Archive for August 4th, 2009

Family Picnic & Fun Day!

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

FAMILY FUN DAY! What can be better than having fun? We try to reserve Friday afternoon and evening for family time. As many of you (those in fulltime ministry) know, you do not work a 9 to 5 job; you are on call 24/7. So, we “TRY” to keep Fridays for family day whenever possible; and we encourage every family to give it a try! It does not have to cost anything! But your children will thank you for giving them your full attention! Sometimes we just do popcorn and movie night, sometimes game day (water games outside & table games in the evening), and sometimes we just have a picnic (even if it is just in our own backyard!). So, on this particular day we explored the top of Manga mountain (it is located just 30 minutes outside of Kisii Town) together!

As you can see in the pictures, we felt like we were on the edge of the world! And we had a great time playing Frisbee and trying to keep the Frisbees on top of the mountain with us!




    Luke and the children.                 Miss Shauna Brockman.                    Frisbee Time.                         Exploring nature.

We hope that everyone has a wonderful day with YOUR OWN family!

Serving Him in Kenya,

The Shelby Family

Teaching at Bosire Academy

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

We want to thank the Lord for the opportunity to teach at Bosire Academy in Kisii Town; while Miss Shauna Brockman was working with us during the month of July. The Headmaster of the school welcomed us and gave us the liberty to teach the children, from the Bible, every Friday morning. And the school has requested that we continue these lessons, even after Shauna returns to the USA. We Praise the Lord for giving us this privilege. And we are looking forward to seeing what He will do in the lives of these precious children. The group pictured below is of the children in 2nd through 8th grades. And we also taught the younger children (ages 3 to 1st grade). The school has 650 children enrolled, and we are welcome to go every Friday and teach directly from God’s Word. Please pray that these children will hear and understand God’s love for them, and pray that they will be willing to give their lives completely to Him. This is Kenya’s next generation; and we need to reach them at a young age, before they make any other major decisions that will change their lives forever.

Please remember us as we continue this ministry, and that the Lord will continue to open even more doors for this kind of ministry.

We also want to say thank you to Miss Shauna Brockman; because she was a great blessing not only to our family, but also to these children. After teaching the first week, we would hear children following behind us as we walked through town; and they were ALL saying, “How are you, Shauna?” She made a great impression on these children, and they will never forget her! Thank you, Shauna, you were a real blessing!