Well, this is it. The last update before leaving for Kenya! The Lord has been doing some wonderful things. We have almost all of the kits for the Vacation Bible School assembled and are getting close on the kits for the sewing classes! We have a few areas expense-wise that we are still trusting the …
Kenya Trip Update – Day 16
16 Days and Counting! God is working to bring this trip together! Some praises: • WE HAVE OUR TICKETS!!! Lord willing we will be meeting in Chicago, June 8th and flying out from there. We are scheduled to be in Kenya with Paul and Rachel Sang until July 2nd, when we will fly to Uganda …
Kenya 2012 Trip Update 2
God is doing some exciting things! Before I get to the trip update I must share some exciting news! Over the course of the last year I have asked for prayer for an opportunity to minister among the children of prisoners here in our area. Shortly after we started to pursue this last year the …
Kenya 2012 Trip Update 1
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24 Anytime we step out to do the Lord’s work …
Swahili Challenge – Watoto Wangu Wana Njaa
This afternoon as I was out walking, stirring up my neighbors curiosity and working on Swahili, I think I may have finally identified the method to the madness that is the Swahili course! In the process I found one particular phrase very interesting. The phrase was: Watoto wangu wana njaa. My children are hungry. The …
Swahili Challenge – Matunda
The last few weeks have been difficult. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail except to say that a very special family member has gone home to be with the Lord. That is a confidence for which I am very grateful. He, in his own way and probably without realizing it, was …
Swahili Challenge – What Must the Neighbors Think
Ever do something that made perfect sense to you, only to realize later that it probably seemed rather strange to onlookers. I’ve been trying to up the distance of my daily walk, so that I will be fully ready for the distances we may walk in Kenya. In my neighborhood there are two good walking …
Swahili Challenge – Technical Difficulties
Into every computer program, especially the cheap ones, most come at least one glitch. Several have come with my Swahili program. For the most part, I’ve been able to work around them, until this week. Usually it just slows the whole computer down drastically. This week as I started Unit 8, which is three times …
Prison Update
Thank you all for praying for our time at the Montana Women’s Prison! We certainly needed the prayer and God faithfully answered. Smudging and drumming ceremonies had been held in the chapel just two hours before we arrived Friday night, the smell of burnt sweet grass was almost overpowering. Like I said, Satan as a …
