Joy
preaching in full wig mode! |
To
Kenya
with love
 he
phone rings. "Joy are you going to Kenya?" my friend
on the other end asks me. "Yes," I reply, "On Monday."
"Well,
you’re not. All flights to Kenya are cancelled because of terrorist
threats, so you won’t be going", my friend told me.
I
couldn’t understand this as I believed that God very clearly told
me that He wanted me to go to Kenya with Colin. We contacted our
travel agent who informed us that all British airline flights
to Kenya had been cancelled. However, we had booked our tickets
with Kenya Airways, so our flights were alright. Thank you Lord!
Welcome
 ith
great anticipation and excitement we flew to Nairobi. We received
a warm African welcome at the airport, several people were there
to greet us and take us to our hotel, and I tried to remember
the names of our new friends (not very easy).
After
a short rest at the pastor’s home we went to the open air crusade
in the slum area of Soweto where about three or four thousand
people
were waiting for us. Then our eyes caught sight of the posters
on walls, windows, posts, even cars! These posters had our photos
on them advertising the crusade meetings and also the conference
the following week. It felt a bit like having our faces on a ’Wanted’
poster ’Have you seen this couple? Reward offered’!
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Reaching
out for the gift of new life in Christ
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we had the reward - the reward of seeing many people pushing
to the front of the crowd because they wanted to have a close
relationship with the Lord Jesus, for Him to rule their lives,
to be healed, to be set free.
We
were kept very busy whilst we were in Kenya and made some lovely
friends. I send a very big thank you to Bishop John Bosco and
his lovely wife Rachel.
You
shouldn’t go to Africa and expect to sit back and watch what’s
going on, everyone is expected to preach and/or sing. The people
there are so eager to hear what we have to say and to hear what
God says through us. It is a real privilege to be able to go and
minister in this way.
Danger
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biggest danger we had there was on the roads. Before the locals
started the car engine they prayed that God would take us to our
destination safely and when we arrived they would pray again and
thank Him for His protection. Now we know why! The police offered
to come in our car at night to escort us to our hotel after the
services because, one of them said, "We are so pleased and
privileged that you have come to bring God’s word to our people."
There
is much more I could say but these are just a few glimpses of
a very eventful and enjoyable time in Kenya. Not only did I see
God touching other people’s lives while we were there but I know
He touched my life as well. We are never too old to learn!
Joy
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Joy
with Rachel Muchanga - wife of John Bosco, dear friends
in Nairobi
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