Sunday, January 10, 2010

Eldoret Evangelism, Stolen Generator & Mawe Tatu Baptisms

          Baptism of a young Muslim man, named Mganda, who was saved at our Bible Study...

The word “busy” would be an understatement if you used it to describe the week that we have had. With our return to the USA growing closer we used this last week in country to finish on a strong note. Tuesday we did street evangelism in Eldoret. Pastor Peter and Pastor Shadrach have been wanting to travel to Eldoret for some time to do Street Evangelism and attend the weekly Bible Study we have with the Welders, Mechanics and Fabricators. We spent much of the day sharing God’s Word in areas that are somewhat removed from the mainstream of the town.
                   STREET EVANGELISM                                                                
                                                                  BIBLE STUDY  

Most of the time was spent sharing the gospel one on one although there were times when  large crowds gathered to hear God’s Word proclaimed. In the end there were eight who made professions of faith. They were invited to the Bible study where Pastor Peter taught at one and Pastor Shadrach taught at the other. Remember these preachers are farmers from Western Kenya who live in very rural areas. Now they have come to the city to preach. They kept on saying the whole time, “I can’t believe how many people there are here”. After a great day of street evangelism and Bible study we returned to the truck only to find that the truck had been broken into and the small generator we had planned to use to build pews the next day was stolen. Now keep in mind the truck was locked and was parked in the middle of town in broad daylight. The guys were really bummed out after a great day in the city. So to cheer them up I shared with them, II Cor. 4:8 "we are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed but not in despair".

Wednesday we traveled to Mawe Tatu (3 Stones) to build pews. After Pastor Shadrach help build pews at Namarambi last week he begged me to build them at Mawe Tatu before we left. We spent the day building pews with a chainsaw instead of a circular saw because we were missing our generator. God always provides and the pews turned out very nice. It was a good thing we built those new pews at Mawe Tatu because Sunday services was the biggest crowd since the Church was started last year. Sunday services were also one that really helped me leave with a cup that was running over. To start with, the young Muslim man named Mganda who was saved at our Bible Study a couple of weeks ago wanted to be scripturally baptized.

He traveled with us to Mawe Tatu and it was such a blessing to see him with a Bible in hand and singing praises unto Jesus. What a testimony to the power of God through the preaching of the cross. Sitting next to him was a very old man who we had witnessed to over 9 months ago. He finally decided to attend and has been attending faithfully for the last 4 weeks.
                                                                                                                         YOUNG BUILDERS


He is part of the reason for the record crowd as he brought his wife, children and many grandchildren. He was a joyful reminder that God grants the increase in His time.


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In addition to Mganda coming for baptism and the old man coming with his family, I sat on the sidelines and watched Kennedy who was saved only a few months ago give the teenagers a devotion for Sunday school. Lastly, the Lord reminded me during services today that Jeffet who directs the service and is Pastor Shadrach’s right hand man was one of the first people we lead to Christ at Mawe Tatu evangelism last year. He was a man before salvation whose life could be equated to the prodigal son. A man who lived a riotous life without God. Since this will be our last service in Kenya for a while I believe that God through His infinite grace and mercy gave me a real lift by reminding me that our first year in country was time well spent. We know that the Lord Jesus makes a difference in the lives of people but from time to time it is awesome when He shows you that He is making a difference in their lives through us.

What a privilege and what a blessing. We ask you to pray for the Churches and Bible studies while we are gone but I can assure you these folks are so totally sold out and surrendered to God that they will continue with or without us. Terry and I leave for Nairobi tomorrow to start a month vacation as well attending our daughter Carla’s graduation in Georgia. Our plans also include two mission conferences and a prison revival at Cross City Correctional Institute. We are so looking forward to seeing our Children and holding our Grandchildren whom we have not seen in one year. Please continue to pray for us.
On a parting note, I do not plan on making journal entries while at home but I will resume them after our conferences and revival. Thank you and may God keep you and bless you.

Chuck & Terry Fernandez
Kenya, East Africa

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