Kerio Valley Evangelism, Uganda Tent Raising & The Missionary's Wife

Teaching 

Terry and I just returned from three days in the Kerio Valley and Uganda.   While our hearts are running over with joy from experiencing God working in so many lives through saving faith, serving faith and sanctifying faith, our bodies are weary and battered from hundreds of kilometers of interior trails and paths.   I thank God for calling us to do His work in East Africa and we feel extremely honored and privileged to go in Jesus name, but I often ponder the uniqueness of this calling to literally hazard our lives on hard, rough and rocky roads to bring the good news of the gospel year after year.  However, we do not have to look far to find this same pattern repeated by preachers of the gospel through the pages of the New Testament and by other Missionaries who have gone before us.   In any case, we will definitely need a couple of down days to recuperate this week.    Our first stop would be at the village of Moriweris to do village evangelism and to follow up with our new converts there who have been saved for around a month.   Desert Evangelism

Evangelism

                              

They have been assembling themselves on a week basis to listen to the audio Bibles we left them in March.  The importance of these follow up visits accompanied with basic discipleship teaching cannot be overstated as we feel such a sense of responsibility to bring these babes in Christ to a level of maturity where they know how to daily walk with God and will be able to stand firm in their faith and doctrine.   This level of commitment on our part helps confirm their salvation and builds a strong relationship that goes beyond anything this world has to offer.    Next to living out Christ in our own lives, bringing these dear folks to the saving knowledge of Christ and properly disciplining them is our greatest priority.   In addition to village evangelism and discipleship training at Moriweris we also delivered new pews and repaired old ones at the Landmark Baptist Church of Cheposabei.

This is extremely noteworthy because the Church has numerically outgrown the original amount of pews and is now in need of more.   We praise the Lord that he has given the increase!  By the way, when is the last time your Church had a seating problem? 

After visiting Moriweris and Chepsoabei we crossed the border into Uganda to visit our newest Church located in the village of Kakaron to deliver the new tent and for worship service. 

                                                Alter Prayer

Alter

Since our last visit in March, the Church family has doubled in size and I was beginning to wonder if the tent we brought was going to hold everyone.   We had a great day of worship and many came forward at the end of service to receive Christ.  God’s presence was truly felt among His people and He is truly doing something great through this local indigenous New Testament Church at Kakaron.   They had a teen choir that was unlike anything we have heard since we arrived in Kenya in 2008. 

The harmony that was as good as anything you would hear from a professional choir;

Terry and I were simply amazed. 

Our three days concluded with Terry teaching the Pastor’s wives how to bake the bread for the Lord’s Supper.   These are the more practical hands on lessons that could easily be overlooked but are also very important when it comes to the ministry.   

Mwilimu

Terry is an amazing woman and help met that enhances our ministry tenfold.  I could not image not having her by my side every step of the way.

As I processed the pictures from this week’s travels, my heart was truly touched as I looked at all that she did for me and others.    Check them out for yourself and you will see a woman of faith in action.                         Terry Desert

Terry Helper

Terry Heart

 Thank you for praying, for giving and for those of you who take the time to respond to these glimpses into our hearts and ministry here in East Africa.

 

God Bless,

Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya