Thank you also for praying for us and Ron and Jan Langston as we travelled yesterday to western Kenya to ‘gather information’ on Bible Schools of the area. Things are going well and we believe that we are seeing/ sensing/ experiencing what God wants included in future plans. We did have a safe journey, but keep praying as we return home tomorrow, visiting at least one more Bible School along the way, and as we travel to the coast to visit their Bible Schools next week. Continue praying for God’s guidance in all we do and for safety on Kenya’s obstacle-course roads! Our vehicle is in Nairobi at the moment awaiting work on the brakes which overheated on last week’s trip; thankfully the Langston’s car had working brakes when cows, a sheep, a pedestrian, and multiple oncoming vehicles tried to share our lane – the zebras stayed off the road yesterday!We have no clue why, but we were delayed in leaving Nairobi yesterday as we encountered stalled traffic in our part of the city. To get to the western edge of Nairobi usually takes less than 15 minutes, but it took over an hour yesterday, which led to today’s (October 4th) Prayer Nudge from East Africa (http://easternafrica2011prayernudges.blogspot.com/ ) a follow-up of the story of a basket weaver that I shared in last week’s prayer update:
As we passed this morning, we watched a crafts lady place her ready-to-buy items on her 'sales floor' - a large piece of plastic. She then prepared a 'seat/work bench' from another piece of plastic next to the wall where she creates more items as she awaits customers along a busy road in an area of upper class houses. We had time to see all this as we were in a jam … But as we bemoaned the slow traffic, the lady looked happier than usual. I finally realized that the slow-down was in her favor as cars which usually zoomed-by had time to stop and not just smell the roses at the flower stall across the road (another makeshift shop), but have an extended view of her handiwork. Join me in praying today that as frustrations encroach on our schedules/ lives, we will use these to help us slow down and see the world around us and to sense opportunities to be ambassadors of our Father - opportunities we too often zoom past! Do join us in praying that we will always be alert to the opportunities around us and sensitive to which of these God desires our response. We do encounter many things in need of help/assistance/etc., which can lead to our being overwhelmed, stressed and stretched. Please pray that we will always know when/ how/ where we should respond as our Father’s workers.
I guess I should add one more prayer item based on one of yesterday’s ‘I knew that, but…’ moments. As we entered the Kakamega Forest, we were explaining to the Langstons that the entry road we were taking was very different from the road on the opposite side of the forest and realized the explanation was simple: It is a totally different people group! So before I search for the right place/ wind direction to send this message, please also pray for sensitivity and wisdom as we seek to strengthen and encourage East African Believers as we engage lostness together. BERT YATES
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