SURVEY TRIP TO SOUTH SUDAN

In a few moments I will be boarding a bus along with Pastor Justus Oloo and Brother Peter Kosgei.  The bus will take us west through Kenya where we will cross the border into Uganda.  We will continue west until we reach Kampala, then head north up through Uganda until reaching the border of the Republic of South Sudan.  Once we are in Southern Sudan we will continue north until reaching the capital city of Juba.

The purpose of this trip is to make a survey with brother Peter Kosgei of South Sudan.  God has called the Kosgei family to missionaries to this needy, war torn and almost forgotten land.  Lord willing, sometime next year, the Kosgei family will be moving to this country to fulfill the great commission.  Brother Kosgei has been serving as a missionary intern for the last 18 months at the Grace Bible Baptist Church as a continual preparation for this move.

Peter Kosgei family

It was a few years ago that God began to burden the church concerning the great need in reaching our northern neighbors with the gospel.  We did not know when or how, but believed God wanted us to be part of taking the gospel to that country.  As we prayed, God began to send us Sudanese students in our Christian school.  The burden continued to grow and God continued to allow us to minister to the Sudanese refugees in our community.  Today we have nearly fifty Sudanese students in our school, we have seen a number of them saved at least five Sudanese have joined the church, and some are teaching Sunday School and singing in the choir. God then called the Peter Kosgei family to South Sudan!

This is the third country of the Regions Beyond that God has allowed us to be a part of reaching through our mission’s team here in Kenya.  The other two are Burundi and DR Congo.

Please pray for the leading of the Holy Spirit on this trip, safety while traveling and while we are in South Sudan, and for our families who remain behind.

RIFT VALLEY BAPTIST COLLEGE

This past week we had a session of the Rift Valley Baptist College. It was a fruitful, full week with 83 students meeting from various places of Kenya to study the bible together.  Amongst those 83 students were 50 men who are either pastors or preachers in training. It is exciting to be part of training a generation of preachers who will impact their culture for the Lord.  We have over forty men who have gone to our college that are pastoring a church somewhere in Kenya. 

During this college session we offered six classes: Church History, Pastoral Theology (Men only), Dressing for the Lord, Sowing and Reaping, Women of the Bible 3 (Ladies Only), and Hebrews 1 (Swahili).  I give huge thank you to Pastor Oloo, Bro. B.J. Cormier, and my wife for helping teach these classes.

Wendy teaching the ladies class

Rift Valley Baptist College Students

Besides the college in Nakuru, we will soon be starting a branch that will be meeting in an area about five hours from us.  The branch college will be meeting in Masaai land at the Lighthouse Baptist Church pastored by one of our graduates, John Nkome.  We also have a branch that meets weekly in Burundi, one that meets weekly in Congo, and one that meets every other month in Congo.  Soon we will be starting a branch for the deaf that will be headed up by brother B.J. Cormier.  This will be the first Baptist bible training institution for the deaf in Kenya.

We thank everyone who has prayed for and financially supported the Bible College ministry and the Mickey family.  This ministry is one of the most important that we are involved in, and it produces much fruit that remains. 

Pastor Oloo preaching chapel