Saturday & Sunday we had meetings with Deliverance Church Kitengela, on the outskirts of Nairobi. On previous trips I had met the senior pastor and another pastor and they were very excited about learning more about CR. Two weeks ago, Pastor Peter attended our 4-day seminar in Nairobi to learn how to start CR in their church. They are so eager to get going that they asked me to help introduce CR to their church and begin training some key leaders and church members.
We had great meetings and they have an awesome CR leadership team made up of 4 men and 4 women. A Kenyan friend from another CR came over to assist them as they begin. He also shared his own CR testimony. It was so powerful. I met so many wonderful people with a heart for serving the Lord.
Today I flew from Nairobi to Burundi then on to Kigali, Rwanda. It’s cooler here and everything is so green. It has been very dry in Kenya but in Rwanda the rains have come already. I have a slower paced schedule this afternoon to relax a bit and connect with some friends then my friend and translator Pastor Jean Baptiste arrives this evening.
Tomorrow we start the day early as we drive about 1 hour to Gitarama for our first CR seminar. I’m excited to see what they have done with CR since our last visit. In the afternoon we drive on to Kibuye on the Rwanda-Congo border to have another CR seminar on Wednesday to encourage their CR ministries. We drive back to Kigali on Wednesday evening.
Please pray for God’s wisdom and guidance for the 2 seminars. We don’t have a training plan, just go and see what they need and help them based on where they are. Pray for greater understanding of their culture to better help them with CR. Pray for travel mercies as we drive through the rolling hills across the country. Pray for renewed energy and good rest for us.
Jana, I have just logged on for the first time this evening and read thru the blog entries! It is so encouraging to see and read about how Our magnificent God has provided for you on this journey! He has really been busy putting you in the exact places that He needed you to be and has arranged for every detail to be put in it's proper place for such a time as this!
ReplyDeleteWe are all very proud of your work and all you continue to accomplish and how welcoming the people of Kenya and Rwanda have been on this mission trip. Know that even though I have not been able to post, we have been praying for you daily.
God bless you as you wrap up your trip - keep the armor on and continue to be the "muppet" for the Holy Spirit!
Looking forward to seeing you and seeing you pictures and hearing about your journey when you return.
You brother in Christ