Adam and Abigail's Adventures

                                                             Spring is here! And it is time to give you an update on Isaya, the young Kenyan, who through the help of  many wonderful Christian brethren has been able to attend medical school. He starts the second semester of his first year today. (For more info, read this  post .)      To start, a letter from Isaya: " Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, I take this precious time to write this page to inform you on how I'm doing in medical school.      First I thank God for his continuing mercies and blessings in our Christian life. I have learned to appreciate His divine design for the universe and the human body.       For the time I've been in school, understanding the working system of the body, brains, growth, and repair of bones and cell and the precious fluid blood!! I have no words to speak. No human brain can combine ( I think he meant "comprehend") such a unique organisation.

This is Isaya (in America we would say Isaiah). He is 20 years old,  the son of Fred Bwile, a graduate of the Andrew Connally School of Preaching and he wants to become a doctor. He is an active member of the congregation that his father preaches for, often times teaching bible study. His family lives in Kenya where there are only 0.2 physicians per 1,000 people (2011-2015) compared to the 2.5 in America (2011). Teaching bible study. Mr. Fred contacted me a few days ago, saying that Isaya had completed his secondary education (high school) but that they didn't have the funds to send him to college. He said it would cost $240 per year. Correction: I was informed today that that number is not correct. It will actually cost $2,400 per year. I told him I would try and raise what I could. but that that was a lot more money than we both had originally thought. I know the Lord will provide if it is His will.  That's almost 4x less than what it costs to go to college here i

   "Go, stand in the temple courts," he said "and tell the people about this new life." (Acts 5:20) Peter and several of the other apostles were put in prison for speaking about the gospel and as an angel let them free in the night, he told them to go to the temple courts. Where was the best place to reach those of the Jewish faith? The temple of course. And Peter had been entrusted to take the gospel to the Jews (Gal. 2:7). What does that mean to us today? We need to position ourselves in locations where we can be the most effective. Or maybe we need to create such places.  You know, I've had people say " a library?" like "That's cool and all, but we want to support a work that will convert souls, not keep kids in school." And I can understand why they might think that, after all libraries are not viewed as places that can aid in the spread of the gospel. Tanzanians view education as one of the only ways they can better themselves

   What a wonderful season Christmas is. Pretty lights, the scent of pine trees, delicious goodies and time with family! You want to hear a funny story? Adam has needed a new office chair for quite some time. Recently, I sat down on it with him and crack! I broke it. The poor thing would lean to one side when you sat on it.  So, I bought him the exact same one, brand new, for Christmas. It arrived today and I secretly began trying to put it together in the laundry room. After about two hours, I gave up. I decided to let him have it early so he could help me finish putting the pieces together (smart, huh). Well, he gets to looking at it and discovers I've placed the armrests on the wrong sides. Fix that, everything else goes in place. Ta-da! All finished. Get it into the office and it won't tilt back. Adam fiddles with the chair, sits back down, and almost falls face forward because it's leaning the wrong way! We had a good laugh over it. But I've learned m

Hello from Pa! We had another great clothing giveaway on November 7th. The congregation really stepped up and we had even more clothes to give out to the community this time. It was a good thing too, because a friend of a family who lost their home to a fire stopped by and gathered up 12-15 bags of clothes and food. That brought our total to 75 bags of clothing and food given out and 18 families aided. We also had a member bring a bunch of books she no longer needed. When I saw this table, all I could think was "I need these!" Even though they were mostly children's books, there was this desire to take them all home with me. I obviously have a problem, hehe. The helpers enjoyed a meal of sloppy joes and baked beans. We would have had a bigger turn out but one of the members needed help moving so 5 or 6 men spent all morning and some of the afternoon assisting them. All in all, it was a great day. Picture on Right: Emily

                                                                                                   Deuteronomy 15:11- For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you "You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land" The night before the giveaway, several members helped us get everything in order. The foyer furniture was moved to make room for the racks of clothing. Tables were set up for odds and ends like belts and gloves and for the peanut butter and jelly. We had about 20 members sign up to be there the day of the giveaway; We arrived at the church building 30 minutes before starting time, cause you know, there's always last minute things that need taken care of. Two large signs that said " FREE CLOTHES" were put out by the near-by highway and "Exit" and "Enter" signs were put out in the parking lot. 9:00am came and we had people coming through the door! I don't