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IN THE VILLAGE OF MUSUNGU First of all, I want to thank all those who sent money to help us buy reading glasses and to continue to do circumcisions for boys. We raised almost $800 just last night. Today we set up our camp in the village of Musungu. We […]
AUGUST 13 – DON’T FORGET VALERIE JEAN VICKNAIR’S BIRTHDAY First of all I want to wish my lovely wife a very happy birthday. I want the world to know that it is her birthday. I miss her here very much. Somehow we get the job done without her, but believe […]
EAGER TO BE CIRCUMCISED The big event of the day was circumcision. For some mysterious reason we found that many young boys around here were eager to be circumcised. There must have been a campaign were somebody explained in importance of being circumcised because the boys really wanted to go […]
It is 5:30 in the morning and the Lord is speaking to me today about taking things to another level today spiritually. We are going to set up prayer stations around the compound and pray for people. I am believing God for many healings today. It’s one thing for people […]
DOING IT FOR JESUS As we opened our medical camp this morning in the village of Ibinzo I drew everyone’s attention to the words that we have on the back of all of our medical uniforms. It simply says “Doing it for Jesus”. There is no mistaking that these medical […]
One of the reasons I love the Kakamega Church so much is their emphasis on Character. For the past several months they have been doing a series on Character in their Sunday School class. The church has a large number of men and women who can teach very well. As […]
ANOTHER GREAT CAMP AT THE WIDOW’S CENTER Our second day of medical camp at the Widow’s Center went very well. During this last year we’ve made some significant improvements in the facility as we continue to raise money. At least there is water and electricity in the building. The first […]
Yesterday afternoon at about 4pm we were visited by a rainstorm. There were still several hundred people waiting for medical care so we brought as many as we could inside the building. Many others rode out the storm under the eves of the building. Several inches of rain fell in […]
DAILY EMAIL FROM KENYA – FRIDAY August 8TH Day Two – Majengo Widows Center I arrived last night a bit late because of some security problems at the Paris Airport. Then when I arrived at the Nairobi Airport they didn’t have a bus to transport us from the plane to […]
AUGUST 6 – DAY ONE “Bonjour” from the PARIS AIRPORT “SURROUNDED BY SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES” People ask me if I am excited about going to Africa. Truth be told, I am never excited about the grueling trip or by the anticipation of the grueling schedule that awaits […]