Woman with Audio Bible from POKOT Tribe and Terry,
Praising The Lord!
Chuck demonstrates Audio Bible
Audio Bible
Audio Bible
This week we
helped Pastor Timothy Loquardo move to the Kerio Valley to be closer to the
Landmark Baptist Church of Cheposabei where God has called him and to continue
his work with the Pokot Tribe.
Pastor Timothy Loquardo~Sharah Moving Day
He has been working with the Pokot
from our initial survey trips into the Kerio Valley when we started this
outreach in 2010. Instead of traveling each week from the Mt.
Elgon region he now feels it is time to move his wife and two children to
assimilate with this tribe.
It is truly humbling to move a young
man of God, his wife and two young children whose total sum of possessions fit
on the luggage rack of the truck.
During this experience I really
wrestled with his safety and ability to adapt to the harsh semi-arid region but
God reminded me that he is following in the footsteps of His Lord and Savior as
Jesus would travel to places like Samaria, Bethany, Capernaum and Gadarenes to
do His Father’s business. Then I was also reminded that he is
following in footsteps of his old brother, John, who has been a pioneering
Missionary to the Turkana Tribe in Northwest Kenya and now to the Toposa tribe
in Southern Sudan.
The last struggle I had in my
heart was answered when the Lord reminded me that Terry and I have moved a lot
farther away from our family, home and country and God has faithfully provided
and protected us through His infinite grace and mercy.
Any concerns for his welfare or his family went out the
window when we arrived at the house he is staying at which happens to be located
at the quarters in the Chief’s substation.
New House
God has provided
Timothy with what has turned out to be the safest place in the entire area and
is located just a few kilometers from the villages where he will be
preaching.
As Bro. Tom Willis, (One of our Mentor’s at our
Church)
always says, “Ain’t God good all the time”?
The Chief assured him that he is under his protection and
to let him know if he has any problems. Make no mistake about it,
Pastor Timothy and his young family will face trials and challenges with the
heat, lack of water and adjusting to the culture but his great faith and love
for the Lord will see him through. New Bow
In addition to
relocating Timothy, we were able to follow up on the evangelism we did in the
neighboring village of Katuperot during our time with the Mac Team three weeks
ago.
Chuck Evangelism
Evangelism Team ~ Mungu Ni Mwema = God is Good......
It is a great joy to confirm the souls of those that
professed Christ as we help them grow in their faith. We were
also able to share God’s Word with some new folks who had gathered in a dry
river bed to dig for water. Water Hole
At one point as I was sharing the
gospel with the men, I looked over my shoulder and could see Terry sharing God’s
word with the women and children.
Words cannot describe how
thankful I am that God gave me a soul winning help met that has such great love
and compassion for the lost.
She is an amazing woman.
Many made professions of faith on Saturday and joined us
in services at LBC of Cheposabei on Sunday, what a blessing!
In
closing, God has answered our prayers with regard to young preacher named Peter
Lonyong.
Peter was our first Pokot translator, the first villager
to be saved and baptized in Cheposabei and the first young man to surrender to
preach the gospel.
However, he was also the first to
become backsliden.
After about a year we noticed that Peter was
no longer being faithful.
We would ask the other members where he
was and they would tell us he was in Uganda with his herds.
It
turns out that during his last visit to Uganda he stole something from
somebody.
He was captured by those people, hung upside down and
severely beaten.
He was then held as somewhat of slave until he
worked off his debt.
While those who beat him where not Christian
they asked him what Church he went to and then told him to return to do God’s
work.
It may have not a large fish that swallowed Peter, but it
had the same affect on his life as he is now faithfully doing God’s work again
with us at Cheposabei.
We serve an amazing God who
loves his children enough to chasten them back to His loving arms.
Please continue to pray for us to have strength, wisdom and
love as we try to reach the lost and disciple the saved.
God
Bless,
Bro. Chuck
& Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya
Phil.
4:13
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