Praises from Samburu Land : Samburu of Kenya

Praises from Samburu Land

Posted on August 16, 2006 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

Dear Prayer Partners,

May the Lord bless you as you enjoy Him today. We are in Nairobi,
the capital of Kenya, finishing our preparations for leaving Kenya to
go to the U.S. We leave Kenya on a KLM flight at 10PM Kenya time
Saturday the 19th (thankfully not through Heathrow) and will arrive
in Raleigh, NC at around 3:30 PM Sunday, NC time. We are blessed
that our home church, Mount Vernon, will be hosting us in the Raleigh
area and we are so thankful for all that they have done to prepare
things for us.

Praises: Thank you for praying for us to be able to complete the
recording of the the 35 Bible stories for women in the Samburu
language. As far as we know, these are the first recordings of
stories from God’s Word in the Samburu language. It was a time
consuming effort. Praise the Lord that He helped Naomi, a Samburu
pastor’s wife and Amanda’s best friend, to be able to make it to our
house each day for 1-2 hours of recording. By God’s grace, she
finished recording the stories Sunday afternoon, the day before we
left Maralal! We were also able to record authentic Samburu songs
for the first 12 stories. Nathan did the recording, using his
professional recording board.
Praise the Lord that Eddy was able to fly to and from
Maralal, so he was able to say his goodbyes without hurting his neck
further on the rough roads. The Lord gave us great grace to say our
goodbyes to all of our friends in Maralal, who have been praying for
us and with us through all of this.
Praise the Lord that we were able to schedule doctors’
appointments immediately after our arrival, both with an internist
and with a neurosurgeon.
We plan to be in the U.S. for approximately 6 months,
depending on medical treatment, and hope to be able to see many of
you as time and circumstances allow. We would love to be able to
share with you and your church all the wonderful things that we have
seen the Lord do among the Samburu people. We will send an update in
a few weeks, and hope to have contact info for you by that time! We
will be using this e-mail address while in the US. May the Lord
bless you for your fervent prayers and encouragement.
In His Hands,
Eddy, Amanda, Nathan, Josiah, Seth, and Micah Simmons
–
“For I bear witness that they have a zeal for God, but not in
accordance with knowledge.”
Romans 10:2