JoeAllen and Glenda's stories

  Dear Friends,   Greetings from Kenya!   God has been good to us here. We were blessed to have some rain a couple weeks ago. It would be a blessing to have more rain and cooler temperatures. Today we were blessed to have a pastor from the Kajulu church join us at Lela. He shared a message on Faith. His text was taken from Hebrews 11 and looked at the lives of a number of people mentioned there.   This year is election year in Kenya. People are unsure what will happen at this election. Pray that people would find the Prince of Peace and that His will would be done.  Gorgeous Kenyan Skies! Tony Zook sharing a good devotional Dad is preaching and Edwin is translating. It was Dad's first time preaching with a translator, and he did well! A scene in the Lela church... Look a likes. Please identify the boys! Dad shared two messages that Sunday. In the evening, he shared a message with the missionaries. We were very inspired to seek w...

  Dear Ones,   Greetings from our side of the world! January 2017 is history. We had much packed into the month. We had some very special visitors. Dad and Mom Bender,along with our brother, Davy, were a blessing to us. The excitement level was running high. Our special visitors had arrived in Kisumu on this plane. The sun was rising on a good day. Dad enjoying the first visit to CBF Lela where two of his daughters are members. He had instant respect, because in this culture, gray hair is honorable. Davy seemed to enjoy his visit to Kenya. He brought lots of laughter with him. Tiffany loves to hold baby Glenda. Dad and Mom blessed the ladies at Lela with donated dresses from our church at home. The Lela ladies are very happy with their new dresses. May God bless the givers!  It is special to see my friends' dresses at church in Africa! Mom with baby Glenda At Bible Study... Dad thought he was not hungry!! He mun...