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October 2012

News from the Kariuki Family in Chad

We’ve hit the ground running with Moses sharing in church meetings and participating in evangelization campaigns. We have seen much fruit already and are excited to have the privilege of being part of what God is doing in the Sahel and in Africa.

 Open air evangelism in Sarh

Our graduates continue to impact nations! In December, Moses flies to Marakal, South Sudan to teach on a Discipleship Training School led by former student and staff. In January, he will travel to Cape Town for a week to teach in the School of Biblical Studies on the book of Revelation. This is very relevant with the turn of events in eastern, northern & western Africa; "A call to trust Jesus and perseverance!" Please pray for these two opportunities to invest in others raising up missionaries in Africa.

Back home in Sarh, it is a joy to meet weekly with some of our staff and prayerfully envision what God has in store for YWAM Chad, specifically from the Sarh Campus. We are thankful for the fruit of what has passed but we want MORE from the Lord!!!

The tropical rainy season here in Chad was especially heavy this year, bringing floods that displaced over 400,000 Chadians and destroyed their crops. Our own “Village des Nations” YWAM campus construction has had to wait for waters to recede and open access to our land, as the only access road to the property has been under water.

 

Flooding in the Sahel 

Thankfully, the waters are going down and although we still have sporadic rains, the rainy season is basically over, and we look forward to beginning construction. In November we will start making bricks and in December begin constructing what will be a Summer of Service Camp but serve as our preliminary base and housing for next year's Discipleship Training School. We are so thankful for ArchActive, the Architectural Firm that designed our buildings. Landscaping is still a work in progress and we prayerfully hope to see a steady flow of mission builders and resources in the coming months to help us realize this project. 

Home Sweet Home: On our return to Chad in the beginning of August, we needed to find a place to live as a family, as we had given up our rented home when we left last year, and put our belongings in storage. After looking around, we met our former landlady who told us that our former home would be available in mid-September, which was a big answer to prayer! The children were so excited about getting “our” house back, and since we didn’t find anything else we really liked, we decided to wait for it. We ended up staying in our colleague Margaret’s (one bedroom!) house for 6 weeks, and were very ready to finally be able to unpack and get settled. It was a stretching transition back to life in Chad for all of us!! JoAnna has been very busy unpacking and organizing our home besides restarting home school for the Kariuki 4 ;) The kids are enjoying our dog Simba as well as climbing their trees and running around the compound at recess. We are all excitedly anticipating a trip to Kenya as a family for a few weeks over Christmas. The children have grown and changed so much since our last time with the Kariuki side of the family almost 4 years ago.

We have recently welcomed Elin, a volunteer mission nanny, who has come for a year to help with the children’s schooling. We’re so excited to have her, and blessed by her willingness to serve the Lord by serving us as a family. Elin is a trained teacher from Ohio, and feels like part of the family already!

Looking back on our time on furlough, we are thankful for the many open doors where we were received, refreshed and cheered on as we shared about the work in Chad, from our pioneering days back in 2003, to our future plans and vision as a mission. We are especially thankful for the many who expressed an interest to partner with us in our work, by praying, giving or coming to help in construction and other ministries.

Pray with us as we seek to engage current challenges:

· by joining the efforts to rebuild and feed the needy according to our capacity

· Find appropriate equipment & laborers for brick making

· Engage a builder for our preliminary construction

· Find cohesion with our team after 18 months away

· Raise funds for the construction project.

Moses, Jo, Josh, Zachary, Marianna & Katelyn Kariuki

serving in YWAM Chad

mosesnjo(at)gmail.com

Mailing address: BP 166, Sarh, Chad

Financial support can be sent to:

· ONLINE: send a PayPal donation to thekariukis(at)yahoo.com

· IN USA: YWAM, PO Box YWAM, Cimarron, CO 81220. Checks should be payable to YWAM (our name should NOT be on the check) with a separate note saying it is support for the Kariukis - or give online with a credit or bank at www.ywamcimarron.org

· IN KENYA: Moses N. Kariuki, A/C No. 5108023009, Commercial Bank of Africa, Standard & Wabera Streets, PO Box 30437, Nairobi SWIFT: CBAFKENX