February Update

Dear praying friends,

We praise our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, for carrying us safely into this new year of 2023. May our bodies be a living offering to Him this year.

Discipleship School

On January 9 we began a new year at the Disciples of Jesus school. We have 5 students and we pray the Lord will bring a few more to study with us. Right now Peter Yamungu is teaching on sermon and Bible lesson preparation. We have already had a work day, helping one of the village churches to dig a latrine (toilet). As usual, we plan to do ministry in the village churches, and this year we want to start doing door to door evangelism. Please pray for the spiritual growth of the students, and for the teaching, planning, and scheduling of all these ministries.

Discipleship School Property

Praise the Lord with us! We broke ground at the new discipleship school property on January 26. The foundation for the workshop is progressing quickly. After that we plan to build the office block (offices and library), as funds allow. Please pray that all will be done as unto the Lord, according to His perfect will, and that our King would be greatly glorified.

Family

Esther is in 10th grade and is on the soccer team at Rift Valley Academy (RVA) and doing well academically. She comes home from Kenya for about a month of vacation every 3 months. We thank the Lord for a nice Christmas break with her during the month of December. Our homeschoolers are Emily, who is in 7th grade, Aaron in 3rd grade and Michael in 2nd grade. William spends his mornings at Grandpa and Grandma’s house so as not to disturb the homeschoolers. Emily loves to cook, make candles, play piano and listen to Adventures in Odyssey. Aaron loves being outside, building his fort and making sticks into bows, arrows and swords. Michael loves to sing, play with his friends and drive his imaginary car. William tries to keep up with his big brothers. Living by the lake means we get to enjoy the beach once a week.

Upcoming

Luke will continue to be very busy checking up on the construction and keeping financial records of everything. He will also be teaching again at the Disciples of Jesus school at the end of this month. Gina is preparing to travel to Kenya in less than a week to see Esther for a few days during her midterm break. On Feb. 20-24 we will have our yearly regional elders conference. Harry Johnson (Luke’s Dad) will be teaching a seminar for 2.5 days and then we will have 2 days of business meetings. Please pray for the Spirit’s guidance and help for the work at the construction site, Gina’s travels and the elder’s conference.

Blessings in the Name above every Name,

Luke, Gina, Esther, Emily, Aaron, Michael and William

Digging the foundation