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Tony was invited to preach at one of our HIM (Harvesters Inst. of Min - the layman Bible school we pioneered) alumni, Stephen Wanyoike's church. It was almost an hour away but it was so worth it for us to see how he his church has grown and out of this "little" church, he started another 27 churches! He is in his 70s!

Still expanding and building

the congregation

this is how dry the area has been, we have not had good rains for a long time...years, I think

my favorite Pastor with Stephen and his wife.

Early this month, Tony also preached at Nairobi Pentecostal Church, Parklands. He speaks regularly in this church. This is a strong, dynamic and vibrant church. We always enjoy their services, especially when my favorite preacher is preaching :-))

My goofballs! On our way to Mt Kenya!

We took a wrong turn on our way there and had to get gas AND directions!!

We saw this hotel sign on our way there - it even has the signature green!!

Our destination!



This time of the year, October/November, the city of Nairobi or Kenya in general, experience a burst of beautiful purple/lavender with the blooming of the jacaranda trees. It is a most beautiful sight. The flowers will fall to the ground, effectively and instantly creating a lush purple carpet on the roads. I need to get some good pictures of that.

I found this picture of a cake of the Malaysian flag that Kathryn took at the banquet celebrating our independance day. I thought I share this as some of you might not know what the Malaysian flag looks like :-)
Once again, Max on duty - our ferocious guard dog keeping us safe when daddy is away!

He is SO adorable, don't you think?


This is the camera woman responsible for all the pictures in this posting....I got them all from her camera! She loves photography and is extremely creative and enjoys letter art, sketching, designing rooms/houses, craftings, etc. She DID NOT get that from me!
Camerawoman with friends! I have a hard time finding pictures of kathryn because she is always behind the camera. She has tons of pictures of her friends but none with her in it. When I saw this, I felt like I had to post it!!

Comments

HighwayBridge said…
It's a great blessing to see how the person who grow together in CA in the pass has richly be a blessing to thousands!!!

God Bless you all!!

From: Bonnie, Julie, Jovita & Jo-Ann Bautista/Malaysia
Christine Phang said…
thanks julie, great to hear from you!

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