"Kilimanjaro peaks out from her veil of clouds. She can be seen from all nine of the new church plants in Kenya and Tanzania."
"Some of our team at the new Mailiatatu Church the day we dedicated it." Kenya - July 2007
I'll be returning to East Africa on September 18 and will return on Oct 10.
Here is my agenda for this mission.
1. Visit Rob & Melissa Boogaard in Amsterdam, Holland on the way to Kenya. We hope to begin plans for a Crusade in a nearby village in June 2008.
2. Visit the British Baptist Bible Seminary in Nairobi, Kenya. Pastor Reuben ole Tiges, of the Jipe Orkung'u Church, is currently studying there. The leadership of the seminary plans to help us launch a seminary near Mombasa, Kenya in January 2008.
3. Inspect and dedicate the recently completed church building in Esukuta, Kenya.
4. Visit our church plant in Enderkesi, Kenya
5. Visit our church plant in Karantini, Kenya
6. Hold a two-day Pastors Conference in Taveta, Kenya. Our nine pastors, and several associates pastor's, will attend along with a few guests pastors that we cooperate with along the Kenya/Tanzania border.
7. Visit our church plant, for the first time, in Lossimingori, Tanzania.
8. Visit the Python Hill, Kenya church plant and present $1500 to begin the construction of a new church building.
9. Meet with a well drilling company that was referred to me to discuss the potential of drilling a deep water bore hole near the Iltudui, Tanzania church plant.
10. Make the long drive across Tanzania to visit a pastor friend in Rwanda. Rwanda is in the next time-zone west of Kenya. We plan to prayerfully visit several remote areas to deliver the gospel and explore the possibility of planting new churches.
11. There is a slight chance that we may be able to enter Burundi as well. Burundi has been a very volatile country. Pray that we can safely enter an area along the border to get the gospel into the country.
12. Meet with Pastor Patrick Wafula Marisa of God's Family Steadfast Baptist Church to discuss our partnership in a new orphanage to open in January 2008.
Most of the expenses for this Mission have been met. However, I still need approximately $1200 to cover all of the on-the-ground transportation expenses.
Thank you for your prayers, support and encouragement.
"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 24:14
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