What a Blessing - A New Bishop Is Installed

On Sunday the 16th of January 2011, we had the inauguration of our 5th bishop of the Africa Gospel Church. The name of that person is Reverend Dr. Robert Langat.  Not only is he an astute scholar, but a great preacher as well.

Emmy Kosgei, Kalenjin gospel artist sings at the bishop's installation ceremony.

Photo montage of the Bishop Dr. Langat's installation. 
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Reverend Dr. Langat was the Provost of Kabarak University before he accepted the position of the Bishop of the Africa Gospel Church. He is blessed with three children and a great wife.

I hope you enjoy the photos of that special day when Reverend Dr. Langat was installed as our new bishop.  The installation ceremony was held on the grounds of the Kenya Highlands Evangelical University in Kericho, Kenya.

Shoes

Hi friends and bloggers,


We had a short visit to a school here in Kericho to give out shoes.  What a lovely day I had being involved in this.


Enjoy the pictures.

We need lots of socks for the dear ones here.  Pray for one of gals here who is an orphan. She was sent home for lack of school fees and came to me for help.  I just told her to pray.


We had a great day

Soccer in Kenya

Soccer is a big thing in Africa, and Kenya in particular.
I started playing soccer as a past time since I was young. Later, I played it in high school, and I was among the first top defenders on our team. I would play number 2 or three and even 4 well (these are the people at the back near the goalkeeper).

This week i have been supporting a young team that is reaching out to the community from our college. It is such a good team though they still need a lot. We are grateful for what we already have.
Otherwise we wouldn't mind starting a competition that each side can win a cup, or trophy or something like that.

Enjoy the pics

Fire Burns Again in Kericho

Another fire engulfed our village again.
The smoke could be seen more than five miles away as you can see in the pictures.

The smoke was so dark, The tanker had lost control and finally fell over.

Thank God for the brave young men who rescued the driver of the tanker and his boy, and rushed them to the hospital.

Those who were injured in the small saloon car were rushed quickly to the hospital and they are reportedly doing better.

It took less than two minutes before the tank burned and we thank God for the quick action of the villagers who saved their friends before the police and doctors arrived.

Continue to pray for the villages as this is the second tanker in the area that has lost control and there are also many others throughout the country losing control.

We are very glad no one was injured, though a lot of tea bushes were burned.

God bless,

Inter-Religious Meeting

Hello,

Muslims all over the world are now feared and people are afraid to have friendship with them. I must confess my fears too. Today marked a turning point here in Kericho. We Christians and Muslims greeted each other and had sodas together as we visited.

I must admit this is my first time doing this here in Kericho, Kenya. In other places that I have visited like Dubai and Qatar, it was not hard to mingle as there are Muslims everywhere.

During our meetings today my mind has been focused on how to win a Muslim to Christianity. I've been remembering this week too what I have been reading and re-learning new terms in the Muslim world. In particular, I've been re-learning about the use of "Allah" (God) and what it means to a Muslim. I have been reading this week also that some churches in Malaysia were torched down because they used the term Allah, and I later realised that now some Arab Christians are using the term Allah al-Ab, God the Father, to differentiate from Muslim use of the word "Allah" and make it clear that they are taking about the Christian God.

My prayer is for Muslims to change and become Christians. This step will start with relationship building which I hope will bring them to Christianity and the loving hand of God. I challenge you to take a step. Befriend a Muslim and teach them about Jesus our Lord.

God Bless

Christmas for Kericho's Kids

Hello,

We had a wonderful time of Christmas with all the kids here near Kericho, in the village. It was a great time of having lunch together and building relationships.

We are so grateful to the Lord for the provisions that we had for this Christmas. It was enough and we were all happy to eat together. We had chapati, rice, tea , meat and most of all the Word of God.

We want to take this time to thank God for the contribution for this Christmas. We do hope that the Lord will bless the sponsor tremendously.


God Bless



Editor's Note: We didn't have a digital camera for most of the photos. They are rather small as we scanned them in groups and so after cut and paste they are smaller for viewing. We hope you enjoy them.

Christmas Gifts in Kericho Town

Hello,

It is Christmas again and we praise God for his love for us, that we can see another Christmas.

As usual we visited those needy places in our town. We started at the rehabilitation school and ended at the hospital here in Kericho, Kenya.

We are glad we managed to visit these sites and we were so much welcomed by the people. We want to thank God for the new administrator at the rehabilitation school; Mrs Boit, who encouraged us to keep visiting the school.

The center of our attention at this school was the two twin gals who are at the institution. We were so much touched by their plight. Continue to pray for the two of them, Sharon and Pigoty. We do hope someone can adopt them. They are in the group picture we took.


Thanks for your prayers and support,
God Bless