Friday, October 10, 2008

Newsletter Sept 29, 2008

Dear Prayer Partner,
 
Praise the Lord
1)  We asked prayer last time for Nancy and her family. Nancy made a commitment to follow Jesus as her Savior this week.  Leah and Abbey had a chance to walk to her home in the tea fields and pray with Nancy's mom. They still might lose their home, but they have not been pushed out yet.
2) September was our anniversary with Ross. He has now been living with us for 2 whole years.  What a blessing he has been.
3) THANK YOU for praying ! ! !
The Borana People: Pastoralist Nomads
The traditional Borana still travel from place to place with their cattle, camels, and goats.  They use the camels as pack animals; they do not ride them.  They move 3 to 4 times per year.  When it is time to move they pack up everything they own and put it on the back of their camel and go in search of grass and water.  The middle photo is a camel carrying a traditional Borana House.
How is life in Kenya different from America?
We buy fresh milk from a local farmer and we have to pasteurize it ourselves before we can use it.  "Store Bought Milk" is available, but it is about $3.50 a gallon.  Our "farm fresh" milk is about $1.70 a gallon.  The photos below are of Alan and Ross on their way to pick up our milk.  Note the overloaded truck on the road in the second picture.  It is literally piled higher on top, than the height of the vehicle itself.  This is VERY common in Kenya.  Ross is carrying our milk jug.  We have a standing order for milk.  We take our empty jug to a local shop.  When we arrive our milk is there waiting for us.  We take the full jug and leave the empty jug for the next time.
Prayer Requests
1) We are still waiting for our work permit.  Please keep praying it will be approved.
2) We have been unable to resume our Borana Language Study.  Please pray diligently that God will remove all the obstacles that have kept us from being able to resume.
3) Continue to pray for new believers, Steven, Joseph and Nancy.
4) We ask that you pray that we will receive the financial support we need to be able to resume the adoption.  North Carolina requires us to make a minimum of $2100 per month.
5) We greatly appreciate your prayer support.  Please pray about whether or not God is leading you to become one of our financial supporters. 
 
Your Servants,
Alan, Leah, Abbey, Connor and Ross Fleming
To DONATE to our ministry with the Borana People go here
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/donations.html
 
 
To FIND OUT more about us and our Ministry to the BORANA PEOPLE go here
http://www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/
 
 

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