Thank You, Back In the Saddle & Kelsey’s Story

                                       Pokot at  Cheposabei

On Tuesday of this week we took a test trip to the base of Mt. Elgon to evaluate my recovery and to secure a plot for the Namarambi LBC.  

Special thanks to Bro. Russell Lyster and Faith Industries for purchasing this plot so that the Church and Christian school there can continue to grow.

Upon our return trip to Western I started running a fever again along with a persistent cough and dizziness. So Wednesday morning we decided to go to a local clinic for a blood test to see if I had Malaria. The blood work revealed high levels of a bacterial infection along with an inflamed throat. The Doctor put me on heavy antibiotics and some type of allergy medicine. Within a few days the fever was gone and the other issues subsided. I now feel like I am back to about 90% of my regular strength.

The only symptom remaining which is bothering me from this whole ordeal is my head is “swimming”. 

The best way to describe it is that I consistently feel light headed.

Hopefully that will go away as I finish all of these strong meds.

Terry keeps asking me how I feel and I keeping telling her my head is not right, she jokingly replies, "I have known that for years!" LOL.

Thank you, thank you and thank you for the many encouraging emails and prayers as they have helped me recover in a great way.

We praise the Lord for his healing touch and the power of prayer.  

If you ever want to encourage a Missionary,   just drop him a line and tell him you are fervently praying for him.

With renewed strength and vigor, we also traveled to the Kerio Valley on a foggy Sunday morning to deliver trusses and to worship with the Pokot at the Landmark Baptist Church of Cheposabei.       Foggy Morn

Flat Tire

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Trusses

These young believers, like their new sanctuary are a work in progress. Sometimes mature Christians have a short memory of how far they have progressed and matured by God’s grace over many years of God’s patience and longsuffering.

We are continually reminded that while most of them have left many of the habits and practices they observed before salvation, they are still 'babe’s in Christ' that are definitely on the milk of the word.

The best part of this growth process is that they are getting a steady diet of God’s word through our many visits and through their young Pastor Loquardo whom we are still training.  

They are being transformed by the renewing of their minds little by little and day by day.

At the close of the service, I shared a picture of Kelsey Morris and the Morris Family as they have been instrumental in giving to the construction of our first steel sanctuary in the Kerio Valley.

 

Terry and I met Kelsey and the Morris Family at teen camp in 2007 where we shared our ministry and hearts for the lost people of Kenya. Little did we know that Kelsey and a group of youth would later be involved in serious automobile accident which would take her life and injured several others.  

                                              Kelsey

While our hearts are heavy when hearing of this tragic story we praise God for Kelsey’s testimony of salvation and for her family’s steadfast faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  

We also praise God for her heart for God’s work and particularly for the fact that somehow God touched her heart for missions and the lost through our deputation visit to that summer camp in Kansas almost five years ago.

The Morris family have partnered with us to do God’s work here in Kenya and it is an honor and privilege to see Kelsey’s legacy and love for missions live on by being a blessing to others.    

Her heart of love for God and God’s people is known by the Pokot tribe in a desert region of East Africa.  

            Kelsey's Love for Missions~Living Reality

I’m reminded of the words of Jim Elliot who once said,

"I would rather live a full life ~than a long life. "

Please continue to pray for the Morris Family and please continue to support young folks going to summer camp as you never know how God will change their life and what an impact they will have on the kingdom of God.  

                        Terry's Banana Bread Blessing

In His Service,

Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez

Kenya

Phil. 4:13