SOME are OUT, Others still need prayer

THANK YOU SO MUCH for you prayers.

 

We have just received word that our friend's family has been evacuated out of the country where they were in danger.  They are in a safe country awaiting another flight that will take them to a place where they will get debriefing and counseling before returning to the US.   Let me clarify that the country where the trouble is, is NOT Kenya.  Sorry for that confusion.

 

HOWEVER, there are also 3 co-workers and one co-worker's family who are still waiting to get out. 

So please continue to pray for them.

 

Since it is on the news I am at liberty to give a few more details.  These friends work for an NGO that does water drilling projects.  The government raided their compound and when they found Bibles in the NGO office they decided to expel all the Expat workers with that NGO.  The Expat also received several death threats.  

 

The coming days will be trying for them.  They were allowed to return to their home and pack a few small bags.  But they have had to leave most of their "worldly possessions" behind.  More importantly they have left a "work" that they most likely will not be able to return to and that will be hard to deal with.

 

Please continue to pray for them as they go through "debriefing" to try to process the experience they have just encountered.

 

I will let you know as soon as the other workers are out.

 

Blessings,

The Fleming Family

 

 

 

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THANK YOU for your continued PRAYERS and SUPPORT
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming
 
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URGENT PRAYER (08)

We have a friends who are in a life threatening situation and

REALLY NEED your prayers. 

Sorry we cannot share more details,  PLEASE pray for them.

 

Blessings,

The Fleming Family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THANK YOU for your continued PRAYERS and SUPPORT
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming
 
NEW BLOG FOR OUR PRAYER REQUESTS
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/prayer.html

 

To DONATE  to our ministry with the Borana People go here
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/donations.html

 

To FIND OUT more about us and our Ministry to the Borana People go here
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What a difference $10 can make! (08)

Dear Prayer Partner,

 

$10-What can we do with $10. 

$10 will feed the Fleming Family for a whole day.

$10 will give us enough petrol to drive to Evangelical Victory Church and Back-TWICE

$10 will pay our cooking gas bill for a whole week.

$10 will pay our internet bill for a whole week.

 

Your $10 donation can help us stay here so that we can see the Borana People come to

know Jesus as their Savior.  Can't you join our Financial Support Team and commit to

sending us $10, $15 or $20 every month.  Invest in the eternity of the Borana People.

To donate by check or PayPal, please go to the following web site. 

http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/donations.html

 

Answers to Prayer:

1) After having to take care of several unforeseen details, all of our documents are in at the US Embassy and we are just waiting for them to process our fingerprints through the FBI.  This should take about 5 weeks.

2) We had a Fantastic 3-day VBS at Evangelical Victory Church.

3) Abbey got her driving license.

We had a nice Christmas and a very Happy New Year!  Our babies love making Christmas cookies.

   

Prayer Requests:

1) Borana Prayer Team-We are still trying to increase our prayer support. We have set a goal

of 1000 prayer partners.  We are now at 341.  Please ask for God to increase our prayer support and ask your friends if they would like to pray for our ministry.  We faced many difficult challenges when we lived up north.  Satan does not want us to be able to live there and work among the Borana.  Our prayer support base is a VITAL part of our ministry.

 

2) Chronological Bible Storying Conference-We are in the process of planning a Chronological Bible Storying Conference for Evangelical Victory Church.  Pray for the conference and the planning of it to go well.

 

3) Salvation-Please continue to pray for the salvation of the children who attended the VBS in December.  200+ children responded positively to the invitation and we need to follow up with these kids to determine which ones are really ready to make this important decision.

 

4) Adoption-Please continue to pray for our adoption.  We anticipate the Embassy approving our I-600 before the end of February.  Pray that it will be approved. If it is approved, we should be able to schedule a court date for our case to be heard by the Kenya Government.

5) Housing-We have been house sitting for a friend who is in the USA on furlough.  He will return in the middle of March.  We need to find a new place to live and be able to pay the rent.  We also need to buy some furniture. 

 

6) Vehicle-We have just returned the car we have been borrowing.  So we now need to acquire a vehicle.  We are excited about our work with Evangelical Victory Church in Huruma, but it is a 45 minute drive for us to get there.  If we take public transportation we will easily spend 2 hours getting there, in other words, 4 hours round trip.  It will be a much more efficient use of our time if we have our own vehicle and can travel there directly.

 

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After a busy holiday season we are going to continue our series on living in Kenya.

This week's feature is the cost of living in Kenya.  Some things in Kenya are much cheaper than the US and others are much more expensive than the US.

 

Foods

Avocados-$0.07 each

Pineapples-$1.27 each

Roma Tomatoes-$0.07 each

Bananas-$0.07 each

Hamburger Meat-$2.33 per pound (but we buy things by the kilo here, not the pound)

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast- $4.10 per pound

32 oz Jar of Mayonnaise-$4.53

16 oz Jar of Pickles-$4.27

Minced Pork (for sausage)-$4.69 per pound

Store Bought Milk-$3.86 per gallon

 

Travel

Gasoline-Currently $3.34 per gallon.  During the last oil crisis it reached $4.59 per gallon.  The current cost of gasoline is very close to what it has been for most of the time we have been in Kenya.

Cheap Hotel-A very simple hotel room with a 3/4 size bed (half way between double and twin) can be as low as $1.30 per person.  These are mainly "up-country" NOT around Nairobi.  Of course you can find the very expensive, "Hilton" kind of hotels here also. 

 

Utilities

Electric-Our average bill is $125.  This is for only the very basic appliances, TV, Computer, Microwave, Refrigerator and Washing Machine.  All of our lights are florescent energy saving bulbs.  We have NO clothes dryer, electric kettles, air conditioning, hot water heater, freezer or any other high electric using appliances.  And yet our electric bill is still that high.

 

Cooking Gas-Our gas is propane and we buy it in refillable bottles, much like you do for portable outdoor grills in the USA, except the ones we buy are larger since we use them to cook every day.  Our gas bill averages $35.00

 

Water-Our water use is for washing dishes, clothes and bathing.  Averages $56 per month.

 

Internet-$38.96 per month, unlimited, but very slow, 115.2 kbps. At least that is the speed it is listed at, but I believe it is much slower than that.

 

May the Lord bless you and keep you until we meet again.

The Fleming Family

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THANK YOU for your continued PRAYERS and SUPPORT
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming

 

To DONATE  to our ministry with the Borana People go here
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/donations.html

 

NEW BLOG FOR OUR PRAYER REQUESTS
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/prayer.html

 

 

To FIND OUT more about us and our Ministry to the Borana People go here
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/

Christmas VBS-A Great Success-08

Praise the Lord for the fantastic VBS we had at Evangelical Victory Church in Huruma.

PRAYER REQUESTS
1) Pray for the salvation of the children who attended.
2) Pray for the teachers who work with them every Sunday morning. (Peter, Mariam, Liban, Barakat, Jaltu, Mariam#2, Branu, Solomon, Samuel, Dima, Anne, Sarah, Salad, Safia, Martha, Dichi, Ganu. )
3) Pray as we and the teachers follow up with these children over the next few months that we will be able to lead EVERYONE of them to salvation.

CHRISTMAS VBS
We started on Monday, December 29th. We had 200+ 2-5 year olds from 10:00 to 12:00 and 230+ 1st grade to 8th grade from 2:00-5:00 for 3 days. We met in 7 different classrooms with about 17 Kenyan teachers.

Leah was the director and Connor was in charge of making sure all the kids moved from one class to the other without getting mixed up (possibly the most challenging job of the week.)Abbey and Alan were both in charge of the crafts classes. Because the church only has 6 classrooms. We divided the sanctuary up into four sections. We used pews to make squares for each class. The church also does not have tables, so we used the pews/benches for desks to do the craft work.

The emphasis for the week was Angels. The first day we told the story of the creation and fall of the angels. On the second day we told the story of the Angel appearing before Zechariah and announcing the birth of John the Baptist. Then on the third and final day we told the story of the Angel appearing to Mary and announcing the birth of Jesus.

The memory verse class was upstairs in the balcony of the church. The children were taught 3 memory verses and SIX Characteristics of God. The photo above is the Memory Verse class working on the SIX Characteristics of God. They are demonstrating "God is All Powerful". The first photo below is of the music class, where the children were taught songs. In the photo below they are singing and jumping, but also posing for the camera. As you can see they enjoyed this class very much. The second photo below is of the ladies preparing the noon-time meal for those working in the VBS.

On the last day we had an Evangelistic Emphasis Story. Abbey and Connor and some other children acted out the story as Leah told it.

We had an overwhelming positive response to the question "Do you want to accept Jesus as your Savior?". So many responded that we will be following up with these children for the next few months to confirm the ones who are really ready to make that decision. We want to make sure that they were not just raising their hands because their friend was raising his hand.

It was a tiring but also very exciting week. Praise the Lord for all that He did for it was HIS work that made it a success ! !

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THANK YOU for your continued PRAYERS and SUPPORT
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming

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