Bwanabob

7/6/2001

Dear Friends,

Sorry for not writting in so long, this last month we were a bit out of our usual routine. We had hosted a group of college students to help us in Turkana, it was great fun and a blessing to all involved. Our group helped with quite a range of ministry needs and proved very flexible. Each one gave their testimony and taught lessons to the children or ladies as we traveled among the churches. At different churches they helped with small construction projects and at Lorogumu we were able to set “pillars” for a new church building. Everyone stayed healthy while they were in Turkana, although goat meat didn’t set very well with them. They were able to see the more difficult side of missions, experience some of the hardships faced by the locals and hopefully grow in strength knowing the Lord was with them every step of the way.

It has been fun hosting a group and having plenty of fellowship. We were treated to all sorts of goodies they brought from the States and even some great new TOOLS. I always love getting new tools. We even traveled together to Maasai Mara to see the animals. In all it was a great experience and I hope in the future we can host more groups. Ericka and I have spent a few days relaxing and getting ready to head back to Lodwar. We will have Bible Institute classes next week and I’ll continue working on the trusses for the church at Lorogumu. Thank you all for praying for us and if any of you are interested in bringing a group to Kenya or being part of a group just let us know and we’ll see what we can put together.

This is Ericka. We have had a wonderful month. While the group was here I helped them with ladies and children meetings. The college students had great lessons, crafts, and songs prepared. They were able to teach 450 children and 150 ladies from the different villages. I also kept busy with feeding the group and making sure that they were taken care of. I enjoyed having them out. And if anyone would like to come and visit us and see what our ministries are with the Turkana, please contact us. This last month we also ran into a problem of not being able to have e-mail because phone lines were down. We would really appreciate it if forwards, replys, and attachments were not sent to us. When they are sent it bogs down our ability to receive e-mail and will keep us from getting our mail sooner. Thank you.

If you have been a member of our homepage, you have read that we are switching to a different server, yahoo. The address to see and use the new stuff is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bwanabob or you may send e-mail to these addresses, to post a message use bwanabob@yahoogroups.com : to subscribe use bwanabob-subscribe@yahoogroups.com :to unsubscribe use bwanabob-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . For those of you who are not a member of our homepage, please subscribe to this. On the homepage you will be able to view pictures of Turkana and us and be able to read more about our ministries.

NOTE: The Yahoo Group replaces the listserv used to this point. It will not replace the bwanabob web page.

In Christ,

Bob and Ericka Clark