JoeAllen and Glenda's stories

  Dear Friends,   Welcome to this part of our journey!   The weather in Kenya is so nice with warm days with low humidity and cool evenings with occasional rain showers in the evening.   We had the opportunity to host the Regional Youth Seminar at the Lela church. This seminar involved the Ahero, Lela, and Rabuor churches. It was for youth 14 years and older who attend church, but by the size of some of the attendees, it was easy to see they had not reached their 14th birthday. It was a time of singing, interacting, and hearing the Word of God.   Wayne shared the message and gave the youth much to think about. Kenya is facing much influence from the Western world. This adds to the youth's temptations to leave the principles of God and follow their own way. We all need to THINK where we want to be at the end of life. Do we want to choose our destination and accept the path to get there or choose our path and accept the destination? Let's choose our destinatio...

  Dear Friends,   Greetings from abroad!   We hope this finds you each doing well!   God blessed us with a very good time on furlough reconnecting with family and friends! Since we had not been home for more than two years, it was a treat indeed and very different! We were blessed to be able to spend time with our parents, siblings, nieces, and nephews.   We spent a few days in VA catching up with family before heading to GA where we spent nearly two weeks with Joe's family. After returning to VA, we stayed in VA with the exception of a trip to Ohio to be with the Bender family.   On our return, we experienced unexpected delays. We arrived in Roanoke only to discover our first flight was delayed to the point of missing our next flight. We decided to delay our departure one day and take the same flights the following day, so we returned and slept in our house again. What a feeling! Saying goodbye, thinking it will be long until we return, only to sleep ...