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Pat Roseman
In Kenya

Sunday & Monday Update

The team has safely arrived at the Nairobi airport to begin our journey back home. Yesterday went very well with each of us preaching in separate churches. After reuniting back at Pastor Josphat’s church, we headed to Eldoret for a short flight back to Nairobi where we stayed the night again at the HEART Lodge.

Today we visited Mully Children’s Family at their main facility about 2 hours outside of Nairobi. The visit was certainly one of the highlights of the trip and an amazing example of God’s goodness and generosity to those who call upon his name. If you don’t know who Mully is, or would like to learn more about the ministry, check out the movie ‘Mully’ which is currently free on YouTube.

Please pray for the team as we begin our travel back to Colorado. We will have a 7 hour layover in Paris before our flight back to Denver, arriving tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. It’s been a great trip and we look forward to sharing more once we return.

Pat Roseman
In Kenya

Friday & Saturday Update

On Friday, the team travelled from Eldoret to Kitale to spend time ministering with Pastor Josphat Idaya and the churches in his network. On the way out of town, we made a stop at Creation Hive, a local craft ministry that trains women in various skills to sew and make crafts and then sell them to provide work and help fund the ministry. Upon arriving in Eldoret, we had lunch and then headed out into the Kenya interior to visit some small local villages and made a couple of home visits. At the first stop, we saw and experienced the extreme poverty that is present in much of Kenya. Many people gathered to hear a gospel message given by Pastor Wilson Atambo and a majority of them responded and acknowledged they wanted to receive Jesus Christ. The team also gave out some food and clothing and Pastor Josphat and his team plan to follow up with this group to continue to minister to them in the future. We also stopped by another household where the man was involved in a polygamous relationship with three women but has since come to know Christ and be born again. We shared some tea and a small meal with them and then headed back to Josphat’s home to stay for the night.

Today, the team led a leadership training with some other pastors and ministry leaders in the area. We used the First Principles resource to teach on the first principles of Bible Study and helping them to build a commitment to accurately handling the word. The training went very well and it was very encouraging to hear some of the convictions already in place along with encouraging others to be diligent to rightly handle the word of truth. After the conference, we visited the home of Pastor Robert Wasabulo who was involved in a serious accident almost 4 months ago along with his wife. Robert has almost recovered but his wife sustained some very serious injuries and is still in a lot of pain and not able to do many things. Please join us in prayer for healing and for a full recovery.

Tomorrow, the team will be going to four separate churches and each of us will be preaching in the main service. Please pray as we prepare tonight and that we’re able to be bold and confident and present a clear message from scripture. Tomorrow afternoon, we will be driving back to Eldoret to catch a flight at 5pm to Nairobi. We will be staying the night and then visiting the Mully Children’s Family center on Monday before we depart on a late flight on Monday evening.  Please pray that our travel continues to go smoothly and that we’re able to make all of our flights as we head back home.

Pat Roseman
In Kenya

Wednesday & Thursday Updates

Yesterday the team traveled from Kakamega to Eldoret. We visited the homes of some members of the local church and discussed the importance of family discipleship and encouraged them as they help to build and strengthen the church from their homes. For dinner, we were invited to the home of some missionaries from Germany, David and Freya, who are evangelists and are multiplying disciples through small discovery bible study groups. The groups focus on a simple discipleship multiplication model that encourages dialogue around a verse from scripture and then asks how they can immediately be obedient to the Word over the next week and also who they can share it with. Right after dinner, we got a chance to practice this by taking a piki piki (motorcycle) ride into one of the Eldoret slums and discussing John 3:1-8 with a small group in the back of a restaurant. It was an amazing experience for all of us. After returning, we also attended a men’s group that was taking a break from their schedule to share some words of encouragement with one of the men from the group, and his fiancé, who are getting married on Saturday.  

Today was a scheduled rest day with the team and we visited the town of Iten and ate at a Kiero View hotel which has a beautiful overlook of the Rift Valley. We enjoyed the time off and had some great conversations as we begin to close out our time in Kenya. In the evening, we visited Calvary Chapel Eldoret and had dinner with the pastor as well as some of the other church leadership.

Tomorrow the team will leave Eldoret and head to Kitale where we will spend the next few days ministering with Pastor Josphat Idaya. We plan to visit with some of his church members and leadership tomorrow and will be hosting a leadership conference Saturday where we will be teaching on the first principles of Bible study. Please continue to pray for our travel, the health of the team, protection for our families back home, and for unity and focus as we prepare for the conference on Saturday and each member of the team preaching on Sunday.

   
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