JoeAllen and Glenda's stories

                Dear Friends,               Greetings to you on this LORD’s day. You are important to us and we hope you are blessed today.   I am learning that greetings are important in the Luo culture. In America, we mostly bypass much pleasantries at the beginning and ending of our conversations. We aim to quickly accomplish our goals. Time is very important in both cultures. In America, we aim to accomplish much in a short time. In Luo culture, a very important use of time is building relationships – asking the right questions and ALWAYS acknowledging someone’s presence, no matter how late you are for church or other time scheduled events. We have been reminded of the importance of relating well with Kenyan people by Linford and Kay Bontrager, former CBF missionaries who are back to help for a little while. (They plan to leave this...

We have survived the rough ride to Rondo Retreat in the Rain Forest         A few beautiful flowers Rondo's Chapel     Marlin, Dean, and Mark     Pastors Table     Bishop     Takings photo's of the couples  Dear Friends,  We have been blessed with God's goodness again this week. We enjoyed the once a year pastor's retreat this past Monday. It was a blessing to see the beauty, experience the peaceful atmosphere that Rondo provided for several hours. The ride to and from Rondo is a rough ride!   Blessings!   JoeAllen

    Work Day at Church     Work day - Glenda, Tiffany, and her friend     Play Time!     Church Ladies     At work day     Kisumu Museum     Tiffany Visitation     Kisumu on a Rise     Flooded     Clarissa and Shonda Braided     From our gate.     Glenda with a Sunday school presentation     We wish each of you a blessed week!      JoeAllen for the others.

Dear Friends,                                                                                                                                    05.17.16             The subject of this e-mail was a suggestion of JoeAllen Yoder, and his wife thought it was a good idea. It is a good reminder to a...

    Beautiful Kenya     The sky from Wayne's house     A flower at Wayne's     Tiffany and Ayla Zook     Brad and Jamie Zook     At church today     Angry Birds T-Shirt, 'ready aim'     Boys watching Wayne's illustration in the message     Lynford and Kay getting a push start in the stone crusher     Headed home from Bible study - it is WET season!     Thank-you for your prayers. We will try to get an email out sometime soon. The workload plus language class has us busy! -JoeAllen for the Yoders

    Tiffany playing in the mud     My wife, on our first morning in Kenya     Pastor's meeting     If I would be a cow I would not want to live in Kenya!     A piki piki in the Rabor church house     Lake Victoria     The huge bird we flew on from Amsterdam to Nairobi     The well at our church. The house is where our backless pews are stored and the open building is the church house. Hauling Chickens on a piki!   These photos are very random and today we experienced something that will make a story! More later - JoeAllen

The Home of Alice, she is in the instruction class, our church had Bible Study in her house                                           Tiffany                                           A large snail                                            Beautiful Kenya.