A glimpse from our life

Time to show the glimpse of our daily life. Weeks go by so fast. 

The Bible school has been going on almost a month. This semester Jukka decided to have both morning and evening classes. The morning classes are repetition from Friday evening Leadership class and Sunday morning Pastoral epistles class. This makes it possible for those, who cannot make it in evenings; like mothers and night workers can study. The idea for morning classes came, from few mothers. They asked could the Bible school, have also morning classes. Desire was that wives could be standing doctrinally by the side of their husbands, who are in the Bible school. Wow or what.

To see total over twenty Bible school students, its easier to understand the resistance we have faced. All kinds of rumors… ,but God. He fights for us like Exodus 14:14 says.

Jukka has been happy, to teach men also practical skills, like carpentry. By this people can afford to have furniture to their homes. One day Elvis stayed with us, as his mom went for shopping. During that time Jukka helped Elvis to build a car. You can imagine the joy of Elvis, as he got the first car, of his life.

As the church we started kesha=all night prayer once a month. This was the first one. It's funny, due to the security reasons, all of our household could not go. We realized that if we all go, us and Mike, no one will be on our compound, what could be risky.  We don't have a watchman. So, this time I stayed behind. But the great thing is, that I was in prayer, with those who were at the church.

 Also I truly got a nice birthday present. "Good mama" hen was brooding, and as you can see from the picture, four so cute chicks came out. This is good because during our visit to Finland, we lost three chicken and one rooster. The reason was that my dog Poju, got loose, ate one, and the rest flew over the fence, and was taken by someone. This is life, what else can I say.

Few prayer requests: - our longterm visas, wisdom to fill out the forms, and to get visas without   delay

- owner of the house is selling this, we need a new house

- when and from where the church plot (funds for it)

- wisdom in the warfare

Thursday evening fellowship.

Rosemary helpling to cut the cabbage pie.

Elvis and Jukka doing carpentry.

Elvis made a car

Imani visited us.

Geoffreys turn to learn carpentry, observed by p.John and Jukka

The shelf is ready

Bible school the morning class,

and the evening class.

Kesha, all night prayer at the church.

My birthday present, from "Good mama" four chicks.

Thank you all, for your prayers and support: Helena and p..Jukka 

Back to the "business"

So many things has taken place, since you heard from us, the last time.

  My mother-in law was diagnosed with breast cancer, during our visit to Finland. Due to that, we stayed in Finland longer, than planned. Thank God she's responding to the treatments. Lets keep her, in our prayers.

  We came back  to Kenya about a month ago. We've been busy, to get back few people we lost, while we were gone. 

  The warfare is real, but God has given us a victorious position in Christ. Jukka has been sharing about the warfare: our war is not against the people, but Ephesians 6 battle: against principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in the high places. The greatest battle field is our mind, how do we think when we face the challenges.

  It has been amazing to love people where they are at, to see them in the Finished work of Christ. Letting God love them, right where they are at. Not demanding a change, but trusting that, the love of God, when invested in, will produce a change.
  And even more amazing is to see that it works, people are coming back.

  The Bible school started on Tuesday, for now we've at least seven new students. New ones p. Peter from Dagoretti corner, Geofrey, Winnie, Helen.... Also p. Mbugua from Kiambu comes and p.John from Tanzania is back. 

  This semester two of the classes: Pastoral epistles and the Leadership will be taught also in Tuesday and Thursday mornings, so those who are not able to attend classes in the evening can come.

  Last week Jukka, James and Jared visited Magadi. They left early in the morning and drove hours, first real roads and finally the "road" was between the bushes. The purpose of the visit was to meet Maasai people. Jukka's prayer has been for a long time, to get some Maasai's also to Bible school. Now it's to be seen if one man could be sent from Magadi, lets pray that it will happen.

  As we're and a registered society, we would need a plot. The plot, owned by the church, would be so important; it would make the church here, more or less self supportive. 

I quess this is it for this time, so that you won't get bored.
Greetings from p. Jukka and Helena

Pictures from the Magadi trip.

Lets fix the "road".

Word of God, the most valuable of all...

p.Jukka teaching

Maasai people

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