Due to a “congestion” of meetings, Jack needed a mission representative to attend the Board of Governors of Nyeri Baptist High School with him last Saturday. I gladly accepted the opportunity as I thought it would help me share the prayer needs of Kenyan students with you, take pictures of the famine in central Kenya, and give Jack and me an opportunity to take a short break from life in the city! All of this happened and more!
The Nyeri Baptist Board meeting went well and I made lots of notes for later prayer items. I also saw first-hand signs of the drought as we passed parched fields that are usually shades of green year-round. Even many banana plants were brown – a real rarity. We also had a restful break during an overnight stay at a game lodge where we sat in our room for hours watching an
elephant, buffaloes, waterbuck and bushbuck enjoy the water hole just outside our window.As we returned home on Sunday afternoon, I was once again busy shooting pictures. After shooting the last picture from my mental-list-of-needed famine pictures, “A scene that was a writer’s dream then appeared – a scene filled with emotions, activity, drama and possibly even death. We saw joy, hope, fear and greed all played out before us.” To read the article which will help you pray for Kenya and for Baptists of Kenya, go to “The Perfect Drought Story” at the Omba4Kenya/Pray for Kenya blog at http://omba4kenya.blogspot.com/2009/03/finding-perfect-drought-story.html for the story and pictures.
Jack and I will attend a meeting tomorrow and Thursday with the Kenyan Baptists planners of LifeWay’s “2 Timothy Discipleship Training”. Pray for our group as we plan the future of this program which is providing discipleship training and materials to Kenyan Baptist. Pray that we will truly seek God’s will in our decisions and that our actions will lead to greater spiritual growth in our churches and God’s name being made known in Kenya and other nations.
Pray also for good time management for Jack and me in the coming weeks. Our schedules/work loads will be extra heavy as we prepare to leave on April 30 for a four month Stateside Assignment (furlough). We will be living in Rocky Mount, NC, and we are looking forward to special time with family and friends, as well as special opportunities to share what God is doing in Kenya. The month of May will include two very special family times. Thanks to our middle child, Jennifer, we will become grandparents the week of our arrival and our daughter, Jessie, will graduate from Wake Forest University on the 18th of May.Thank you once again for being our prayer supporters – both for your “general” prayers and the prayers in response to our requests. Bert Yates
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