I want to share about our last outreach in Kenya in 2012. It took two months
of hard work to prepare for, but it was great. We spent a total of 10 days this
past September deep in the interior of rural Kenya on our most challenging
event since we first moved to Kenya more than 2 years ago.
Our Revelation
Seminar in the village of Chuluni was the best ever. Don taught for 5 full
days. Everyone that attended took away a much better understanding of one of
the most difficult books in the Bible.
A typical day during
the seminar began about 9am with prayer and worship followed by class, then
tea, then more classes, then lunch and then more classes until about 4pm. Our
generator provided power for our sound system and the PowerPoint presentations.
As part of our
training on giving, we provided our Revelation Study Guide only to those who
would contribute to help feed the poor. Some of those attending the class were
so poor that their only meal was the hot lunch we provided each day, but our
understanding of Jesus’ teaching on giving did not exclude anyone from needing
to give. One man handed to Don two lions that he had carved out of wood saying
that he had no money to give, but wanted to bless him with the work of his
hands. By the end of the week, we had collected enough money to purchase three
200 pound sacks of corn. This we distributed to people in the class instructing
them to use some of the corn for themselves if they had need but reserve some
to give to someone they might know who is hungry also, sharing the love and
message of Christ as they go.
In the evenings, our
Burning Plow evangelism team, James, Pastor Maunda, Silas, and Pastor Mokaya,
took our generator, big screen, and sound equipment to different villages. They
showed the Jesus Film (in the Swahili language) outdoors in the market places.
Many, many people responded to the call to come to Christ because of their
work.
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James Odour, Shadrack Maunda, Silas Odinga, Vincent Mokaya |
This outreach was
expensive and took a lot of hard work from a lot of people, but God moved on
the hearts of many. That makes it all worthwhile.
Asante Bwana Yesu (Thank you
Lord Jesus).
Don and Becky
Cameron