What have we been up to? We'd like to give you an idea. These are pictures of our first year of our second term. It does not include all the car repairs, homeschooling, visitors, trips down country to resupply, Sundays, Bible studies, visitors, meals,welcoming a new nurse, chai times, and other adventures we enjoy as we live in northern Kenya.
August 2011 Youth Retreat in Kalacha
Within the first week of our arrival in Kalacha all the local churches sent their youth to enjoy a retreat in Kalacha. We hosted & fed approximately 100 youth with the amazing help of our local church men and women.
September 2011 Eddie's Dad Passed onto Glory
We were shocked and grieved when Eddie's dad passed away. We praise the Lord for a life well spent, poured out for the lost people of northern Kenya.
October 2011 Ladies' Day
Church ladies had a fun day making earings and necklaces with beeds donated by several veteran beeders in the US.
November 2011 Network with Aid Groups to Improve Local Schools
With visits from several NGO organizations, we began helping them network to see real needs in the community, such as new school books and proper lighting for the local schools.
December 2011 Work for Food Famine Relief in Kalacha
With only a small amount of rain and years of drought most people in the area suffer from malnutrition and starvation. We distributed several tons of food to the most vulnerable through a work for food program.
January 2012 Famine Relief and Fellowship in Illeret
Our church elders expressed concern over a church 12 hours drive away with few believers and no missionaries. We carried famine relief food up and spent two nights with them, encouraging them to keep on following the Lord.
February 2012 Nomadic Cricketers Hold a Game on the Chalbi
Eddie marked out a cricket pitch for the Nomadic Cricketers who came to raise funds for local schools as well as increase awareness of the needs of those in northern Kenya.
March 2012 RVA Interim Visit
Rift Valley Academy sent their flying interim group to Kalacha to spend a few days serving and seeing the needs in our area. The group was made up of nine 11th and 12th grade boys and girls. They enjoyed taking off and landing on our airstrip.
April 2012 Rachel's Dad & Mom Visit
Rachel's parents braved their first air plane since 1970 and flew to one of the remotest parts of the world, Kalacha. They experienced all the normal adventures of car breakdowns, desert picnics, and repairing our main water source, a broken down windmill.
May 2012 Install Solar Lighting for Kalacha Primary School
The workmen from Kalacha Station were recruited to install lighting donated to the local primary school by the Australian High Commission. Eddie enjoyed a few high profile visit to the High Commissioner's office as a result.
June 2012 World Mission Visits Bringing Treasures
Greg Kelly and company visited us and encouraged us mightily by bringing Treasures to Kalacha. The Treasures are cell phone size mp3 players with the Bible on them. Local youth recorded the entire Bible for the Treasures.
July 2012 Cornerstone Church Visit
Cornerstone Church organized a visit to help finish construction on a church building, show the Jesus film in several unreached villages and distribute Treasures. They also installed two wells in other areas previously without a water source.
We praise God for a first year of so many blessings and opportunities. Thank you for partnering with us and keeping us in your prayers.
Orders will be shipped in May. Thank you for your patience.
The camels, goats and sheep walk for miles each day looking for water, along with the wild animals.
The truck was really stuck--this is actually an improvement after two or three days of work.
Hooray for the Landrover!!
Silas just plain sweet
Ezra the card shark
Ja-el in the wind
