Friday, December 07, 2007

Links to Pastors Conference Pictures

Pastors Conference 1

Pastors Conference 2

Pastors Conference 3

Please enjoy looking at the faces of the people who we have and will be working with when we get back to Kenya to stay!

Brief Update of Our time in Kenya

Allison and I are back in Texas and we thank God for your prayers for us while we were in Kenya with my (Dennis) family. We had such a wonderful time; our only regret is that time flew so fast and just as we were beginning to have a feeling of settling down it was time to pack and go again. Such is the life that God has called us to live. In a way it is such a blessing since we always say that this world is not our home, we are just travelers. That has been so true in the last few months as we traveled across America and across the World!

Thanks also for the prayers that you made for us as we taught in the pastors conference at the beginning of November. It was such a wonderful blessing to teach these men that were so thirsty for the knowledge of the word of God!

Most of the 23 pastors were either current BTCP students or have gone through BTCP in the past. A few of them who had not done the program promised to join the class that will be starting soon. What a wonderful blessing to minister to such a teachable group.

For 4 days my friends Drew and Gayman and I drove almost an hour every morning to a small village in North Coast (Mtwapa). We spent the morning teaching and fellowshipping around the word of God, tea and local Mombasa foods. In the afternoon after an hour break we had question, answer and discussion time where the pastors had an opportunity to ask questions and go deep in application of what they had learned that morning.

This was my favorite part of the day because it assured us that the pastors were getting what we were teaching them. It also gave us as teachers opportunity to answer questions and clarify points that were not clearly understood in our teaching sessions!

Please join us in praying that whatever these men learned from God through us will remain in their hearts as a model of ministry. Pray that they (and us too) will not fall in the traps of pride, popularity and fame but will continue faithfully in humble service to our Lord, preaching and living according to the Word of God – The Bible!

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

In the AIR again

I cannot believe our one month visit in Kenya is over! We start our journey back to the USA tomorrow night (Wednesday 05 2007) at 9PM local time (Kenya).

The journey to America will be both exciting and and something I (Dennis) dread! Don't get me wrong I love America; it is the flight that I dread...my height is not very flying friendly. So please pray that I get good seats on the plane and will be good company to my lovely wife if I dont:)

We look forward to updating you more with stories and Pictures if and when we meet in person, otherwise email updates will still keep coming. Thank you for your prayers and support for Allison and I.

This month in Kenya has put excitement in us about getting back ASAP...the only obstacle we face right now that will delay our coming back will be financial support. We are at 60% of our target monthly financial support. Please pray that the Lord will provide for us now as He has done before both for His glory and in His time!