A week in Africa!

Dear friends,

This update is late in coming- it’s been a busy week, and we’re having some difficulty with uploading images.

If you just want a quick prayer update, here are the biggies:
-started language on 4/13. Please pray for clear minds and diligent focus!
-we are trying to be in language full time and homeschool the boys. Please pray that God would give us the tools to do this well. Please also pray that we can find someone to come in and help around the house.
-Rebekah has been having some hearing/ear issues. We are working to figure out what is going on, but the added difficulty of hearing(plus everyone wearing masks!) is distracting. Please pray for peace and hope in the midst of this trial.
-The boys are adjusting well, making friends in the “neighborhood” and loving the African weather and wildlife. Please pray that they will love one another as themselves and continue to transition well.
-COVID regulations make going out to meet people very difficult. This limits our ability to share to gospel, which is frustrating. Please pray that we would have opportunities to share with unbelievers, recognize those opportunities, and act through the Holy Spirit’s power.

Longer update(but still not as long as what Bek will write over on the blog).

Suffice to say that we’re glad to be here, challenges and all!

We arrived in Nairobi last Sunday night, and it was 2AM local time on Monday before we were heading to bed. We’re staying at a Baptist Mission property in Nairobi proper. The compound is home to a big guest house, 4 mid-term housing apartments, and 4 permanent houses for career missionary families. It’s a bit of a little boy paradise, and we’re glad to have so many people close by to help us navigate some of the culture shock!

We’ve started driving around the city a fair bit, which is an experience!! There is a green-grocer just a few minutes away, and we’re amazed at how affordable and fresh all the produce is!! Learning to grocery shop here in Kenya is a learning-curve all to itself!

We started language training on 13April. We’re taking online language lessons, and will start some in-person conversation in a couple of weeks. We are praying that we can pick up a fair bit of Swahili before we get to Kigoma in June/July.

We’ve been able to connect with our team-mates the McDonalds on a number of occasions, and are praising God for their friendship and partnership in the gospel! It looks like our whole team will be in Kigoma by the end of July. Please continue to pray for our work permits.

Rebekah writes longer blog-type posts over at our “home in Africa” page, if long streams of consciousness are your thing.

We are thankful for each and every one of you!

The Storeys