The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:28-31
God is at work in the hearts of these young national missionary trainees. This week we are going along with Millicent, Jane, and Millicent’s pastor to look at an area near the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria where the Suba people live and near the border of Tanzania among the Kuria people.
We will talk about two places, Sindo and Isebania. Sindo is on the Eastern shore (Kenya side) of Lake Victoria. As you can see from the lines on the map, Kenya doesn’t hold much ownership of this enormous lake in East Africa.
Jane is praying about the Suba people living in the Sindo area as well as the Kuria people. Millicent is praying about the Kuria people
There are a few Baptist churches among the Kuria people who live not only in this area, but also across into Tanzania around the town of Tarime and beyond. Years ago, the IMB had a missionary presence in Tarime. However, financial restraints have prohibited the appointment of other personnel to the area.
This is the perfect opportunity for young national missionaries, as God communicates His vision for reaching those who have never heard and training those who are babes in the faith.
They are farmers, raising small animals such as chickens and goats for meat and for income. Living in small-enclosed family compounds, the father and mother, grandparents and married children build small huts, which comprise the boundaries of the area. Kuria men marry more than one wife and each wife will have her own hut to house herself and her children.
Experiencing a call to the area around Isebania nearer the Tanzania border, Millicent will have the opportunity of working not only with the Kuria people of Kenya, but also those who live in Tanzania as the border here, for nationals, is quite open without a need for official documentation.
*Pray for Jane and Millicent who have a desire to reach the unreached. Ask God to make clear His calling – the people group and the place.
*Pray for the logistics and the financing that they will need to have in place in order to begin the work.
*Pray for peace once they are in their place of work as they leave family and friends behind.
*Pray that Jane and Millicent will soar on wings as eagles as they make God’s redemptive salvation known to the ends of the earth.