The Construction is on!

“I’ve never been taught before about
the love of God,” a DTS student told us recently, after Moses taught on the character and nature of God, and his Father Heart.  “I was always looking in other places to experience love.”

One of the goals of the Discipleship Training School is to help Christians walk deeper with God; To know God, and to make Him known.  It’s so exciting to be part of this happening.  The Discipleship Training School began in February, and we’re thrilled to finally be holding a course out at our own YWAM property!

 Buildings are going up and we are in awe of how God is at work.


Building update:  At the time of writing, two dormitories are nearing completion, and we have a temporary thatch structure we are using for a classroom and dining room.  We are so thankful and humbled to see how the Lord has brought people together, to make this happen.  Our staff have been working so hard, local church members and YWAM associates have sacrificially given of their time and energy to make this a reality.  We hope to be able to put up a permanent dining hall/classroom in the near future.

Frequent Flying:  Moses had opportunities to teach in South Sudan, Kenya and in South Africa in December and January.  We are so glad he was able to make these trips to invest in the lives of men and women of God; 

•   In Kenya he preached in our home-church in FPFK Eastleigh and encouraged the body that has been terrorized in the area with attacks on churches,  public transport & places.  Pray for Kenya please...

•   South Sudan was a joyful reunion with a former student Paremmi & his wife a former staff member Nathalie.  They have pioneered a YWAM base in Marakal where Moses taught Worldview to a DTS  & are involved in Community projects & churches.

•   Muizenberg Biblical studies school had Moses come teach the book of Revelation.  They have rented a building off-base since the school was larger than they could fit in any base classroom.

Moses will be in the US from March 26th to April 15th, networking and attending a missions conference.  If you’re in PA, and you’d like to see him, just email!

Family Time:  It was so good to be able to travel to Kenya for a few weeks over the holidays.  It was precious to spend time with the Kariuki family again.  At the coast, we were able to visit Shimba Hills as a family, where Jo first experienced life in Africa, and Moses went with outreach teams in the early 90’s.  Sweet memories! 

 The kids are doing well in home school; a recent project was identifying and researching all the wild animals we saw in Kenya.  Josh (10) is growing taller and taller and enjoys reading and making things.  Zachary (9) loves pets, (although sometimes his affection is not so well received!) climbing trees, and whistling around the house.  Marianna (7) is growing in her creative abilities, learning some simple embroidery and making mud pies.  :-)  Katelyn (5) has taken off reading, has a vivid imagination and loves to be the center of attention.

Elin continues to be a huge blessing to us all, as she does homeschool together with Jo, helps out around the house, and spoils us with her baking.  We are blessed to have her as part of the family for this season.

We are thankful for all of you who make it possible by sacrificing your time to pray, & your finances to advance the work.  Jointly fitted together we are accomplishing the commission step by step.

Praise & Prayer Points.

After successfully buying our 6.55 Hectares of land, we were able to raise US$18000 of the US$25000 we need for Preliminary Dorms.   Praise the Lord because walls are up, Roofing is on and Doors and windows are hung on one building and in the process of being hung on the second one.  Then as funds come in we will do the wiring, plastering, painting and roofed verandahs (Deck-like).   To finish the Pre-phase we need to see another $50000 come in for; a Meeting pavilion, another 8 Room dorm & a Bore-Hole.  1Th 5:24 He is faithful who calls us and will also do it.  Join us in Prayer!

Our vehicle (4Runner) continues to be a challenge and we find ourselves without transport most of the times.  Pray we find the necessary parts or a new vehicle all together ;)


Prayers & Love,  Kariuki Family

Praise report and travel update

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We're thrilled to give you an update on the land we are purchasing for the development of a YWAM training center! Since we received the offer to purchase and begun communicating about this piece of land in November, we've received over $7500 which we needed for our initial payment (slightly more than half of the total.) We were able to make that payment this week.
Since then, we have received another $2200 for the property. We are humbly grateful to see God at work, and SO excited to see what He has in store!
For details on the project, check out mosesnjo.blogspot.com ; , or send us an email if you have questions. :-)

As a family, we're getting ready to travel to the US in 3 weeks time. We
will not be keeping our (rented) home here in Chad due to financial
constraints and the length of our stay in the US, so we're busy getting
things sorted out to put into storage here. Please keep us in your prayers during this time of transition, extra grace (and strength!) for the adults in the family as we face this big task, but also for the children, as it can be quite unsettling to leave the only home they've known, for the younger three especially. We're all excited about this time in the US, and looking forward to it, but transitions can always be stressful.

We are very thankful for the way God has been providing for us - a home to stay in in the US, furniture and appliances have been offered to us, and friends who are helping coordinate it all to lighten the load for us.

Please pray specifically
*for our travel to N'Djamena Jan. 20th, and flights to the US the 25th
(about 24 hours in planes/airports)
*for favor with immigration procedures both Chad & US, of late it has
been stressful.
*for dependable reasonably priced van and small car for our use in the
US
*for us to be able to pay the remaining balance for the purchase of the
property so that we can begin the next phase.
*for open doors to share vision, recruit and fundraise for the Campus
project.

Until all have heard,

Moses & Jo
Joshua, Zachary, Marianna & Katelyn

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Developing Property

News from the kariukis
November 2010

Seasons…….

We love the change of seasons and one of our favorites in the Northern Hemisphere is fall: the colorful leaves, the harvest, fresh apple cider and the crisp sunny days. It's been harvest season here in Chad as well, we've been enjoying fresh maize and pumpkins from the garden, and we're watching the bananas and papayas in the garden get bigger and bigger. We're thankful for a plentiful harvest, in physical as well as the spiritual. The seasons in nature are, as so many things, yet another picture of the way God works – things look different, yet He is still working in countless ways to accomplish his purposes.

As a family, we've been sensing for some time that a different season is coming for us. With the new challenge of buying and developing a property for the training and ministry center of YWAM, this coming year Moses will be traveling quite a lot, sharing the vision, mobilizing people and raising funds for the project. With this in mind, we will be in the US for a season, and will be traveling in January. Although Moses will still be spending some time in Chad, we plan to be based in Pennsylvania for 12-18 months before moving back to Chad to be involved hands on with the development of the land we are purchasing as a mission.

We'd appreciate your prayers as we prepare for this time.... Obviously the practical things like airfare, affordable housing (and vehicles) for us during our stay in the US – but much more importantly that this time will be one of fruitfulness for the work that the Lord is doing here in Chad, and in and through us as a family.

If you want to know more about our specific needs for this time, please contact us via email or FaceBook.


“Look, Daddy,” Zachary proudly showed off his artwork, “I designed a YWAM base... here's the houses, and here we'll have a garden, and here's the classrooms...” Creativity has been running high in this house, and even the children are catching the vision. We (YWAM Chad) been offered a piece of land just outside of town for purchase and are eagerly looking at possibilities and praying for this vision tocome to pass. (see Link for all the details)

Recently our staff held a 3 day seminar for teachers, including topics like, Hearing Gods voice, Seeing your Vocation as Calling, Biblical Paradigms vs Worldly Paradigms on Education, Molding the next Generation, and Discipleship of a Nation. “Is my job as a school teacher simply a job – or is it a calling?” Please pray for the teachers who attended that they carry out their vocation with excellence, and use their position to impact the next generation to the glory of God.

It's a joy to have Tyler Stoltzfus, a volunteer from GCC PA, here with us for 2 months. Tyler has come to learn more about missions, and help out in any way he can. He's already working on learning French and making lots of new friends. Please pray for this to be a fruitful time in his life as he serves here. It’s great to see youth from our home area take up the challenge in faith and stepping out.

Our colleague Margaret is doing a wonderful job leading the School of Biblical Studies, with four students from Chad and South Korea. Pray for her as she ‘cuts her teeth’ as a school leader especially as she just recently lost her Dad to cancer and is still dealing with that.

We know many are facing very difficult times financially, and we don’t take for granted the financial support that we receive. Like many others, we’ve had to adjust and tighten our budget, but God continues to be faithful. Let’s all hang in there in faith and trust God for greater things even in these difficult times.

Ideologies cannot be changed without a heart and mind change, which will happen through the Gospel being lived out and applied – in all the world. A recent BBC article quoted military strategists acknowledging that the war against violent fundamentalism will not be won by force. Our prayer is that God will continue to raise up a mighty army to go and sacrificially live out HIS kingdom. Pray with us for the harvest that is ripe, and will spoil if there are not enough laborers in the field.

Family News: Our kids continue to grow up so fast. It’s a joy to see them fall in love with God, grow in his ways, and believe Him for great things. The boys and Jo continue in home school, and have been studying the middle ages in History, which has been a very popular subject. We’ve lots of re-enactments of battles with Lego castles, noble knights and princesses in distress needing to be rescued. J Josh is showing more and more initiative in doing his assignments independently, and Zachary is very proud to be reading his own books – all by himself. Marianna is very eager to “do school” also and spends a lot of time practicing her letters. Our “baby” Katelyn just turned three, and can’t quite decide if she is a “grown-up” or Mama’s baby. J We were glad that Moses was able to go to Kenya for a few weeks in August to spend time with family and friends there.



Until all have heard,

Moses and Jo
Joshua, Zachary, Marianna & Katelyn

Financial support can be sent to:
IN KENYA: Moses N. Kariuki, A/C No. 5108023009, Commercial Bank of Africa, Standard & Wabera Streets, PO Box 30437, Nairobi, SWIFT: CBAFKENX
IN USA: YWAM, PO Box YWAM, Cimarron, CO 81220. Checks should be payable to YWAM, with a separate note saying it is support for the Kariukis.

When It Rains It Pours!

When It Rains It Pours!

Beloved,

When It Rains It Pours!

In April the earth in the Sahel was scorched. Trees were drying up, all living things were either dying or suffering from the extremities that come with severe drought. God heard the cry and YES! it has poured and it is still pouring. There has been so much rain that it is hard to remember that scorched, dusty, thirsty feeling of April and the preceding months… The greenery is therapeutic ;o)

Ministry wise it has also poured so much that we have hardly had time to stop and report to you, our beloved partners in the Kingdom. But know that your prayers have born much fruit; Our DTS though full of unprecedented challenges, finished its outreach and many came to faith, others were healed and delivered from oppression. There is a new crop of laborers released into the harvest field. Before their graduation the DTS helped us run two powerful events over a period of two weeks;

A Summer of Service that saw over 70 youth come together from all over the nation with Europe, US, the Pacific and other African nations represented, for motivation, training and outreach. The flame we dream about continues to ignite other flames and soon we believe light will cover the land as the waters cover the seas.

The second event was YWAM's 50th anniversary celebration where we invited all of our alumni and staff scattered around the nation and continent to come back for a time of thanksgiving and celebration of Gods goodness. About 60 made it and we had superb time hearing testimonies from the nations and ministries that are as diverse as can be. Pygmies in Kribi, Cameroon, Hindus & Buddhists in India and Nepal, Touareg and Bedouins in the Sahara, Literacy, Nutrition, Sex trafficking in N'Djamena & Community health work…and many more.

Family wise, JoAnna has been a super tutor cum super mama as Moses traveled twice; first in May/June to the US for INS purposes and Spain for leadership consultations, North Africa Staff conference & Jubilee celebrations with YWAM in the Iberian Peninsula that is geographically and demographically linked to the Maghreb. Lastly he went to Kenya to visit his mother who he hadn't seen since the death of his father in March 2009.

We are thankful to God who gives the rain, and to you our precious partners, who faithfully pray, give and make it all possible. As a mission we are excited about buying land to develop a Campus. You'll be hearing more about this vision the Lord has given us! As our ministry outgrows rented facilities, it has become necessary to increase and diversify. Our faith is being stretched like never before but we serve a miracle working God!

Love in Him,

Moses, JoAnna, Joshua, Zachary, Marianna & Katelyn

Financial support can be sent to: KENYA: Moses N. Kariuki, A/C No. 5108023009, Commercial Bank of Africa, Standard & Wabera Streets, PO Box 30437, Nairobi (SWIFT: CBAFKENX) USA: YWAM, PO Box YWAM, Cimarron, CO 81220. Checks should be payable to YWAM, with a separate note saying it is support for the Kariukis. ONLINE: You can now give online with a credit or bank card at: Paypal http://tinyurl.com/28b8fa