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On the way home!

David Stembridge — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:06:29 +0000

well, we are at the airport in London, awaiting our flight out. It has been a great week, we have been in a very remote area. We had a few bags that got lost on the flight out. One of them was a tripod case; which held out tripod & monopod, and our microphone… we had everything needed to shoot video though. We had some wonderful trips into the area surrounding the new church hub at Choimim. We evangelized in the area close to Eldoret the last 2 days, and found that it was much more difficult there; but God did amazing things despite that.We’ll have more stories; but here’s a brief story. I met a young man named Alfayo last week one evening. He had heard that we were staying in |Choimim, and wanted to meet us. He and a friend came down on a bike, and I met him after we had gotten in, and everyone was winding down. Turns out he was a university student studying Environmental Sciences in Kisumu. I had read an article on Kenya’s new tarrif on plastic bag sales, and was able to talk about that…�He was extremely well versed in conservation, and after talking for a while we talked about his spiritual walk. He went to a AIC (African Inland�Church) regular; but had several questions that had kept him from commiting his life to Christ. We discussed these things, and after talking more, he decided he wanted to become a Christian. We prayed right in front of the new church, and it was really a great experience!Pray for Alfayo, that he will talk to his pastor, and let him know about his decision; and that God will give him a hunger for�His word, and that he will be discipled.�Praise be to God!!!

A new kind of Kenyan

David Stembridge — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:23:46 +0000

Last night I met a young man maned Alfayo. He was a student from a University in Kisumu, who was teaching math at a local secondary school in Choimim. He spoke incredible good English, and had fabulous ideas concerning recycling and other environmental issues. I would consider Alfayo to be ore of the kind of person now coming out of the universities in Kenya. Extremely bright; and passionate about doing something positive for his country. He was studying Environmental Studies in University, and was very interested in the newly passed legislation in Kenya regarding plastic bags. I had found an article by John Oyuke with the Kenyan Standard before our trip about the bags.

“The price of plastic bags is set to go up by 660 per cent by January next year due to the introduction of a new standard. The announcement comes after the Government moved to introduce a 120 per cent excise duty in this year�s budget to curb the use of the bags, which are harmful to the environment.”

Alfayo got very excited when I told him I had seen the article about plastic bags, and quickly whipped out a small notebook and turned to a page where he had briefly listed “his plan”

Recycle
Reduce
Reuse

He had a lot to say about the subject, and I could tell this was something he was quite passionate about. We spent about 30 minutes talking about Conservation in Kenya, and I then shifted gears a little… I asked him about his faith, and if he attended a church anywhere, and he told me h attended an AIC (African Inland Church) up the nearby hill.

He opened up more and told me that he had some questions about denominations, and Baptism. His church taught that he had to take a 6 week course before he could make a profession of faith and be baptized. I quickly shared with him the truth of the Gospel, and he really listened, not joking as much; but asking more questions. He wanted to wait and be baptized back at school at his local student union; but I told him that it was more important to make a decision that would affect his eternal life. He agreed, and we prayed right there in front of the CBC Church at Choimim. I invited him to come and visit the church with Pastor Aineahs. I encouraged him to make contact with his AIC pastor, and let him know that he had accepted Christ as his Savior, and that he needed to receive discipleship, and training. As he left that night, I was very encouraged by this young man; but realized that I may not see him again, for a while. I pray God is really growing in him, and has sent someone to teach him more of the truth.

Ready and Rarin’ !

David Stembridge — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:52:00 +0000

Praise God, all of our funds have come in for the team, having 3 going for a seeminly short period of time, this is simply comforting, and confirming!

As we start packing, and make final plans, please keep us all in prayer. We will get more details at out last meeting tonight, so keep posted!

Damon is in Kenya right now; but will come back on the 7th, we look forward to talking to him with the latest in Nandi Hills!

Word to da Father!

Lorretta — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:09:16 +0000

This past week, we had a little bit of a scare. 5 of our team members had sent out passport apps, and hadn’t received any word or indication that they were close to being processed. One of the passports were our daughter Chelsea’s. Our church had a mission trip to New Orleans last week, and through a little calculated planning, 3 of the passports were picked up using a letter of permission. Praise God for working this out.

Here’s a note from our pastor, Al Wright:
I do not understand the mystery of how God works through the prayers of His people. I just know that He does. We just received word that the passports that were not here will be fedexed today so that we will have them tomorrow. This means that the two people on the Kenya Team who were in some jeopardy of not getting to go are now on the bus/plane. Let me tell you just how big this is; when I was at the New Orleans Passport Agency and they did the investigation to find the two missing passports and found where they were the Lady said, “you must get your congressman involved immediately; you will not get them at all if he is not involved and you may still not get them.” Well, what a praise to God that not only will we get them but in time to get them to the Kenyan Embassy in DC in plenty of time to get them back before we leave. What a great God. al