Pastor GurathPhoenix to L.A. to Amsterdam to Nairobi with a maximum of two hour layover in each city kept us cruising along. The usual mish-mash of foreign businesspeople, returning residents, tourists, volunteers and others jammed into our oversold flight headed for Jomo Kenyatta International airport. The international Read More
Good Morning!It\'s departure day for most of the Mission Helpers. Pastor Mike and Anna Gurath arrived in Nairobi yesterday and will spend the next couple of days getting things ready for the others on the Kenya Team.The thirteen other Mission Helpers will be arriving in Chicago today by air and by land. A big thanks to Pastor David Pfeiffer and the Read More
The 2015 CLC Mission Helpers to East Africa are counting down the days until their June 29th departure. This trip will allow fifteen volunteers the opportunity and privilege of proclaiming God\'s saving word to more than 2500 children. Some of these children will be members of CLC affiliated congregations, but most of them will not. For many of the Read More
\"I\'m no longer the same, (I\'m no longer)I\'m no longer the same, (I\'m no longer)He has changed my life,and has given me a new name,I\'m no longer the same!\" ~ sung by the St. David\'s school kidsBack home safely, yes, but not back to life as it was. Our time spent living simply in the Word and with so many wonderful, Read More
We head to the Istanbul airport in about 15 minutes. A 12 hour flight will take us home to Chicago. Prayers for a safe flight are much appreciated.In Christ,Pastor O. Read More
The CLC Mission Helpers made it safely from Nairobi to Istanbul, Turkey. We will be here for a 1 1/2 day layover. We are staying in a youth hostel about 2 blocks from the famous Hagia Sophia mosque. We rest and relax this evening and then see the sights tomorrow. Read More
SundayHello from Team Etago,Yesterday was our last day at our location. We were privileged to bring the word of God to a prospect church near Emesa. They were formerly part of a different synod, but have expressed interest in joining our synod here in Kenya. On these weekends we have been teaching the 7 C’s. These lessons start from Creation and Read More
All three teams have arrived safely in Nairobi. After wonderful meals of hamburgers and pizza, we spent a couple of hours in devotion (Psalm 105 remembering God\'s promises and faithfulness), hymn singing, prayer, and rejoicing in God\'s goodness, grace, mercy, and blessings as we all shared stories from our time in Kenya and Tanzania. We wrapped Read More
After an 6:00 am departure from Moshi, TZ and an 8 hour bus ride...Team Tanzania (Lucas Brown, Ashley Elliott, Randy Wittorp, Jessica Ohlmann, and me) made it safely back to Nairobi today (Sunday afternoon). We are waiting for the other two teams to arrive this evening. Later tonight we will join in worship as we rejoice over the blessings the Lord Read More