Pew Production, Field of Faith & Making a Difference

Missionaries Chuck & Terry and Selfie 

Partnering with each new Church means that we generally come along side of them to match their giving through special offerings and/or sweat equity to help provide them with a solid spiritual foundation as well as some type of building foundation which helps represent permanence.

Pew production is an indication that many of the new sanctuaries currently under construction are nearing completion and is a part of our development program.

As we have learned from the unfortunate experiences of other Missionaries in Kenya, providing pews can become a target area for those who are looking to purchase voting power ie: unscrupulous Politicians, as well as other domination's looking to take over an established work.

We have seen solid Baptist Churches (not ours) fall into the hands of others over something as simple as pews, so needless to say, that is part of our Church development program that is included as something we can do to add another layer of protection.

Besides, cutting lumber and assembling pews gives us the opportunity to work with our hands.

We delivered the pews to a very happy Pastor Peter at the Landmark Baptist Church of Ndivisi.
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                                       Pew Production Assembly

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Pastor Peter and LBC Ndivisi have been deeply involved in each of the Church plants on Mt.Elgon, Lake Victoria and the Kerio Valley.   They have helped us plant, develop and build over a dozen other Churches while patiently waiting for their own building to come to completion.

This is a Church that we gladly partner with as they never ask for any assistance.
                                       Happy Members

In addition to pew production this week, we visited the Landmark Baptist Church of Soysambu which is located near the river Nzoia.    The roof is complete and the Church family has started investing sweat equity by starting the leveling process.   The sanctuary is built on a fairly steep side hill so they have to remove as much as three feet of soil by hand to level the floor before they can start building the mud walls.  

he amount of work involved in this process overwhelms me because there is no bulldozer or track hoe moving the soil, only one shovel full at a time.   Since our last visit, the corn planted in March has started to grow and surrounds the sanctuary.   As I taught the Word of God in the middle of that corn field, it reminded me of the “Field of Dreams”, but instead it is a “Field of Faith”,

Amen!                                     Teaching

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 In closing, Terry and I have been working tirelessly over the last six year attempting to give God our best to see souls saved and life’s transformed through a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior.   I have to admit there are many times when you wonder if you are truly making a difference, but during the testimony time of the service yesterday we found out the husband of a Mama whom had attended Terry’s ladies seminar last week saw such a difference in His wife that he had to come to the Church which she has been regularly attending to find out what she had that he didn’t. 

While the husband did not receive Christ, he did say that he learned a lot and will continue to come with His wife.   The daughter of that same Mama also united with the Church yesterday.

It is these type of testimonies that we hear from time to time that reminds us that God is using us to make a difference in the lives of possibly thousands of people, one soul at a time, one heart at a time, one home at time and one village at a time. 

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

We covet your prayers and thank God for those who faithful give to this Indigenous Church planting ministry.

God Bless,

Bro. Chuck & Sis. Terry Fernandez
Kenya/Uganda