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April – June Prayer Letter

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Dear Prayer Supporters,                                April—June 2009

 
 

Hello from Kisii, Kenya. This year, God has continued to give us renewed strength and opened opportunities for us to serve Him, and we thank you for your prayers for our family and ministries. Please visit us at our website www.shelbysinkenya.org to see a full view of our ministries as well as our schedule of events. Please subscribe to our blog post for more frequent updates. God bless you.

 
 

Alaro Orphanage Project

Please pray for a new orphanage project that we are starting to develop. We are still trying to get the legalities in place for the property and the government regulations. About two acres have been donated with another five acres that are available if the need for the project will require more land. At this point there are 12 orphans and a school with about 70 students. We are working with a Baptist Church in Germany and a national of the area who is trying to get the project off the ground. The project is an hour’s drive from Kisii; and we have started a Bible Study in this village, to teach basic Bible Doctrines with the desire to start a church.

 
 

Prison Ministry

Our prison ministry is continuing well, and there have been 157 saved in the last two months. More than 25 have become part of our correspondence Bible Study Program, with several already finishing. This is a panoramic view of over 500 inmates that we get to preach to every other week. There are 10 students and pastors who are taking part in this ministry.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Labourers

We will be having some visitors this summer to assist in the work with us. Please pray that God will show them His will for their lives. Shauna is a single teacher who will be with us for a month, and she will assist us in Vacation Bible Schools, the orphanage, and other youth ministries. Also please pray for Kenneth and Kristy Ralph as they are finishing up their deputation. They should be arriving in September to assist us in the ministry. Please pray that they get the support that they need this summer to wrap up their deputation soon.

 

Other Prayer Requests and Needs

Land in Kisii—$4,000 remaining        Photocopier—$1,500                New Vehicle

Calvary Baptist Church            South Nyanza Baptist College            National Pastors

 

For souls in Kisii,

Luke and Tonya Shelby

Missionaries in Kenya

 
 

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Ladies’ Retreat at Camp Lukenya!

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

We had an absolutely wonderful time at the Ladies’ Retreat at Camp Lukenya! There were 147 ladies from 13 Independent Baptist Churches represented at the meeting!

We want to thank everyone who prayed for our safety while we made the 9 hour trip to the camp on Saturday and for our return trip to Kisii on Tuesday. The Lord blessed, and we made the entire trip without difficulty! Thank you for your prayers!

Our ladies and I truly enjoyed our time together and enjoyed getting to fellowship with other Christian Women of like faith. All of the sessions were centered on the thought, “Experiencing Daily Joy!” Each speaker did an excellent job. We all learned so many things while we were away, and we would like you to pray with us, that each of will take these truths from the Bible and put them to work in each of our daily lives. Each of our ladies came away with something different, that God had spoken specifically to them about. And I will have some of them share their testimonies with you soon.

(10 of us from Calvary BC, Kisii went to the Retreat. 1 lady is missing from the picture above. But from left to right they are: Ferister, Rose, Jackline, Alice, Tonya Shelby, Milka, Jane O., Joseph [child], Robinah, and Jane W.)

Of the 10 of us, 8 of our husbands are saved and faithful in church; but there are 2 of our ladies whose husbands are not saved. Please pray that their husbands will be able to see such a change in these ladies lives that they would desire to have a relationship with Christ themselves. Please pray with us that Geoffrey and Josiah will be saved soon. This is great burden on our hearts, and we believe that if we join together in prayer—God will hear and answer that prayer!

Thank you so much for praying for our trip!

May God richly bless each of you,

~Tonya Shelby

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Trip to Kampala, Uganda

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Thank you so much for praying for our family as we traveled to Kampala, Uganda for the BIMU Conference.  We made it there and back to Kisii; and the only problem that we had, was that our van overheated about 5 or 6 times.  But each time we were able to pull over, let it cool down, refill with water, and then get started once again.  We thank the Lord that we had no other problems!

We had a wonderful time while we were in Kampala.  We got to meet many of our fellow missionaries for the first time.  It is nice to be able to put faces to the names that we have been praying for for years.  Our children had a great time making new friends, who also know what it is like to grow up on the mission field.  They all had a lot in common, and they were able to have lots and lots of FUN!  As parents, we got a lot of good preaching from veteran Missionary Mark Sigstad (missionary in Nigeria for over 25 years)!  He preached on the home, family, and ministry; and it is exactly what we needed.  We also enjoyed all of the fellowship and fun that was scheduled for the adults as well.  It was truly a week of refreshment and encouragement for our whole family.

We want to say thank you to all of those responsible for the planning and preparation of the meeting, and thank you for allowing us to take part in your meeting.  You were all a tremendous blessing to each of us.  And thank you again for all of you who prayed for our safety as we traveled the 9 1/2 hours to Kampala and then back to Kisii, Kenya.

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Prayer Requests:

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

 

1. Traveling safety for our family, while we are in the USA for a short Medical Furlough.

2. We still need about $1,700 to cover the cost of our Medical Furlough Trip.

3. Abigail’s medical needs and wisdom for the Doctors who will be working with us.

4. Traveling safety for our family as we return to Kenya on November 13, 2008.

 

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