Kazi Nyingi! (Much Work)

There's not much different here at the minute, but I thought I would just post a note to say hi, and keep praying! I've moved into Margaret's house while she's moved down to Kitale to Noreen's house, so the last week has been busy with all the "flitting", as they say somewhere in Ulster! Kathy is back safely and is working on getting into her routine again. She has taken over all the music lessons again (which is a relief both to me AND to the students, I dare say!), and she's also going to be taking computer classes at the school. She's asked me to continue helping with the school choir so we'll be working together on that. I'm very happy with this arrangement, because I didn't really know what I was doing (having had NO experience of leading a choir) but I was really enjoying it! Maybe in this case ignorance was bliss, and I enjoyed it BECAUSE I didn't know what I was doing. But whatever the reason, I'm glad I can still help.

I was speaking to a lady after church yesterday who was concerned about her soul -- please pray that the Lord will truly give her understanding about the way of salvation.

Luke and Tim are settling in well -- here's a photo of the two of them; it may help some of you to put faces to the names.

Prayer Request

I wanted to ask you all to pray for a young man in one of my CRE classes. He's 16 years old (in Kenyan Form 2), and I noticed him right from the start of the term because of his willingness to answer questions, ability to think things through -- and his obvious knowledge of the Scriptures when he does answer. Some of the kids are quite shy about answering, and some don't seem to have much Bible knowledge, but this boy stood out to me. I was actually thinking that maybe he was a pastor's kid or that at least he had grown up in a sound Christian family!
I got a chance to talk to him a couple of days ago and was really surprised when he told me that he had been raised as a Muslim until he was 10 yrs old. His father is Muslim, and his mother Christian (nominally at least); his parents divorced when he was 10 and his mother has taken him to a Pentecostal church since that. When I asked him how he knew so much about the Bible, he said he's read it several times. I then asked him if he knew that there was a difference between converting to Christianity nominally and converting in your heart. He said, yes, he knows the difference but he hasn't "done it yet". He said hopefully he will be saved soon. I talked to him a little more before some other kids came in. Please pray for him! Pray that I'll get another opportunity to talk to him soon, and that most of all, the Word of God that he has obviously been reading will pierce his heart and draw him to Christ.

Changeovers in Kenya

Hi all,

Please continue to keep the work here in prayer. These few weeks have been ones of movement and transition for the missionaries. Dave DiCanio returned from Liberia in the middle of January, Noreen McAfee is flying out from Nairobi today on her way home for furlough, and Kathy Walker will be returning next week from her furlough. So I will be handing back the music lessons and some other responsibilities to Kathy while I continue to teach Christian Religious Education in the Academy, take devotions with the secondary students, etc. I'm not sure what other changes will take place in my "job description" :-) but just please pray that I'll have wisdom and help from God in whatever I'm asked to do.

Margaret will be assuming a lot of the responsibility for the running and administration at the Academy while Noreen's away. Please remember her as she has this added burden.

Two young men from Lisburn congregation have joined us as well -- Luke Campbell and Timothy Patterson. They are taking a year out from university and are going to be helping at the Academy for a few months. Pray that they'll get acclimatised soon and that their time here will be a blessing to them and the young people they're working with.

Mom and Dad enjoyed their trip and are now safely home again! It was so good to have them here. Below is a photo of them with all the missionaries who are here at the moment -- the only one missing is Kathy.