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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    4/22/2002 2:39 pm  
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Hi Everyone,

 

This is an e-mail that I just received from a good friend of mine, Robbie.

Robbie just recently left for a two year stint in Kenya Africa as a Missionary.

 

Robbie is originally from Hawaii but has lived much of his life in the Los Angeles area. Most of his extended family are still in Hawaii where among other things they are noted shapers and designers of surfboards.

 

I think that Robbie has about the easiest going personality of anyone that I have ever known. Robbie is 350+ lbs of pure compassion, previously he worked for several years with youth of all ages from infants to young adults in various capacities with local youth programs.

 

Robbie was considering becoming a Chaplin with the Orange County Sheriff Dept. but when that fell through Robbie went with another friend to Poland then to several other countries including Ireland and then the Sudan in African and after a recent visit back home he has decided to commit to two years in Kenya.

 

I remember a day when Robbie and I visited the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles and Robbie at first glance, with his shaved head and big body looks like no one to tangle with so people were mostly staying clear but very shortly people discovered what a wonderful person he is and I got to join in on some of the most interesting conversations that I have ever heard, all because people so quickly and easily opened up to Robbie.

 

After that day I have a theory that since most of the disciples never wrote a Gospel book that most of the disciples that Jesus chose were people more like Robbie and less like Peter, which would make sense because God would choose people that can open up and reach people for His Gospel much like Robbie does. I always wondered what became of the other disciples but I think that now I know.

 

I post the following e-mail in hopes that you too will rejoice in the wonderful work of Jesus and as a reminder for all of us to pray for our brothers and sisters throughout the world.

 

God Bless You,

David 



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    4/22/2002 2:42 pm  
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HELLO...FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM KENYA  
   
Date :    
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:24:47 -0700 (PDT)  
   
HELLO PARENTS, SISTERS, AND FRIENDS ALL LOVED OF
JESUS. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS
YOU ALL DOING WELL AND GROWING IN HIM. I HAVE A LITTLE
TIME TO WRITE TODAY SO I AM. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A
BLESSING THUS FAR. THE LORD HAS TAKEN CARE OF US AS HE
PROMISES TOO UNTIL IT IS TIME TO GO HOME. THE PLANE
RIDE FROM CALI TO LONDON WAS A COOL, BUT THE PLANE
RIDE FROM LONDON TO AFRICA WAS BUMPY...ALL THE HEAT
RISING FROM AFRICA I GUESS; BUT WE ARE HERE SO NO
WORRIES! YOU ALL WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT MY
BUTTOCKS IS STARTING TO RE-FORM AFTER BEING WEDGED
INTO A SPACE ON THE PLANE 1/50TH ITS SIZE, SO THAT IS
COOL. ANYWAY, ABOUT TWO DAYS BEFORE WE ARRIVED WE GOT
TWO APARTMENTS IN A COMPOUND WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN
MISSIONARIES. (PAUL AND MARICA HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR
ABOUT THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO US GETTING HERE). ANYWAY,
ONE IS A FOUR BED APT.. AND THE OTHER ONE IS A ONE BED
APT.. I GOT THE ONE BED APT. IT IS REALLY NICE AND IT
IS FURNISHED AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH I COULD PROMISE THAT
I HAVE SEEN THIS FURNITURE ON THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY,
BUT WHATEVER? WE HOPE TO GET ONE MORE ONE BED APT. FOR
VICKEY, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME AND SHE WILL
STAY THERE BY HERSELF. PAUL AND MARCIA WILL THEN STAY
IN THE FOUR BED APT. AND WE WILL USE THAT ONE FOR WHEN
TEAMS, FAMILY OR FRIENDS (HINT,HINT) COME TO STAY.

WE HAVE BEEN RENTING A PEE YELLOW 1979 TOYOTA COROLLA
4 DOOR WITH SURF RACKS ON THE ROOF, GIANT MUD FLAPS ON
ALL FOUR WHEELS, AND MULTI COLORED REFLECTORS ALL OVER
IT FOR ABOUT 5 WEEKS NOW. HOWEVER, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
LORD IS GOING TO PROVIDE TWO 4WHEEL DRIVES FOR THE
WORK HERE. WE HOPE TO GET THEM SOON BUT ONLY GOD KNOWS
FOR SURE. I DO NOT HAVE OUR ADDRESS YET, BUT IT WILL
BE A PO BOX, SO PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANYTHING BUT
LETTERS BECAUSE THEY WILL STEAL IT. I WILL BE GETTING
A CELL PHONE SO YOU CAN CALL ANYTIME, AND IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE LAND LINE.
ANYWAY, THE OPRHANAGES ARE IN A POOR PART OF TOWN, BUT
THE ORPHANAGE ITSELF IS VERY CLEAN AND PROTECTED BY
HIGH WALLS. THE CHILDREN ARE REALLY NEAT AND LOVING
AND GET LOTS OF LOVE BUT THEY, LIKE US ALL CAN ALWAYS
USE MORE. GOD IS REALLY DOING A WORK THERE AND IT WILL
BE NEAT TO SEE WHAT ELSE HE DOES WHEN WE START TO
SHARE HIS WORD. A LITTLE SIDE NOTE... OUR FIRST DAY
GOING TO THE ORPHANAGE WE RAN OUT OF GAS AND THEN HAD
A BLOW OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. THEN ON THE WAY
HOME WE GOT ANOTHER BLOW OUT, BUT THE LORD PROTECTED
US. HE ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE GIVEN US FAVOR WITH THE
CHILDREN AND WITH THE OWNER, BUT TIME WILL TELL. WE
HAVE BEEN TAKING ALL THE CHILDRENS PICTURES AND
GETTING INFO ON THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE SPON. BACK IN
THE STATES BY THOSE WHO ARE LED TO DO SO. IT HAS BEEN
HARD WORK BUT A GOOD WAY TO MEET THE CHILDREN. I WILL
PROBABLY HANG OUT A FEW DAYS A WEEK FOR THE NEXT MONTH
JUST TO GET TO KNOW THEM AND THEN SEE WHAT TIMES AND
DAYS GOD OPENS UP TO TEACH. NAIROBI IS VERY NICE I
THINK YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO VISIT AND GO ON A SAFARI.
THERE ARE SOME NICE HOTELS, BUT YOU WOULD ALSO BE
WELCOME TO STAY FOR FREE AT MY SHANGRALA. THE CITY HAS
GONE DOWN HILL OR SO I AM TOLD. IT IS DIRTY WHERE IT
USED TO BE CLEAN AND FULL OF GREEN PARKS AND SUCH.
THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN SOLD, HIGH RISES HAVE BEEN PUT UP
AND ALL THE GREED AND CORRUPTION THAT COMES WITH IT
HAS SET IN. THE TEMP HERE IS VERY MILD AND INFACT YOU
NEED A BLANKET SOMETIMES AT NIGHT. THE ELEVATION IS
ABOUT 5000FT. WE ARE IN THE TWO COLDEST MONTHS APRIL,
MAY, AND IT RAINS ALOT IN APRIL AND MAY. THE RAIN
MAKES TRAVEL HARD AND DIRTY, BUT NO WORRIES. PAUL,
MARCIA, VICKEY AND I SEEM TO BE GETTING ALONG PRETTY
WELL, BUT YOU KNOW THAT satan WOULD LIKE NOTHING
BETTER THEN FOR US TO TAKE THE FOCUS OFF OF JESUS AND
PUT IT ONTO EACHOTHER, SO PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS AREA AS
WELL. VICKY IS IN UGANDA FOR TWO MONTHS AND PAUL HAS
TO GO TO SUDAN IN THREE WEEKS TO TEACH THERE. I MIGHT
HAVE TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT AS WELL, BUT I WILL LET
YOU ALL KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENS. THERE ARE SOME PRETTY
MODERN STORES HERE AND YOU CAN GET MOST ANYTHING AT
THE SUPERMARKET, BUT IT IS NOT FROM THE USA. I HAVE
ALREADY LOST WEIGHT PARTLY BECAUSE I AM DRINKING LOTS
OF WATER, AND EATING LOTS OF FRUITS AND VEGGIES,
PARTLY BECAUSE I THINK IT IS STILL HOT AND I AM
SWEATING LIKE A STUCK PIG AT A LUAU, PARTLY BECAUSE OF
THE HIGH ELEVATION (5000) IT FEELS LIKE I AM WALKING
ON THE MOON AND PARTLY BECAUSE I HAVE AQUIRED SOME
VISITORS IN MY TUMMY WHICH LIQUIFY MY STOOL SO THAT
ANYTHING I EAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH ME. FORGET
CAMBRIDGE, SLIMFAST, WEIGHT WATCHERS, JUST COME TO
AFRICA AND ANYONE WILL LOOSE WEIGHT FAST! THE PEOPLE
ARE NICE HERE AND ONLY ONE PERSON SO FAR HAS TOLD ME
TO STAY IN THE U.S. I SAW OUR OLD EMB. WHICH WAS BLOWN
UP, IT IS A PARK NOW. SPEAKING OF THAT, ISLAM IS BIG
HERE AND GETTING BIGGER. I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THOSE
CHANTS 5 TIMES A DAY, TALK ABOUT IMPOSING YOUR
RELIGION ON OTHERS? ANYWAY, PLEASE PRAY THAT I WOULD
LOVE THEM AND PRAY FOR THEM EVERYTIME I HEAR A CHANT
INSTEAD OF GETTING UPSET. WELL I THINK THIS IS A
PRETTY GOOD START ON WHAT IS GOING ON. I HOPE YOU LIKE
READING THIS AND YOU ALL SMILE AND PRAISE JESUS FOR
HIS LOVE AND GOODNESS. PLEASE KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING
AND TRY TO CALL, E-MAIL OR WRITE EVERY NOW AND THEN. I
LOVE YOU.

JESUS REIGNS
ROBBIE



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    5/11/2002 9:46 am  
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From : Robbie  
11 May 2002

HELLO THERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS! GREETINGS IN THE NAME
OF JESUS! IT IS ME ROBBIE AND I WANT TO SHARE SOME
PRAYER REQUESTS PLEASE;

1-THAT WE ALL WOULD KNOW JESUS MORE EACH DAY, AND THAT
OUR BELIEF AND FAITH IN HIM WOULD INCREASE.


2-THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW IN HIS GRACE, AND
RELY ON HIS STRENGTH TO LIVE THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.


3-PRAY FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AT THE OPRHANAGES(350 OF
THEM).


4-PLEASE PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD OPEN THE CHILDRENS
EYES TO SEE JESUS, AND THAT HIS WORD WOULD FALL ON
GOOD SOIL, AND THE CHILDREN WOULD BEAR MUCH FRUIT TO
THE GLORY OF GOD.


5-HEALING FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR HURT


6-THAT AS WE GROW WE WOULD JUST LOVE GOD AND OTHERS AS
OURSELF.


7-TO FOCUS ON JESUS AND THE THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON OUR
FEELINGS,CIRCUMSTANCES, OR DESIRES.


8-TO BRING OUR TEAM BACK SAFELY(VICKEY IS IN UGANDA
AND PAUL IS IN SUDAN RIGHT NOW)


9-CONTINUED UNITY AND LOVE FOR JESUS AND EACHOTHER ON
OUR TEAM.


10-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE 



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    5/25/2002 9:41 am  
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Subject : News from Kenya
Date : Sat, 25 May 2002 08:59:47 -0700 (PDT)  
   
Hello there family and friends, greetings in the name of JESUS! This is a little note to let you know what GOD has been doing through your prayers here on the East side of Africa. Some of this letter will be old news for some of you, so if it is just hang tough with me for a few ok. 

First, the Orphanages are really cool and the children are like children anywhere. They want to be loved, and held, and play from sun up to sun down. The children at Imani Childrens home are the same, however  they  do have many chores to do along with all the playing. They do not have most of the luxuries that we have in U.S.A. For example, they do their cooking on and in wood burning stoves. So someone has to get the wood, then someone has to chop it, then someone has to stoke the fire and I am sure you get the picture. Most all of their laundry is done by hand and then sun dried, so you can see how that would take some time.  There are about 200 children at Imani A and the childrens rooms, and eating and sleeping places are just immaculate, so you can see the work that must be done in order to maintain their clean environment. They do n! ot have refrigeration so the cooking is done per meal. The children receive three meals a day and they get a lot of food. Usually some rice or "oo-gal-lee"(a maze dish that they really like) some beans, and some greens.  They do recieve meat (ya-ma in Swahili) but I don' t know how often. There are about eleven babies at Imani and numerous toddlers; and like most of the world they sure could use loving tummys and shoulders to go to sleep on; so if the LORD leads you to come to Kenya and hold HIS children come on out for a few. Right now in regards to ministry, we are just trying to meet and greet all the children in hopes that we will get to know them and that they will get to know us. It has only been a month that we have been here so hopefully in the not to distant future, and if GOD wills, we will be sharing JESUS as we use the Calvary Chapel Childrens Ministry curriculum with all the various ages.  


The other orphanage we serve at is called "Sons of King JESUS". It is a family run orphanage and there are only 27 children there. Unlike Imani, which has numerous children from different tribes, SKJS children are mostly from the Masai tribe. And unlike Imani, most if not all the children at SKJ seem to know and love JESUS. They really seem to like to read about HIM, sing to HIM, and share HIM with others.  So much so that God has already opened up an opportunity to teach the children the Bible! We have started in the book of John and we are just going through line by line and verse by verse; with all of us getting to know JESUS more with every study. We teach from 2-5pm on Sunday after church and again on Tuesdays from 2-5pm.  As you can i! magine there is opposition at every turn for all those who want to know and grow in the grace of GOD, and the children are not exempt. The owner of the house in which the children live is not saved (they rent from this man). At this point he will not do the much needed repairs that he has agreed to, so the result is that the children have to live under a leaky roof, which brings mosquitos; live with no locks on the doors in a tough area; and risk being shocked due to the numerous electrical problems. The latest attack seems to be in regards to the water? I must say that what the LORD has given these children  is more than most have here and please know that  the children just have smiles on their faces and the love of the LORD is just radiating from them.  You would never know these issues if you saw or talked to them. I share them with you so th! at you can pray! Pray for that dudes salvation and  for GODS children, our brothers and sisters in CHRIST. 

I will write more as the info comes in, but that hopefully gives you a little better picture of the orphanages? Please pray for the following things ok.

 

-Please pray for salvation for those who do not know JESUS at both orphanages.

-Please pray for salvation and the out pouring of GODS SPIRIT here in Nairobi for it is the third most corrupt nation in the wouldbehind Colombia and Nigeria.

-Please pray for the Owner and all the staff at both orphanages. 

-Please pray for continued protection for all the children because both are in tough neighborhoods.

-Please pray for the dates and times for teaching and sharing JESUS with the children.

-Please pray that GODS WORD will fall on good soil and bare much fruit for HIS glory.

-Please pray for continued favor with the owner, the staff and all the children.

-Please pray that the love of JESUS would fill all of our hearts to overflowing - for HIM and others as ourselves.


Love Robbie 



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    6/11/2002 11:16 am  
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Subject :    
PRAYER REQUESTS FROM KENYA  
   
Date :    
Tue, 11 Jun 2002 10:40:17 -0700 (PDT)  
   
HEY THERE FRIENDS AND FAMILY... GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS?

HEY THIS IS NOT THE "KENYA NEWS" YET. BUT AN UPDATE IS COMING VERY SOON. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE LETTER WITH A FEW PRAYER REQUESTS PLEASE.

1- PLEASE PRAY THAT GODS WORD WOULD GO OUT THROUGHOUT NAIROBI, USING WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE AND IT WOULD CHANGE THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PLEOPE HERE TOWARDS JESUS.

2- PLEASE PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN AT BOTH ORPHANAGES. SALVATION-HEALTH-GROWTH IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF GODS WORD-AND HEALTH AGAIN.

3- THAT GOD WOULD GRANT US UNDERSTANDING OF THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN HERE AND OR THE CHILDREN WOULD UNDERSTAND US WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS.

4-THAT WE ALL WOULD KNOW JESUS MORE EACH DAY AND GROW IN HIS GRACE AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.

5- LOVE FOR JESUS AND OTHERS AS OURSELVES...

6 - CONTINUED PROTECTION FROM SICKNESS, satan, AND SELF...

 

THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS!!! IT IS ONLY BY GODS GRACE, THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS, SO PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING AS HE  LEADS YOU OK.

LOVE YOUR BROTHER IN JESUS 

ROBBIE 



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    8/17/2002 10:39 am  
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From : Rob Gordon   
Date : Sat, 17 Aug 2002 

HELLO FAMILY AND FRIENDS LOVED OF JESUS!!! HOW ARE YOU ALL?

SORRY ABOUT THE HUGE DELAY IN WRITING SOME OR MANY OF YOU, AND MAKING YOU WORRY AND STUFF. WE HAVE BEEN REAL BUSY HERE, AND FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE BEEN SICK SO I COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE E-MAIL PLACE...SORRY. 

ANYWAY, THE CHILDREN ARE DOING GREAT AND SEEM TO BE GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST. I AM ONLY TEACHING AT THE IMANI ORPHANAGES NOW AND EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL. WE GOT TO BE APART OF A VBS FROM A CHURCH IN WASHINGTO DC A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IT WENT GREAT. THE LORD HAS SAVED TWO PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT WE KNOW OF. THE CHILDREN SEEM TO LOVE THE BIBLE AND ARE EAGER TO LEARN ABOUT JESUS. WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE LIFE OF JESUS...AND JUST POINT THE CHILDREN TO HIM, AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. IT IS RAD. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO COME OUT OR FEEL LED TO COME OUT YOU ARE WELCOME...JUST LET US KNOW OK? 

THE RADIO STATION THING IS GOING WELL TOO. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON THERE, WHICH COULD BE ALOT OF YOU  BECAUSE......WELL.........GODS WORD THROUGH PASTOR CHUCK IS ON IN THE MORNING AT 7AM WITH WORD FOR TODAY AND THEN THE LORD OPENED UP A TWO HOUR SLOT FROM 7-9PM MON - FRI. WE PLAY PASTOR CHUCK FOR 20 MIN FROM THE 5000 SERIES AT 7 AND THEN AGAIN AT  8, (40 MIN TOTAL) AND DURING THE REST OF THE TIME WE TAKE PRAYER REQUESTS, AND POINT PEOPLE TO JESUS THROUGH HIS WORD OVER THE RADIO. IT IS GOING WELL AND THE SAINTS OF NAIROBI SEEM TO BE GROWING IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST AS WELL.  

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT....I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO TAKE TIME OUT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ALSO PART OF THE ABOVE MINISTRY AND SHARE IN ITS  FRUIT. I PRAY YOU ARE STOKED WITH JESUS AND REJOICING AS TO WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE THUS FAR. IT IS HIM THROUGH US...SO PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR GODS WORKS HERE AND MINISTERING IN THE WAYS HE HAS LED YOU TO DO. MUCH THANKS FAMILY!!! AND AGAIN YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, JUST LET US KNOW.

PLEASE PRAY FOR 

1 - CHILDREN AT BOTH ORPHANAGES (SPIRITUAL GROWTH- HEALTH)

2 - GODS WORD TO GO FORTH UNTO NAIROBI (SALVATION AND GROWTH)

3- HEALTH FOR OUR TEAM

4 - LOVE FOR GOD AND OTHERS AS OURSELVES

5- WORKERS FOR THE HARVEST

LOVE ROBBIE



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    11/30/2002 7:40 am  
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GREETINGS FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOVED OF JESUS. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING....FOR WE ALL HAVE LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR EH?  MY THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT HERE IN KENYA, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL TO SEE ALL OF YOU GUYS TOO,  BUT NO WORRIES. WE'LL BE HAVING  THE "MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB" REAL SOON TO THANK JESUS, SEE EACHOTHER, AND EAT TOGETHER.

ANYWAY,  HERE IS A BRIEF UPDATE AS TO WHAT THE LORD IS DOING HERE IN KENYA. BUT FIRST I WILL SHARE A SMALL RE-CAP OF THE REGION AND IT'S PEOPLE OK?  KENYA IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE EQUATOR ON THE EAST SIDE OF AFRICA. ITS CAPTIOL IS NAIROBI, AND THAT IS WHERE I AM.  IT IS NOT TOO HOT HERE BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 5,600 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, SO IT IS PRETTY MILD. IT EVEN GETS COLD HERE IN JUNE AND JULY IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT, AND IT IS SO FUNNY TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL KENYAN PEOPLE DRESSED IN "POALR WEAR" AND I AM SITTING THERE SWEATING IN SHORTS AND FLIP FLOPS, I WONDER WHY HUMMM???

ANYWAY, NAIROBI MEANS "WATER" IN MAASI, AND THERE IS ALOT OF WATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS. THERE ARE TWO RAINY SEASONS, BUT IT RAINS WHEN GOD TELLS IT TOO, AND AS A RESULT YOU GOT TO BE READY TO GET WET. THE GROUND IS SO RED AND  FERTILE, IT LOOKS LIKE HAWAII SORT OF? YOU COULD PROBABLY EVEN PLANT A SUNFLOWER SEED AND IT WOULD GROW HERE? THERE ARE LOTS OF GREEN TREES, WITH RIVERS RUNNING THROUGH THEM, FRUIT GROWING, AND HILLS AND VALLEYS. FRUITS AND VEGGIES ARE PRETTY CHEAP AS WELL AS BREAD, BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT NAIROBI IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE FOR ITS OTHER ITEMS. I AM GLAD THE LORD PROVIDED A STASH OF "JIF" AND "SKIPPY", SO I AM WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT. MADE IN THE LIKENESS AND IMAGE OF GOD, THERE ARE GOOD ONES, BAD ONES, SHORT ONES, TALL ONES, SKINNY ONES, FAT ONES, NCE ONES, MEAN ONES, SOME LOVE JESUS, SOME DONT. IT IS JUST LIKE HOME!!!! AS A WHOLE KENYA IS MADE UP OF CHRISTIANS, BUT ISLAM IS GROWING HERE BIGTIME. MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT  HAPPENED IN MOMBASSA  AT THE ISRAELI OWNED HOTEL? PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GRACE TO THOSE PEOPLE IN THE PLANE, WHO GOT MISSLES FIRED AT THEM. OUR FATHER WANTS NONE TO PERRISH, BUT ALL COME TO REPENTANCE.....HE IS GOOD AND GOOD ALL THE TIME. THE RADIO STATION WE SHARE AT IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ISRAELI EMBASSY HERE IN NAIROBI, SO KEEP THEM IN PRAYER TOO. YOU HAVE REALLY RICH PEOPLE AND REALLY POOR PEOPLE HERE. THE AVERAGE WAGE ACCORDING TO THIS LADY NEXT TO ME AT THE INTERNET PLACE IM AT,  WHO BY THE WAY I HAVE INTERUPTED ABOUT 7 TIMES TO GET ALL THIS INFO, IS ABOUT $1.00 AN HOUR. HOWEVER, THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY FRIENDLY AND MOST ARE VERY NICE TO US. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GO HOME, CURSSED AT, THREATENED WITH HUMAN WASTE(NOT ME), AND SORT OF ARRESTED. ALL THESE HAPPEN TO EVERYONE, SO IT IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN THING.

THERE IS PROBABLY LOTS MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE I COULD SHARE, ESPECIALLY IF I MOVE TO ANOTHER SEAT AT THIS CAFE IM AT, BUT THATS ALL FOR NOW OK.  IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME AND I WILL WRITE YOU BACK (mylordissokind@yahoo.com). JUST ALLOW ME A WEEK OR TWO TO RESPOND OK?

THE ORPHANAGE IS GOING GREAT!! THE CHILDREN ARE GROWING IN JESUS AND IN HIS GRACE. THEY LOVE TO READ THE WORD AND THE LORD HAS EVEN RAISED UP FOUR BOYS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PREACH. ONE NAMED JAMES HAS ALREADY PREACHED HIS FIRST MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN. HE DID A GOOD JOB. WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH A "NEW BELIEVERS" BOOK WITH THEM TO FURTHER GROUND THEM IN JESUS. THE OTHER THREE BOYS ARE ANTHONY, BEN, AND JOHN. THEY ARE ALL ABOUT 14-17 YEARS OLD. I WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT IMANI ORPHANAGE NEXT MONTH.

THE RADIO PROGRAM IS GOING WELL. PASTOR CHUCK IS ON THE ONLY CHRISTIAN RADION STATION IN NAIROBI AND THEY LOVE THE WORD THROUGH  HIM. THE WORD FOR TODAY IS ON IN THE MORNING AT 7AM AND "THRU THE BIBLE WITH PASTOR CHUCK" IS ON FROM 7PM TO 9PM. MANY SEEM TO BE GROWING IN JESUS THROUGH THIS CHAPTER BY CHAPTER, VERSE BY VERSE TEACHING WHICH IS NOT REALLY USED HERE. A FEW HAVE EVEN COME TO KNOW JESUS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

HEY MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS....PLEASE KEEP THESE THINGS IN PRAYER OK? PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN, NAIROBI, SALVATION, GROWTH IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS FOR THEM AND ME! THE LORD WILL LEAD YOU, AND DIRECT YOU IN PRAYER FOR HIS WORK HERE AND FOR ME. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE IT IS A FAMILY THING. I COULD NOT STAND WITHOUT JESUS, HIS GRACE AND THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS, SO THANKS TONS AND TONS. MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL IN HIM.

ROBBIE



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    2/8/2003 8:15 am  
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Rob Gordon
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KENYA NEWS FROM ROBBIE  
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003
   
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HELLO THERE FRIENDS AND FAMILY...GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

I HEAR THAT THE E-MAILS FROM THE USA HAVE NOT BEEN GOING THROUGH TO KENYA? I KNOW THIS BECAUSE SOME OF YOU HAVE CALLED FRM IN CALI TO SEE WAS UP, AND TO SEE IF ALL IS COOL? SOOOOO, I AM WRITING TO SAY HI, THANK YOU, AND TO TELL YOU ALL IS COOL IN JESUS!!  THE LORD HAS ME AND HIS WORK HERE IN HIS HANDS, AND HE IS CALLING ALL SHOTS ACCORDING TO HIS GOODNESS, AND ACCORDING TO HIS GRACE UPON GRACE!!!! 

EVERYTHING AT THE IMANI ORPHANAGE IS GOING WELL. THE CHILDREN LOVE GODS WORD, AND LOVE LEARNING ABOUT JESUS. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING YOU GOT TO SEE, THEY DO NOT TAKE THE WORD FOR GRANTED, LIKE I SOMETIMES I DO? PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM IN PRAYER AS THE SPIRIT LEADS OK. BY THE WAY WE ARE ALSO SHARING AT THE SONS OF KING JESUS ORPHANAGE AGAIN. IF YOU DONT REMEMBER FROM LAST LETTERS, IT IS AN ORPHANAGE WITH 27 CHILDREN FROM THE MAASAI TRIBE, AND MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, LOVE JESUS VERY MUCH. IT WILL BE EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THE LORD DOES, AS MORE OF HIS WORD GETS PLANTED IN THEIR HEARTS. WE CONTINUE TO USE THE CALVARY CHAPEL COSTA MESA CHILDREN'S MINISTRY CURRICULUM WITH ALL THE COLORING PAGES, CROSSWORDS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STUDY AT IMANI. AND WE WILL USE THE CCCMCMC AT THE SONS OF KING JESUS ORPHANAGE IN THE FUTURE. THE CHILDREN JUST LOVE IT!  IF ANY OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING TO KENYA TO BLESS THE CHILDREN, OR FOR WHAT EVER REASON PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE WELCOME AS THE SPIRIT LEADS. WE HAVE JUST "SHIFTED" THAT MEANS MOVED HERE IN KENYA AND NOW WE ARE ABLE TO HOUSE MANY? 

THE LORD CONTINUES TO DO ALOT THROUGH THE RADIO PROGRAMS. PASTOR CHUCK IS THE ONLY BIBLE TEACHER ON THE RADIO NOW (AT THE RADIO STATION HE IS ON). THE STATIONS NAME IS FAMILY RADIO 103.9 AND IT IS THE ONLY MAJOR CHRISTIAN RADIO STATION IN NAIROBI. THEY HAVE A WEB SITE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED www.familykenya.com . SEND THEM A SHOUT OUT AND LET THE SAINTS HERE KNOW YOU ALL ARE PRAYING FOR THEM. THE PROGRAMS ON ARE WORD FOR TODAY IN THE AM AND THRU THE BIBLE WITH PASTOR CHUCK IN THE EVENING. WE ARE ALSO STARTING A PROGRAM CALLED QUESTIONS FROM THE BIBLE ON SUNDAYS FROM 3-5PM. IT'S FIRST DAY IS THIS SUNDAY THE 9TH, SO PLEASE PRAY OK. SOME FUTURE THINGS IN THE MIX TO PRAY FOR IS PLACING PASTOR CHUCKS SUNDAY MORNING STUDIES ON SUNDAY MORNINGS HERE? PLEASE KEEP THIS IN PRAYER TOO.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE LORD MIGHT ADD TO HIS  WORK HERE IN KENYA IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT CURRENTLY THE TEAM HERE IN KENYA CONSISTS OF JUST TWO. VICKY HILL (A CCCM MISSIONARY) AND MYSELF, AND OF COURSE YOU ALL!!!! THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE, PRAYERS AND SUPPORT AND FOR JOINING US IN THE LORDS WORK HERE. I PRAY THAT WE ALL WILL HAVE MANY CROWNS TO THROW AT THE FEET OF JESUS WHEN THE TIME COMES....THANKS!!!!  ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THE ADDRESS IS;(PLEASE KNOW THAT THINGS OF VALUE COME UP M.I.A, SO JUST LETTERS AND SUCH PLEASE)

BOX 570-00502   KAREN, KENYA 

MY TELE IS O733-586-144 (CALL THE OPP. AT HOME TO FIND ALL THE 411)

WELL LORD BLESS YOU ALL!!!

LOVE ROBBIE



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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    4/16/2003 6:39 am  
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April 16,2003

HELLO THERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS....GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!!

YEP......ANOTHER "KENYA NEWS".  FOR STARTERS, THOSE OF US WHO ARE TOGETHER IN THE LORDS WORK HERE...THANKS!! IT REALLY IS A "FAMILY THING" FOR WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST, MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER, YET HAVING DIFFERENT GIFTS ACCORDING TO HIS GRACE AND HE WORKS IT ALL TOGETHER FOR GOOD!! THE LORD IS GREAT AND HE CONTINUES TO BE FAITHFUL IN THE OUTPOURING OF HIS GRACE AND IN THE OUT POURING OF HIS SPIRIT IN THESE LAST DAYS. ESPECIALLY HERE IN NAIROBI! 

THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY NEW THINGS TO NOTE IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE LORD IS DOING HERE. THE LORD HAS PLACED US IN A POSTITION TO BE USED AS PLOWS, IF YOU WILL? BY HIS GRACE....JUST PLOWING THE FIELDS THAT HE HAS PLACED BEFORE US, AND ALLOWING HIM TO PLANT HIS WORD IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE CHILDREN AT THE ORPHANAGES AND THOSE WHO LISTEN ON THE RADIO. AND AS YOU KNOW CROPS/LASTING FRUIT DO NOT SPROUT UP OVERNIGHT, BUT WHAT A FUN JOB IT IS POINTING PEOPLE TO THE ONLY ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING......JESUS!!! 

THE CHILDREN AT THE ORPHANAGES ARE GREAT! WE CONTINUE TO SHARE JESUS WITH THEM FROM THE WORD A FEW TIMES A WEEK, AND THEY SEEM TO REALLY ENJOY HIM, AND THE STUDING OF HIS WORD. PLEASE KEEP THE CHILDREN AND THE TWO ORPHANAGES IN YOUR PRAYERS AS GOD LEADS YOU OK.  FOR THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO DO NOT KNOW JESUS; THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED OF PROTECTION, AS NAIROBI CAN BE A TOUGH PLACE SOMETIMES; THERE IS ALWAYS NEED OF PROVISION AS WATER AND OTHER THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED CAN BE SCARCE AT TIMES; AND OF COURSE THE CHILDREN GET SICK AT TIMES, AND CAN NOT ALWAYS MAKE IT TO A DOCTOR. THE BIGGEST NEED IS FOR ALL THE CHILDREN TO KNOW JESUS TO GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIM...FOR HE IS OUR GOOD SHEPHERD AND PROMISES TO FEED, TEND, PROTECT, AND PROVIDE FOR ALL HIS SHEEP, 

THE LORD CONTINUES TO USE THE RADIO STATION AS A MEANS OF PREACHING AND TEACHING HIS LOVE WITH MANY IN THESE LAST DAYS. MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE GROWING IN JESUS AS THE TEACHING OF HIS WORD INCREASES HERE IN NAIROBI. SOME ARE CALLING AND WRITING  IN STATING HOW THEY HAVE GROWN IN LOVE FOR JESUS AS A RESULT OF THE TEACHING OF THE WORD THROUGH PASTOR CHUCK. PLEASE PRAY FOR NAIROBI'S CHRISTIANS, AND OF COURSE FOR THE UN-SAVED HERE; PLEASE PRAY IN REGARDS TO THE POSSIBLE DOORS THE LORD HAS PRESENTED, LIKE PLACING THE SUNDAY EVENING STUDY ON TV HERE, PLACING MORE CALVARY CHAPEL PASTORS ON THE RADIO HERE, AND MAYBE MORE, ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING? AND PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. TO KNOW JESUS MORE EACH DAY, TO LOVE JESUS AND OTHERS AS MYSELF, LESS OF ME ON THE THRONE, GRACE TO DENY SELF, AND GRACE FOR OBEDIENCE, STRENGTH, BOLDNESS, AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF JESUS AND HIS WORD IN MY HEART, NOT JUST MY HEAD. I KNOW HE OFFERS THESE THINGS FREELY....PLEASE PRAY THAT I WOULD CONSTANTLY CHOOSE HIM OVER ME. 

WELL THATS ALL FOR TODAY FOLKS. LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU IN HIS LOVE. 



David A. Brown
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