Thursday, May 6, 2010

Lois Letters 3


GREETINGS TO ALL,

JUST THOUGHT I’D GET A NOTE OUT TO EVERYONE TO TELL WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING HERE. ILOWEE OWENS CAME LAST WEEK FOR A 12 DAY VISIT TO SET UP AN APARTMENT FOR SOME ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES (LADIES) WHO WILL BE COMING TO THE SEWING SCHOOL. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW ETHIOPIAN PASTOR AT THE BIBLE COLLEGE. PRAY FOR ALL CONCERNED AS THEY DO NOT KNOW ENGLISH OR ANY OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGES VERY WELL.

ALL THE SCHOOLS OPENED FOR SECOND TERM THIS WEEK. WE HAVE 8 IN THE BIBLE COLLEGE, 25 IN THE COMPUTOR SCHOOL, AND 7 SO FAR IN THE SEWING SCHOOL, NOT COUNTING SEVERAL OF THE REFUGEES WHO WILL START IN A FEW DAYS.

ALL THE NEW GCH KIDS AND PARENTS ARE DOING WELL. IT WAS A BIG JOB GETTING 25 KIDS READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE ARE DOING WELL ON THE COURT CASES FOR THE GCH (Grace Children’s Home) KIDS. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE CHILDREN’S OFFICER THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE WORKED HARD ON PREPARING 3 COPIES OF FILES FOR EACH CHILD.

WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO BAPTIZE 9 NEW BELIEVERS FROM TALA IN THE LOCAL DAM ON SUNDAY, AND THAT OUR COLLEGE/PASTOR EVANGELISM TEAM LED 20 PEOPLE TO THE LORD WHILE DOING DOOR TO DOOR EVANGELISM DURING THE SCHOOL BREAK. PRAY FOR THEIR GROWTH AND THAT THEY WILL GET INVOLVED WITH THEIR LOCAL CHURCHES.

ONE OF OUR PASTOR’S WIVES WENT WITH SOME OTHER WOMEN TO THE NORTHERN BOARDER OF KENYA WHERE THEY HELD WOMEN’S MEETING AND WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE A NUMBER OF WOMEN NOT TO SEND THEIR DAUGHTERS FOR FEMALE CIRCUMCISION. (A BIG PROBLEM IN THE AREA)

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AS WE ARE STILL TOTALLY WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, MAKING MINISTRY DIFFICULT.

WE WERE VERY SAD TO LEARN THAT SUNDAY NIGHT ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF CALVARY CHURCH HUNG HIMSELF AFTER SOME DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FAMILY AND THE CHURCH.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT.

LOVE, HOYT AND LOIS

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