Shalom and Blessings;
This week we had a blessed Shabbat; the weather has improved so the tent roof was not leaking. I am going through a sermon series on the life of Joseph and this Shabbat I will be teaching part 3 of 4. I will share the teaching with you at the end of the series.
Our Wednesday night Bible study is going very well. As I shared before, we are studying in the book of Ecclesiastes. Considering the distances people have to travel, and the difficulty in travelling within the city, especially during rush hours 4-8 pm, the study is well attended.
Sunday we visited a church in the Nairobi suburb of Kayole. We know the Pastor and his wife from our previous visit in February. The Kayole area is one little notch above a slum, so we made sure we were escorted by Dov, an elder at Kehilat Melech Yisrael, Nairobi. The church is small but they definitely have a heart for Israel and a desire to learn about their Messianic Jewish roots. I have attached a picture of the childrens' Sunday school.
We are moving ahead on our plans for Passover. We will be holding the Passover Seder and services in the rural city of Karatina, where Kehilat Melech Yisrael Karatina meets. It is a 2.5 hr. drive by bus from Nairobi, but a trip that everyone is used to making because the two congregations fellowship together often. The venue is a local hotel which has a large meeting room and offers catering services. The menu will be typically Kenyan: vegetarian soup, Samaki (a whole Tilapia fish, cooked Kenyan style), ugali (kind of like white corn polenta), fruit cup, milk tea, coffee and of course all the traditional Passover condiments, some of which we will bring from Israel. Many people will have to be subsidized in order to attend. Even though, according to western standards, the price of the meal is quite reasonable, to Kenyans, especially those with 4-5 children, the amount can be prohibitive; we are counting on your generosity so that no one will be left out.
Our time here is nearly over and everyone is sad that we soon have to leave. Please pray for the congregations and their leadership (Dov, Akiva, Hannah, Tovah and Amos), attendance tends to drop off when we are not here. Thank you for keeping me and Ellen in prayer, our leaving is as hard for us as it is for them. God willing we will be able to come back in March.
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Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.
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