free to reach out to Sister Paska Aol. Her testimonies about life and how God works a miracle would not only make you discover God’s given purpose in your life but will strengthen your faith and belief in God.
Kimberly Botch
Board Member
RETOM Global Mission
Kimberly Ruth Botch
Currently resides in Kansas City, MO USA. She has lived in several States throughout her life and came to know the Lord Jesus Christ as her Redeemer at the age of 12, just before moving overseas as her dad got a job with an Oil company and would be working out of the desert in Libya, Africa. He moved the family to an Island called Malta; located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy and near Sicily.
From there, a year later, her family sent her back to America to live with her grandmotherRuth and was sent to a catholic boarding school in New England, North Dakota. Kim’s childhood and adolescence were fraught with turmoil and disfunction which ultimately led her to experiment with drugs, run away to another state, live hungry and dependent on others for her food. Drugs, rejection and overall despair and hopelessness landed her a few days in the local jail where she surely thought it would be the end of the road for her, however, when God puts his hand on your experience, He tells us He will NEVER abandon us or leave us without support!
God truly is Faithful and while Kim didn’t understand what it meant at that time to be born again, she had given her heart to Jesus and like the scripture says, He is the Good Shepherd and always goes after those lost sheep. Kim found favor in the eyes of a policeman, and he found a Christian foster home for her to stay.She stayed with them, went to a bible believing church, learned how to apply the Word of God to her life and eventually attended Trinity Bible School in North Dakota. This is where God gave her a foundation in the Word and taught her how to lean on and trust in Him in all situations, good or bad.
Kim has had her share of challenges and there was a time in the wilderness where she did not understand why bad things were happening to her. She went through a divorce and had to raise two children on her own, but God was with her and she now has two beautiful grandchildren and resides with her son Jonathan. Kim has learned and is still learning to never let go of God and that the Word is truly the sword of the Spirit of God. He fights her battles for her and teaches her how to apply God’s truth in every situation she experiences.
Kim has an Associates Degree in business and has always worked in the marketplace, but her passion is to help others to know Jesus as Savior. Specifically, she wants to help believers to grow and mature and know who they are in Christ, so that they will walk victorious even when they don’t understand what is going on in their lives.
Kim operates in many of the gifts of the spirit. She loves the prophetic ministry and to be an intercessor and exhorter for others. The Lord often gives her insight into what a group or an individual might need to hear from God. Kim has enjoyed the privilege of speaking via video to believers in Kenya and now has the privilege to share and be a part of the RETOM Global family, participating in radio broadcasts in Uganda.
It is an honor for her to be a part of RETOM and to get to know Pastors Peter Okwera and Sharon, and course, her favorite broadcaster host, Simon Peter Akena.
Achiro Sharon Freda
Country Director
RETOM Global Uganda
Sharon Freda Achiro is very passionate about helping disadvantaged child mothers and at-risk women, as well as vulnerable and impoverished children and teens. God has blessed her with many blessings that are uncountable. Sharon is currently the Country director of RETOM Global Mission Uganda and serving God faithfully at Christ Community Church Gulu. She plays a very important role in RETOM Global Missions.
Sharon grew up in a Christian home and she has lived her life for Jesus Christ, even through high school and university. She has proven herself to be a child of God and has displayed the image and goodness of God to everyone she has worked with including her current job with an NGO in Uganda,
She is a mother, counselor, and model to many. Her humility and kindness to the poor and the hopeless, and the love she has for God make her a very distinguished woman. RETOM is blessed to have her and you will be blessed meeting this amazing woman of God.
Pastor David Kilama
Senior Resident Pastor Christ Community Church
Pastor David Kilama has been used of God to change many lives of young adults in the Northern part of Uganda. David had served and worked for the Kingdom of God in many different ministries, He's an associate Pastor with Christ Revival Outreach Ministries in Gulu. Currently, David has been appointed to the position of a Senior Resident Pastor at Christ Community Church and he's also a member of the Board of Trustees at RETOM Global.
David is a Teacher by profession. David is the Founder and Managing director of King David Christian Institute in Gulu. And with this Institution, David has helped hundreds of young people come to Christ and we at Christ Community Church are blessed to have him lead us according to the direction of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor David is married to Nancy Kilama and God has blessed them with four beautiful children.
David loves God and has taught a lot about having faith and loving God. Don't hesitate to spend time with or reach out to Pastor David to know more about him and his ministry with Christ Community Church in Gulu.
Pastor William Komagum
Resident Pastor Christ Community Church
Pastor William Komagum has been a blessing and a tool that God is using to change lives in and around our community. Pastor William joined our Ministry in 2017 with his entire family. He is married and God has blessed him with four beautiful children.
William's testimony is life-changing. God saved William from alcoholism and a life of debauchery. As a result, his testimony has drawn many men and women to Christ.
Pastor William speaks in one of our programs every Saturday morning Ugandan time on a local FM radio station in Gulu City. He preaches on other Sundays and does small outreaches in the community.