Big Russ Walking Evangelism
Not sure where to start
after a week of so much activity and so many blessings but I have learned that
if you don’t start somewhere then you never get anywhere.
Our
Macedonia Mission Team has held up well under an aggressive ministry schedule in
tough conditions over the last week which included:
Eldoret street evangelism, three more vacation bible
schools in three different villages, Pastors/Preachers seminars, village
evangelism, baptisms and Sunday services. This large team has
functioned well to serve the Lord in spite of weariness and cultural differences
in the heat and dirt.
Shepherd With Pastor Russell
Counting the blessings of
these last two weeks is impossible but for the record we have seen all of our
objectives accomplished which included providing a short mission trip for God’s
people to experience His presence, power and His people.
Pastor Brian Preaching
During
the long days of travel and work, it is hard to determine what is happening in
people’s hearts but our evening evaluation meetings accompanied by devotions and
testimonies reveal the depth of God’s work in the hearts of His people.
Big Russ with Audio Bible
It is clear that each member of the team has felt the presence of God in
a new and refreshing way.
Isa 44:3 "for I will pour water upon
him that is thirsty."
My heart was particularly touched by the
testimony of one of the two Pastors who accompanied this team and has been
waiting thirty years to come to Africa.
While we were doing
village evangelism in the Pokot village of Katuperot he had an encounter with a
goat herdsman whom he brought to Christ and wanted to be baptized that
day.
There was no fan fare or lightening but Pastor said that was
the moment that God’s presence and power was experienced in another real way
that so touched his heart and was life changing for both parties.
Bro. Gary Evangelism to Pokot Tribe
Both of our guest Pastors did a great job of tailoring their teachings
and messages to be culturally relevant. The other theme that seems to be
recurring within the team is humility. Each person has expressed
how much that they have been humbled by what God is doing here and by the people
that we work with. Our brothers and sisters here in Kenya gave
them some great offerings which included: 1 goat, dozens of eggs,
chickens, 2 gourds and traditional Pokot necklaces.
Terry's Gift
Regardless of
which tribe we have worked with over the last two weeks our team has experienced
Christianity in its simplest and purest form.
Pokot Mama
For those of you
who are interested in numbers because numbers represent souls:
there were over seventy professions of faith, forty eight baptisms, three
evangelism campaigns, two new villages visited, four vacation
Bible schools with over one thousand children attending as well as numerous
solar powered audio Bibles and hundreds of tracts distributed. Preachers Seminar
We
also conducted two Pastor/Preacher seminars and drank hundreds of glasses of
chai and ate tons of Ugali.
This group has been a great blessing
to Terry and me and I also believe they were a great encouragement to the people
God has knitted our hearts together with.
Solomon-Katuperot Evangelism
We want to thank Bro.
Gary Weidenbach who is the leader of Macedonia Short Term Mission Trip
Ministries for giving these folks the opportunity of a life time to participate
in world missions. His ministry is going to help produce the
missionaries of tomorrow. Little Hunters
Please pray for traveling mercies as
this group heads to Nairobi tomorrow and back to California the next day.
May God continue to bless you and keep you?
In His
Service,
Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry
Fernandez
Kenya
Kenya
Phil. 4:13
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