January
2, 2011- Beginning
the New Year with a praise for being able (thanks to Southern Baptist) to live
in a country where we see signs of God's beauty everyday in the entry way to
our home! Praising God also for the encouragement we receive from being a part
of the 6 month old Parklands Baptist Church on Mombasa Road! Join me in praying
for strength for missionaries who lack daily doses of encouragement! Extra
bit added to the 1/2/11 posting: Additional
Praise from a comment heard at Parklands Baptist Church/Mombasa Road this
morning: "We're not even walking yet, but a nearby community wants us to help
them begin a sister church in their area!"
Last week as I thanked God for the completion of the Lottie
Moon 2010/Are We There Yet Daily Prayer
Nudge Photo Album from Kenya, Jack was thanking God for helping him
complete a special report on HIGHER EDUCATION IN KENYA – a six month
long research project of what is available and possible. Please join us
in praying that Jack’s report will help Baptist leaders take a fresh look at
what we can do to meet the need for higher education in our part of the world –
especially education for church leaders and Christian youth. We also ask that you join us
in praying that what I share in our weekly prayer updates, posting/photos on
Facebook, etc., will be used to strengthen God’s work and workers around our
world. Pray also for me as I encourage our
co-workers as they seek to share how they are joining God in His work. Not sure
how to add this strong HINT, but if you are ever unsure how to pray for
missionaries, the Lottie
Moon 2010/Are We There Yet Daily Prayer
Nudge Photo Album from Kenya may be dated, but it offers a wide
range of on-going prayer suggestions for missionaries in all parts of our
world, including those in places
where needs/praises cannot be freely shared.
An additional constant need
for missionaries is prayer for our families. I have updated OUR FAMILY by placing
new photos and current information on our kids. Please do pray for John
(birthday on January 9th) as he returns to school this month to
begin a degree in Construction
Management Technology at Wake Tech. Pray for him as he searches for a job
with dependable pay during his studies. Jennifer (October 8th birthday),
Aaron and Bella moved to Raleigh late last year, so pray for them as they
adjust to Bella attending daycare as both parents work in new jobs - a great
praise! Pray for Jessie (her birthday is also this month, January 26th)
as she starts her first J’term at Southeastern Seminary (MA in Christian
Education and Counseling). She is praising God for a job which began in
December at the seminary library, which combined with tutoring means she works
almost 40 hours a week in addition to a full course load. We are praising
God that all three of our kids are now together in the Raleigh area. 
Thank you once again for the
assurance of the many ways you support us as we work in Nairobi, Kenya with the
IMB – your support allows us to be doing what we know God has called us to do!
BERT
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OUR FAMILY – Our
blog filled with news and photos of our family can be found at: http://bertandjackyatesourfamily.blogspot.com/
Lottie Moon 2010/Are We There Yet Daily
Prayer Nudge Photo Album from Kenya can be found at:
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