We were able to bless the life of a man named Kesa who had lost one of his legs years ago. We gave him a P.E.T. (personal energy transportation) and he was very happy. We prayed with him and asked him to give glory to God.
See the joy on Kesa’s face!
He was able to learn how to drive very quickly and even had the parking brake mastered.
The well drilling started at Sigulu Primary School with much excitement. A blind man named Benjamin who we had prayed with the previous night prayed at the ground breaking ceremony.
The drilling at Sigulu.
Day 2 – Busia County
May 2, 2012
Day #1 in Busia County
May 1, 2012
1) Successfully assembled PET
2) Visitied Sijoa Primary School (site of 2011 well project) for follow up
3) Inspected current water source at Sigulu Primary (site of 2012 well project)
4) Prayed with Benjamin (who is blind since age 3, due to measles) at Sigulu Primary School. Benjamin is a step brother to Pastor Johnston of Sijoa Church.
5) Prepared for and showed The Jesus Film to about 500 people at the grounds of Sigulu Primary School. Praise God over 100 decisions are made for Christ.
The Crossway team has been delayed by the Kenyan roads and the damages they perpetrate on the vehicles
1) Praise God drilling rig finally arrived at 6pm
2) Other necessary drilling supplies expected by 12 noon, May 2nd 2012
3) Planning on breaking ground to start driling the Sigulu well by 1pm May 2nd 2012.
In Busia, Kenya
April 30, 2012
Trip to Western Kenya was okay. We are in the hotel in Bumala. Thanking God for answered prayer.
Arrival in Kenya
April 29, 2012
Thanks for your prayers, we have made it from Nairobi to Bujumbura (Burundi) and have settled in our hotel and have had dinner. Tomorrow we will be heading to Sijoa and Sugulu. We are so blessed to have met up with John and Kim again. The drive went quite well until the last couple of hours when the sun went down, the rain came and went and the holes in the road grew larger, but God is so good and protected us and the vehicles. So our Team is now made up of Pastor Walter, John & Kim, Sango, Marty and Tom.
To Kenya
April 28, 2012
Leaving Chicago and heading to Brussels, Belgium. Will update further when we arrive in Nairobi, Kenya. Keep us in prayer!
LIO Team 2012: On thier way
April 28, 2012
LIO Mission trip to Kenya has started. Checked in 12 bags. Twelve Bibles left behind. God is with us! On our way to Chicago!
LIO Mission 2012
March 22, 2012
Click to listen:I hope you see Jesus ~~~~~~~~~by Bebo Norman
“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” Luke 2:52, NIV.
MISSION TRIP:~~ April 28th ~~-~~ May 12th
EVANGELISM TOOLS:
Jesus Film in the people’s HEART language
“I had perceived by experience, how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth, except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text.” William Tyndale
Drilling Water Well at Sigulu Primary School
The good news of the Gospel brings new hope and joy as surely as the Water Well provides the much needed clean drinking water.
Relationship Building/ Assessing Impact of past trips
Sijoa Well Project 2011
There are many opportunities to train and disciple youth, families, and church leaders. Pointing and encouraging one another to exchange sorrow, suffering etc for hope and joy found on the Gospel of Jesus Christ….”….those whom the Son sets free are free indeed.”, John 8:36
Mission Anchor:
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV).
Challenge: “HOPE deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life”, Proverbs 13:12. : God wants us to act NOT react! More
Lack of Faith:Taken from the January 29th reading in Seeking Daily the Heart of God
March 16, 2012
Lack of Faith “And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.” Matthew 13:58 Jesus blesses faith. There is no doubt about it; faith matters. There is a direct correlation between our faith in God and His responsiveness. He, of course, can do anything, and He is willing to do big things on your behalf, but He is looking for your faith in Him. He is searching for men and women with a big vision, because having a big vision reflects our faith in a big God.
We serve a large Lord who deserves a giant vision fueled by great faith. Sometimes, we mope around as if God has lost control and Christianity is hurling into irrelevance. Granted, the church has become sterile in some sectors of the world, but where faith is alive the church is on fire. Christ will not restrain His blessings when He discovers followers who live by faith. Indeed, prayer is prevalent when the faith community believes God for big things (Acts 4:24). God blesses belief.
Your faith expands when it remains set on the Faithful One. Your focus on Jesus enlarges your view into eternity. As with the disciples, He is your rabbi (John 1:38). The dust from His feet flies back in your face as you follow Him. It marks you with His character and confidence. You are a Jesus-follower by faith. Therefore, be bold in your belief.
He is the one who has called you to this eternal endeavor, and He is the one who will provide for its success. Keep your motive pure by glorifying Him. Expand your vision of what He wants you to do by tenfold, maybe a hundredfold. Do not sell your Savior short. Why settle for a few who might find Christ, when you can trust God for hundreds, even thousands who will grace the gates of glory because you believed Him in a big way. Your huge faith in your heavenly Father is what matters most. Moreover, He will move on to someone else if you are not available to be used unconditionally.
So, don’t let the eternal leverage of the Lord pass you by. Flush from your faith any motives of control and, with an open hand, trust God to take His vision wherever He likes. An unleashed vision has limitless possibilities. Fuel your God-goal with big belief. Give him your five loaves and two fish of ability (Mark 6:38-44).
Watch Him pray over it and bless it bountifully and beautifully. Christ is not challenged by circumstances, and your Savior may be just getting started with you. Furthermore, don’t leave any faith on the table of distrust. He will accomplish a greater vision through a humble, broken, and believing vessel. Eternity accepts no excuses.
So trust and be amazed at what the Almighty accomplishes through you. You lose only if you lack faith. Therefore, be one who believes hugely in Him. Miracles matter to your Master because He manufactures them by your faith. God’s industry is all about doing the impossible. Faith facilitates the miraculous.
“Something familiar can be fatal, because you understand what you have been through but do not understand who made you come through it.” TDJakes, story of Lazarus in John 11:1-45
In CHRIST Alone
March 8, 2012
“A vast crowd brought to Him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and He healed them all.” Matthew 15:30 (NIV)
In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace, when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All, here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone! who took on flesh Fulness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid; Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine – Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath. Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home, Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.
