Brian and Isa

Today I got to see my little friend again. His name is Brian and he is a street kid. Several weeks ago some missionaries and I were out eating lunch at a friend’s café. That is when we first met Brian and invited him to have lunch with us. It touched my heart as we got to know him and hear his story. Brian’s dad is a thief in another town and his mom is a drug user and a drunk. Today we saw him again as we were leaving from picking up some food to eat. We couldn’t stay, but we took him inside to a table and bought him lunch.

I want to tell you about another young man at school in standard 7. His name is Isa. He always has a smile and is very willing to help. The last few Sundays in Awana he has come to me to say his verses. There are always questions in the Awana books they want you to ask before signing off that the child said the verse. This last Sunday one of the questions was, “Have you ever trusted Christ as your Savior?” I almost did not ask because I didn’t want him to feel pressured and tell me what he thought I might want to hear. Children will often do that. Instead I felt that the Lord wanted me to ask and so I did. He put his head down and said to me, “No, I have not.” We talked for awhile and I encouraged him to really think about the verses he was learning.

Please pray with me that I might see Brian and Isa come to know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior!

God's Protecting Hand

I had been down in Nairobi with another missionary couple picking up a visitor. Yesterday we picked her up and were on our way home to Nanyuki. About half way there we were involved in a car accident. Since I was with another missionary couple I had let the other missionary drive my car. Here in Kenya the turn signal is not used for just when you want to turn. It has several meanings. Two of those meanings are: 1)for turning and 2)for telling the people behind you it is clear to pass.

The vehicle two cars up put on their turn signal. The missionary driving watched the vehicle in front of us pass them and so he also prepared to pass. As we did the vehicle decided to turn in front of us. There was no way we were going to get stopped in time. Daniel swerved in the opposite direction so we would not hit them full on. My front right corner bashed into their back left corner. I am still surprised neither one of us spun from the impact. I thank the Lord no one was injured!

We decided the best route to take was to call the police. Over an hour later they finally showed up. There is no hurry in Kenya! We had been praying that we would have nice police that would not focus on our skin color. The Lord answered that prayer! They looked at the tire marks on the road, listened to our story, the other driver’s story. The stories matched which was another miracle. That doesn’t usually happen. Both vehicles were damaged, but were still able to be driven. The police escorted us back down the road to the police station.

On the way we made a stop. The police told us they needed to quickly look at another accident that had happened. It wasn’t long before they were headed back to their car with a grocery bag in their hands. Then their police car would not start so Daniel had to get out and help push start them. We finally got to the police station and got our paper reports written for the insurance companies. No one was given a ticket and they did not detain either vehicle. Another miracle of the Lord! By the time we were on the road again it was very dark. Driving in the dark is not an easy job here in Kenya, but we finally reached home at 9:30. God answered many prayers that night. Thank you for praying! Please continue to pray because this matter is not over.

The Family is Growing

Wednesday night our national pastor spoke to the boarders at the school and two girls trust Christ as their Savior! He felt others might be ready as well so he asked me to speak in chapel and make a clear gospel presentation. As I was preparing I began praying that the Lord would work in the hearts of the children and that they would be open to His Word. The Lord answered those prayers! We had 25 kids respond to the invitation. 5 came for assurance and 20 came for salvation! Praise the Lord!!!!

The Lord has been opening up new doors of ministry. He seems to always bring along things that will pull me out of my comfort zone and make it a time of stretching for me. I learned to play the piano so that I might use it on the mission field and that is exactly what I am doing now. I am playing the piano in our town church as well as playing for our new youth choir that we have started. Along with all of that some of the students at the school have shown an interest in learning to play the piano. We need more godly musicians to serve in the church and I am thankful for the privilege of having a part in meeting that need.