Thank you for 26 years of ministry in Africa

As a result of your prayers and sacrificial giving, God allowed us to meet, teach and testify to His glory among believers and nonbelievers from innumerable tribes, north from Cape Town, South Africa 3,000 miles to Leer, South Sudan, and west from Mombasa, Kenya 1,250 miles to Douala, (Do-WALL-uh) Cameroon – to God be the glory!

As young missionaries, learning culture and language, we thrilled at participating in God’s goal of reaching every tribe and tongue with the Gospel of Jesus Christ – sitting on a reed mat sharing God’s word under a mango tree is the best thing ever.

As God expanded our territory to researching unengaged peoples, we are witnesses to His protection, provision and guidance as we moved village to village finding pockets of lostness, learning culture and testifying to God’s goodness.

Now God has allowed us to come full circle training national missionaries and witnessing their thrill at participating in God’s vision.

Habakuk 2:14 (ESV) says, “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”

God’s call remains strong whether in a foreign land or in the U.S. we are about filling the earth with the knowledge of God’s glory.

Need wisdom? Trust God!

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”        Proverbs 9:10

Plastered on telephone poles and nailed to trees these signs, advertising help for all areas of life are seen everywhere.

Mganga (mm-GAH-n-gah) is the Swahili word for Traditional doctor or witch doctor.

Through the power the Mganga possesses or can access within the spiritual realm, a person can be cured of infertility, find a job, succeed in business, (or cause someone else to fail in business), or find quick money.  They can also cause someone to fall in love with you.


He/she is a miracle worker!











Westerners will laugh when they see signs such as these – and indeed, we too, have a tendency to take it lightly – the Mganga will fix your MANPOWER!  

However, we need to be careful.  While many of these are con artists, there are some who have the powers of darkness working within them.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 3:5-6 to trust in the Lord and not lean on our own understanding. It goes on to say “in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.  We are to trust God for our lives, for our finances, for our health, for our business.  

Do you trust Him?

God goes on to say in Proverbs 3:7, “Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.”
There are only two forces in this world, good and evil.  Whatever does not come from God comes directly from Satan who is hard at work in this world.

Desperate people will take desperate measures hoping for a good outcome.
We need to be out there, spreading the hope of Christ to a lost and dying world.

Pockets of people

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us, that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.  May the peoples praise You, O God; may all the peoples praise You.  May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.  May the peoples praise You, O God; may all the peoples praise You.  Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.  God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.”             Psalm 67

Holding tightly to their tradition and culture, the Samburu (Sah-m-bur-rew) are a people in need of a Savior.  George, a national missionary apprentice is sensing the call of God to live and minister among the Samburu.

Leading a nomadic lifestyle, the Samburu are a rural people. They herd goats, camels, sheep and cattle following the rains in search of enough grass to allow their herds to survive – drought years are very hard for the Samburu people.

This lifestyle results in high illiterate rates among the Samburu affecting an ever-widening gap between them and much of Kenyan society.



This nomadic lifestyle also means that many Samburu have not heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  While there is an evangelical presence in many larger towns, much of the Samburu rural areas are left untouched by the Gospel.

Realizing there is a higher being, the Samburu continue in ancestor worship -- hoping their dead ancestors will intercede between them and God, influencing Him to bless them, bringing rain to the land, causing their herds to become fat, resulting in abundance; then, when they die, they can do the same for the generations to come.  They do not know that God provides an intercessor, His Son Christ, and all who believe in Him already have direct access to the throne of God.


George wants to share this Good News with them.

While visiting a particular boma, God gives George and Jerry the opportunity to give a witness to two Moran (Mor-RAHN) warriors.  These young men will one day be elders and leaders of Samburu communities. Learning to live on their own in the bush, they are set apart from village life and highly respected.  As future gatekeepers in their community, if these two young men put their faith in Christ they would make a great impact for the cause of Christ.  While no decision is made, Gospel seeds are sown and we know that God’s Word never returns void!

*The logistical obstacles are large for George.  Pray that God would triumph over these, that George would experience the awesomeness of God’s provision and glorify Him.

*Ask God to give clear direction to George as he moves among the Samburu people,  and that George would hear and obey the voice of the Lord.

*Pray that the Samburu nation would, “be glad and sing for joy”, praising God as they put their trust in Him.

Obey the voice of the Lord!

“…we walk by faith, not by sight.”    “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”                            2 Corinthians 5:7 and Hebrews 11:1

There are many references to obedience in the Bible.  Jeremiah especially uses the term “obey the voice of the Lord” – sometimes they did, sometimes they did not – it ALWAYS worked out better for them when they did obey the voice of the Lord.

Many times, to obey the voice of the Lord means we must walk by faith and not by sight.  Hopefully, as you have read this blog you received that underlying message.

We did not say it directly, but in 2014, as you walked with us during our research trips and through various activities, we hope you saw 2 Corinthians 5:7 demonstrated. Going to unknown areas with no set itinerary, no reservations, no idea of what we would find, just obeying the voice of the Lord, God led us, He moved knowledgeable people into our path who wanted to help – the assurance of things hoped for…

As God continues to lead us, this time His direction is going to take more faith – at least that is how we see it. After 26 years, God is moving us out of Africa.

We do not totally understand and we certainly do not see what lies before us, but we walk by faith and not by sight in obedience to the voice of the Lord.

We still have a few more weeks here.  Research trips continue. Today, Jerry set out on a research trip with one of the national missionary trainees to a people group in north- western Kenya.  So there are still stories to tell about God’s amazing activities “exploring the land” right up until our last day here.

Even though God is telling us to move out of Africa, we are still His missionaries – his emissaries, wherever we live.  God is calling all of His followers to be on mission with Him.

2 Corinthians 5:20 says, “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making His appeal through us…”

Are you an ambassador for Christ?