| Dear All, Wednesday’s Bottom Line: Pastor Mark was delayed in Paris but should still arrive in Nairobi in time to present his first seminar on Thursday. Scott’s seminar in Tororo, Uganda had a huge turnout and great response (see details below). His schedule has been packed and he asked us to pray for his aching back. He will head back to Nairobi on Thursday, then lead DM and BT seminars on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Wednesday’s Prayer Requests: 1. Both Pastor Mark’s and Scott’s flights into Nairobi (Wednesday and Thursday, respectively) to be on time and uneventful. 2. Pastor Mark to have a powerful seminar in Juja on Thursday. 3. Healing for Scott’s back; adequate rest, no further problems, and no pain.Wednesday’s Details: There’s quite a lot of news to share today. Buckle up and hold on; here goes. Pastor Mark Phillips from Pineville, MO is joining Scott for one week of this trip to lead a DM seminar in Juja, do some other ministry, and participate in the retreat for all the East Africa DM leaders next week. Unfortunately, at about the same time Scott was dealing with money transfer issues, Mark was on his way to Africa and was delayed. He said, “Urgent prayer request. Strikes in Kenya cancelled my flight in. Pray for a good solution 🙏🏻” A few hours later, he said, “Praise the Lord I will be getting on a flight in a few hours to arrive in time for the seminars tomorrow.” That was great news! That strike was at the Nairobi airport. Mark said, “I guess there had been a strike since yesterday due to the Kenyans not wanting to sell to an Indian company. I’m in Paris still… my flight will arrive in Nairobi by 6 am hopefully.” Upon arrival, Mark will go through immigration and customs, and his seminar starts at 9:00 AM in the town of Juja, about an hour from the airport. Please pray for God to work out all those details for him. Meanwhile, during the drive from Busia (which is in far western Kenya, not Uganda; I was wrong) to Tororo, Uganda, Scott said, “I don’t think the travel times on Google maps take into account Speed Bump Purgatory.”  Just look at all those speed bumps! Scott said, “These two bishops traveled more than four and-a-half hours overnight from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, to join the meeting. They will be in my online group.”  Two bishops who were determined to make it to Tororo Scott said, “There were 157 pastors and church leaders in Tororo!”  Discussion groups during the seminar Scott continued, “After lunch, the power went out, and it started raining. Their generator was broken. We kept going and had people go register for groups during the rain storm. 50 of them signed up to join new DM groups.”50!!! WOW! You may recall that in the past we’ve had a problem with not having enough trained leaders for new groups. Pastors come to a seminar, get inspired and challenged by what they learn, and sign up to join a DM group, but sometimes, there’s no one ready and able to lead those groups. Now, with Hellen, James, and Hillary, our three national TTC leaders in Kenya, making more and more disciples, their disciples – and sometimes their disciples’ disciples – already have the experience and training necessary to lead their own groups. This is a WONDERFUL development!  Our Tororo team (seated) with the 8 new DM group leaders Hellen is to the right of Scott. Scott said, “They have such a passion to take disciple-making to the rest of their country!”And in other news, he added, “My upper back has been sore today. Please ask the partners for prayer. I have been standing teaching for 6 to 8 hours for 6 of the past 8 days. The other 2 days I traveled for 8 hours and preached at a church and led our International Disciple-Makers Fellowship. I’m sleeping in tomorrow!”They plan to travel back to Nairobi as they came: first, driving several hours to Kisumu, then flying from Kisumu to Nairobi – where there will be NO strikes, delays, or complications, in Jesus’ name! Scott says, “We will start driving at around 9:30 am [1:30 AM Thursday MO time]. Our flight is at 2 pm.”As always, thank you for taking a moment, now if possible, to pray for Pastor Mark, My Hero, their travels, and their upcoming seminars. And Scott’s back. = ) Blessings, Patty |
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We thank God for wat he is doing in our country Uganda oh wat a great move of God to transform his people in the world by making disciples.