Dear Friends,
Proverbs
3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own
understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your
paths.” Over the years my paths have taken me all over the world. As I sit here
I can’t help but to think about how God is shaping and teaching me things with
a specific purpose in mind. I came from the bush in Liberia
through the farm in Kansas to the battlefields
of Iraq and on to my time in
the Sudan.
Though each of these places has had its difficulties as well as its pleasures I
have made many friends and learned a few lessons about myself and about the God
that I serve. While I still have a lot to learn and I do not know exactly what
God has in store for my life I do believe that He has a plan.
In college I met Paul Teasdale, a fellow MK, and became
good friends with him. During the course of our friendship I met the rest of
his family. Last year while I was working in Sudan,
I had the privilege to visit Paul and his family for two weeks at their mission
station in Northern Kenya. Late last year Jim
Teasdale, Paul’s father, asked me to consider coming out to Kenya for six months to help him
out with some projects that he is swamped with. At the time I regretfully
turned down the request. I was trying to strategically plan my life in a way
that made the most sense to me and that six months did not fit those plans. Since
then I have been back in the US
trying to figure out how to make those plans work and they just seem to not be
happening. Over the last two weeks or so a series of things have gone on that
got me to wondering about where God wanted me and if I was headed in the right
direction. I have spent a lot of time talking to friends that are wiser than me
and praying about it and to make a long story short came to the conclusion that
I should go back to Kenya
and help Jim with his work.
Jim
works with The Masters Mission at a place called Loiyangalani in Northern Kenya.
One of the ministries that they are working on there is Grace Oasis, a Christian
children’s boarding home. This will be my primary reason to go there. I will be
able to focus on this project to help take some of the burden off of Jim while
he attends to other work. As the church there has grown they are also in the
middle of building a new church building to handle the crowd. It is waiting for a roof right now and I will
be helping with that project also. This is the physical work that I will be
helping with but much more important is the spiritual opportunities there. I am
really looking forward to getting to know the local workers and Christians
there and working with them.
As it works out Jim is
coming to the US for a few
weeks and I will be returning to Kenya with him Feb. 19th.
This will help simplify the process of getting through Nairobi and up to Loiyangalani. I am
scheduled to be there for six months. Right now I am helping dad with some
construction work at the SIM office in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
In
order for this to work I need a team behind me for both prayer and financial
support. Prayer support is a critical part of any work. I would appreciate if
you would keep me in your prayers as I step out and undertake this journey. There
are some specific prayer requests that I have for this trip.
- Pray for Kenya and the political
problems there.
- Pray for protection during travel as well as the time
there.
- Pray for good health.
- Pray for me personally that I will be open to God’s
guiding and that my testimony will be a good witness to Him.
- Pray for the work of the team in Kenya that
God will really bless and use it for His glory.
- Pray for me as I will be working on learning the
language in order to be more effective.
- Please pray that God will provide the funding needed
for this trip.
As
you know trips like this do have a financial cost both for the transportation
and the work itself. All of my finances for my time in Kenya will be handled through The Master’s Mission. If you have any questions about my specific
needs, please contact me.
I
would love to hear from any of you if you have any questions about this trip or
want to know more about the work.
Thank you and God bless,
Kevin Kejr
