| Dear All, Saturday’s Bottom Line: Scott has wrapped up the Better Together seminar in Kiboko, completed the 4+ hour drive back to Hillary’s house, and will preach at a church Sunday that is grieving a recent terrible loss. Scott is exhausted, but pressing forward. No surprises there! Prayers are appreciated. Saturday’s Prayer Requests: 1. Good sleep, good health, and great strength for Scott during this coming week. 2. The comfort only God can give to those grieving the loss of a child this week. |
| Saturday’s Details: In looking over Scott’s planned schedule during this trip, the one constant is LOTS of road travel. This can be pretty hard on one’s physical body, but the reason for all this “ground transportation” is actually very good. The three core TTC leaders in Kenya (Hillary, James, and Hellen) are raising disciple-makers in areas that are farther and farther out from Nairobi! Think “Jerusalem, Judea, and the uttermost parts of the earth…” – Hillary and his disciples are reaching into Tanzania, some 8 hours south of Nairobi; that’s where Scott was last week. – James and his disciples are impacting Kiboko, Kenya, some 3 hours southeast of Nairobi; that’s where Scott’s been this week. – And Hellen and her disciples are leading groups in Uganda, some 8 hours west of Nairobi; that’s where Scott will be this coming week! All that to say that he and I both very much appreciate your prayers for him. Scott sent me some brief texts during their drive back to HIllary’s house Saturday evening. Unfortunately, the news was deeply disturbing. Scott said, “I found out that the grandson of a member of the church where I will minister tomorrow was killed by a hyena. The boy was about 4 years old.” Our own 1, 3, and 5-year-old grandchildren and their parents just spent most of the summer here with us, so this terrible news hits us especially hard as we remember our time with them. “The grandmother sent the boy to the supermarket, and the animal came out of the forest and caught the child in the parking lot!” This happened just three days ago, on Wednesday. “He was the 10th person from Nairobi killed by hyenas – maybe crossbred with some other kind of big cat, possibly leopard? – in the past three months. Another woman was killed while on her way to work at 5 AM.” This is an unbelievably horrific situation. Please pray for the many people affected by these tragedies, and especially for the church and family members of this little boy. Pray also for God to give Scott the right message to preach there in a few hours. Thank you always for standing with us in faith. Your consistent prayers and encouragement give us courage and peace and are impacting many of our Family members in Africa. We appreciate you so very much! Blessings, Patty |