Thanks for your continued prayer for our work and ministry here in Kenya. Our five interns continue to do a great job and Lois will be sending an update on them as their time here comes to an end. Meanwhile, I am gearing up for more visitors this week and wanted you to be interceding for that as well as other things so that we have your prayer covering.

Our team of four comes from Gainesville, VA and we are excited to have folks from this church come who have been our supporters for many years. Reverend Jack Lash, the pastor of this church, will be teaching a seminar for the Kenyan pastors on the topic of eschatology. This is a topic that can sometimes sound abstract and confusing to us all but I believe that, although there are many different approaches, a good basic understanding and faith in what the scriptures teach about this topic informs our everyday life in the here-and-now.

Jack is accompanied by another elder in the church, Richard, who will be assisting Jack and helping us with the cataloguing of the library of our small Bible School where Jack will be teaching. Two ladies, Becky and Kathleen will also be coming to research the goat project we have been talking about. It seems they have decided to focus mainly on soap-making rather than cheese production.

Togenbach cross-breeds

Please pray for the following:
1. For safe travel in the air and on the ground according to our schedule:
July 28th- Team leaves U.S.
July 29th- Arrives in Nairobi
July 31st- Robert travels by road with team of four to Mwingi.
August 1-8: Ministry in Mwingi
August 9: Travel by road back to Nairobi
August 11: Team departs for U.S.

2. Ask the Lord to use Pastor Lash as he teaches this seminar on eschatology. Pray that his communication will be clear and encouraging. Pray for him and Richard as they preach on Sundays and at an outreach event in one of the villages.

3. Petition our Father to give wisdom as the ladies pursue the goat project. Pray that this project might provide some employment for an area that is poor because of low rain levels.

4. Pray for me as I lead this team. I want to do the logistics effectively (there are many!) while at the same time loving everyone well.

5. Ask in faith that this team will go back to their church with a renewed and informed vision of how to continue partnering with us in this work.

Other prayer items:
1. Pray for peace on and around 4th of August as Kenya votes on a new constitution. Difficult issues include abortion, special courts allowed for Muslims and land issues. Pray that the Kenyan people would make the right choice that pray that everyone would except the outcome peacefully. Pray for unity and harmony.

2. Pray for the family of one of our pastors who recently died of AIDS. None of us, including his wife, knew he was HIV positive and now the widow and young child are also positive. The other pastors are taking an offering to help this family in their great need. We are praying about how we can help.

3. Pray for our daughter Jessica as she continues to struggle through a difficult workload and exams as she trains to become a paramedic. Pray that she will stay the course and not become discouraged.

Thanks for praying!

Robert

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