News from Kenya...
Hi,
As you know, the final weeks were hectic there in Oregon as we said our good-byes to you all and were torn by the desire to stay with Mom and Dad as he recovers from the recent illness. But we left them in good hands, said farewell to R and T at the airport, and arrived with all our luggage in Nairobi.
After 10 days, we're settled, the boys are in school, Timothy has asked a date for the Junior-Senior banquet, and therefore, life is settling into some normalcy! The Doro team has made a good start now, and tomorrow I will leave with Bob for Northern Kenya, then S. Sudan and the base. When we're back next week, you'll hear how it has gone. Two items today:
One, the reminder that God is in control. In Portland last month, we had a gathering of friends who traveled on the summer tour from MSB to Israel with Dad in 1979. A wonderful time. We met at a mission center in Portland where one of our group is serving, and at the end of the day she introduced me to Desta, an Ethiopian believer studying and living at the facility. Well, by God's providence Desta is brother to one of our two Ethiopian missionary couples at D.! I will carry greetings and letters and pictures tomorrow, as I go. Isn't God good?!
Two, another reminder that God is in control. As of this morning, we have a charter flight into D. but no return flight. All our contacts are booked for the month, and we've not been able to arrange any return yet. Thanks for praying for God's provision as we continue to scan for any flights into our area, during the next 48 hours. Bob will need to fly out of Kenya in one week.
In Christ, Rob
As you know, the final weeks were hectic there in Oregon as we said our good-byes to you all and were torn by the desire to stay with Mom and Dad as he recovers from the recent illness. But we left them in good hands, said farewell to R and T at the airport, and arrived with all our luggage in Nairobi.
After 10 days, we're settled, the boys are in school, Timothy has asked a date for the Junior-Senior banquet, and therefore, life is settling into some normalcy! The Doro team has made a good start now, and tomorrow I will leave with Bob for Northern Kenya, then S. Sudan and the base. When we're back next week, you'll hear how it has gone. Two items today:
One, the reminder that God is in control. In Portland last month, we had a gathering of friends who traveled on the summer tour from MSB to Israel with Dad in 1979. A wonderful time. We met at a mission center in Portland where one of our group is serving, and at the end of the day she introduced me to Desta, an Ethiopian believer studying and living at the facility. Well, by God's providence Desta is brother to one of our two Ethiopian missionary couples at D.! I will carry greetings and letters and pictures tomorrow, as I go. Isn't God good?!
Two, another reminder that God is in control. As of this morning, we have a charter flight into D. but no return flight. All our contacts are booked for the month, and we've not been able to arrange any return yet. Thanks for praying for God's provision as we continue to scan for any flights into our area, during the next 48 hours. Bob will need to fly out of Kenya in one week.
In Christ, Rob
posted by Congdons in S. Sudan at 9:42 AM
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