A Few Ministry Updates

Last week we were able to go to a church in Kia, about 40 minutes away from our home.  It was given some help from some churches in Korea to build and now it has this beautiful new church building, but it is unfinished.  .  The church was founded over 10 years ago by a man named Christopher.  He is the brother of a close friend of ours here at the base and is a good man.  We went to minister at this church and were very blessed to be able to meet and see them.  They have plans some day to build a primary school in order to minister to the surrounding children and educate children them in Jesus' name. 
All of this was very exciting for us because this pastor is very passionate and is hoping to begin going to surrounding areas in order to plant churches.  We are going to continue to meet with him and pray for the Lord's guidance about how we can partner together.  Please pray with us as we wait for the Lord's direction and wisdom. 
We also have seen the Lord doing some really great things in Engikaret.  We have a new staff here named Violet.  She is a young single girl that loves children and hopes to teach one day.  Her father is a pastor here in Arusha and she is following in his footseps of ministry. 
Also, we are really starting to get to know the people here.  We were invited to go to tea at one lady's house in particular.  She and her husband are both believers.  She is the only wife of her husband and they are really good parents.  All of these things are really rare to see in the Maasai culture. 
As for the literacy class, this week I was asked to teach in Arusha for the week, so I chose two of my best students and asked them to help me this week to teach the other students while I was away.  I am excited to return and see their progress.  Maybe this will even turn into a team for teaching more Maasai to read. 
Thank you all for your prayers these last few months.  Please keep praying for us as we work toward seeing every Maasai in a knowing and loving relationsip with Yesu. 
We have been sending out monthly updates specifically describing the kinds of things we are doing here and if you are not currently getting those and would like to, please email us at NHForrest@yahoo.com so that we can make sure you get them.  Lord bless you