Wednesday, June 18

James 4: 7-8a
"Submit therefore to God.  Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."

Ephesians 6: 10-13
"Finally, be strong in The Lord, and in the strength of His might.  Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Therefore take up the full armor of God,  that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm."

Tonight we are asking you to please intercede for us and bathe our team in prayer.  The students have all collectively  expressed feeling a sense of spiritual battle that they have never experienced before and admitted to having some fears about that.  We have prayed over the group, over our dorm, and claimed the power of the Holy Spirit.  Jon and I have found that whenever there is a lot of effective ministry going on, and souls about to be claimed for Christ, there is always a strong sense of spiritual battle going on around us.  That just tells us that God has us where He wants us, and that our ministry is clearly making a difference.  We are in a spiritual battle that somehow is seen more clearly here, and ask that you please pray over us and the people we are working with for the next couple of weeks.

Today was another packed, busy day.  Digging, painting at the orphanage, working with the girls there and then heading into another HUGE group of kids at VBS.  We feel like it's taking all our energy just to do crowd control, but our TCA kids are doing a great job keeping things fun and organized...or at least "controlled chaos".  Tomorrow is our final day of VBS here, and the story is a clear gospel message of Christ.  We will be inviting the kids to receive Christ and encouraging them to get involved in a local church.

Tomorrow is our last full day here at Scott.  In the morning we will be having a memorial service in honor of Tobias Kim, one of our TCA kids that was on our 2011 and 2012 teams.  We will be planting a fruit tree near the Kindergarten, which is where we worked the years that he came on the trip.  We wanted to plant something that would give shade and produce fruit, so that it will continue giving to the community.  We are also putting up an engraved marker in honor of his service as well.  It will be an emotional day for many of us.  We also have to wrap up all our ministries here, and pack up everything to leave early Friday for Kijiado and then Thika.

I am happy to report that Jon just returned from the airport with Kim Morton and James Lilly both safe and sound so now we can get some rest tonight and prepare for more excitement tomorrow!

Thank you so much for your faithful prayer!

Sincerely,

Jenni for the group