Ended our last full day stuck in Nairobi traffic for 5+ hours, proceeded by petting baby elephants, feeding a wonderfull momma giraffe, shopping at a Nairobi local market and getting drenched to the core in an afternoon downpour, it was WONDERFULL! A great last day filled with wonderfull memories and adventures. Today we are packing and thanking God for a blessed time in East Africa and all the children he has reached. Greatfull beyond measure for all the prayers and support from friends and family. Merry Christmas eve, cant' wait to get home to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderfull 2010. SEE YOU ALL SOON!!! Isiah 40:31
P.s.
Rod, and josh say "HEY!"
Love,
all of us
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Days 2 and 3
We have been busy buys busy!! We are doing clubs and they are going excelent. We have reached 793 kids total and 458 have been saved. God is good!! We are going on day 4 and need prayer that we will be able to keep the energy up, even with the anticipation of the end coming. We are all very tired but still excited about doing God's work. Please pray for us and our teens as we approach the end of our CYIA. Our teens need prayer especially, they do things a little different here and once they go home there is a good chance that they will be teaching the clubs by thereselves. So they need prayer that God will help provide them with a team of at least 2, and that if they have to teach by themselves that they will be able to be just as effective as a team of 3. We miss you all so much and can't wait to come home and see you. Also a special prayer request for Tim Heaton, as he is getting ready to go into major surgery today. Please keep him in your prayers, he is an assistant director in Eugene. It's all about God and it's all about the children, Matthew 18:14
Love,
Kendra, Nancy, Rod, Betty, and Josh
Love,
Kendra, Nancy, Rod, Betty, and Josh
Monday, December 14, 2009
Day 1
We had day one of 5-day clubs and open air today. We reached a total of 356 children and 208 decisions. What an amzing God we have!!! The clubs went great and Rod had an awesome time at open air, even through all the rain and the muck God reaches those who need him most. Pictures are coming tomorrow!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Hey all,
Sorry it's taken us so long to write. We are in Tanzania now and haven't had internet access.
Well the end of our time in Kenya was truly amazing. The celebration was so beautiful and it went EXCELLENT! There were students from 1999 when Rod and Betty came originnaly, they gave testimonies and it was s great to hear how CYIA had effected their lives. Mr. Kavuli gave a wonderfull talk on the dreams of CEF Kenya and where he wanted to see it grow. Rod gave the message and you could see that what he said was truly speaking to everyone in the crowd. The end of the celebration was by far the most entertaining. Betty got to cut the cake and then feed it to Rod, about a handfull of other people. It was so fun!! Then there was cake and lots and lots of yummy food. hahaha Yes in Africa, we eat our dessert first! SO GOOD! Sunday was our last day with the CYIA. Kendra and Josh helped lead worship and Rod spoke of being a light unto the world. It was such a great message. You could see the students soaking in everything he said with their eyes. Rod, Betty and Nancy left after church with Marth and Kathy to go to a huge Christmas bazzare, Josh and I stayed behind and went on the trial run to the clubs with two of the teams. At around 6 a cab came for Josh and I and we had to say our farewells. We stayed at Kathy and Martha's that night and left the next morning (monday) for Tanzania. Our trip to Tanzania was AWESOME! We rode on a bus with all of our luggage on the top. It was like we were on a rollercoaster! Bumpin and bouncin all over the place, we had so much fun. Once we crossed the boarder it looked like we were in the setting of the Lion King. It was so beautiful, it took your breath away. We saw Zebras on the side of the road just walkin around and there were lots of Masai with their cattle and their huts. It was amazing. Now it is Thursday and the teens are on day 2 of classes. There are 40 students total and 20 staff. And so far so good. The studenst are understanding our english very well which is a bonus! On Saturday they will be put into their teams and Sunday they will go for a trial run, so monday they can start teaching 5-day clubs! We are missing you all so much but are enjoying our time in Africa. Truly where we are it's like the garden of Eden, so beautiful, and we can see Mt. Killimanjaro from the sidewalk, have i mentioned it's beautiful?
Keep us in your prayers.
Missing and Loving you all
Betty, Rod, Nancy, Kendra and Josh
Sorry it's taken us so long to write. We are in Tanzania now and haven't had internet access.
Well the end of our time in Kenya was truly amazing. The celebration was so beautiful and it went EXCELLENT! There were students from 1999 when Rod and Betty came originnaly, they gave testimonies and it was s great to hear how CYIA had effected their lives. Mr. Kavuli gave a wonderfull talk on the dreams of CEF Kenya and where he wanted to see it grow. Rod gave the message and you could see that what he said was truly speaking to everyone in the crowd. The end of the celebration was by far the most entertaining. Betty got to cut the cake and then feed it to Rod, about a handfull of other people. It was so fun!! Then there was cake and lots and lots of yummy food. hahaha Yes in Africa, we eat our dessert first! SO GOOD! Sunday was our last day with the CYIA. Kendra and Josh helped lead worship and Rod spoke of being a light unto the world. It was such a great message. You could see the students soaking in everything he said with their eyes. Rod, Betty and Nancy left after church with Marth and Kathy to go to a huge Christmas bazzare, Josh and I stayed behind and went on the trial run to the clubs with two of the teams. At around 6 a cab came for Josh and I and we had to say our farewells. We stayed at Kathy and Martha's that night and left the next morning (monday) for Tanzania. Our trip to Tanzania was AWESOME! We rode on a bus with all of our luggage on the top. It was like we were on a rollercoaster! Bumpin and bouncin all over the place, we had so much fun. Once we crossed the boarder it looked like we were in the setting of the Lion King. It was so beautiful, it took your breath away. We saw Zebras on the side of the road just walkin around and there were lots of Masai with their cattle and their huts. It was amazing. Now it is Thursday and the teens are on day 2 of classes. There are 40 students total and 20 staff. And so far so good. The studenst are understanding our english very well which is a bonus! On Saturday they will be put into their teams and Sunday they will go for a trial run, so monday they can start teaching 5-day clubs! We are missing you all so much but are enjoying our time in Africa. Truly where we are it's like the garden of Eden, so beautiful, and we can see Mt. Killimanjaro from the sidewalk, have i mentioned it's beautiful?
Keep us in your prayers.
Missing and Loving you all
Betty, Rod, Nancy, Kendra and Josh
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