Hi Everyone, This was a travel day. Up at 6am, out the door at 7am. Short flight at 9:30am. Car to Busia (the border of Kenya/Uganda), arrived at 3 but spent time at ITEM Trainers home. Eric Ngala has quite a ministry. I was told while on the way we’d be there 10-15 minutes. But […]
YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN AFRICA WHEN . . . Read More »
Dear Friends and Family, I am in the Rwanda airport lounge awaiting my flight back to Nairobi. Don’t come to this lounge is you are looking for air conditioning. It is HOT in here. But I digress. I met this morning with team reps from Rwanda and Burundi. Being a hard core city-slicker, I enjoy
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Monday, January 28, 2019 Dear Prayer Partners, Quick update before heading to the airport to fly to Rwanda to meet with guys from Rwanda and Burundi Tuesday morning. I met with a potential ministry partner then took a tour of Mayfield Guest House, my home in Africa. I met this morning with Erick Waweru (forgot
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Sunday, January 27, 2019 Dear ITEM Partner, I got into Nairobi shortly after 5am after a red-eye flight from Accra, Ghana. It was bumpy (turbulent) throughout the flight. I tried to nap but it was harder than normal. I got to Nairobi, then Mayfield Guest House (my oasis/refuge) in Africa. After breakfast I took a
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Dear ITEM Friends and Family, I am currently sitting in the Accra, Ghana airport. It’s a very nice one. VERY NICE! It is 5:30pm here. I’ll check in at 6 for an 8:40pm flight. Three hours difference at my Nairobi destination. Almost a 6-hour flight. I am scheduled to arrive in Nairobi at 5:30am, Nairobi
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Dear ITEM Partner, This has been a long long day. Up at 6:15 and got to venue about 9:30. Last lecture ended at 3:15, giving of certificates took over an hour (135). Then innumerable pictures. The to a team member’s home for dinner. I was zonked and pretty much useless during the dinner. Thankfully, Bill
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Dear Friends and Family, In 1970 The Carpenters recorded the song, “We’ve Only Just Begun.” Believe it or not, Karen and I were in High School together and I have yearbook pictures to prove it. She was two years behind me. She died young due to an eating disorder. She remains my favorite female vocalist.
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Dear ITEM Partner, Yesterday’s post talked about how it seems like many hear the lectures and say, “AMEN,” but don’t see the contradictions in their lives and ministries. They don’t seem to “connect the dots” as we sometimes say. I had mixed feelings. I thought that the team being formed here in Ghana was more
REFOCUS BRINGS CLARITY Read More »
Hi Everyone, Ghana is the newest ITEM ministry field. This is the first time I’ve been here. My trusted assistant, Nathan Chiroma, was here last year and reported back that many of the things we see in Nigeria are here as well. He was right. Maybe I should have been expecting what we have encountered
EARS BUT DON’T HEAR Read More »
Monday, January 21, 2019 Dear ITEM Prayer Partner, Monday, January 21 Dear ITEM Prayer Partner, This morning could be described by the simple phrase, “We need to figure things out.” That is what we spent much of the morning doing. I felt bad for Eric, the one in charge of figuring things out, whether it
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