“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.
