Lake Victoria Outreach, Home Grown Preachers & Bow Hunting

                                  This week we traveled to Lake Victoria to continue to encourage the two works we started there at the fishing villages of Wichlum and Got.

The Church at Got has been organized and is being led by their young Pastor named, Jackson, whom we brought to Christ two and half years ago. In addition to ministry, this trip was also our annual hunting trip which I take with my hunting buddy Chad Harris who is from Ohio.

    Hunting Buddies and Fellow Missionaries

For three days we held daily teachings for these young preachers as well as the young believers who have been saved through this outreach.

      Solar Bible For Believers

 

Given the long distance from Eldoret we are only able to visit these works on a quarterly basis but it is awesome to see the spiritual growth that is taking place between visits. It has been said that, “sometimes you cannot see the trees because of the forest”, however, I can assure you that is not the case with these works since we do not see them on a weekly basis. We are so happy to see the seeds we have planted over the last few years continuing to grow and bear much fruit. There are now five young preachers between these two villages who have surrendered to the gospel ministry and who we are currently in the process of teaching and training.

Pastor Jackson & Wife & Family  

One of the benefits of this trip was to drop off Bibles as well as Bible Institute materials for these young men to continue their education while serving the Lord.   

It does my heart good to hear them ask for their next set of study materials ie: The Life of Christ Part II, Pnuematololgy or Eschatology. Keep in mind that these men are bi-vocational fisherman and herdsman whom we are encouraging and equipping to do God’s work. 

      Preachers With Bible Institute Material

           Kennedy Teaching Children

Their personalities are magnetic and their love for the Lord is contagious. I thank God for bringing us together. One of the benefits and blessings in training these men is that they are like our Timothy’s to the Apostle Paul. These are men whom we have brought to Christ and men who have been called by God to preach His Word. This blesses our heart as they are truly “home grown” preachers.  

                  Pastor Shadrach Preaching

We are not building on another man’s foundation but rather building on the foundation which we have laid with God’s help. During our three day campaign we saw six more receive Christ and we baptized four of them.

Peter Baptized

In addition to the aforementioned ministry work we took to the woods and hills to bow hunt gazelle and antelope. We must have hiked ten miles of rocky hilly terrain to get to the animals. The Luo tribe hunts with dogs and spears and they have never seen anyone stalk hunt with bow and arrow. I will send out a separate “hunters special” report to let you know the results. For now, know that I had a 30 yard broadside shot at a gazelle. But as Dr. Jimmy Williams, our Prophecy teacher at Ft. Cooper Baptist Church used to say to Terry and I; you’ll have to tune in next time to see where this goes. Please keep us in your prayers and I kindly request that you add my Father to your prayer list with an unspoken need.  

God Speed,

Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya

Phil. 4:13