All well- Planted more trees yesterday after heavy rain. Team learned that Kenyan mud is very sticky and heavy. Children had farewell celebration teaching us to dance Kenyan style. Some of us lack rhythm. Worshiped this AM with them and now back in Nairobi.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Thanksgiving + after updates from Kenya team
a pair of short text messages from Kenya team:
Thanksgiving Day 26 Nov
All well. Starting our Thanksgiving Day and all a truly thankful and happy to have the chance to be giving today.
Saturday 28 Nov
All is well in Joska. Planted fruit trees yesterday [Friday 27 Nov] at nearby home.
Visited sponsor children. Miss family and friends. Blessings, Kenya Team
Visited sponsor children. Miss family and friends. Blessings, Kenya Team
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Mon 23 Nov update
All is well with Kenya Team.
We spent the day working with CHE's (Community Health Evangelists) doing home visits focused on building awareness and knowledge of "healthy homes".
We discussed and reviewed with residents general sanitation, toilet practices, water purification, food preparation and ventilation.
The CHE's have a huge job to do but the SPIRIT clearly moves them. The day left us with heavy impressions and deep reflections. We are glad to be here working for HIS Kingdom.
For HIS Glory,
Kenya Team
We spent the day working with CHE's (Community Health Evangelists) doing home visits focused on building awareness and knowledge of "healthy homes".
We discussed and reviewed with residents general sanitation, toilet practices, water purification, food preparation and ventilation.
The CHE's have a huge job to do but the SPIRIT clearly moves them. The day left us with heavy impressions and deep reflections. We are glad to be here working for HIS Kingdom.
For HIS Glory,
Kenya Team
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sunday 22 Nov Kenya STM update
All is well with the team. A few details for forwarding to family and friends:
Saturday evening we participated in a CHE leadership dinner. It offered good opportunity to hear directly about CHE methodologies in practice.
Today we had opportunity to worship and were very warmly greeted. We were all taken with the intensity of the service and the friendliness.
We enjoyed lunch with Mary and Wallace. Mary shared a SPIRIT filled story of the developments in their ministry in Mathare over the past 10 years. Today they operate 10 schools with 3400 students not to mention CHE outreach activities.
We walked through Mathare Village 1 to get a first hand impression. We will save descriptions for another time.
Tomorrow we get involved in the direct CHE activities.
All for HIS glory - Kenya STM Team
Saturday evening we participated in a CHE leadership dinner. It offered good opportunity to hear directly about CHE methodologies in practice.
Today we had opportunity to worship and were very warmly greeted. We were all taken with the intensity of the service and the friendliness.
We enjoyed lunch with Mary and Wallace. Mary shared a SPIRIT filled story of the developments in their ministry in Mathare over the past 10 years. Today they operate 10 schools with 3400 students not to mention CHE outreach activities.
We walked through Mathare Village 1 to get a first hand impression. We will save descriptions for another time.
Tomorrow we get involved in the direct CHE activities.
All for HIS glory - Kenya STM Team
Friday, November 20, 2009
MCC Kenya 12 day prayer guide
Rick Conniff, Kenya STM veteran and leader of the upcoming Apr-May 2010 Kenya team, sends along this 12 day prayer guide for the Nov 09 team:
Kenya Prayer Focus
Our goal… to be the very image of Christ in all we do.
Our goal… to be the very image of Christ in all we do.
Day 1
The leaders of
God would move on the hearts of those that were solicited for financial support.
Day 2
Give the leadership team wisdom & discernment leading up to their departure and while in country.
Day 3
Communication would not be a barrier and that they would effectively communicate God’s word to the Kenyans.
Day 4
Prepare them each day – set themselves apart for Him thru prayer/worship/ fasting; that God would use this experience to mould them and refine those areas in their lives that need changing
Day 5
Smooth travel & physical protection enroute, while there & returning home.
Spiritual protection; that God would clothe them with His armor and bind Satan’s attempt to disrupt them.
Day 6
The team would quickly acclimate to the time change so they can be more effective and that God would prepare the hearts & minds of those they will encounter to be receptive to hear God speaking thru them.
Day 7
God would make His will known to each of them each & every day they are in
Day 8
God’s anointing on each of them – to be Jesus to everyone they come in contact with and to use their gifts & talents; that they would be God’s servants to these people.
Day 9
Unity of purpose & unity of execution (teamwork); that each of them would be flexible and seek God’s wisdom in dealing with unforeseen events.
Day 10
They would leave the Kenyans with a hunger & passion for Christ. That those teams following them would pick up where they left off in helping to spiritually feed the Kenyans
Day 11
To be the very image of Christ in all they do.
Day 12
God would protect their families while they are away.
MCC Kenya team arrives in Africa safely
MCC's Nov 09 Kenya team of Dave Flumbaum, Annie Schiavetta, Curt Kusel, Bob Taylor, Christina Gosnell, and Jim Boyle, arrived safely in Africa this afternoon (our time) - late Friday PM over there.
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