Today was filled with teaching on Acts and the foundations
on which the first century church began.
 
As we have been learning what Acts has to say about God’s ministry
through His human vessels, it has become clear that it is a ministry of power
and not so much of human effort.
  John
the Baptist made such a delightful claim in John 3:30 when he said, “He must
increase, but I must decrease.”
  Is that
not the ultimate goal, to decrease so much, to the point that those who witness
the Lord working remember not the effort we humans put forth, but the
overwhelming glory that the Lord manifested through our openness to Him.

Nevertheless, we are in the midst of a great study and each
new time of meeting together brings more knowledge of the Word and God’s mighty
work.
  After the time of teaching, we
planned for family ministry that will be taking place on Friday, as well as we
fellows planning for our trip that we will be taking a week from today.
  Doing ministry together as a team is just a
blessing in coming together with all the gifts and the talents the Lord has
brought under one canopy.

A dear friend by the name of Richard came for a visit this
afternoon.
  I met him about a year and a
half ago when I was here before.
  He
works for a ministry, Diguna, that is based mainly on transportation of
ministries and goods throughout
Kenya
and

Tanzania.
  I just discovered that they also have a base
in the
Congo,
Uganda and

Sudan.
  That is neither here nor there because the
true blessing was being able to visit with him for some time.
  He taught me a lot about ministry here in

Kenya and in
developing a heart for the nation.
 
Richard is from the Maasai tribe, one of the most colorful and
traditionally rich tribes in

Kenya.
  He got saved and heard the Lord’s call to
ministry loud and clear.
  As a result he
has touched many lives, both African and American.
  The day was well spent in vast amounts of
learning and ample times of catching up with a dear Kenyan friend.