A few days ago I spent some time speaking to Moses who is our representative in the Nakuru area of Kenya. The school ministry was finishing the following day for the Christmas season. Schools will soon break up for the holidays. He was very encouraged by the ministry in the schools and we hope to share some photographs with you soon. Please remember the team as they will be involved in more outreach among the children over the next few weeks. This will include a camp. Although is not directly an FML ministry at this stage, we ask you to pray that young people will come to know the Lord during these activities.
At the beginning of December Moses and Pastor Aringo hope to travel to Mombasa to conduct some training. Please pray that God will provide for transport. Also they will be travelling to Uganda to visit Joyce. The team hope to meet every few months for a time of prayer and discussion of the work and will move around the different areas so that each area is visited and the travelling is fairly shared. As Joyce has recently given birth, the next meeting will be in Uganda. Again, please pray that finances will be available for transport. In Uganda, interest has been shown in our lessons in Kampala and we look forward to children being enrolled in that area once the course has been explained to them and application forms have been filled. We are delighted that Every Home Crusade/Revival Movement have agreed to print more of our lessons and will be shipping them to Kenya in the near future. In both Kenya and Uganda, there is now an urgent need for around 1500 Bibles. 100 will be transported in the container alongside the lessons, but that still leaves a huge amount which are needed over the next few months. This is a huge financial need but we know and believe that God is able to meet it and we ask you to pray to this end. Back in Northern Ireland and the meeting that William and I were due to speak at on Sunday evening was cancelled at the last minute and rescheduled for a date in January. We look forward to sharing then. The market was steady at the weekend and we thank God for His provision through this ministry and for the opportunity to share in this way. We have discussing how the funds are used and we ask you to pray that we will know wisdom in the distribution. Thank you again for praying for us through another week. Please continue to remember us.
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Thanks to all of you who prayed for the meeting I was speaking at last week. It was a really encouraging time. Numbers were bigger than I expected as ladies from other Churches had been invited. Quite a lot of literature was taken by those who attended and great interest was shown. It was also quite emotional for me as many of the ladies either recognised my dad from the market and hadn't made the connection until they saw his photo and also many of them knew him from years back.
This weekend William and I will share at a meeting in another new venue. We are very much looking forward to this and appreciate your prayers as we take part. We have also been contacted by one of our prayer partners who is trying to arrange a meeting for us also in yet another venue where we haven't been before. We are so grateful to God for these openings and continue to appreciate your prayers for us. With regard to dad; a few weeks ago we were so encouraged that a school in Uganda we work with had raised money in memory of him. Yesterday we received photos from India of a free medical clinic which was held in dad's memory. So humbling. The market was so busy at the weekend. We had so many deliveries of blocks, coal etc. The cold weather certainly has it's advantages for us. We pray that this will continue to be a fruitful ministry.
This week I will also have the privilege of sharing about our work at a Church I have never been to before. Please pray that the ladies who will gather will find it interesting and be burdened to pray for us. We are also aware of another new opening for a meeting and are waiting for confirmation on this. Please pray for the group of students who have been studying our child protection course. They are currently working on their final assignment and we look forward to issuing certificates very soon. Lately there has been a great demand for our training both at home and abroad and value your prayers for this ministry and trust we will have wisdom in planning the way ahead. We are delighted that already there has been interest in the new Child Protection Course which will begin in January and enrolment has begun. Please continue to pray that God will bring the work forward. So many plans, so many decisions to make, so many needs....but we thank God that He is able. Thank you again for your support. We thank God that the work is going on well. In our office in Nairobi there is a lot of marking at the moment and we pray for Pastor Aringo and the few others who are helping him to get through the work.
In Uganda, Bibles have been presented for the first time. These went to a group of students who will soon be leaving primary school when term ends in December and so FML will not have as much contact with them in the future. We pray that the Word of God will be precious to them and buried in their hearts. Photo to follow. Pray also that we may indeed be able to develop the work so that contact is not lost when children leave Primary School. It was cold and wet at the market at the weekend....but that means it was also busy with coal, blocks etc. We thank God for His continued help in this part of the work. We hope to have a full prayer letter issued within the next few weeks and will be able to update you more fully. God Bless you for praying. |
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