I am overwhelmed as I write this week by all I want to share and my desire for you to see and experience our lives – lives which we are blessed to ‘live’ thanks to the financial, prayer and personnel support we receive which allows us to be in Africa doing what we love doing! THANK YOU!
Planes and helicopters are flying overhead at the moment, taking part in the capital city Jamhuri Day celebration, remembering when Kenya became a republic on December 12, 1964, and beginning the countdown to next years’ 50th anniversary of independence. The noise has led to very animated birds outside my ‘office’ window, which makes it very difficult to stay focused on working and not spotting the birds chirping only inches/feet away. In one ‘short’ session when they won, I spotted eight different kinds of birds in our bird bath!
Next year’s anniversary has special significance as national elections will be on March 4, 2013, the first elections since the disastrous December ’07 elections. Many are fearful of a return of these tragic times, so please join us in praying for peace and wisdom as Kenyan vote for a new president and other officials.
Another thing that will keep us busy today is what missionaries often face – saying ‘goodbye’ to co-workers. Pray especially for comfort for missionary kids as our friends move to new places or return to the States, as a Journeyman will do tomorrow. We and others of our mission family will join her tonight for a meal in one of her favorite places – Diamond Plaza or what some call Little India.
The reverse is also keeping up busy today – we said ‘hello’ last night to our youngest daughter who arrived for a 4 week visit – our Christmas gift to ourselves! Join us in praying for a great visit. Pray also for comfort for our older two kids who would like to be home, but were not free to travel home this year.
Jack’s work focus this week is teaching “Baptist History, Faith and Practices” each afternoon at our seminary, KBTC. Pray for safety as he drives and for clarity as he teaches the students, many who are already serving as pastors.
My time this week has focused on sharing how the Lottie Moon Offering affects our work and the work of our co-workers among Sub-Saharan African Peoples. One part has been especially fun this week as I’ve shared photos and ‘stories’ on a special Facebook page – the
Lottie Digges Moon page.*
Another thing that was an important part of my week was sharing prayer items with a friend of another faith. Join me in praying that she will come to understand that my prayers are not answered because I’m “a better person”, but because of the relationship that I have with our heavenly Father.
This is only a part of what was floating through my mind and my heart as I began writing, but I hope you’ve read enough to know why we value your prayer, financial and personnel support and especially at this time of the year, your support of the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering! BERT
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If you are on Facebook, you can visit the
Lottie Digges Moon page on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/lottie.moon?fref=ts. For more ideas for celebrating Lottie, check out Lottie Moon at Pinterest -
http://pinterest.com/asiastories/lottie-moon/
Daily Nudges from East Africa/Sub-Saharan Africa are found at
http://easternafrica2012prayernudges.blogspot.com/
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