Back home in Africa

     I have returned to Nairobi Kenya, to continue as part of the admin team, in moving our team in and our of S. Sudan, along with cargo, and so much more.  There is no way to discripe what a day is like in the logistics room, so I will say it is only by God's grace that we go through a day.  Our team

     I am blessed to be having a Bible Study with my logistics team, Leah, Stephen, and Alfred.  We meet every thursday for an hour and a half spending time in His Word.

     God has also give me the opportunity to disciple born again, rehab drug and alcohol additicts.  I am able to spend two saturday's a month with them.  Please pray for them.  There names are Kivija, Juma, Jumba, Minni, Mawangi, and Fred.  The picutres below show Juma, Kivija, and Jumba, three of the six in our group.

     And of course God has given me wonderful Kenya families I get to spend time with, I am spiritual mom and spiritual sho sho, (grandma.)  One of those families is below. 

     Dad; Starline, Mom, Leah, Sho, sho, Debbie, holding Grant, Graham in front of Sho, sho, and Griffins.  One of the many blessings from the Lord in my life.

     So my days, and weekends are full since returning to Nairobi, and I also a part of the Good Shepherd Church (the church I attend when in Nairobi) worship team.  Only by God's grace do I walk each and every day.

  "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.  If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.  If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.  To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever.  Amen." 1 Peter 4:10-11

Back to the US

End of May found me flying back to the US.  Thanking God for His provisions.  I was able to spend a month in the US, with 3 1/2 weeks in my home Oregon, and 4 days in Charlotte NC to see a very special spiritual daughter get married.

My time at home was a blessing, a time to spend with some family, church family, and a time to have more shots put into my neck and back.

My sister and I were able to spend a day at the coast.  One of my favorite spots to go, as it reminds me of God's Mighty Power, His Creation, the beauty of it all.

And I was able to be at the wedding of Andrew and Karissa, which was so very special and such a blessing.  The last picture is of Christiane and me, dear, dear friend and room mate in Nairobi Kenya.

March, April, May 2013

The beautiful tea fields of Kenya.  Such beauty, so much green, in all different shades.  Nairobi is now where I spend most of my time.  God has been very gracious in helping me make the transition from S. Sudan, into the SIM-Sudan office where I work with two wonderful Kenya brothers in Christ and two wonderful Kenya sisters in Christ along with the other Admin team.

With God's graces we help move our team in and off the field.  Between the months of June 2012 and Feb. 2013, with God's grace we moved over 60 flights, and over 33,000 tons of cargo.  Praise the Lord.

May was also a month for our SLC (Spiritual Life Conference) which we have up at Brackenhurst which sits amongest these beautiful tea fields.  Our SLC is when our whole team is able to come together for a time of rest, fellowship, worship, and hearing God's Word. 

 The top picture is the Nairobi team

This picture is of the whole S. Sudan team as of April 2013

After SLC we started moving the team back onto the field.  There is no normal to the flights, "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3.  "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." Proverbs 16:9  We never have a flight that moves the same, but God's Word is truth, and we no that at the end of the day it is only by His grace.

MAXFACTA

 This young girl has been raped twice, testing for HIV she was negative, the second time she has tested postive and is pregnant.   Please pray for her, she is a baby herself.  Pray that God will provide a home for this unborn child

What is MAXFACTA?  it is a rescue home for children.  All of these children you see here have been rescued out of horrible situations. 

God gave me an opportunity to go to the other side of Nairobi  in an area they call Eastland, this area is also home  to the third largest slum in Nairobi, It was a trip to visit this home and to see how these women who have given their lives to reach out to the least of these run the center.   What a honor it was to see how God is working through these women, who are being the hands and feet of Jesus. 

Please pray for them, for the children, for the needs, and that each one of these children will chose to follow Jesus.

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress..." James 1:27
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me... 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."  Matthew 25: 35-36a; 40

A New Day A New Year

Happy New Year 2013!!!

What will this year hold???  We do not know, but I know the one who does.  As I spend time reading His Word, He gives me a deeper understanding of who He is, and there is nothing that happens that He is not aware of. 

I have been reading Psalm 139 for the last several months, and I think WOW!!!!  I share with you His words of comfort.

                “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

            My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.

            When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.

            All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”  Psalm 139:13-16

May these words bring you comfort and peace, knowing that God knows what each day will hold, and He knows what 2013 holds for us all.  There is nothing that takes Him by surprise, and I personally find comfort, rest, and peace in knowing this.

But please don’t just read the verses I typed; be blessed as you read all of Psalm 139, ask the Holy Spirit to open your understanding so that you might get a deeper understand of His love for you.

To God Be All The Glory!!!!!!!

The Stories that Pictures Can Tell

Pictures from my time in S. Sudan;  Thanking God for this time!!!!

Gina, Rasala, Beka and children

Simoni and his family

Joy and Hannah

Leah and I outside the fence in Malakal

Leah in the plane and on her way to S. Sudan, Doro, Malakal and Juba

Sunset on the White Nile River Malakal

Leah resting after a long day in Juba

 Cooking in Juba brings joyful memories of cooking in Thiangrial and Doro

God's beauty, sunset in Juba

God's children

On our way from Juba to Nairobi at 30,000 ft in the air. 

 

Our God is an Awesome God!!!

Uzima Children's Home

Uzima Children's Home.  The Children's Home flooded in October of this year, and God has provided a house for them to live in.  Fred and his wife Regina and their three girls gave up their house so that the children would have someplace to live.  We thank God for that.  There are 31 children (the least of these) who live in the house with an average of 5 bunk beds per room.