Dear Prayer Partner,
Praise the Lord
1) WORK PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED--Thank you so much for praying for our work permit. After a long wait, it has finally been approved and will allow us to stay in Kenya for 3 years for the purpose of doing missionary work. This is a big relief to us.
2) PROCEEDING WITH THE ADOPTION--We have finally reached the required level of income to resubmit our papers to the US adoption agency
3) It has been an incredible week for us. We have prayed for these two items for a long time. Their answer coming in the same week is almost overwhelming. Great is the Lord and worthy of Glory, Great is the Lord and worthy of praise. We lift up our voice, we lift up our voice. Great is the Lord. Great is the Lord.
The Borana People:
This week we are featuring the sedentary Borana housing. Below you will see 3 different styles of housing for the Borana People. The type of housing that they build has been influenced by the area where they live. The third house pictured would be considered the closest to the traditional sedentary Borana house. The photo may look like there are 4 houses in the center. This is not the case. This is one house that has 4 rooms. Traditionally you would have a room for receiving visitors, a room for cooking, a room for the children to sleep in and a room for the parents, assuming he can afford a house this big. These rooms are circular and are about 8 feet across. Many of the Borana live in smaller houses, one or two rooms.
How is life in Kenya different from America?
Last week we focused on a somewhat negative aspect of Kenya life, having to pasteurize your own milk. This week we are going to focus on one of the better parts of life in Kenya. This week was Ross' birthday and we took him to the water park in Nairobi. It cost $1.40 for Ross to get in. Abbey and Connor each had to pay $3.50. Alan and Leah had to pay $0.70 each for the privilege of watching their children play. We packed a lunch, invited friends and we spent a total of $10.00 on a fabulous birthday party. What would it cost you in the USA to take 3 children to the water park? AND you probably would not be allowed to bring in outside food and beverages. Pictures below, 1) Birthday cake and song. Ross is the one in the Spiderman goggles (a gift he would not take off all day). 2) The water slide (pretty impressive for a third world country). 3) Ross and Abbey coming down the slide. It was a fun day! ! !
Prayer Requests
1) Our work permit has been renewed and now we need the funds to pay for it. $357. Pray that God will bring this in by the end of October, which is when our current 3 month visa expires.
2) We have been unable to resume our Borana Language Study. Please pray diligently that God will remove all the obstacles that have kept us from being able to resume. Though our income has reached an above US poverty level income, we still do not have enough funds to resume our ministry to the Borana People. The first item in resuming the ministry is Language Learning. Pray that we will receive the finances we need to resume our ministry.
3) Continue to pray for new believers, Steven, Joseph and Nancy.
4) Now that we can demonstrate that we have the necessary level of income pray that we will get all our paper work and documentation ready to send to North Carolina Adoption Agency so that we can proceed with adoption.
5) We greatly appreciate your prayer support. Please pray about whether or not God is leading you to become one of our financial supporters.
Your Servants,
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming
THANK YOU for your continued PRAYERS and SUPPORT
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming
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