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

Praise from the Simmons

Posted on May 11, 2007 - Filed Under General News, Praises | Leave a Comment

Dear Friends and Family,
Thank you so much for praying for us during this time of transition! As you continue to pray with us, please join us in praising the Lord for His provision. The IMB has granted us two more months of paid leave, to give us more opportunity to seek out the Lord’s will [...]

Amanda’s Testimony: How Suffering and Trials Brought Me Peace

Posted on February 28, 2007 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

Dear Friends and Family,
You have prayed for us so faithfully. I want you to know about
just one of the ways God has been working. Those of you who know me
know that I am a “fixer” by nature. If a problem arises in my life or
in the lives of others, my first response is to try [...]

Praise the Lord!!

Posted on February 26, 2007 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

Dear Friends,
May the Lord bless you for your faithful prayers on behalf of Amanda. She is home now (Thurs. 2:00PM EST) and came through the surgery well. The doctor took a large section for the biopsy and he expects the results tomorrow or the next day. The doctor did [...]

Good News

Posted on February 4, 2007 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

In March, Joseph and I (Sandra) will be making a trip to the States to spend some time with family. We are excited and rejoicing at the chance to play and “get to know”  grandparents and other family members that so far, are only pictures and voices. Please pray for us as we travel together [...]

prayers being answered

Posted on October 20, 2006 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

To our prayer partners,
We thank you for your prayers these past couple weeks and we can really see how God is answering them. Most people are very excited about what we are doing and embrace our vision of spreading the Gospel through a widespread church planting movement. Prayers for guidance in scheduling have been answered [...]

Praise from the Daniels

Posted on October 4, 2006 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

Charlie has been “vision casting” with our Samburu friends and he had a great opportunity to do that on Sunday as several of our established churches were having a fellowship meeting together. There were at least 7 people there who responded positively that they wish to begin participating in a small group (T4T - Training [...]

Mancala Game (Ndotoy in Samburu)

Posted on September 6, 2006 - Filed Under General News, Pictures, Praises | Leave a Comment

This just arrived from Sandra and Charles. The game is called Mancala, and you can actually play this online here!
Quick update from Sandra “the game in Samburu is called “Ndotoy” (I think this is the spelling). The guys in the picture are from the village of Sononi the elder in the center left of the [...]

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) [...]

Praise!!! from the Simmons

Posted on July 31, 2006 - Filed Under Praises | Leave a Comment

“Our biggest praise is that Jesus sought and found Micah Joel Simmons, our youngest son, on July 28th during our annual Mission Meeting in Kenya. Our church, Mount Vernon, sent a team to minister to Kenya missionaries and Micah prayed to receive Christ during the last worship service of our meeting. He wants to be [...]