Good morning … I am having breakfast in the Bliss Hotel, here in Migori. Nice place, loud TV, and seatless toilets, but very nice. Safaricom works great. Amazing. I teach this morning and then off to Kisii. Love you. Jack
Now a little translation of this e-mail which arrived in my computer yesterday (Tuesday) morning:
Breakfast at Kenyan hotels is usually British style which means you get pork & beans and cooked whole tomatoes as sides.
Many Kenyan hotels have unique names such as Bliss. Jack stayed last night in the Venture Villa in Oyugi, off the beaten path, but nice and clean, yet not quite a villa! And yes, after 30 years in Kenya, our definition of “nice” may not be yours!
Migori and Kisii are in Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya, near Lake Victoria.
Seatless toilets do not refer to toilets without the flip seat, but Kenyan style toilets with no seats, only holes in the floor.
Safaricom is a Kenyan cell-phone provider which offers a little “doo-hickey” that attaches to your computer and provides wireless internet – not the greatest, but it works and is truly an amazing item that we add to our prayer PRAISES!
The teaching, an activity Jack always loves, was teaching the 2 Timothy 2:2 Discipleship materials, a part of the partnership between the
Baptist Convention of Kenya and LifeWay – another PRAISE. Southern Baptist volunteers, such as a group from Bell Shoals in Florida, who recently completed teaching the materials in three places, are assisting local national leadership in teaching Kenyan Baptists how to be and make disciples. It is difficult for volunteers to get everywhere, so Jack and Samson Ojienda, the administrator of the BCOK, accepted the challenge of teaching in Nyanza – an area of few roads and limited public transport –many of the 30+ attendees walked long distances to the two day seminar – yet another PRAISE!
What have I done during Jack’s absence? Worked on the computer – updating blogs, sorting through pictures
and addresses, finding new prayer supporters, contacting fellow missionaries to learn how God is blessing their work, and studying FACEBOOK! After living in Kenya for 30+ years, I must learn how Americans think/respond/etc., if I am to share our needs/praises in a way that leads you to providing the needed personnel, prayer and financial support.
Based on what I’m learning, I created a new picture album entitled Hauling Kenyan Style. Why? The Lottie Moon emphasis is days away and I know you are bombarded with negatives and needs, so I chose to share some positives with you by offering “ Differing methods of HAULING in Kenya including bits of culture, a little humor and a few prayer reminders!”
We are also being bombarded these days with lots of negatives, especially financial pressures which are affecting our ability to join our Father in His work! We need more and more prayer support for the work Southern Baptist are doing in our Father’s Harvest Fields. We also need you to give sacrificially to Lottie Moon this year so that people who are willing to walk miles to learn how to witness will be enabled to join us in carrying out the Great Commission and obediently proclaiming the eternal gospel to every nation, tribe, language and people! Bert Yates
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HAULING KENYAN STYLE – http://picasaweb.google.com/Bertndovu/HaulingKenyanStyle?feat=directlink
Prayer Walk with a Tea Cup and a Somali New Testament Bible, A Prayer Guide for the LEGACY WORK can be found at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Bertndovu/LegacyTeamYatesPrayerLetter_091111PRAYERWALKWithACupAndASomaliNewTestament?feat=directlink
Now a little translation of this e-mail which arrived in my computer yesterday (Tuesday) morning:
Breakfast at Kenyan hotels is usually British style which means you get pork & beans and cooked whole tomatoes as sides.
Many Kenyan hotels have unique names such as Bliss. Jack stayed last night in the Venture Villa in Oyugi, off the beaten path, but nice and clean, yet not quite a villa! And yes, after 30 years in Kenya, our definition of “nice” may not be yours!Migori and Kisii are in Nyanza Province in southwest Kenya, near Lake Victoria.
Seatless toilets do not refer to toilets without the flip seat, but Kenyan style toilets with no seats, only holes in the floor.
Safaricom is a Kenyan cell-phone provider which offers a little “doo-hickey” that attaches to your computer and provides wireless internet – not the greatest, but it works and is truly an amazing item that we add to our prayer PRAISES!
The teaching, an activity Jack always loves, was teaching the 2 Timothy 2:2 Discipleship materials, a part of the partnership between the
Baptist Convention of Kenya and LifeWay – another PRAISE. Southern Baptist volunteers, such as a group from Bell Shoals in Florida, who recently completed teaching the materials in three places, are assisting local national leadership in teaching Kenyan Baptists how to be and make disciples. It is difficult for volunteers to get everywhere, so Jack and Samson Ojienda, the administrator of the BCOK, accepted the challenge of teaching in Nyanza – an area of few roads and limited public transport –many of the 30+ attendees walked long distances to the two day seminar – yet another PRAISE!What have I done during Jack’s absence? Worked on the computer – updating blogs, sorting through pictures
and addresses, finding new prayer supporters, contacting fellow missionaries to learn how God is blessing their work, and studying FACEBOOK! After living in Kenya for 30+ years, I must learn how Americans think/respond/etc., if I am to share our needs/praises in a way that leads you to providing the needed personnel, prayer and financial support.Based on what I’m learning, I created a new picture album entitled Hauling Kenyan Style. Why? The Lottie Moon emphasis is days away and I know you are bombarded with negatives and needs, so I chose to share some positives with you by offering “ Differing methods of HAULING in Kenya including bits of culture, a little humor and a few prayer reminders!”
We are also being bombarded these days with lots of negatives, especially financial pressures which are affecting our ability to join our Father in His work! We need more and more prayer support for the work Southern Baptist are doing in our Father’s Harvest Fields. We also need you to give sacrificially to Lottie Moon this year so that people who are willing to walk miles to learn how to witness will be enabled to join us in carrying out the Great Commission and obediently proclaiming the eternal gospel to every nation, tribe, language and people! Bert Yates
--- --- --- --- ---
HAULING KENYAN STYLE – http://picasaweb.google.com/Bertndovu/HaulingKenyanStyle?feat=directlink
Prayer Walk with a Tea Cup and a Somali New Testament Bible, A Prayer Guide for the LEGACY WORK can be found at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Bertndovu/LegacyTeamYatesPrayerLetter_091111PRAYERWALKWithACupAndASomaliNewTestament?feat=directlink
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