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!