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CHRISTIANMISSIONARYFELLOWSHIP raver Newsletter

Eric

and Melodic Perry

MinistrywiththeNarokChurch

ITERACYWORKAMONGTHE

Maasai

Tribe

of

Kenya

Box 110

Narok,

Kenya

EastAfrica

THE PERRY

POST

January

1995

ELECTION

DAY

A month

of p r a y e r ,

i n t e n s i v e Bible s t u d i e s ,

and

sermons on

C h r i s t i a n l e a d e r s h i p

culminated in elections on

December

4.

Four elders,

three deacons,

and

ten

deaconesses

were

inducted on January

8

as

t h e l e a d e r s h i p f o r t h e Narok Church of

Christfor

1995.

Pastors and

elders of the Narok Church of

Christ

l e f t t o

r i g h t ) :

John S a i t e t , Matthew Ngomo

Hesbon

Govoga, avid Sempele,

Eric Perry, h i l i p

Lemein ohn Ombati.

The e l e c t i o n s

brought

four

new deacon

who

will assist the church with B

studies, visitation of church memb

budget approval,

and

p r a y e r .

The

two

deacons

have proven themselves as s e r

of t h e

church

through

t h e i r

p a r t i c i p a t i

B i b l e s t u d i e s and t h e i r

e x p e r i e n c e

a s

Su

School t e a c h e r s .

Hesbon

Govoga

—

former chairman of t h e deacons ~

Matthew Ngomo

P h i l i p

Ole Lemein,

John Ombati

as

an elder.

• Pray f o r

i n c r e a s i n g

m a t u r i t y as

l e a d e r s

answer t h e i r c a l l t o m i n i s t r y

d e v o t i o n

t o God s

Word

and His p e o

We l l

look forward t o a rewarding

Year in

the

service

of our

Lord

and

Church. Your p r a y e r s a r e

a p p r e c i a t e d

a

f a c e t h e c h a l l e n g e s

t h a t

t h e y e a r

w i l l

p r e

The f i r s t agenda t h a t t h e

l e a d e r s h i p

whole

will face is the discussion

approval

of

a

budget

o r

1995.

• ray f o r

t h e

l e a d e r s h i p ,

t h a t

t

w i l l

good s t e w a r d s h i p

by a c t i o n a s w e

words.


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DECEMBERSEESCELEBRA

TIONS

AND

MARRIAGEOF

NAROKPASTOR

The

November a i n s ushered i n December,

t h e month of

c e l e b r a t i o n s i n Kenya. The

dusty

p l a i n

b u r s t

i n t o

c o l o r .

Dull brown was

r e p l a c e d w i t h v i v i d

green. Orange

blossoms

graced t h e

o u t s t r e t c h e d

arms of candelabra

c a c t u s e s , and t h e jacaranda

t r e e s

h e l d t h e i r

v i o l e t blooms. I t

was an a p p r o p r i a t e

beginning f o r

a

month

f i l l e d

with

n a t i o n a l

h o l i d a y s ( i n c l u d i n g Jamhuri Day — enya's

independence day), weddings,

and

t h e

celebration of

ur

o r d ' s birth.

December

is

t h e

June

of

Ke n ya

where

weddings

are concerned. The wedd in g held

at

the

Narok Church on the 17th

was

p a r t i c u l a r l y memorable

because t c e l e b r a t e d

the

union ofJohn aitet with Lilian Lemein.

John i s

one

of

the pastors

of

the Narok

church, and

L i l i a n

i s t h e granddaughter of

P h i l i p

Lemein,

one

of

h e c h u r c h ' s

e l d e r s .

As

we w r i t e ,

John

i s s t i l l r e e l i n g i n

wedded

bliss.

• ray

for John and

L i l i a n

as

they

begin

t h e i r m i n i s t r y as

a

family t o g e t h e r .

• ohn i s

a l s o

our language h e l p e r .

Pray

that

he

returns to earth

soon that

we

might progress with our

language

study

MAASAICHURCH EADER

SAYS, ASHE

OLENG

(THANKS )

Many f you

have

been praying f o r Matayo

N c / i o ^ / j o / . ^ a d i t e r a e f ' t e W c h e f

afid^fe"aderin^#

M a a s a i church.

In

October,

h e

suffered

comple te kidney f a i l u r e . Because of h e long

term c o s t of i a l y s i s ,

a

kidney t r a n s p l a n t was

r e a l l y

h i s

only

permanent t r e a t m e n t o p t i o n .

Thanks t o t h e help of

s e v e r a l

churches

and

i n d i v i d u a l s

i n

t h e

US

and Kenya,

Matayo

was

a b l e

t o have t h e t r a n s p l a n t o p e r a t i o

December 20 and was w e l l enough t o l

t h e h o s p i t a l on

J a n u a r y 2 1

His b r

J o h n s o n ,

t h e

k i d n e y d o n o r , r e c o v e r e d

q u i c k l y and was

a b l e

t o

spend

Chris

w i t h

h i s family.

•

r a i s e

God

t h a t

Matayo was a b l

have

t h e

o p e r a t i o n

i n such a s h o r t

tim

• ray t h a t he w i l l continue to

h e a l an

a b l e t o

r e t u r n t o h i s

m i n i s t r y . s o o n

"LITERACY

MATERIALS

NEEDED

NOW " AYS

MISSIONARY

Reading t h r o u g h t h i s n e w s l e t t e r

p r o b

w a s n ' t

tough

f o r

you

I n

American

c u l

w r i t t e n

m a t e r i a l ,

from t h e morning pap

n i g h t - t a b l e

r e a d i n g , i s

a l l around

u s .

Bu

Maasailand,

t s

a

v e r y

d i f fe r e n t s t o r y .

WANTED;GROWING

RELATIONSHIPSATSION

Pray t h a t E r i c and t h e two

p a s t o r s

of

Narok

church

—

David Sempele a

John S a i t e t

— o n t i n u e t o grow i n t h

r e l a t i o n s h i p s

w i t h

each

o t h e r and i n t h

mutual v i s i o n

of

t h e m i n i s t r y

of

church

n Narok.

Building

r e l a t i o n s h i p s :

Eric,David,

nd Joh


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A

aasai

C h r i s t i a n

who e c e n t l y

l e a r n e d t h e

b a s i c s of reading a n d w r i t i n g f a c e s a b i g

c h a l l e n g e .

I n order t o g r ow i n t o a

c o n f i d e n t ,

capable

r e a d e r i n t h e l o c a l

church an d

community,

he

must f i n d m a t e r i a l s t o r e a d

Th e complete Maasai

" l i b r a r y "

i s

only

about

15 books (and t h a t ' s i f

you

count t h e

two

r e a d i n g p r i m e r s ) . O n c e a Maasai a d u l t

completes

t h e

primer

s e r i e s i n

a

l o c a l

l i t e r a c y

c l a s s , t h e r e i s

very l i t t l e

w r i t t e n i n

h i s h e a r t language t h a t enables

him

t o

p r a c t i c e h i s n e w reading s k i l l s

or

"bridge"

him t o

t h e u l t i m a t e

goal

of reading

t h e

B i b l e .

I t s

a b i g l e a p from

" e e t a

o l e e

elong'o"

("the

man has a s h i e l d " )

t o

com p reh ending t h e

book

of Acts

How

an

you

pray

about

t h i s

ch a lle n g e?

One

f

Melodie's

main

goals

f o r

1995

i s t o

c r e a t e a n d d i s t r i b u t e a v a r i e t y of

l i t e r a c y

m a t e r i a l s i n t h e Maasai

language.

She p l a n s

to do h i s

with the help o f

national

l i t e r a c y

workers

( l i k e

Matayo)

a n d through w r i t i n g

workshops

with

t r a i n e d

Maasai

t e a c h e r s

who

u r r e n t l y

teach

l o c a l l i t e r a c y c l a s s e s .

M e l o d i e h o p e s

to create a " M a a s a i

News

Sheet"

f o r both beginning and advanc ed

r e a d e r s

t h a t

w i l l

h e l p them p r a c t i c e t h e i r

r e a d i n g ,

a s

w e l l

a s p r o v i d e

c u r r e n t

n e w s

of

t h e C h r i s t i a n c ommu nity.

There

a r e

s e v e r a l

booklets

i n

the

w o r k s as well: Bib l e studies,

Maasai

stories,

and w o r k s h e e t s on different

t o p i c s . These m a t e r i a l s w i l l

b e w r i t t e n for

a

v a r i e t y of

reading

l e v e l s , enabling n e w

readers to

bridge

smoothly i n t o reading th e

B i b l e .

•

ray

f o r

Melodie

as

she

g a t h e r s i d e a s

and

works w it h n a t i o n a l s

on

t h e s e

mate r ials.

• ray

t h a t

she

c a n use

her o f f i c e

time

e f f i c i e n t l y a n d t h a t m a n y of t h e s e

m a t e r i a l s

ca n be

produced a n d

d i s t r i b u t e d

during t h i s c o m i n g

y e a r .

Mel as

h e

e nt i r e Maasai

i b r a ry we l l

in

han

Most of

h e materials

Melodie

will

wor

w i l l

b e

about

t h e

.same l e n g t h as

n e w s l e t t e r . For most of us, h i s i s n ' t

mu

a

c h a l l e n g e .

But

doing

t h i s

m u c h

read

w h e n you've

r a r e l y

read m o r e

than a

s

paragraph a t

a time —

i s hard work

Maasai e a d e r

lease pray w i t h us for

t h e

Ma

r e a d e r s who w i l l

use

t h e re

m a t e r i a l s .

ray

t h a t

they w i l l gain

s k i l l

confidence as they

p r a c t i c e

t h e i r

r e a

Thanks

again

for

j o i n i n g

us

i n

m i n i s t

t h e

Maasai and t h e people of

Narok

E r i c and Melo die Perry


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CHRISTI NMISSION RY

FELLOWSHIP raver Newsletter

Eric and

Melodic Perry

Ministrywith

theNarokChurch

& iteracyWorkamongthe

Maasai

Tribe

of

Kenya

Box11

Narok,

Kenya

East Africa

THE PERRY

POST

May 1995

WHATA FELLOWSHIP

I n

t h e

p a s t

few m onths, we

h a v e b e e n

t h i n k i n g q u i t e

a

l o t a b o u t t h e f e l l o w s h i p

a s p e c t

of i v i n g

a s

m i s s i o n a r i e s i n

a f o r e i g n

c u l t u r e .

t

i s

s u r p r i s i n g

how m any

d i f f e r e n t k i n d s of e l a t i o n s h i p s w e

p a r t i c i p a t e

i n t h r o u g h our

i v e s and

work

i n Kenya. Many f

you

h a v e

a s k e d ,

What

d o y o u d o o r

e l l o w s h i p t h e r e V ' ^ z A l i k e t o

s h a r e

a l i t t l e a b o u t

what h e

P e r r y

f a m i l y

d o e s f o r f e l l o w s h i p

MEAL OFWORDS

One of h e

ways

t h e Maasai p e o p l e

d e s c r i b e

t h e i r

c u s t o m a r y g r e e t i n g s i s by

s a y i n g ,

We h e w e d

t h e

n e w s . This s

g e n e r a l l y

a h o r t

t i m e

of e l l i n g and

r e c e i v i n g

news

b o u t a f r i e n d .

I f

you

f o l l o w t h e a n a l o g y of

e a t i n g

w o r d s ,

n e w s - s h a r i n g would

b e l i k e a s m a l l

s n a c k .

F e l l o w s h i p

t h r o u g h t h e

Word: ohn

O l e Pe/w

o r

a

Maasai Teacher Booklet.

I n

F e b r u a r y ,

M e l o d i e met i t h

f i v e

t e a c h e r s from t h e

Matapatu

r e a of

M a a s a i l a n d

f o r a

F e l l o w s h i p

C o u r s e . A

t h e y met o g e t h e r t o e d i t a T e a c h e r

R e s o u r c e B o o k l e t

i n

t h e

Maasai

a n g u

Melodie

e x p e r i e n c e d more

t h a n j u s t

c h e w i n g

t h e n e w s w i t h

t h e s e

f e l l o w

C h r i s t i a n s ~

h e y had

e l l o w s h i p

o v e r

w h o l e meal of o r d s .


5/11

I n A p r i l , M e l o d i c

and E r i c s p e n t

a

week

a t

t e a m m a t e s Rob and R a c h e l l e

D e n n i n g ' s

h o u s e , a l s o i n t h e Matapatu

a r e a . While

there, M e l o d i c

observed and

s s i s t e d

two

M a a s a i t e a c h e r s , a n d trained

t w o

new

t e a c h e r s

t o h e l p b r i n g u p

f f e c t i v e r e a d e r s

for t h e

Maasai

chu rch. We lso celebrated

o u r s e c o n d wedding a n n i v e r s a r y w i t h a

s p e c i a l

r a s p b e r r y

p i e

from

Rob and

R ac h e l l e

1

F e l l o w s h i p

i s

d i v e r s e i n K e n y a T h i s m o r n i n g w e

w i t h {from e f t ) :

C h a r l e s

and

E l i j a h

(Sunday S c h o

t e a c h e r s ) ; P a s t o r

S e m p e l e - ,

Matayo OU

c h o s h o i i

J o s e p h OU

i n y a t u - , and Don nd Cam ohnson

"Even t o

t h e e n d s of h e

e a r t h . . . .

R e c e n t l y , w e t r a v e l e d

f i v e

h o u r s on

t h e r o a d

p i c t u r e d

f o r a

WAP.

We

CMFe rs

i l l g o

a

o n g

w ay

o r

f e l l o w s h i p

MISSIONARIES

WAP

WITH

EACH

OTHERNO

MISSIONARY

S

AN SLAND

We

a v e r e c e i v e d

m a n y e t t e r s

w o n d e r i n g

w h e t h e r

t h e r e a r e any

m i s s i o n a r i e s n e a r u s

w i t h

whom we c a n

f e l l o w s h i p .

The

a n s w e r

i s a r e s o u n d i n g

"YES "

Because

we i v e

i n

Narok o w n , we

ee

several

members

of

h e

Maasai

team

when

t h e y

p a s s t h r o u g h

on t h e i r

way

t o and

from t h e i r v a r i o us d estin a tions.

Other

members of

h e

team

a re

not so

fo r t u n

S e v e r a l

fa milies

on

t h e

team

a r e l oc a te

h o u r s from t h e

n e a r e s t

t e a m m a t e . Tho

w e

a r e f a r a p a r t ,

w e a r e

not a l o n e .

E a c h

f a m i l y of h e

M a a s a i team b e l o n g

a Worship A c c o u n t a b i l i t y and P r a y e r

Group (code

n a m e

WAP).

T h e n a m e

s e l f - e x p l a n a t o r y .

T h e r e

a r e u s u al l y

t h r

families

i n v o lv e d i n

e a c h WAP s

h e

i n d i c a t e s , w e

d i s c u s s

s t r a t e g y and s e e h

t h e work

s

g o i n g .

We a t h e r

i d e a s

an

v e n t

f r u s t r a t i o n s .

Worship

a n d

P r a y e r

d raw our i v e s t o g e t h e r

b e f o r e God.

H e a l i n g , encouragement, a n d

e x h o r t a

a r e

p i v o t a l

a s p e c t s

ofour

work. WAPs

one ofour mai n i f e

s p r i n g s .

As u c h ,

w e

a r e w i l l i n g

t o

l e a v e t h e p a

r o a d

between Narok and

Na i r ob i t o

bounce,

u r c h , a n d p r a y u p mountains

and

a c r o s s d r y r i v e r b e d s t o

f e l l o w s h i p

our t e a m m a t e s

~

ur

a m i l y .


6/11

PERRYS RE EIVEVISITORS

FELLOWSHIPABOUNDS

CO-WORKERSONANOTHE

CONTINENT

T h i s y e a r , w e ' v e had two

g r e a t

r e m i n d e r s

of h e s p e c i a l

f e l l o w s h i p

w e

h a v e

w i t h

f r i e n d s

an d s u p p o r t e r s from

back

home.

Don nd

Cam

ohnson, h e m i s s i o n a r i e s

who

erved t he

Narok Church

before

we

a r r i v e d , c ame t o v i s i t

f o r

a

few

d a y s

i n

J a n u a r y .

We n j o y e d w a t c h i n g

t h e i r

r e u n i o n s ; one

of

h e

more q u i e t c h u r c h

w o me n

was a c t u a l l y l e a p i n g

a r o u n d

t h e

s a n c t u a r y w he n Cam

ame

t o g r e e t our

L a d i e s

B i b l e S t u d y

Don nd Cam

b r o u g h t

s p e c i a l

g i f t s of

n c o u r a g e m e n t

and

i n si g h t f o r

u s

a s w e l l .

I n l a t e

F e b r u a r y ,

our f r i e n d s (and s u p p o r t

e r s )

S t e v e and Kathy

G r e i g

a r r i v e d f o r a n

1 1 - d a y s t a y w i t h u s .

They

wanted t o

s e e

our i v e s

and

work

h e r e f i

r s t h a n d

s o

t h e y

c o u l d b e

more e f f e c t i v e p r a y - e r s . This s

t he k i n d

of news h a t we

missionaries

thr ive on

We

r i e d

t o

g i v e

them

a

t a s t e

of

r e a l

l i f e

i n Narok, an d t h e y i m p r e s s e d u s by

e a g e r l y p a r t i c ip a t i ng i n

a

w i d e v a r i e t y

of

e x p e r i e n c e s . They

v i s i t e d t h e Keny a n

h o mes, t e t r a d i t i o n a l

food, d ra nk l o t s o f

hot

c h a i

t e a ) ,

bounced o v e r t h e

rough

r o a d s , i s i t e d a

M a a s a i

v i l l a g e and

e v e n

h e l d a workshop f o r our

Sunday

S c h o o l

t e a c h e r s They were a

w o n d e r f u l

encouragement

t o

u s .

I t

was

s o

good

t o

h a v e p e o p l e

from our

o w n

c u l t u r e and

l a n g u a g e t o p r a y and

f e l l o w s h i p

w i t h i n

our home

We e v e r f o r g e t (and

we hope

you

d o

e i t h e r ) t h e v e r y

i m p o r t a n t f e l l o w s h i p

h a v e

w i t h

e a c h of

o u .

We

r e

s o

g l a d

you

s h a r e i n

t h i s work w i t h u s

t h r o u g

y o u r p r a y e r s ,

e t t e r s ,

p a c k a g e s

and

f i

n a n c e s We r e t h a n k f u l t h a t m a n y o

you s h a r e our m i n i s t r y

n e e d s w i t h

y o u

c h u r c h e s

an d f r i e n d s

~

h e

f e l l o w s h i p

k e e p s g r o w i n g

We

r a y

f o r

you

w i t h

g r a t e f u l h e a r t s ,

we c o u n t

on y o u r f e l l o w s h i p . We

h i

o u r s e l v e s a s

y o u r

c o - w o r k e r s

f o r

t h e

K i n g d o m, u s t

on a n o t h e r

c o n t i n e n t

The e l l o w s h i p of

h e

Word, f r a y e r , n d of

L o r d ' s

Supper

s

a

e n t r a l p a r t

of

u r

i f e

i n

Narok.

e s p i t e t h e

c u l t u r a l

d i f i F e r e n c e ,

t r i b a l

d i f f e r e n c e s , a n d color i f f e r e n c e s ,

we

r e o ne

B od y

i n our

L o r d .

. . . T h i s s m y o d y ,

J e s u s

t o t h e i s c i p l e s .

T h i s

r e m e m b r a n c e s o u r s t r e

f o r e l l o w s h i p and our i r e c t i o n f e > r m i n i s t r y .


7/11

• l e a s e

p r a y

w i t h

u s

f o r t h e c u r r e n t

l i t e r c y c l s s e s

i n t h e

M a t a p a t u a r e a , a n d

that

the teachers

will

remain

committed

and ffective i n

their

work.

•

l e a s e

p r a y

f o r

our

d a y - t o - d a y

r e l a t i o n s h i p s

w i t h

o u r

c o - w o r k e r s a t t h e

Narok Church.

r a y

e s p e c i a l l y

f o r E r i c ,

John,

and Davi d

a s t h e y p a s t o r t o g e t h e r .

• l e a s e p r a y

f o r

t h e f e l l o w s h i p o f h r i s t s

body

t Narok: o r g r o w t h , f o r w o r s h i p ,

and

n

o u t reach .

• l e a s e

p r a y w i t h u s a s w e

o n s i d e r

o p t i o n s

f o r

our

u t u r e

m i n i s t r y .

5/95

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C h r i s t i a n

Missio nary Fellow ship

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8/11

CHRISTIANMISSIONARYFELLOWSHIP ra\er

Newsleiter

Eric

and

Melodic

Perry

Ministrywith

the

narok

Church

iteracy

work

amongthe

Maasai

ribe

of

Kenya

Box

110

Narok, Kenya

East

Africa

THE

PERRY

POST

November

1995

WhatDoesAMissionaryDo

I t s

a

q u e s t i o n w e e t

a

l o t .

C u r i o u s

c h i l d r e n

(and

a d u l t s ) w r i t e

u s

l e t t e r s .

Friends

often ask. Churches

and Mission

Committeeswant o know.... We e e l l i k e

e v e r y t i m e w e n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n , w e a r e

d e s c r i b i n g

s o m e t h i n g d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e

t ime before

All

of

us are

c a l l e d

to share Chris t

w i t h

t h o s e who

d o n ' t

y e t

know Him ~ h a t s

t h e f o u n d a t i o n of e i n g a

m i s s i o n a r y .

What inds of c t i v i t i e s does that

involve

when

y o u

l i v e

a n d

work

n

K e n y a ?

What

does i t look l i k e in the town of Narok?

Among

h e

M a a s a i ? I n

a

f o r e i g n c u l t u r e ?

Day

y

d a y , s w e a v e s o u g h t t o m e e t t h e

needs

around

u s ,

we

have

been

amazed a t

how

our

own definition of what

a mi s

s i o n a r y

d o e s

h a s

c h a n g e d

a n d

e x p a n d e d

F o r

a l l of

you

who h a v e a s k e d ( o r h a v

b e e n a s k e d ) ,

"What o e s

a m i s s i o n a r y r

do?"... here's

a look

at

the current

definition that comes rom

our

l i v e s a

m i s s i o n a r i e s i n Kenya:

A

MissionaryGoes footing

K e n y a n s d e s c r i b e

i t

a s " f o o t i n g . "

I t

s i

means a l k i n g

t o

a e s t i n a t i o n .

For

e v e r y

T h u r s d a y

a f t e r n o o n i s

a t i m e f o

f o o t i n g y N i t h .

s e v e r a l o f t h e

l e a d e r s

of h

Narok

Church.

Their d e s t i n a t i o n s v a

from members of h e

c o n g r e g a t i o n

w h

a r e

s i c k

t o t h o s e who a r e f e e l i n g weak

t h e i r f a i t h . I t i s e s p e c i a l l y a

i m e

t o

f o l l o w - u p

w i t h

new e l i e v e r s

o r

t o

e n c o u r a g e

t h o s e

who h a v e n o t b e e n p

of h e

w o r s h i p s e r v i c e .


9/11

T h i s v i s i t a t i o n l i m e i s e x c i t i n g

f o r

u s b e c a u s e

i t

i s a

r e s p o n s e

of h e

Narok Church

e l d e r s

and

p a s t o r s t o a n e e d i n t h e i r own c o n g r e g a t i o n .

These

l e a d e r s w e r e t h e o n e s t o p l a n

and

i n i t i a t e this

t i m e

of

utreach.

Er ic

h a s bee n

t a l k i n g w i t h t h e l e a d e r s f o r months a b o u t

t h e

i m p o r t a n c e

of i s c i p l e s h i p

and o l l o w - u p

f o r

t h e members of h e

c h u r c h .

Now h e s e men

h a v e

c a u g h t

t h e v i s i o n f o r t h e m s e l v es As

h e

l e a d e r s c o n t i n u e t o go o o t i n g T h u r s d a y ,

t h e p e o p l e

of

h e c h u r c h a r e

g r o w i n g s t r o n g e r ,

and t h e

w o r s h i p s e r v i c e s a r e more d y n a m i c

P r a i s e t h e

Lord

w i t h

u s

for

h e

growing

v i s i o n

a n d n t h u s i a s m of h e e l d e r s a n d a s t o r s Pray

for h e

T h u r s d a y v i s i t a t i o n

t i m e , a s w e l l

s

t h e

l a d i e s ' u t r e a c h on S a t u r d a y s a n d u n d a y s .

Pray

for

h o s e

w i t h i n

t h e Narok

Church

b o d y

who

e s i r e

t o

grow

t r o n g e r i n t h e i r a i t h .

Missionary

s

Team

Player

. .

We

ame

t o

Kenya

o m i n i s t e r

a s

p a r t of

t e a m of i s s i o n a r i e s .

There

a r e p r e s e n t l y

f i f t e e n f e

m i l i e s

w o r k i n g

i n K e n y a among

M a a s a i

and Turkana

p e o p l e s .

We r e v e r

much

i k e a f a m i l y — s h a r i n g p r a i s e s ,

f r u s t r a t i o n s , d e c i s i o n s , a n d s t r a t e g i e s

t o g e

a s

we

e e k t h e b e s t way o r e a c h p e o p l e f o

C h r i s t .

I n r e c e n t m o n t h s , we h a v e b e e n l e a r n i n g

f i r s t h a n d a b o u t

a n o t h e r

a s p e c t of e i n g p a

of

t e a m :

s h a r i n g

one

a n o t h e r ' s

b u r d e n s .

June, our current F i e l d

Administrator

(th

m i s s i o n a r y who

m i n i s t e r s t o a l l of s

h e r e

t h r o u g h o u r

N a i r o b i

o f f i c e went on

f u r l o u g h . H i s r e p l a c e m e n t

was

u n a b l e t o

o v e r

a s

o r i g i n a l l y p l a n n e d .

T h i s

l e f t o u r t

i n a t o u g h p o s i t i o n . A l l of

s depend

on

CMF Nairobi

f f i c e

for i nancial transac

t i o n s , government b u s i n e s s ,

c o r r e s p o n d e n

with

the S t a t e s , a n d

b a s i c s e r v i c e s .

The a s t o r s

a n d l d e r s e t r e a d y t o

" g o

o o t i n g " n

Narok ow n ...

A f t e r

much

d i s c u s s i o n

and

p r a y e r ,

we

v o l u n t e e r e d t o work

one

week p e r month

t h e

o f f i c e t o h e l p c o v e r

t h e

m o s t i m p o r t a n

t e a m

n e e d s .

Greg

and

Becky J o h n s o n a l s

work one

week p e r month.

The

ravel t o and

from N a i r ob i h a s

b e e n

c h a l l e n g e ( t h e r o a d i s

more h o l e s

t h a n

p a v e m e n t ) ,

and

s p e n d i n g

e x t r a

t i m e

i n

N a i r o b i h a s made t d i f f i c u l t t o k e e p

up

w

o u r s p e c i f i c m i n i s t r i e s

" a t home. Howeve

we

r e g l a d t o b e a b l e t o

s e r v e

o u r t e a m m a

d u r i n g t h i s

c r u c i a l

t i m e .

Working

s p a r t

t e a m , i k e

a

a m i l y , means b e i n g f l e x i b l e


10/11

P r a i s e

Him

w i t h

u s

f o r

p r o v i d i n g s u c h

a

s u p p o r t i v e f a m i l y i n

our

CMF e a m . P l e a s e

pray

for a f e t y

a s

we r a v e l t o andfrom

N a i r o b i , andfor u r t i m e

i n

t h e o f f i c e

t o

b e

p r o d u c t i v e . P l e a s e p r a y w i t h

u s

for h e

t e m p o r a r y

F i e l d

A d m i n i s t r a t o r ,

who

h o u l d

a r r i v e i n Kenya n e a r l y

1996.

issionary s eacher . .

Throughout h e p a s t s e v e r a l months

o t h of

u s

h a v e

b e e n

i n v o l v e d

i n

v a r i o u s t e a c h i n g

o p p o r t u n i t i e s :

•

r i c r e c e n t l y

t a u g h t

a

c o u r s e

o n h e Holy

S p i r i t

t o

28

Maasai

men

from

s e v e r a l

d i f f e r e n t

a r e a s o f

M a a s a i l a n d .

P l e a s e p r a y o r

s p i r i t u a l growth and

h e S p i r i t ' s

work n

e a c h

o f

h e s e

men.

•

e l o d i e h a s b e e n m e e t i n g

e v e r y o t h e r

month t o

t e a c h a n d e n c o u r a g e s e v e n

l i t e r a c y

t e a c h e r s i n

t h e

K a j i a d o d i s t r i c t . G i v e t h a n k s

f or the

commitment

of

hese

teachers.

Please

prayfor h e Maasai

who

r e l e a r n i n g t o

r e a d

and rite.

• ric was one

of

he teachers

at

a eminar

on

" C h r i s t i a n

D i s c i p l i n e s " a t

t h e Narok Church.

P r a i s e

t h e

L o r d ,

t h e s e m i n a r was

t t e n d e d b y

more

h a n

4 0 p e o p l e ; t h e

c h u r c h l e a d e r s

a r e

e n t h u s i a s t i c

about h e n e x t s e m i n a r ,

planned

f o r December.

•

e l o d i e i s c u r r e n t l y a t

work

d i t i n g ,

p r i n t i n g , and d i s t r i b u t i n g

t h e

f o u r t h i s s u e o f

t h e " E n c h u l a N g ' e j u k " — a e w s l e t t e r w r i t t e n

b y

M a a s a i C h r i s t i a n s t o e n c o u r a g e

M a a s a i

C h r i s t i a n s .

G i v e

t h a n k sfo r a o m p u t e r t o do

t h e

e d i t i n g w o r k , t h e

e n t h u s i a s m

o f t h e

M a a s a i ,

and h e

e n c o u r a g e m e n t t h i s

n e w s l e t t e r g i v e s

E r i c ' s mom i s i t s a

a a s a i i l l a g e

and

e e t s

a new

issionary s Sometimes

Tour

uide

In

Africa

We

e f e r

t o

1 9 95 s

" t h e

y e a r

o f h e v i s i t

From

a n u a r y t h r o u g h

O c t o b e r ,

we had

d i f f e r e n t

g r o u p s of

e o p l e

who came o

s

and l e a r n more b o u t

l i f e

i n K e n y a

S u p p o r t e r s , f r i e n d s , a n d f a m i l y a l l

b r o u g

d i f f e r e n t e n c o u r a g e m e n t s

and

o b s e r v a t i o

t h e i r

A f r i c a n s a f a r i s . We

a d

t h e o p p o r t u

to view someof he beautiful w i l d l i f e and

s c e n e r y of enya s we showed our i s i t o

a r o u n d . I t

was

u n t o

h e l p

o t h e r s e x p e r i

m i s s i o n s

f i r s t h a n d .

G i v e

t h a n k s w i t h

u s

f

t h e b l e s s i n g

o f n c o u r a g e m e n t we e c e i v e

from o u r v i s i t o r s

t h i s y e a r

M e l o d i e ' s

i s t e r

C a r l a m e e t s a newf ri e n d , t o o


11/11

issionary

Seeks

Prayers

The

a s t f e w

m o n t h s h a v e b e e n

e x t r e m e l y

c h a l l e n g i n g

f o r

u s p e r s o n a l l y . A f t e r f o u r

m o n t h s o f p r e g n a n c y ,

M e l o d i e

e x p e r i e n c e d a

m i s c a r r i a g e

i n

l a t e

A u g u s t .

I t

w a s a

d i f f i c u l t

a n d d i s a p p o i n t i n g e x p e r i e n c e ,

b u t

we a v e f e l t

s u c h

w o n d e r f u l l o v e

and

u p p o r t from

o u r

f r i e n d s

a n d

f a m i l y . P l e a s e p r a y

w i t h

u s a s we

s e e k G o d ' s

t i m i n g c o n c e r n i n g o u r

a m i l y

i n t h e

f u t u r e .

A f t e r much d i s c u s s i o n ( m i s s i o n a r i e s a r e

a l s o

g r e a t

t a l k e r s ) a n d p r a y e r , we

h a v e d e c i d e d

t o

e x t e n d o u r

t e r m

o f e r v i c e i n K e n y a b y

a t l e a s t

one

e a r .

T h i s e x t e n s i o n

w i l l

g i v e

u s more

t i m e

f o r

" d i s e n g a g e m e n t

b y

s t a g e s "

f r

o m

h e

Narok

Church and h e

M a a s a i l i t e r a c y w o r k .

As a r t o f

h i s d i s e n g a g e m e n t ,

we r e moving

from

ur

home

n

Narok

o

the Maasa i

11/95

T r a i n i n g

C e n t e r

a t E w a s o N g ' i r o

( o n e - h a l

h o u r a w a y ) . T h i s w i l l a l l o w E r i c t o c o n t i n

t o work l o s e l y w i t h t h e Narok

Church

l e a d e r s , w h i l e

g i v i n g

them mo re n d e p e n

d e n c e . P l e a s e p r a y t h a t we a n s e t t l e q u i c k

i n t o

our n ew

home a n d h a t t h e

N a r o k

C h u r c h

l e a d e r s

w i l l

grow

a n d

a t u r e

a s

t h

h a v e more

e s p o n s i b i l i t i e sfor

h e i r

c o n g r e g

t i o n o v e r

t h e

n e x t e a r .

I t i s

n o t

e a s y

t o

d e s c r i b e a l l

t h a t

we

do

n

Kenya s m i s s i o n a r i e s . But t i s e a s y f o r u s

t e l l y o u t h e

m o s t i m p o r t a n t

t h i n g you

do

m i s s i o n a r y s u p p o r t e r s : You r a y f o r

u s .

W

a r e s o

v e r y

g r a t e f u l f o r y o u r p r a y e r s ,

a n d

t

y o u a r e o u r companions

o n h i s j o u r n e y

S o l :

E r i c

elodie

e r r y

E r i c

a n d

Melodie

P e r r y

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M i s s i o n a r y

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