January 2007 — December 2007

December 25, 2007 - — Joining new friends arriving recently from the US for work on completing the construction of an orphanage and public health clinic takes us out of classrooms and church buildings and into the heart of the worldwide AIDS pandemic. Popular questions from home like, "What would Jesus do?" seem easily addressed in situations of desperate need. Help with present needs offers hope for a future. Simple, really. No further thought required ... just response. One day presenting the KBTC graduation address to a room full of young, promising ...

December 13, 2007 - — Safe, sound, and sizzlin' in Nairobi! We arrived safely ... have yet to sleep soundly ... and have been runnin' ragged since we started meetings last Friday. What a joy! < > Thank you for your prayers - all are well and enjoying the daily challenges of life here in East Africa. Our young ones from Houston are teaching up a storm at the Kenya Baptist Theological College and this old man has spent last week meeting, meeting, and meeting some more. The KBTC students are loving the hearts and heads of our teachers - and I can't ...

December 01, 2007 - — Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men! On behalf of our African family of faith, Mimi and I thank you for your prayers and for your support of our 2007 mission to the beautiful and needy people of Africa. Our year has been jammed full of Bible teaching in classrooms, in churches, in conversations, and in daily living. Mimi and I could not have been more active nor could we feel more vitally alive! I will remember my many teaching and preaching opportunities by all of the eager and open African faces, and by their exuberant ...

October 25, 2007 - — Mimi and I have safely returned to Houston from Africa after another glorious season of foreign mission. We have been changed again ... even more now. Mimi and I experienced much that will always be remembered and have thought much that will now always be ours. Our merciful God continues to transform us by His renewing of our minds - as we worship our Lord. < > Being with African brothers and sisters deeply encourages, humbles, saddens, and exhilarates us - all at once - each and every time. Mimi and I thank God for the ...

August 07, 2007 - — Mimi and I remain very thankful for your prayers and for your support. We are both well and enjoying much ministry with Kenyan friends in the Nairobi area as we wind up our summer in Africa. I just wanted to share this one story with you as a thank you for all that you help us to do here in Kenya. < > The e-mail copied below is from a Kenya Baptist Theological College student. One afternoon, she escorted Mimi and me through a slum area called "Misery." Peninah took us right to a troubled kid that had been in big trouble for stealing and ...

July 29, 2007 - — Mimi and I thank you for your prayers and for all of your support. Recently, we have been having a huge time with a bunch from Houston! About ten days ago, a group from our home church arrived in Kenya and we formed a large team with our HBU students here in Nairobi. Our newly assembled group immediately began ministering together in orphanages, in schools, and in street ministry projects that we joined in slum areas around Nairobi. Only God could have orchestrated such a dynamic group of brothers and sisters in Christ. In our number are ...

July 16, 2007 - — Mimi and I continue to thank God for your prayers and for all of your encouragement. We are both well and working hard. I have now completed teaching my Old Testament Theology class at Daystar University for this summer. What a sweet treat! For a guy who still hates school (and is quite sure that religious school must be the worst) I can’t begin to explain where all of the fun in class comes from. The most obvious elements are the young African Christians who exhibit a huge appetite and much aptitude for biblical study. Not once, ...

June 30, 2007 - — Mimi and I thank you for all of your prayers. We are deeply encouraged and entirely delighted by our Lord’s faithfulness over these last weeks. This past month and a half back home in Kenya has been a whirlwind. Mimi and I have resettled into the visiting faculty flat at Daystar University, Athi River. We have electricity most days and water more days than not. The mosquitoes don’t seem to mind the conditions here one bit! Every day, Mimi and I enjoy the amazing African students and faculty that do so much here with so ...

June 04, 2007 - — I write to you from Athi River, Kenya - where Mimi and I are surrounded by the joy of our Lord. We are once again at home with our African family of faith. In our comfortable Western culture, it is often difficult to comprehend the need that exists throughout the rest of the world. The enormity of the realization that there are millions of people who live without such basic necessities as water and food is overwhelming. Yet even more staggering is the joy that can exist in such communities through the miracle of God’s love and ...

May 26, 2007 - — Thank you for all of your prayers and support. Mimi and I have arrived safely back in East Africa for the summer. We are settling into our schedule in Athi River, Kenya as I teach Old Testament at Daystar University, help other Bible lecturers, and as Mimi assists in the Daystar University library. Mimi and I will remain in Athi River through early July, at which time we will travel northward to continue our work at the Kenya Baptist Theological College and at an orphanage, Into Abba's Arms. We have been warmly welcomed back to our ...

March 23, 2007 - — Mimi and I greet you from within the heart of Houston's pollen season. Yellow and greenish stuff everywhere.... We are so looking forward to being back in Africa soon! fter our first HaMoreh Ministries Board of Directors meeting, we are springing forward and now implementing much ministry for the rest of 2007. God is growing our vision and bringing exciting opportunities through our growing family of faith in Africa. Thank you for all of your encouragement and support. < > < > Please know that Mimi and I continue to thank God for ...

January 09, 2007 - — Mimi and I wish you and yours a Happy New Year. As we look forward to a new year, Mimi and I would like to share our thanks with you for all that God allowed us to enjoy in ministering to the beautiful people of sub-Saharan Africa last year. Your encouragement and support make our ministry possible, thank you. What precious friends and family we have! I recently returned to Houston after spending most of December back home in Kenya. This recent ministry trip was my busiest one yet. While I got to preach often, most of my time was ...