The kids and I at the Kitengela Baptist Church
Our Lone Zebra!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Out to the bush we go!
This Sunday we went out into the bush again to a place called Kitengala. It wasn’t out as far as we went last month. Kitengela Baptist Church was the first church Bro. & Mrs. Novak started here in Kenya. We had a good service with a wonderful time of fellowship afterwards. Mrs. Novak and I also got a time scheduled to start training their Sunday school teachers. Right now they have one girl that teaches but she would like training in how to teach. There are also two other girls that would like to be teachers.
On the way home we saw some thompsons (one of the many types of dear that we have here in Kenya) and a lone zebra. We stopped to take a snap and he got spooked and started running. So with the zebra running it became a race between the zebra and the rover. We managed to get some snaps and to out run him only because he slowed down to look at us. =)
On the way home we saw some thompsons (one of the many types of dear that we have here in Kenya) and a lone zebra. We stopped to take a snap and he got spooked and started running. So with the zebra running it became a race between the zebra and the rover. We managed to get some snaps and to out run him only because he slowed down to look at us. =)
Friday, February 16, 2007
God is right there with you!
"If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." Psalm 139:9-10
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Pictures
Four of our Sunday school boys quoting Psalm 136 in Church!
Driving the “1974 standard Land Rover with no power steering”.
Are you toasting or roasting?
It has been a scorcher of a week. Wither your inside or outside you feel like you are roasting, baking, or whatever you want to call it. =) The Lord gave us another wonderful Sunday service. Each Sunday we have new visitors. The church was finally able to put their sign up on the corner of the main road. That was a very exciting event for them!
I helped out today in the 3-5 year old Sunday school class. There were 19 of them and what a cute group they were. Since they don’t speak English at that age it has been great using the little Swahili I know on them. In Sunday school each month we have a different character quality that we learn about and we pick four Bible lessons to go with each of them. Last month the theme was Generosity and this month is Courage. Something I could use more of. =) I also got to join the church choir today. It will be good practice for my Swahili since they sing mostly in Swahili.
Well some of you know this and others don’t. I start driving lessons tomorrow, Monday. Since I have driven for the last ten years of my life it’s just a refresher course. Basically the course is for the benefit of learning to drive a standard transmission on the opposite side of the road with everything flip flopped in the car. Saturday I drove the Novak’s automatic car around the neighborhood and then switched over to driving the 1974 standard Land Rover with no power steering. =) Well, today I drove part of the way home in the one and same “1974 standard Land Rover with no power steering”. Mind you this time I was not in the neighborhood but out in the typical third world country traffic. Everything went great and I braked for the crazy drivers, the pedestrians, and the bicyclist, without stalling one time. I actually feel ready for my driving course to start tomorrow. =) Have a good night!
Romans 13:11-14 A portion God gave me in my Bible reading time this morning.
I helped out today in the 3-5 year old Sunday school class. There were 19 of them and what a cute group they were. Since they don’t speak English at that age it has been great using the little Swahili I know on them. In Sunday school each month we have a different character quality that we learn about and we pick four Bible lessons to go with each of them. Last month the theme was Generosity and this month is Courage. Something I could use more of. =) I also got to join the church choir today. It will be good practice for my Swahili since they sing mostly in Swahili.
Well some of you know this and others don’t. I start driving lessons tomorrow, Monday. Since I have driven for the last ten years of my life it’s just a refresher course. Basically the course is for the benefit of learning to drive a standard transmission on the opposite side of the road with everything flip flopped in the car. Saturday I drove the Novak’s automatic car around the neighborhood and then switched over to driving the 1974 standard Land Rover with no power steering. =) Well, today I drove part of the way home in the one and same “1974 standard Land Rover with no power steering”. Mind you this time I was not in the neighborhood but out in the typical third world country traffic. Everything went great and I braked for the crazy drivers, the pedestrians, and the bicyclist, without stalling one time. I actually feel ready for my driving course to start tomorrow. =) Have a good night!
Romans 13:11-14 A portion God gave me in my Bible reading time this morning.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
A verse God gave me for this time in my life
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength." Isaiah 26:3-4
The shipping container has cleared customs, but customs will not release it till they see my entry permit. It has been a month since I applied for my entry permit. Normally it takes up to three months for it to be approved. A few have gotten it in a months time. We are doing all we can to try to get them to process it much quicker. Please pray that my entry permit will be processed quickly and continue to pray for the shipping container as it sits in customs waiting for my entry permit.
The shipping container has cleared customs, but customs will not release it till they see my entry permit. It has been a month since I applied for my entry permit. Normally it takes up to three months for it to be approved. A few have gotten it in a months time. We are doing all we can to try to get them to process it much quicker. Please pray that my entry permit will be processed quickly and continue to pray for the shipping container as it sits in customs waiting for my entry permit.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
The Latest in Style! ;)
Here are some photos I took a couple of weeks ago of the lastest in Sunday school buildings. It was built using a shipping container. It has provided several new classrooms so that we may split the Sunday school children up into groups, Youth, Juniors, Primaries, and Preschool.
Sunday News
We've been getting a lot of rain these last few weeks which is unusual for this time of year. This morning the sun was out and it was a beautiful day to go to Church and worship the Lord with my bothers and sisters in Christ. Because I was going to be helping in junior church I got to sit in on the adult Sunday school class. The lesson we heard was really good. It was on “Living in a World of Confusion”. Some of the scripture references that were used were James 3:16-18, Philippians 4:9, and 1 Corinthians 14:33. The Lord knew I needed to hear this message. What a blessing and comfort it was to my heart. There was another neat blessing this morning. Four of our junior boys got up in front of Church and quoted a portion of Psalm 136!
Junior church was packed out with kids. The teachers have been taking turns teaching a different color of the wordless book each Sunday. I had the joy, and I do mean joy, of listening to a boy say his entire Bible verse sheet today so that he could get his Swahili Bible. Any child or adult that wants a Swahili Bible receives a verse sheet of five Bible verse in Swahili. They must memorize them and then quote them in front of church or junior church and then they are presented with a Bible. We got to present two Swahili Bibles, one to the boy that quoted his verses today and then to another boy that said his verses last Sunday. We also got to hand out several English Bibles. I've been working on my Swahili verse sheet, but I only have two down and still three more to go. ;)
Junior church was packed out with kids. The teachers have been taking turns teaching a different color of the wordless book each Sunday. I had the joy, and I do mean joy, of listening to a boy say his entire Bible verse sheet today so that he could get his Swahili Bible. Any child or adult that wants a Swahili Bible receives a verse sheet of five Bible verse in Swahili. They must memorize them and then quote them in front of church or junior church and then they are presented with a Bible. We got to present two Swahili Bibles, one to the boy that quoted his verses today and then to another boy that said his verses last Sunday. We also got to hand out several English Bibles. I've been working on my Swahili verse sheet, but I only have two down and still three more to go. ;)
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Monkey
Surprise of all surprises! The monkey showed back up, but in the Novak’s yard. Mrs. Novak went out to get her laundry of the line and “Tracie, come quick”! It was in the tree above her and had scared her really bad. Then of course we had to get our cameras and snap some pictures. =) Mind you, our typical laundry day doesn’t normally include monkeys.
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