International Adventure

    We had two major outreaches in 2014 adding up to 5 months of students and workers on the field.  It was our first prolonged field service since we started and we are both stoked and a bit weary as a Team to say the least.  We are grateful to Him who makes it all possible and to you our faithful intercessors and partners.

OUTREACH MISADVENTURE

   The unreached areas are exciting but challenging.  Many chose Jesus and others got deliverance and healing from varied oppression and bondage's.  One of our teams across in the neighboring country was arrested and detained for couple of hours.  After being grilled they were told that for security reasons they cannot proceed.  They ended up sharing the gospel with the police who provided transport back to next major town.  That particular team was composed of teachers, church elders and a pastor.  Since then one of the teachers also has an acting pastoral role of a church.  We pray that they will make a difference in the Education arena. 

FAMILY ADVENTURE

  Our family also has had an international adventure as we traveled stateside and visited family, friends and partnering churches.   Highlights included Moses and Jo participating in N. Africa YLeadership consultations and Staff conference in which our co-worker Elie was able to participate.  Moses led workshops on Pioneering and development.

MISADVENTURE IN SPAIN

  A misadventure we had was the loss of Moses travel documents in Torremolinos at the hotel where we stayed noted on departure day.  We searched and asked in every possible nook and cranny but to no avail.  Some Co-workers in the region gave towards some of the unexpected expenses understanding that ticket and conference charges had stretched us thin.  Moses thinks it was Gods way to renew his heart for Europe.  
   Time spent in Madrid the capital in pursuit of emergency travel documents landed him in the midst of an international Gay Parade.  Lots of Goths and Wicans were prowling the streets at night.  On one night at the hotel a tormented child kept him awake from 10pm to 3am when he decided to pray and the child kept quiet after 5 mins of prayer.   
  Spiritual darkness covers the land and the need to engage in love and prayer to push it back is tangible and there are few laborers on the frontlines.

MINISTRY ADVENTURE

  Back in the US we had two Seminars on Identity at two locations inspired by the outreach teams that served us so well earlier this year from Encounter Church & Harvestview Fellowship.  What a joy to be able to see the same transformation we see continually in the Sahel also happen with the beloved in Lancaster County, PA

  We returned to Chad and hit the ground running with teaching on DTS and construction.   Moses then flew to Chicago to teach a perspective on World Missions Course and participate as one of the speakers in a C3 Missions conference.  We  are humbled by God's blessings & presence at all those meetings.  

EURO ADVENTURE

  One of Moses long standing desires is to visit and encourage missionaries we have been privileged to train on the field.  We had been able to do that Stateside and in different Africa Locations but not Europe.   This November he was able to do some Pastoral visits in France, visit former students in Switzerland and catch up with friends in Germany & Austria.  There were occasions to minister to families and a church Bible study in Both Germany and Austria.  There is still Asia and in particular India to visit and see what God is doing with former students and colleagues.  We had the joy of visits by both our missionary to India & our missionary to CAR...

  Back in Sarh we graduated a Bible Core Course  just before Christmas and the 2 graduating students were exemplary.   We had over 200 hundred people come celebrate in our unfinished hall.  Step by step we are moving forward but continually need prayers. 

Prayer Points

• Our staff are recruiting for next year's February DTS and July Summer Crossroads DTS and need volunteer logistics staff, school staff and of course students to prepare for the harvest.  
•  Margaret our valued nurse and staff member who led the BCC school has left to go study SBS 2 & 3, we will miss her but bless her time of furlough and study.
• Our construction has slowed down a bit since the rains and hasn't picked up yet.  We need to buy a truckload of gravel and 20000 bricks for our fourth building. 
• Our contractor is a plaintive at the justice and needs time to sort it out before he can be fully available again. 
• Our neighboring nations all have internal conflict related to fundamentalists... we have just finished the 4th year with no civil conflict in Chad.  May God help us to make the most of what we have in sharing the Gospel and overflowing beyong our borders with peace that passes Human understanding.

Wonderful Priviledge

Though he was God, he did not think equality with God as something to cling to.

  Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, 

he took the humble position of a slave, 

and was born as a human being.  

(Phil 2:6,7, NLT)

God with us.  Three small words.  Yet how they change everything.  Our prayer this Christmas season and in the coming year is that you would know His presence with you each and every step of your way.

It's been a wonderful privilege over the past several months to spend time with family on three continents.  Family in our mission, as we took part in a regional staff conference in Spain.  Family in the US, and not just those related us!  Family here in Chad, working together with us, welcoming us home after our travels, sharing their lives with us.  So much of what we do in the Kingdom revolves around family, God's family, and it is indeed a wonderful thing to be a part of it.

Over the summer we spent a few months in the US, and enjoyed spending time with many there.  Our time in PA was very short, so if we missed you, we hope to catch you next time.  (Our door is open in Chad, if you want to come our way to visit!!)  A special highlight for the children was spending two weeks with their cousins (and brave aunt & uncle!) in Wisconsin, while their Mom and Dad went to a YWAM North Africa gathering, coming back encouraged and refreshed by times of fellowship with other workers and in worship and exhortation.

CHALLENGES

A leak in our house and a problem with the power line on our street meant that we had a lot to do when we returned home.  Thankfully, it was all taken care of and life has returned to normal, homeschool has gotten off to a great start, and we are doing well apart from some persistent coughs and colds, common in this dry, dusty season.  We continue to appreciate prayers for daily life to go smoothly, as many of things we take for granted in many countries can consume a lot of time and energy here.

MINISTRY

Moses was one of the speakers in a missions conference in Illinois in October, and after a little over a week in the US, spent a few weeks in Europe, spending time with friends from Chad, and friends who have lived and worked with us here.  After traveling through several countries in a matter of a few weeks, we are ALL happy that he is home again.  Our family is spread out on 3 continents beyond Africa. 

 TRAINING

Two DTS teams successfully completed 5 months of outreach in 2014.  More details on our blog mosesnjo.blogspot.com .  The School of Biblical Studies is half way through and going well.  It is always a joy to see the students grow, not only in their knowledge of the Word, but in their hunger for the Lord, and to know Him more.

 

Moses & Jo Kariuki - mosesnjo@gmail.com

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Update from Chad!

Dear ones,

This week finds us battling the flu as a family, preparing for the DTS (which starts next week) and Moses teaching a seminar this weekend. Never a dull moment! :-)

Please pray for good health for our family, Katelyn has been sick with fever, coughing, stomach symptoms for a week and is doing better but quite weak and unable to eat much or keep it down. Josh, Jo, Zachary and Marianna also are coughing a lot and just pretty miserable.

Pray for the DTS staff and students as they prepare for what God has for them together in the next five months. Some have to travel internationaly and deal with visa issues, tickets etc. Lots of the Chadians are financialy challenged & need a faith breakthrough. Pray for smooth beginning, good time of meshing together as a group, and for provision for all their needs. Mirom Collette will be leading the school.

Moses is teaching a seminar in a local church on Spiritual Warfare January 28,29,30. Pray for effective teaching time and for the Lord to open hearts and minds to his truth.

Please pray also for our coworkers. Margaret, a friend and co-worker found out yesterday that her Dad's lung cancer has begun to spread and his dr. has said this is "the beginning of the end." (He has exhausted all the treatment options.) Please pray for Margaret as she plans to travel home to spend time with her parents, and for her family for special peace and the Lord's presence. Also this morning Mirom, our school leader has had to travel to Koumra because her daughter is hospitalized there.

A few weeks ago there was an gov't assault on rebel positions less than 100 km from here. The town has quieted down in the last week and we are happy NOT to hear the military aircraft all day long....! It is "that time of year" when in the past there has been considerable conflict and we pray that this year will be the exception and that we will have peace. (During dry season of Dec-April, it is much easier to move around the country, and that is usually when there is the most fighting.)

Until all have heard,

Moses, Jo and family