As I began writing this update, the electricity went off – so I unplugged everything on my desk and ran to wrap a beach towel around the crock-pot, where tonight’s stew is OR was simmering. I’m now viewing my keyboard with the aid of my trusty rechargeable flashlight! BUT, I’m not complaining. At lunch time the sun was shining brightly on withered plants and brown grass outside my closet ‘office’ window. Now we are having a loud, windy and wet storm – which hopefully means our long rains have arrived! Our Equatorial seasons are defined by the times for rains, with late March-early June being our Long Rains and Short Rains arriving in October and November. The rains have been very undependable in recent years, so we are praying for ample rainfall this season!
Jack is at a Board of Governor’s Meeting at our seminary, Kenya Baptist Theological College, as I write. Please join us in praying for those making decisions related to our seminary overcoming many problems and becoming all we know God wants and needs it to be as East African Believers are trained to serve our Father.
Thank you for praying for Jack as he completed a three week session at KBTC. He taught in a western Kenyan Bible School in early March, so he was rather tired over the weekend, but pleased with the students' response to his class, Church Planting Methods. The above photo was taken last week of Jack in his pantry ‘office’ preparing for the Communications class he also taught last week. He also captured me helping his students write their own personal “vision statement” in 15 words or less!
I am writing this on Tuesday again as tomorrow will be a full day as we attend a memorial service for Pastor Arthur Kinyanjui at Parklands Baptist Church. We will also attend a service at Nakuru Baptist Church on Friday, where he pastored for many years. Please continue to pray for comfort for Pastor Kinyanjui’s family and friends, as you praise God for his years of service to our Father, which included being one of the early evangelists working with the first missionaries to East Africa and a leader of the Baptist Convention of Kenya. Pray also for safety as people travel to these services, especially those traveling by public transport.
You may have heard that there were more explosions in Kenya this past weekend. Things are unclear about what happened on the coast and who is behind these problems. Another issue that Kenyans are facing is the upcoming national elections – the first ones since the chaotic election time in late 2007/ early 2008. Pray for peace during this time and for wise decisions by leaders. Pray especially for decisions related to the ongoing ICC (International Criminal Court) as this court seeks to punish those responsible for the problems after the last elections, which includes top politicians hoping to be Kenya’s next president.
For some good news, I encourage you to view a bit of our Palm Sunday service at our church, Parklands Baptist Church Mombasa Road Campus. You may be surprised by some of the things shown in “Easter Worship Experience”! I will now quit working on the computer and go to set up our camp stove and complete cooking the stew for dinner – which it looks like we will enjoy by candlelight! We do continue to be thankful that God has called us to serve in East Africa, but candlelight dinners are no longer considered special meals! BERTPS: It is now Wednesday morning - the beach towel did the trick and our stew was fully cooked! Electricity returned in the middle of the night, and awoke and plugged everything in again – as the electricity has now (9:30) taken a break again! Praising God for a charged computer and flashlight!
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Part of Bert’s work, 2012 Prayer Nudges from East Africa can be found at http://easternafrica2012prayernudges.blogspot.com/ or find Bert Yates at https://www.facebook.com/bert.yates
Bert’s newest photo album, “Easter Worship Experience” is at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.145193375607284.27775.100003498676259&type=1&l=d4b41148f2
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