August Newsletter

Posted on August 19, 2008 - Filed Under General News, Newsletters | Comments Off

SMALL BOY IN A BIG WORLD
As we walked down the long, dirt path to the gate, Joseph ran ahead. What freedom, what fun, I thought. When he got a certain distance away, I found I was not only watching him run, but I could see far beyond the gate to the vast expanse of open [...]

Snake Killer

Posted on June 17, 2008 - Filed Under General News | 1 Comment

Ick. The things you do when there is no one else around to do them. Today I killed a snake. A black mamba. Yes, they are poisonous.
 
So, there I was minding my own business, heading out the kitchen door to get the laundry soap and a bucket to soak Joseph’s socks. Right when I [...]

Teaching Children by Charles Spurgeon

Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under General News | Comments Off

TEACHING CHILDREN
by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
“Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”–Psalm 34:11
It is a noteworthy thing that good men frequently discover their duty when they are placed in most humiliating situations. Never in David’s life was he in a worse dilemma than that situation which suggested [...]

Water Problem in the Forest

Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under General News | Leave a Comment

Our friend relates how frustrated the elders in the forest are about the elephants continuing to greedily consume all the water in the well during the night before the people can come in the morning and get it. It seems a group of them (elders) went into town to meet with officials from Kenya Wildlife [...]

Favorite Things

Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under General News | Leave a Comment

A good magazine
Hot tamales
A package from the States
Hot cookies fresh from the oven
Classic Willie Nelson i.e. “Stardust”, wow.
Dinner in the freezer
A good cup of coffee
An email from a friend
Puzzles (Joseph)

Back in Kenya

Posted on April 4, 2008 - Filed Under General News | Leave a Comment

It seems like a blink ago, we were in the States and now we are definitely in Africa. The traffic of Nairobi, the backward way so many things are done and the slow pace of life are all clear indicators of our new location. It is good to be back and it feels “right”, but [...]

Additional news re: violence in Kenya

Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under General News, Prayer Requests | Leave a Comment

Friends,Kenya really needs your prayers right now. People are suffering as a result of post-election violence and just this week, an elected official has been shot and killed. Approximately 600 Kenyans have lost their lives and around 200,000 have been displaced and are living in temporary camps. For more information, you can follow the links below. One is to [...]

Article on Kenya’s Situation

Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under General News, Prayer Requests | Leave a Comment

FIELD-REPORT: A concern for Kenya

By: Sue Sprenkle
Original article can be found here, http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?Id=27126.NAIROBI, Kenya (BP)–Few cars pass as we walk the many miles from my house to the City Centre of Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, a yellow-striped matatu stops and we hop aboard the unusually empty mini-bus taxi.
Amid the clatter and clanging of the rundown bus, [...]

December update from the Daniels

Posted on December 4, 2007 - Filed Under General News, Prayer Requests | Leave a Comment

The time is flying like reindeer on Christmas Eve. We have had some great days and spent many of them traveling to visit with old friends, family and meeting new folks. We have had the great privilege of telling the story of the Samburu people with the desire that many will remember to “pray for [...]

August Update From the Simmons

Posted on August 10, 2007 - Filed Under General News, Praises, Prayer Requests | Leave a Comment

Praise the Lord for the way He has been providing for us through our first full month of unemployment! He has moved on hearts of individuals and churches across the country to send gifts of encouragement, and we will be forever grateful