Victory Service

Thursday @ 1:00pm began our Victory Celebration at the large Deliverance Church in Nyahururu where all three teams and believers from each village (Maina, Kasuku, Madaraka) met for church commissioning. Each of the three new churches were also given and are now equipped with over 25 evangecubes, several hope cubes (HIV/AIDS education), over 25 Bibles, discipleship lessons/materials, and children ministry materials.

Video: Unexpectedly, I had to go up front with our Maina team and improvise a bit before handing off all the informational tracts of people with whom we shared the gospel and discipled during the week.

Daily Schedule

The following schedule gives you an idea of our daily routine:

7:00am Breakfast
7:45am Team devotion time
8:30am-1:00pm Depart with individual teams to new church areas
Street/door-to-door evangelism using evangecube, record name/address info. for follow-up visits
1:00pm Lunch and fellowship at new church site
2:00pm-4:00pm Street/door-to-door evangelism and follow-up visits
4:00pm Discipleship meeting for adults and children ministry. Developing disciples and modeling church with the future church pastor/family
5:00pm Return to Thomson Falls hotel
6:30pm Team leader meeting
7:00pm Dinner
8:00pm Debrief/sharing of stories from the day/prayer

We followed this schedule from Monday to Thursday (~noon).

Picture: Lunch time and sharing stories with Mary, Pastor Simon, Pastor Peter, David, and Jessie

The Mission...

The organization and leadership of e3 Partners Ministries, namely Rev. Joe Michael Kamau, his wife Eunice, Brad and Cherie Catron lead this mission in scheduling, training, and encouraging me and the others (North Americans and Kenyans). Their commitment to the great commission and their compassion for those around them are attributes I really admire. I appreciate all they do and have done for me. A couple weeks before I left, Brad called and asked if I'd be a team leader... even though I had no idea what that entailed exactly, I said, "Absolutely, I'd love to!" This was my first mission trip, and I must admit, I had a couple moments of doubt. One happened before the trip as I questioned my impact on the mission and whether my brief stay there would have any lasting effect. God responded by working through my fellow "Insiders" (teachers with whom I meet every week before school), and all reminded me that it's not about me or my expectations. Results or "the harvest" is up to God, and all I need to do is be obedient and "plant the seeds."

Picture: Rev. Joe Michael Kamau and Brad Catron - they and their wives came to Life Community Church last year to invite anyone interested in this mission.

Mungu Awabariki

Throughout my recent journey to Kenya, God's presence was like no other I've experienced. Thank you all for your prayers and support, for God did amazing things as He kept us safe and blessed so many with new life and spiritual growth. God's vision and plan is so much greater than I can comprehend, and it was a thrill to play a role in a mission that glorifies Him and praises the one who loves us all. There is a joy that comes from Jesus Christ, and it filled me up when I shared the gospel with those I met.

Picture: My 7 yr. old brother helps me review the gospel with the evangecube at the beginning of our first discipleship meeting.