Your Gifts Are Being Used and Your Prayers Are Being Answered!

Want to see how Southern Baptists are responding to the drought in East Africa with your gifts to the World Hunger Funds? A short video on the drought and the food distributions can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqUh3PL7zDwv=QqUh3PL7zDw

The missionary friend who sent this link in response to yesterday’s prayer update also shared: “Oh yeah, it is drizzling today. It won't help the food/water situation, but at least it is settling the dust and greening up the grass a bit.”

I asked you earlier to pray “that the rains will come early.”* SO NOW, I need you to pray with NGUVU (a great Swahili word that means strength, power) that this will be more than a drizzle and continue for “several weeks, not just a few days as in recent years.” Pray that the rains will be sufficient for growing good crops and ample pasture and that rivers, lakes, and groundwater will be quickly restored.

With faith that your prayers are being answered, begin praying even now for the people who are always hurt by the floods that result when it does rain, especially after a time of drought. Pray for safety and good health for these people. In all of this continue praying also that “Kenyan Christians will be strong witnesses of their Saviour, the provider of living water and everlasting life, during this time.” Bert

* You prayed for this in an earlier prayer update!