Father and Son Team visit Lake Victoria for Evangelism & Seminari

This week found us traveling to Lake Victoria for evangelism and seminars to encourage the two churches we have planted there.                          Lake Victoria

Both of these two churches are still very much in their infantile stage however their growth is clearly evident through the maturing of their young Pastors and members. Our focus and emphasis with these works has been personal Christian growth which produces fruit. The numbers will come as God see fit to give the increase. We have put much effort into the work at Wichlum, so this time priority was with Pastor Jackson and the members of the Landmark Baptist Church of Got. “Got”, in the Luo language means “mountain” and is the home village of Pastor Jackson whom we led to Christ three years ago while he was living in Wichlum as a fisherman.
                                   Pastor Jackson

His testimony is very compelling and is very much a modern day Apostle Paul type conversion and calling as well as being great testimony of how salvation by grace and being born again can change a person’s life. Three years ago we met him walking out of the lake holding three fish on a stringer. He invited us to his house where he trusted Christ by faith and immediately started a Bible study for his neighbors. Within a short time of his conversion he accepted God’s call to preach and began his training as a preacher of the gospel. Since then he has felt a burden for his home village which he has now returned to start a church there. We have been beside him every step of the way to teach, train and encourage him to fulfill his calling.  

The LBC at Got is the smallest work we have and is so rural that it is going to take some time to bring the folks in.

                      Landmark Baptist Church at Got

With that said, my perspective on the size of Churches have changed immensely over the last few years as I would rather worship in a mud house with a handful of true believers who love the Lord with all their heart than in a huge fancy sanctuary where God is the last thing people have on their hearts and minds. That does not mean that we do not want to see Churches grow, but it does mean that little is much when God is in it. We walked great distances through the village of Got to reach Pastor Jackson’s family and neighbors for Christ. While there were only two whom made professions of faith, the Bible says the angels are rejoicing in heaven and there are now two more potential members for the LBC at Got. This work will be a slow steady growth that will take years but one of the things I admire about our Kenyan Pastors is they have the patience it takes to see the fruit of their labor even if it takes years of meeting with a handful of people. That is great faith that depends on God to give the increase in His time. By the way, one of the ladies who was saved Saturday morning attended the seminar on Saturday afternoon. That is always a blessing and a great encouragement to the Pastor. Since I have been teaching there over the last few years I felt it was time to bring two of our most senior Pastors from the Mt. Elgon region to teach.

Not only are Pastor Peter and Pastor Daniel our most senior Pastors in our work but they are also Father and Son. 

Being Father’s Day weekend, I could not help but to think of how special this seminar was to sit and watch these great men of God share the word of God with these young Christians and to think of how encouraged they might be to raise up a Christian family of their own. It was also special to see the vision I have for these two Churches to fellowship and encourage one another as they continue to mature. We closed our three days of ministry by baptizing a young lady who was recently saved.  

While my body is feeling the pains of camping for three days, my cup is overflowing from being able to encourage these young Christians in the Lord who in turn encourage me. 

                                     Camp Got 

Each night they would assemble themselves under the tent where they would sing praises unto the Lord well past midnight. As one of my former Pastors used to say, “if that don’t light a fire in your heart than your wood is wet”.   

Thank you for allowing us to share what God is doing in hope that He will be glorified.  

May God keep you and bless you.

Bro. Chuck and Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya

Phil. 4:13