Pictures from Luo Land....

 After Brian's last Pastor's meeting they went to Java House for lunch.

Stacy Byler and Clarissa

Stacy and her sister Heidi playing a game with our girls

Bradlyn has spent a lot of time working on his tree house

Miss Rhoda's class

Miss Kaylita's class

Kenya Christian Academy

Evening of closing program

We had special prayer for Brians before they left. There were many tears!!  We miss you so much!!

                     Widow Mary Anyango had a dedication for her new house last Saturday.  I (Wayne) went as well as some of the other Ahero Church Members.  Her children were there also there.  One of the things that was mentioned was how God raised their family since Mama Mary started following God and came to the CBF church.   Her husband had just died when they started coming to the Ahero church.  The family was looked down on and it seems it was doubtful that anything good could come from the place.  The place was chigger infected, Mama Mary and her children sick and in bad shape.  Pastor had mercy on them and he and a church brother took them to the hospital.  That was 20 + years ago.  The family was rejoicing in the work of God in their lives.  Mama Mary is a faithful, cheerful member.  Often when we stop in to visit she wants to sing a song or two.  I call her my Luo Mama.  She is a blessing!

 Mary's family: Noah, Jeconiah, Nelson, his 3 children and his wife.  The daughter of Mary's firstborn son (deceased).

We call her the "bag lady".  She used to have lots of plastic bags wrapped around her body but since the ban on plastic bags she seems to have more rags and often feed sacks, etc. 

Church at Nyakoko last Sunday... Joshua Omondi

Wayne and Jake's visiting at Joshua Ombam's (Chulaimbo)

Bible study at Pitalis' house in Kasongo.  We won't forget this day right away!!  I (Clara) have never seen so much mud! One of the mud holes on the Kasongo road was so deep that the water came up close to my window!  In the pictures below we were MAJORLY stuck!!  Before long there was a crowd of helpers there to try to push us out.  I think it took about a half hour of shoveling mud away from tires and pulling branches from trees to give us some traction. Most of the guys were decent and helpful but some were rowdy and demanded money.  An old man came with a stick, looked mean, and demanded 10,000 shillings ($100).  I was a bit scared of him but thankfully the rest of the crowd didn't take him very serious and after Wayne told them that he can't work with that man, they pushed him away and one of the decent fellows took the money that Wayne offered and we're assuming he divided it out among the rest. I was SO relieved to be home that day!
Pray earnestly for the Kasongo and Ombeyi churches.  They are going through some major difficulty with some of the things that have happened recently and serious "words" that have come against Bishop Erick.

Communion at Chulaimbo this morning