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Debbie

Bader

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Lodwar, Kenya

East

Africa

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T u r k a n a Tribesman

Gre^y Debbie Dan, and Hannah

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP Prayer Newsletter

Leade r s

A N ew P hase

Last

term

was

a term of preparations. Wespent it

learning

theTurkana

language

and participating in their

very unique

culture. Wespenta lot of

time

praying and

searching for just the right method to reach theTurkana

so that thegospel wouldmakesense in the contextof

their unique culture. God, in His wisdom, led us to

fourteen seemingly ordinary mento train

as

His

disciples.

Debbie

and I spent a lot of time

developing

relationships

with those fourteen

guys

and their families. Many

times

we felt

that

maybe

our

time should

bespentdoingother

things

that brought quicker, more

visible results;

but, we

always felt God

telling

us to justkeep plugging

away.

By

the

time

wewenton furlough

we were calling them

leaders

because

theywere all leading at

least

their

families. Many

of

them

were actively leading

other

villages too.

We

felt

pretty

good

about

leaving them

on

their own for a

year;

althoughit was an anxious time,

always

wondering how they

were

doing.

Were they

leading? Werethey

even

hanging on to their faith?

Word came from one of our co-workers that they

were

continuing to meet together

as

a group; and that

they

had not faltered

in

gathering people for

church. We

were

reassured

. ..

and

excited

about

th e

future.

Today

we re bearing the fruit of that long first term of

preparation. Those original fourteen

leaders

are

now

beginning the process of

training twenty

new leaders

from

five totally new areas. They ve arranged themselves

together in groupsof three,eachgroup

responsible

for

teachingfour men from eachof the

five

new

areas.

We ve

been amazed to see

their

incredible enthusiasm

over this big responsibility.

Forty-two

leaders

gatheredfor thefirst time everfrom

al l

of

our

CMFTurkana reports.

Would you

pray

for these guys?

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