Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Timothy House



It has been the prayer of our missionary partner, Steve, for many years to have a home to minister to local Barabaig young men. It is very common to travel far from your home and family to attend secondary school. This leads to much mischief and pregnancy. After many months of struggling with legalities, the Lord opened the door to buy land directly across from the TRUTH Center. This land will be the future home of the Timothy House. We will use this home as a dormitory for young Barabaig men as they attend school. Our vision goes much further than just to put a roof over their head, but to provide a solid Christian atmosphere and teaching from God's Word. We pray that the Lord will touch many lives and the HE will develop strong Christian leaders.
In this picture, Truth Baptist Church, is praying over the land of the future Timothy House, asking the Lord's blessing for many years to come!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood


God has blessed us with a beautiful place to minister. We a have an picture of God's handiwork right in our backyard, Mt. Hanang. Mt. Hanang is a very important part of the Barabaig culture. It is where they bury and worship their dead ancestors. It is our prayer that God will soften their hearts to hear about the only TRUE God to be worshiped!
(You can see three farms in a row in the middle of the picture. Our home is directly to the right of them)

Teaching Others to Minister




We encouraged the people of our church to minister to the people at the hospital while the medical mission team was here. It is not only the job of the missionary and mission teams to minister the the sick, but it is means so much more when their own people help them, expecting nothing in return. While the team hung up mosquito nets, the church members prayed with each patient, gave them fruit and most importantly, the Gospel. Two ladies trusted Christ as their Savior that day!

Kweli Learning Center is growing!




The TRUTH Learning Center now has up to 2nd grade and 66 students. We praise the Lord for providing all the money to build three new classrooms. We will now have enough classrooms for up to grade 4. Here are a few pictures of the new building and a few of the students.

Friday, February 5, 2010

A dream come true!



The longer we live in a third world country, the more we become grateful for the things God has given us and for the great country we live in! One day, as Mama Sadikieli was helping me with some housework. She noticed some old magazines sitting by the couch. She was very curious about all the things that she saw for the very first time. Each time she came to the house she always asked to look at some pictures. When the time came to replace the magazines with some newer editions, I thought of Mama Sadikieli. I asked her if she wanted to take them home with her. Her eyes lit up immediately as she said, "It was always a dream of mine to be able to hang up magazine pages on my wall. But I could never afford it. Now I can!" Here in Katesh, most houses our made of mud bricks with no plaster or dry wall to cover them. So, to make it a little more "homey" the people cover the bad spots with old newspapers and magazines. Now she can make her little one room house and "home." The things we take for granted..........