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Valerie and I want to thank all of you who prayed for us as we visited the home of Sikh family yesterday. As often happens, things did not go the way we expected, but the Lord worked in a powerful way. None of the girls got baptized, at least not […]
Great News Today we met with the 15 leaders of our AIDS Network Group. Valerie and I are so proud of the work that these wonderful people are doing on behalf of individuals and families infected or affected by AIDS. When we began working with them 10 years ago, they […]
THE CHURCH IN KIBERA SLUMS It was here in Kenya that I first heard the term, “Selfish Service”. I was in a “self serve” line at a large Christian conference, when Osborn said; “We don’t have ‘self service’ here, we have ‘selfish service’. If there are 3 pieces of chicken […]
Remember when I said that “Divine appointments seem to be looking for us?” Ever since we decided to give up a day of rest to minister to the YWAM base in Mombasa, we have been “under the spout where the Glory comes out”. After we arrived in Kisumu on the […]
For 30 years now I have wondered about the sect in Kenya that call themselves “The Aga Khan”. They have many wonderful hospitals and schools here in Kenya. I had always assumed that they were some sort of off-shoot of Hinduism. But today at breakfast I sat down with a […]
I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT! On the first day of our stay in the Whitesands Hotel in Mombasa, Valerie saw a woman, about her age and said to her “I love your outfit!” The woman said, “You know I was about to say the same thing to you”. You just never […]
We left our hotel early this morning to make the 2 1/2 trek to visit Kathy Pryor and our friends at the YWAM base in Likoni. Even though it was 7:30am it was hot and muggy and the roads were a mess. On the journey to Likoni we pass through […]
We spent the day yesterday with our dear friends and colleges Harun and Doreen Kamau. At long last, a dream has come true for them. Last year a dear friend gave Doreen the money to buy a sewing machine. She is an excellent seamstress, but buying a sewing machine was […]
ALL THY TEDIOUSNESS BESTOWED ON ME Today we needed all the prayers of the saints to weave our way through the day. It all began yesterday when we went with Kathy Pryor to the Ministry of Lands to try to secure a new lease on the YWAM compound in Mombasa. […]
WE ARE IN A REAL JAM HERE The city of Nairobi is one of the most congested cities in the world. There are 8 million here in the day and only 3 million at night. That means each morning and each night 5 million people are trying to get in […]