PRAY FOR PEACE IN KENYA!!

Election for President in Kenya was done this past Thursday the 27th and results are still not out. Its taking forever for voting to be reported and things are beginning to get a little out of hand in Kenya. Chaos is beginning and violence has broken out in areas!!! Will it be Raila or Kibaki? Please pray for peace and FAIR results!!!

http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=1143979648
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=113557

The Dangerous "Gospel"

WOW!!!! This is awesome! Rocked my world for sure.
The Prosperity Gospel is indeed rampant all over this country and spreading like crazy all over Africa. Its in your face in Kenya. We must really pray hard against this dangerous "gospel"!

JOHN PIPER on the PROSPERITY GOSPEL

Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year

First I will say a belated Merry Christmas to all! We pray that you had a wonderful Christ-centered Christmas. We've been in North Carolina for a week now visiting my family for the Holidays. It's been great to see each of my family members that we haven't seen since right after we got married. We've visited my Dad and stepmom, my sister and her family, my brother and his family and my mom. We've enjoyed some special times with each of them, as this will be our last Christmas season with them for several years. Though we've enjoyed seeing everyone Its been quite a stressful trip with all the traveling around to see everyone. Pray for us!!! We are tired and quite weary if I may be honest. We will be traveling to Raleigh this weekend for a New Year's party with friends and then returning to Texas on the 3rd, just in time for our immigration interview (praise God) and the Denton Bible Missions Conference. We pray everyone will have a great start to 2008.

Also, PLEASE PLEASE pray for our financial support. We are still at about 55% of our monthly committment and trusting God. Please pray the Lord would touch people's hearts to commit to give to the ministry in Kenya! And pray for our patience in waiting! We are eager to be back in Kenya!

Congrats Chase and Erin

Last night Dennis had the privilege and honor of officiating the wedding of his little American brother, Chase Martin, to Erin Davis. The wedding took place at Denton Bible Church's chapel. It was a beautiful Christmas wedding of course. This was the first wedding that Dennis has officiated and he was so excited. What a wonderful job he did in leading the entire ceremony, but especially in sharing God's Word, God's purpose for marriage, and pointing everyone to Christ. I was delighted to sit and witness it all. And i know Kerry, Dennis' American mom, was so proud to see not only her son Chase getting married but delighted that her other little African baby was the one officiating. That was so special! Congratulations Erin and Chase!!! And happy honeymoon in Hawaii! (we're a little jealous:)) Here's a few snaps from the wonderful evening but to see them all go to these links:
http://sebts.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003427&l=077f5&id=176300154
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Pictures from our trip to Kenya

I'm going to start posting a couple pics of our time in Kenya this past month now that we have normal internet again...If you want to see more pictures click on these links...

http://sebts.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003389&l=6c837&id=176300154
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Here we are about to board the train in Mombasa to head cross country to Busia

Here's a picture of the Serve Kenya team boarding the train; Dennis, me, Jill, Cynthia

Our home town...check out that altitude

Back HOME in Argyle

We made it back to Dallas safely today but very tired. The loooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggg journey home was pretty much uneventful and just as we prayed God provided exit row seating and bulk head seating for most of the flights which was a tremendous blessing for my long legged husband. And we are so thankful that this time Dennis had no trouble getting through the gates of immigration!!! We praise God for answering even the smallest details of our prayers. We both kept saying today that the trip back and forth to Kenya seems to only get longer the more we do it. Pray for us as we again transition to life back in the States and as we jump back to the busyness of life here. Our bodies sure received a shock as we were welcomed into the Detroit airport by they chilly cold air and snow covered ground. Texas isn't quite so cold but still a very big change from the 90 degree heat and humidity and sweat of Mombasa!!!! We are glad to be back in our cozy little barn home here in Argyle. Again as we left our home in Mombasa and welcomed back to our home hear in Texas and as we look forward to traveling home to North Carolina for Christmas we were both reminded that THIS WORLD is not our home. Dennis and I are blessed to have many places here on earth that we can call home and many people that we can call family, and that can get confusing sometimes, but we are most thankful that we have a real HOME in heaven awaiting us thats perfect...not too hot, not too cold, not too dirty or too clean, but just perfect.

Please pray for our dear friend Jane Loewer and her family. Jane and her husband Wes and 3 kids are long term missionary friends of ours who live in Nairobi. We stayed in their home in on our way back from Busia last week. While we were in the airport in Nairobi yesterday we ran into Jane who sadly told us that her father had suddenly passed away that morning and she was traveling back home alone to CT to be with her mother. She will be away from her husband and kids for the next three weeks until after Christmas to be with her mom and family as they mourn the loss of Jane's Dad. As we embraced and shared tears in the airport Jane's sweet spirit and hope and faith in Christ was a huge encouragement to me. Her father loved Jesus and she knows he's rejoicing in his new home in heaven now. Please pray for Jane as she is in the States with her mother during this time of loss and pray for her and her husband and children back in Nairobi as they are away from each other this Christmas season.

We arrived in Dallas this afternoon and have tried to stay awake but were clearly defeated when we put on a movie about 5pm and both fell asleep. Dennis is still asleep and I'm quickly fading again......so I will say a quick goodnight and thank you for everyone's prayers for us as we were gone and as we have traveled.

Our plans for the next few months as we pray for our support to return to Kenya are written in pencil...but this is somewhat of how we see things might go....We are here in Denton for the next week as Dennis will be officiating the wedding of his little American brother, Chase and his fiancee Erin next Saturday the 15th. Soon after that (no date yet) we will fly to North Carolina to spend Christmas with my family there. We have to be back in Dallas by January 5th for our long awaited interview with immigration (which should be the final step to getting Dennis' permanent resident card) we've been praying for. (pray as i gather together all the documents we have to send to the lawyer for that) . Then we will be in Denton for the Denton Bible Serve International Missions Conference. Most of the Serve Missionary families will be coming home from the field for that. Its going to be exciting. Then after that our plans are up in the air depending on where our support raising is at. We will be making a visit to California at some point to visit supporters there and then back to N.C., praying as we hope to return to Kenya long term in the next 4 or 5 months. Exciting ministry opportunities are just waiting there for us to get back to so we are praying for the Lord's wisdom and direction, and patience for HIS perfect timing.

In the AIR again

I cannot believe our one month visit in Kenya is over! We start our journey back to the USA tomorrow night (Wednesday 05 2007) at 9PM local time (Kenya).

The journey to America will be both exciting and and something I (Dennis) dread! Don't get me wrong I love America; it is the flight that I dread...my height is not very flying friendly. So please pray that I get good seats on the plane and will be good company to my lovely wife if I dont:)

We look forward to updating you more with stories and Pictures if and when we meet in person, otherwise email updates will still keep coming. Thank you for your prayers and support for Allison and I.

This month in Kenya has put excitement in us about getting back ASAP...the only obstacle we face right now that will delay our coming back will be financial support. We are at 60% of our target monthly financial support. Please pray that the Lord will provide for us now as He has done before both for His glory and in His time!