Sorry for the long silence. Here is a brief update of what has been happening and some things for which we would covet your prayers.

We thank God for the spiritual refreshment afforded by our tri-annual WHM retreat in Greece May 31- June 5th. Phenomenal times of worship, fellowship, prayer, teaching, discussion and fun all conspired to put fresh wind in our sails as we returned to Kenya.

Enjoying a cruise in Greece

Worship was awesome and refreshing

Every team was prayed for

That refreshment was sorely needed for the task of moving to a new house that met us when we returned. How encouraging it is to know that, in the midst of the chaos of all of the “things” of life being in disarray and hard to locate, Jesus is never further than a breath away when we want to locate him! We are now living just outside of the congested city of Nairobi in a place called Karen- named after Karen Blixen. Although we are now further away from some of our good friends, our house is smaller and internet access more difficult, we are closer to Andrew’s school and enjoying the beauty and quiet of the area.

Our cat Brady thought he was coming too!

Another challenge and yet joy has been the arrival of our five young interns. They flew in from the U.S. on Friday evening with all luggage in hand, healthy, and in good spirits. They have already launched out into studying Swahili and preparing for their trip with us to minister in the rural area of Mwingi District later this week. They will be using puppets and music to share the Gospel at an HIV/AIDS clinic and orphan school, as well as putting on a community health day at one of the churches.

Our new interns

Items for prayer…
1. Please pray that God would give us grace to settle into our new home in the midst of regular ministry and our activities with the interns.

2. Pray for Stephanie, Emily, Heather, Jennifer, and Katie as they adjust to their life and ministry here in Kenya over the next two months. Pray that God would use them to minister the love of God in their activities and relationships. Pray for their safety and health and pray that Christ would be formed in them and that God would give each one a clearer sense of his calling for them.

3. Please intercede for Lois’ nephew Ben, a recent Cornell graduate, as he undergoes brain surgery on Wednesday 23rd. Pray that the tumor will prove to be benign, that he will heal with minimal side effects and that God would increase his faith through this experience.

4. Ask God to use Lois and our interns to minister to children in Mwingi June 24-28. At the same time, Robert will be leading a training seminar for church planters in the Ngomeni Presbytery and visiting the four church planters we are co-sponsoring. Pray for patience, love, discernment, and good communication. Also pray for the two mentors, Pethuel and Patrick who will be helping him to teach.

5. Lift us up to the Father as we have a difficult hearing at a government office to discuss our worker Joseph’s termination of employment and his insistence on receiving a severance pay in spite of our evidence that he was stealing from us. Pray that we would continue to love Joseph and that God would lead him to repentance.

6. Pray for James and Christine to be placed in a good home where they will know love and where Christine can receive consistent good medical treatment for her HIV/AIDS. This is urgent because her CD4 cell count has dropped and she needs to begin a new therapy.

Yours for the Harvest,
Robert & Lois Carr

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Posted by Robert Carr