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Kenya Missions UpdateDecember 1, 2007Greeting in the Name of Jesus! One wonders where the year went, as it seems that it just started! Great news from the Kitchen -- Gooseberry jam. The day after school closed, the three ladies of the house put their heads together with several books and made jam for us. It is the
first time for them to venture into this enterprise. It tastes GREAT and is packed with LOVE! We just completed our second training session for the Nairobi Great Commission School Ext. Program. Courses taught were Old Testament Survey by Stephen Bii and New Testament Survey by David Kibet Kemboi. Our next session will be in February 2008. We are still looking for any assistance that we find to help with running of the school and maybe helping the 8 students in course fees. Immaculate our only female student has had to sell her maize harvest to come to school this session. Each student pays $40 for each course, which is a month’s salary. We were once again over budget for this session by $73 after they paid their fees. (Grace and I are supporting three of the students in the school already). The major costs are paying the teachers, principal, printing text books and food. Our Broiler project is coming to a close. I purchase most of my feed at one store. I went the other day and the lady handed me a small envelop. She said that she overcharged me on a previous purchase and here was my Ksh. 35 ($0.52) back. That is an amazing thing here in Kenya! Praise the Lord for honest people who run honest businesses! Kirsten and Ruth helped us slaughter the other day. An educational event. Kirsten and Ruth with their small hands got the job of pulling out the insides and we did practical biology as we explained what everything is for. Isn’t God so creative in His making of us! 72 more to slaughter yet! I go to the Pajero on Wednesday (14th Nov.) morning and the tire is flat.
I pump it up and decide to take the Suzuki instead for my appointment. On Thursday morning, I look and again it is flat. With these tubeless tires, for it to go flat that fast, it has to be something major. If I get a nail in it or a thorn from the tree, it loses about 2 PSI per day. So, on Friday, I pump it up again and head for the repair place. We take off the tire and look for the hole. Nothing! We dunked it in a tank of water, no air bubbles, or sign of a leak. In the mean time, I am there about one hour, talking to the workers and the Asians who run the shop. So, we put the tire on the car. To date it has held air! I guess the Lord wanted me talk to someone there that morning! He does work in mysterious ways! Update, 25th Nov. flat again, so I pumped it up and drove the car. It has not lost any air since!? Bread Ovens – you have not heard me mention much about them for some time. Shawn Tyler is a missionary in Mbale, Uganda. We made one at the town church there some years ago. That team reaches into Southern Sudan with teachings. Shawn told me that when he goes there to teach, he eats freshly cooked bread each morning. Someone from Mbale made the oven in Sudan. Also, Jeff Cash in Fort Portal, Uganda has a youth camp. They made three of the ovens in a series for cooking for the camp. Praise the Lord for something so simple yet being used so practically to help people! THE LONGEST HAIRCUT IN MY LIFE. I went to get a haircut and had a new
young (John) man cut my hair. He thought I was working for the local John Deere place. He said that he cut the hair of another white man who is working there. When he found out that I was a missionary, he started to ask some ?’s. Several of his friends were listening as we talked. When he was about done, his friend Tom came over with a ? or two. So, he sat on a stool beside me and we talked. My hair was already cut, but John went over it the second and third time. When we finished, John said, “Today we have heard the message, if anyone wants to repent, it should be today!”
I gave John my card and told him to call me if I can be of more help in his walk to Christ. As I paid, he went outside and sat down. I went and talked to him a minute or two. He said he was thinking about what I said. Pray for John, Tom and the others who listened to me at Joy Beauty Saloon. What is going on in America?! In the month of November, the American Dollar has fallen compared to the Kenyan Shilling. It went from Ksh. 66.5 to 61.76, in
November alone. This is a 7.13% drop in our purchasing power. And down from Ksh. 70 from January, which is a 11.77% decrease.! KIRSTEN AND RUTH KORNER They are learning economics at a young age. Each sold their Grade Rooster at a profit. Ruth said the sweetest pray over the rooster as she delivered it to its new home (bought by a friend of ours). They sold 7 of their bunnies, with the realization that it cost them nothing except to feed them every evening. We hoping when the rains come to teach them about long term
investments, such as planting trees that can cost only 25 cents now, but when you cut them down in 10 years you can have $30 or more. The girls also learned about getting commissions for sales. They sold gooseberries to teachers and parents of their fellow students at school. They will be out of school now until the 7th of January. PRAYER REQUESTS 1. Youth Meeting in our area, we are expecting from 400 – 600 youth. 11th – 17th December. 2. National Elections on 27th December.
Peace and lack of violence before, during and after the elections. 3. Electricity to come to Saroiyot Training Centre. The poles are there, and we hear that they are missing one part before they transfer the transformer from the other location. Then we should be able to get the electricity connected for about $525. 4. Support for 2008 5. John, Tom and others at Joy Beauty Saloon who heard the message of Salvation. 6. The Lord’s provision for Nairobi Great Commission Extension School Extension Program at Saroiyot. In Service to our Lord, Keith, Grace, Kirsten and Ruth Gafner
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