Prenote: I am currently in the Nairobi, Kenya lounge waiting to board my flight to Amsterdam. We leave at midnight. This is pretty long. But I wanted to provide highlights of all that was shared yesterday, Tuesday. Feel free to hit the “Pause” button in the middle of your reading and come back later. ???? …
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Hi Everyone, It’s Saturday here in Kigali and I am using this slow time to get this prepared before I head to the airport for the return flight to Nairobi. There are two things I’ll put into this post. One is the lunch meeting I just finished and the second will be some reflecting on …
Dear ITEM Friend and Prayer Partner, If you have been around a discipleship ministry, you have probably been introduced to this acronym: FAT…. F(aithful) A(vailable) T(eachable) These are the qualities you look for in someone you will disciple. These qualities are not any more true of any group any more than it is true of …
Dear ITEM Partner, What day is it? Where am I? Where am I going next? Is this the Twilight Zone? (I know, that last question dates me!) haha! But that is a little the way I feel but in reality, things are right on track and at each stop, God’s mission is being accomplished! I …
After arriving in Kenya late Tuesday, I had a prearranged meeting today with three pastors from the SW coast of Kenya, near Mombasa. WHY MOMBASA IS STRATEGIC Mombasa is a place Kenyans go on vacation. It is a beach city. But it is also a strategic city, spiritually. In Kenya, those identifying themselves as Protestant …
Today, I finished up the planned ministry part of my trip, meeting with the ITEM team from Madagascar. The first item of ITEM business was to debrief the meeting we had yesterday with Baptist and other evangelical leaders from around Madagascar.
