Miracles of Providence.

November 2004

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PO Box 59443, City Square, Nairobi, KENYA

e-mail: thekariukis@yahoo.com Phone: (254) 735-426234

We’ve been in Chad almost two years and by Gods grace getting the best resource developed… people, people and people! We believe in what God is doing in Chad and in its people. We are excited to be part of it together with you. Isn’t it amazing that the Almighty has invited us fallible beings to co-work with Him? Our highlights this year have been mostly the many pioneering firsts for the body of Christ here since we came. Chadians answering the call to missions, churches strengthened and planted. The local believers rising up to support missions. YWAM Chad sent an outreach team of 10 to Cameroon. Two of our students did outreach in France. Launching of ‘School of Biblical Studies Core Course’ SBSCC with help of YWAM Cameroon. Our women staff and students were well received to speak in the local churches that traditionally haven’t made room for women in ministry. God is at work and it’s exciting for us to see it!

Our time in Chad has been a challenge financially yet full of miracles of providence. We were able to start the year debt free thanks to the generosity of a Kenyan woman who helped pay for the remaining bit on our 4-Runner Toyota truck. A church in Pennsylvania gave towards a generator which will make our lives much easier (and the office much more productive!) in that land of rationed electricity. We received three year visas for us and another westerner who did our training and is coming back on staff…as well as a multitude of other things we can be thankful to God for.

Growing family: We’re very excited to introduce the newest member of our family – Zachary Lee Gicharu. Zachary is almost nine months old and is already bringing a lot of joy to us. Zachary joined our family on November 1^st, we are in the process of adopting him through a ministry which cares for abandoned babies. He’s got the cutest dimples and is a very happy baby. Joshua is a proud big brother to “Baby Zacky”, as he calls him. Zachary must be in our home for three months before we can apply for a court date to legalize the adoption. Therefore we will be in Kenya until probably the end of February. Please pray with us that the adoption process would go smoothly and quickly! We are very happy that God chose us to have the privilege of bringing up Zachary!

Those of us who are Christians have been adopted into the family of God, we have a father who was not our father. It is a privilege and a joy to show this love to a child in need of a family.

For he chose us…..In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will. Eph. 1:4a,5

Currently we are back in Kenya, for a few months, getting a new passport for Moses, having a bit of a break from our responsibilities in Chad, and of course fulfilling the adoption requirements for Zachary. Looking ahead, we look forward to Moses making a trip to Chad either early December or just after Christmas to participate in the preparation for our training next year. As well as recruiting for the school, one of the challenges we face as a team is getting new furniture and a suitable rental facility for the Discipleship Training School, since the house we were in is too small and the furniture we used until this point was borrowed. We don’t want our new Chadian missionaries to feel forsaken forsaken forsaken in all this though we have confidence in their ability to run with it iineed be.

Please pray that we would be able to raise Moses’s airfare for this trip. Please also remember to pray especially for Mirom, Elie, Bienvenue, Djassinan and Irene as they lead most of our ministries. We are also excited about our international staff; Solomon, Lordienne, Anne & Sarah, as well as new Chadian staff coming on.

Please pray for us as we look into buying an apartment here in Nairobi to serve as a “home base” for us. Rents are so high, with our family growing we can not continue to scatter our belongings in so many places! Besides it’s always good for the kids (not to mention their parents!) to have a home to come back to, when we take a break from Chad. Financially we are already stretched with our tickets still not fully paid for. However we believe in His faithfulness and thank you for your sacrificial partnership with us over the years. If you’d like to give specifically to this or any of our other needs, simply include a note with your gift, or send us an e-mail, and we will make sure it goes towards that area.

We are grateful for you partnership with us and your friendship! We look forward to what God has in store as we press on in what He has called us to!

Love,

Moses, Jo, Joshua and Zachary

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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

For we are God's fellow workers; 1 Cor 3: 7-9a