Wittness Dolls & New Bike

While we are continuing our daily language schooling we took a much needed break from preaching, teaching and evangelism this weekend. After three hard weeks of school and ministry including a trip to Turkana we rested and attended a Bible Baptist Church here in Eldoret for Sunday services. However on Friday we took a brief trip back to western to enjoy giving some gifts to needy people. The first gift we delivered was a new bike to Pastor Peter who is traveling weekly around six hours one way to Mt. Elgon to conduct a Bible study on Tuesday and Wednesday with new believers and those waiting for the new Church plant. He has had to borrow a bike to make this weekly trip.
We explained to him it is no different from God ‘ s people in the USA who have given towards the purchase of our Land cruiser so it may be used to spread the gospel.

He has never owned a new bike in his life and he could not thank us enough. I reminded him that every good and perfect gift comes from the Lord and for us $60.00 was a small investment to make in His ministry with a huge return.

Afterward we visited a small orphanage and handed out “witness dolls” to the children. These were dolls that were hand made by the Mommas of Scrub Creek Baptist Church in Cross City, Florida. They were shipped on our container to Turkana and we finally had the opportunity to bring some back to Eldoret to distribute here in western. The orphan kids have never had a doll before so they were exceedingly happy to have something that was theirs to keep. Every doll has a witness bracelet which is used like the wordless book to share the gospel.

We explained that the dolls were made and given by Momma’s in the USA because they love them and the Lord. It was a priceless opportunity to see the joy on the faces of the little ones who have lost their parents at an early age and also to be reminded of God’s giving people who care about others that are less fortunate and located thousands of miles from Cross City, Florida.

Baby Grace gets first doll....

Thank you, Pastor Archie Knowles and your precious caring, loving and giving ladies. This Saturday we will be traveling back to western to start a new evangelistic campaign in a village named Namarambi. I have also been asked to preach a funeral for a man that was recently saved. We appreciate your prayerful support.

Chuck & Terry Fernandez
Kenya, East Africa