1. Maroon Bell mountains near where we used to live in Colorado and fall Aspen and a September dusting of snow the week before we moved to Africa

4. GMT -4… Our time zone is 4 hours east of Greenwich
Central Ky is GMT +4
Colorado is GMT +6

5. Horn of Africa
Nairobi is 70 miles south of equator

6. A Christian Life Ethic…
Col 3:23
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men
NIV

12. James 4:17
17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. NIV

15. By grace we are saved by faith, not works, and…
Eph 2:10
10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
NIV

19. The Commission
Mark 13:10
10 And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
NIV

20. West Nairobi School

22. NICS.ORG

24. Kwa nini? Why?
John 9:2-3
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.
NIV

25. 27 December 2007 Election, rigging, mayhem
US Embassy: “business cannot continue as usual”
Tribalism

27. Genocide?
Land issues?
Complicity?
Murder?
Money for a day?

28. “Here I stand, I can do no other”
Isa 7:9
If you do not stand firm in your faith,
you will not stand at all.
NIV

29. GoK:
“Just go home”

31. Christmas in Kenya

36. I know that everything God does will endure forever; Eccl 3:14 NIV

37. A Prayer and a Challenge…
2 Thess 1:11-12
We constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. 12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
NIV

38. We work hard, not to earn God’s favor, but because we have God’s favor
Dr. Michael Johnson

42. “Don’t mess with my baby!”

43. Habari gani? A flat tyre?

45. Praise & Prayers Praise: Prayers:
For personal safety through all the violence
The 11 Sudanese doctors who finished training and are back in their homeland
Prayers:
For the African church to stand firm as the tribe of Jesus.
For opportunities in discipleship of young students and medical professionals.
For the ongoing improvement of medical care in Kenya as a Christian witness and outreach.
For work among Muslims and other challenging groups
For Will & Wendi and Joe as they move into their work

46. PLEASE PLEAD!
Matt 9:37-38
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
NIV
Our friends working in closed/creative access nations cannot ask for prayer; they ask for pleadings instead. What a powerful concept of prayer!