I have re-started this first sentence multiple times thanks to a positive/negative situation! Positive: It is ‘spring-time’ in Kenya and our yard is filled with flowers and tweeting birds. Negative: Staying inside at my desk is almost impossible as those sweet smelling flowers leave me rather groggy, with or without allergy medicine! But trust me, a headache and being unable to think is more than worth all the beauty in our yard!
I considered taking a break from ‘updating’ this week, but I must share two experiences! The first event was last Saturday’s meeting of the leaders of Parklands Baptist on Mombasa Road. As we spent the day with our friends, we so wished that you could view what we were viewing – a group of mature, well discipled East African Believers who are fully committed to serving and obeying our heavenly Father. As we heard their reports, plans and dreams, we knew we were viewing the result of the past work of so many missionaries and East African Baptists who invested their lives in making disciples, baptizing and teaching other to continue carrying our Saviour’s Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20!
Words alone cannot share the second special event, but hopefully BEING His Heart, His Hands, His Voice in Mathare Valley can! The photos in this slideshow were taken last Sunday during a visit with Hope Baptist Church on the edge of Mathare Valley, one of Nairobi’s slums. As we visited with this church family and their pastor, one of Jack’s seminary students at Kenya Baptist Theological College, we were once again thankful for Believers who are committed to sharing God’s love and salvation in difficult places.
Which leads me to my true motivation for sharing these events with you – you are also a part of God’s past and present work in Kenya. You have been and are a part as you pray, send personnel, and provide financial support through the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Offering.
We thank you for allowing us to have a ring-side seat for viewing how our Saviour’s multiplication plan of going, discipleship, baptising and teaching is getting us closer and closer to the day when the eternal gospel is proclaimed “to every nation, tribe, language and people” (Rev. 14:9). Yes, I know this sound a little ‘missionary’, but it is exciting, SO EXCITING to watch God’s children not only claim His love and salvation, but to share it with others!
We thank you for allowing us to have a ring-side seat for viewing how our Saviour’s multiplication plan of going, discipleship, baptising and teaching is getting us closer and closer to the day when the eternal gospel is proclaimed “to every nation, tribe, language and people” (Rev. 14:9). Yes, I know this sound a little ‘missionary’, but it is exciting, SO EXCITING to watch God’s children not only claim His love and salvation, but to share it with others!
Please pray for us as we encounter new events this next week. Jack needs your prayers as he seeks to encourage and strengthen Kenyan pastors and church leaders as he prepares for teaching next month at our seminary. Please join me in praying for wisdom and insight as I find a new balance in my work as my focus switches from East Africa to Sub-Saharan Africa, BERT
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Please take time to view BEING His Heart, His Hands, His Voice in Mathare Valley - which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151431015930130.585938.685050129&type=1&l=21b4786662
This week’s Nudges from East Africa are found at http://easternafrica2012prayernudges.blogspot.com/.
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