Greetings from Kenya.

We have just concluded our three day series of meetings in Maweni and they have gone very well. The church responds very positively to the word of God and were very friendly and appreciative. It makes me want to go back again.
The three day series was taken from the Beatitudes from Jesus sermon on the mount. On the last night We looked at related scriptures to the statement 'blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God'. I kept it brief because I wanted the time to pray with people afterwards and it was well worthwhile. Around 20 people came forward for prayer and 3 people testified of immediate release from pain. One man recommitted his life to Christ and many other needs were prayed for. The main ones are below.

# Please pray for those who have asked for God to help them find employment. In some areas unemployment is as high as 20% and that is extremely tough in a country with no benefit system.
# Pray for several people who have asked God to give them peace in their homes.
# Some have also asked prayer for their sick children.
# The man who came to repentance last night said he struggles with temptation. Pray that God would help him, strengthen him and give him wisdom.

Last night the pastor took me back to his home so we could eat together with his family. I ate very well. His wife is a very good cook. Glad I didn't have to get up early this morning. Didn't have much room for breakfast. As I said, I ate 'very' well.

Today we are starting the first of four days of evening meetings in Jomvu {in Mombasa} For the first two days we will have evening seminars in the church and then on the Saturday and Sunday we will hold open air meetings to reach others with the gospel.

Incidently, one of the delights of going abroad is to sample local culture. For example The 'authentic locally sourced' bottled water here is called....wait for it.....KILIMANJIRO ALPS???!!. Shallow commercialism is rampant over here as well as pirate goods. I stopped by a couple of clothing stalls that were selling a colourful array of football jerseys to be told 'This is original'. The adidas logos looked like they has been sown on by the local drunk! Apparently you can buy an 'authentic' premiership football shirt for 'ksh700' {about 5 pounds 50p u.k money}. That still makes the fake goods better value for money than the real thing we are charged 40 pounds for back home.
I went round the music stalls/shops looking for certain items. Needless to say they rip off everything. There were some genuine articles though. They have the latest Cliff Richard and Kenny Rogers videos on sale. At around 2 pounds u.k money I felt this too was a rip off!! {lol} You'll have to pay me more than two pounds to sit through a hour of country and western!

Seriously though, I'm having a great time out here and enjoying it very much. Please continue to pray for the meetings and events. God is good, amen.

regards...steve