FEEDING THE MAASAI found at http://imbmaasai.blogspot.com has been updated. For an awesome look at how God is working among the Maasai People of Kenya and how Southern Baptists are a part of His work, please check out this blog!
Feeding the Maasai
Kenyan Kids in Need of Prayer
I eagerly await the opportunity to read the our local newspaper each morning, but it often results in frustration and disappointment, UNTIL I remember that I can do something – I can pray and I can enlist other prayer supporters for my concerns for Kenya. The titles of the three articles in today’s Daily Nation (p.4) include many discouraging words: “Flooding fears”, “displaced”, “plea for more security”. The unifying subject: KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education).
The annual KCPE exam begins today with the practice tests, followed by exams tomorrow (Tuesday) through Thursday. Today’s Daily Nation lead editorial says, “Starting tomorrow, 727,000 candidates will sit the all-important Standard Eight examinations, knowing well their academic future depends on how well they perform ... the only opportunity for the pupils to be assessed on what they have been taught and prepared for over the past eight years ... to determine which of the 6,000 secondary schools would admit them for Form One in January ... knowing that less than half of them would find secondary school places.”
Our worship service yesterday included a special prayer time for the Standard Eight children taking the exams this week. The kids were in the Youth Worship Service, so their parents stood as our congregation claimed Isaiah 26:3-4 for the test-takers. Please do pray for “perfect peace” for the children taking this critical exam. Please join Kenyan Baptists/Christians in praying for good health and a lack of stresses for the students, especially those living in parts of Kenya were the drought has been followed by flooding rains, the children who are still displaced as a result of the post-election crisis of 2008, the students who live in the northern parts of Kenya where banditry and 
raids are rampant, and the students who will take the test hungry due to the recent drought. Pray also that innocent students will not be punished due to others in their schools cheating on the exam.
Ngina, on the right, is a Baptist kid. When asked how we can pray for her and her friends, she answered: “That God will give me heavenly wisdom.” As I think of Ngina and her Christian friends, I do not get discouraged or frustrated or think of negative words, instead I get excited as I imagine how she and her classmates will mature in coming years and find opportunities as educated young men and women to share their Father’s love and salvation within their country, continent and world! Bert Yates
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KCPE EXAMS, Daily Nation, Nov 9, 2009
“Flooding fears as exams start” (p.4) – http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/683654/-/uomjkv/-/index.html
“Displaced students may miss test” (p.4) – http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/683656/-/uomjkx/-/index.html
“Candidates’ families in plea for more security” (p.4) – http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/683658/-/uomjl0/-/index.html
EDITORIAL, “We wish candidates success in the exams” (p.12) – http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/-/440804/683694/-/ph79twz/-/index.html
Feeding the Maasai
Prayer requests and answers to prayer straight from the mission field; “behind the scenes” views of ministering to those facing hunger; a special look at the logistics/problems/realities/frustrations/joys of missions; a report on how your investments are .jpg)
reaping incredible benefits; a thank you note; news that includes happy/good bits; a kaleidoscope of emotions and colours from another culture captured in pictures; or simply a “great read” to include in your summer reading program – The following newsletters (begins with April update) from Bob and Nancy Calvert, IMB missionaries with the Maasai People, will provide all of these as you read of how they minister to Kenyans who are hungry due to the ongoing famine in Kenya.
These are the beginning words of the new blog that I just* completed. A friend wrote last week to say that there had been a few more showers after we left for our Stateside.jpg)
Assignment in late April, but the rains in Kenya are over for another season and once again, the rains were insufficient in most of the country – which means the drought is continuing – which means prayer is a continuing need for the famine situation. Please take time this week to go to “Feeding the Maasai” at http://imbmaasai.blogspot.com/ . I ask also that you take time, not just once, but at least daily to pray that the Maasai and other people of Kenya will receive both physical and spiritual nourishment. Pray that “They will know that He is the Lord” (Ezekiel 6:14). Bert Yates
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Explanation of why people from Kenya often use the word JUST: Kiswahili has a “present” past tense – expressing that something has “just” occurred rather than occurring in past hours, days, etc. Therefore the logical way to say this is to add the word “just” when translating Kiswahili into English. Good or bad, this becomes a part of our spoken English even when we are only using English! So … please take time right now to check out: “Feeding the Maasai” so that you can say: “I have JUST read about how I’m a part of ministering the Maasai!”
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reaping incredible benefits; a thank you note; news that includes happy/good bits; a kaleidoscope of emotions and colours from another culture captured in pictures; or simply a “great read” to include in your summer reading program – The following newsletters (begins with April update) from Bob and Nancy Calvert, IMB missionaries with the Maasai People, will provide all of these as you read of how they minister to Kenyans who are hungry due to the ongoing famine in Kenya.These are the beginning words of the new blog that I just* completed. A friend wrote last week to say that there had been a few more showers after we left for our Stateside
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Assignment in late April, but the rains in Kenya are over for another season and once again, the rains were insufficient in most of the country – which means the drought is continuing – which means prayer is a continuing need for the famine situation. Please take time this week to go to “Feeding the Maasai” at http://imbmaasai.blogspot.com/ . I ask also that you take time, not just once, but at least daily to pray that the Maasai and other people of Kenya will receive both physical and spiritual nourishment. Pray that “They will know that He is the Lord” (Ezekiel 6:14). Bert Yates--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Explanation of why people from Kenya often use the word JUST: Kiswahili has a “present” past tense – expressing that something has “just” occurred rather than occurring in past hours, days, etc. Therefore the logical way to say this is to add the word “just” when translating Kiswahili into English. Good or bad, this becomes a part of our spoken English even when we are only using English! So … please take time right now to check out: “Feeding the Maasai” so that you can say: “I have JUST read about how I’m a part of ministering the Maasai!”
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