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K e n

&S h a r o n B a l l

B o x 5 7Namanga, KenyaA F R I C A

Jonathan Sarah Charles MarcusOctober 1989

Greetings to all of you in th e name of Jesus Christ.

We're home again Bu t we wonder? Is home here in t he States in Ng'atataek, Kenya,the boarding school the children have attended, or is it the plot of land we are praying toreceive for our new home in Samburu when we return to Kenya next year?

Let's just say-we re HERE again And very happy to be HERE July 26, 1989, began thefifth year in our second five-year ministry cycle with the Christian MissionaryFellowship. The first four y ea rs of this cycle were spent in ministry with the Maasai inKenya, East AfHca. We would like to share with you, in a nutshell the first four years ofthis minist ry cycle. So i f you were to sa y to us Hey, Ken and Sharon you are backWhat have yo u been doing since we last saw youV We would answer . . .

Ken teaching.

L i te ra c y c l as s in session.

M e n s e a te d a t s em i n a r i n n e w c e n t e r s .

Y E A R 1 1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 6We a rr ived in Kenya June 21 1985.Jonathan entered boarding school a t RiftValley Academy.Began an exciting intensive discipleshipprogram with four key Maasai elders.Delighted i n th re e churches be ing established.

Y E A R 2 1 9 8 6 - 1 9 8 7

Assisted in the production of two Maasail it er acy primer s and teachers guides.Part icipated in l aunching Christ ianMissionary Fellowship s Maasai literacyproject.Saw a traditional Maasai prophetess acceptJesus as her Lord and consequently manyo the r Maasa i were encouraged to turn to theL o r d .

Participated with tw o of the key elders in the

discipleship program in planting-three moren e w c h u r c h e s .

Y E A R 3 1 9 8 7 1 9 8 8

Constructed a sma ll l e ad e r sh ip t raining centerw h i c h c a n a c c o m m o d a t e 4 0 .

Trained 13 M a as ai m e n to teach adul t l i teracyc l a s s e s .

Ini t iated l i teracy classes in eight village areas.Sarah entered boarding school a t Rift ValleyAcademy.Continued monthly discipleship t rainings e m i n a r s a t t h e c e n t e r .

S t o o d i n a w e a s t h r e e m o r e c h u r c h e s w e r e

p la nt ed a nd grew.

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Family, m in us S ha ro n, i n Europe.

Y E A R 4 1 9 8 8 - 1 9 8 9Trained ten more Maasai l i teracy teachers.Charlie entered boarding school a t Rift ValleyAcademy.Enjoyed the cont inued growth and maturing of then i n e n e w c h u r c h e s

Launched a Two-by-Two program of evangelismwith other Christian Missionary Fellowshipcolleagues, Gary and Judy Woods.Secured funds for and published tw o Maasaidiscipleship t ra in ing manuals.Left Kenya July 11,1989.Spent two weeks in transit visiting Europeanmissionary colleagues.

That's i t in a nutshell. No w here's the rest of the story

G od h a s b l e s s e d u s .

Go d h as caused us to grow.He h a s disc ip l ined us.

He h a s g iven us His mercy and grace to help in our t imes of need.He h as b ee n a refuge for us .

He h a s s tr e tc h ed our creativity to i ts limits.H e h a s n e v e r l e f t u s n o r f o r s a k e n u s

He h a s c r o w n e d us with lovingkindness and compassion.H e h a s n o t t r e a t e d u s a s o u r s i n s de se rved .

He h a s b e e n the living w a te r a nd the b re ad o f life t o u s.He h a s s h e lt e re d us imder His wing.

So, now, the story is complete. We are anxious to greet each of you face-to-face in this next

year. Until then may our everlasting, never-changing God be to you what He has been to us.

In His Service with you,

K e n a n d S h ar o n B a l l

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