What are we doing in the US?

 We are currently on our Stateside Assignment in Kansas.

What does that mean?

It means every Sunday we are in a different church 

sharing all about the amazing things God 

is up to in our coastal spot

in East Africa.

This involves a good deal of driving. 

They're all awake in this picture, which is unusual. :)

The WMU invited us to speak at the missions celebration 

for Kansas and Nebraska. 

What a gift to be able to say thank you 

to the Women's Missionary Union 

for their faithful prayers and support through the years. 

Saying Goodbye

Madylanne has been so blessed with 

very special people in her life while living here on the coast.

Over the last few weeks we were at home, 

she was able to say goodbye to dear friends in many ways.

We are so grateful to God for these sweet friends 

and pray for Madylanne as she embarks on a new journey. 

When our family returns to the coast in August,

Madylanne will remain in Kansas with family to finish up 

her last bit of high school.

We trust the Lord with her future 

and ask you to join us

in praying for her!

Saying goodbye to Pastor Mike at Emanuel Baptist Church.

 Saying goodbye to Ednah, Laurien, Nicole...

Praying over Madylanne and the future God has for her.

Friends! Alina, Pendo, and Chloe

Saying goodbye to the teachers 

and preschoolers where she volunteered.

They threw her a surprise party!

Saying goodbye to Esther. 

  

saying goodbye to the Indian Ocean!

Getting down to business

Thank you to Lifepoint Church for bringing a team of volunteers to help!!

We needed every single one of the volunteers 

to love on these kiddos so their mamas

could be free to listen and learn. 

Here you see the therapy mamas- mothers to the children who have special needs- receiving the training on small businesses. This is being hosted by Emanuel Baptist Church. Pastor Mike, Ednah, and Laurian all helped lead the training. At the very end of the second and final day of training, a mama stood up and said, "Thank you for sharing with us how to have a good relationship with God and also how to help our families through learning about small businesses. You have loved us well." 

Praise God that His love was shared and that these mamas now have knowledge which may help their families. 

Let's pray for them...that they will accept God's Son Jesus as Savior- and that they will be able to use the knowledge about small businesses in a way that benefits their families. 

And look at all these happy kids and volunteers!! 

What a blessing to love on these beautiful children 

while their mamas were learning.

Thank you, Lifepoint Church, 

for loving on these families and for loving on us 

while you were here, too!!

A Beautiful Family

 We really loved being able to visit this family while the volunteers were here. 

We talked about how Jesus is the Good Shepherd 

and gave them a Swahili copy of John and Romans. 

Please pray they will accept His offer to be their Good Shepherd! 

Continuing Education

The volunteers did an amazing job presenting on neurodivergence 

at our boys' international school while they were here!! 

Thank you for giving of your talents and knowledge!

The team said they really loved the atmosphere 

of the school and their motto: belong, explore, and shine.

 

Kisima Outreach

Mark and Pastor Mike worked really hard 

inviting the community to Kisima for an outreach event. 

Look what God did! He brought so many people 

from the neighborhood where Kisima is located 

to an open house at Kisima. 

Pray with us that God will bring the people to Kisima 

who need to find freedom from heroin through Jesus Christ.

The volunteer team was able to be present for the event

 and pray over Kisima and the the community. 

 

Training trainers

A fellow worker came to lead a training recently...a training to train others....this is a small business training that teaches others how to train people in principles of how to start a small business. We pray this will impact many different groups of people...this can be taught to the men who go through Detox and Rehab at Kisima as they are looking for new job skills. It can also be taught to the parents of the children who have special needs as a possible way for them to be able to support their families financially. 

 

There is a team of volunteers coming March 15-22 to lead Vacation Bible School for the children of the families with special needs (that we normally have in our Friday therapy group) while the parents are in the small business training. The training is being hosted by Emanuel Baptist Church, and taught by Mike and Ednah, the pastor and his wife. We pray the families being trained will make a connection with Pastor Mike and Ednah. We pray they will see they are loved by empowering them with information that can help them support their families. May they see the love of Jesus in a very tangible way!