Familiar Territory,Family of Faith & Following Christ

                      Rebecka Professed Christ

Gospel Preaching

                     

This week brought us back to the Kerio Valley to work with the Pokot tribe, Pastor Loquardo and the members of the Landmark Baptist Church of Cheposabei.

Terry and I find great peace while working in the valley and in all honesty, if we did not have so much going on at Mt. Elgon and Lake Victoria we would probably be working with the Pokot tribe each and every week. I’m not sure I have the words which can adequately describe our love for these people.

Our ministry with the Pokot started in 2010 at the village of Cheposabei.

Since that time we have organized the work at Cheposabei into a New Testament Church and it has become the center of our ministry there.

We have also reached the joining villages of: Kalas, Katuperot and Asilong with the gospel and now have many folks who are walking around five kilometers from these neighboring villages for Sunday service and a midweek Bible Study.

It is very humbling to see what God is doing in the hearts of so many in these villages.

While our love for each of these folks, whom we can refer to as our children in the faith,

 runs deep there are some that God puts on your heart in a way that you feel a little closer bond to. One of these dear men who has such a special place in our hearts is an old Pokot man named “Loboduk” from the village of Kalas.

We led Loboduk and his brother to Christ in 2010 and he has been one of the most faithful Church members in this entire area.

His Brother died within two weeks of his baptism, but we thank God for sending us to bring the gospel to him during the final days of his life.  

We are looking forward to seeing him in heaven some glad day.

With this as the back ground, Loboduk has been asking us to visit his home, his family and village for nearly two years now.  

Terry and Mama Loboduk

As we entered into the village of Kalas to visit the home of Loboduk, it was like going back in time to our early visits to Chepsobei as the breweries were running at full throttle.

Moon shine or brew has plagued these villages for generations and at least fifty percent of those whom we greeted and visited with were falling down drunk.

It is all too familiar territory.

There were many church members who came from Cheposabei to visit with us at Kalas who were able to look at the lives of these drunks in Kalas and remember where God has brought them from and delivered them from the sin of alcohol. Me too!

Our visit with Loboduk’s family went well and two of his adult sons who he has been praying for received Christ during visitation.                    Loboduk Family

 

There were also three other women who received Christ during visitation and here is the best part of all, they all came to Church the next day!            Monica New Convert

Preaching God's Word

 

Many will profess Christ and you will never see them again, but these folks are in the small minority that actually starts bearing fruit of salvation the next day.

On Sunday, we also had a Muslim named John attend service at the LBC Chepsobei who Pastor Loquardo had led to Christ on Wednesday.

                                     John Audio Bible

John gave a testimony of having true peace for the first time in his entire adult life.

Pastor said that when he led him to Christ he cried with Godly sorrow and repentance.

God gave me great liberty to preach on the light of the world on Sunday and to teach these young Christians how we should let our light so shine before men that we will glorify our Father in heaven.

Under Bushel

In closing, we had one more special visitor in Sunday service who had also walked nearly five kilometers from Kalas. She was an old blind Pokot Mama who had her four year old grandson lead her by her cane to the house of God.

What great faith, what great love and what a great privilege to work with some of the most precious Christians we have ever met.                Terry and Pokot Mama's

Terry's Gift

Terry's Clan

Please keep us in your prayers and pray that God will continue to provide for this great work that He is doing in the lives of thousands here in Kenya.  

To God be the glory, great things he hath done!

 God Bless,

 Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez

Kenya, East Africa