Even after almost 35 years living near the equator, I still find it hard to believe how cool (low 60’s today) the higher altitudes can be during our ‘barely south’ of the equator winters. We are thankful that the sun did appear last week at our ‘mission’ meeting at Brackenhurst (7,500 feet), but since returning to Nairobi (5,670 feet) the sun has appeared only in the afternoons, which it is not doing this afternoon – thus the reason I just stopped to add more layers of clothing!
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| A special way that volunteers serve was shared in last Monday's Nudge to Action for SSAP - providing VBS and loving on missionary kids during our mission meetings. |
It was a great meeting, with the highlight for me being spending Saturday with a group of our newest workers. Please pray for this excited group of men and women who have lots of hard work ahead as they learn one or more languages and how to live in very difficult places - requirements for carrying out the research needed to locate the Peoples who have not had an opportunity hear the Gospel and to find what it will take to help these people gain an understanding of the glory of our Lord (Habakkuk 2:14).
Your prayers that the time would “be a week of rest, strengthening, encouragement and revival for co-workers and a week of great fellowship for the adults and the kids” were answered! One special joy of the week was viewing the kids playing with chameleons and watching the adults enjoy their enjoyment!
Thank you also for praying for the safe arrival of Cary First Baptist Church volunteer team. They arrived on Saturday night with ALL their luggage, which included lots of soccer balls to distribute in the schools and communities where they are working. We were not able to travel with the team, but you can view a bit of what they experienced at First Baptist Cary Volunteer Team - 1st morning in Kenya.
Please continue praying for the team of ten as they minister in western Kenya by building homes and sharing the Gospel in villages in the mornings, followed by sharing the TRUE LOVE WAITS message in local schools and orphanages in the afternoons. We will visit with them again on Saturday afternoon before they head back to the airport. Based on reports of last week’s trip, I know they would ask you to pray that they would not have to sprint through an airport on this return flight order to make a flight! Thankfully, our daughter, Jessie, who will begin her first REAL teaching job in mid-August, will be staying with us for a week after the team leaves.
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| There were lots of special guests at last week's meeting.... |
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| ... sometimes in unexpected places. |
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| To make room for all those soccer balls, Jack and I did a bit of grocery shopping on Saturday evening for things the team couldn't fit it - lunch fixings, mosquito spray and toilet paper! |
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| Have not a clue what Jack was saying to the group or what Jessie and the two youngest members of the team (standing to her right) where thinking! |
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| The surprise view of the week spotted in along Nairobi roads. You have to have lived in Kenya to understand how truly unexpected viewing this was. One more example of how things in Africa are changing! |
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| Pray also for Bert as she prepares the daily SSAP Nudges to Prayer, especially during Ramadan - this photo was spotted in a local mall. |
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Daily nudges to prayer for Sub-Saharan African Peoples are found at Sub-Saharan African Peoples (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sub-Saharan-African-Peoples/100173880060607?ref=hl) and at SSAP Nudges to Action – Praying, Serving and Giving.First Baptist Cary Volunteer Team - 1st morning in Kenya – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152037181315130.1073741826.685050129&type=1&l=d7e26070f5. (Can be viewed by non-Facebook members.)
Extra photos from the week at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152045439615130.1073741828.685050129&type=1&l=f3d3647580.
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