The Quiet before the storm

Hello Everyone,

Praise God I am in a quiet zone before next the five months of teams, conferences, thesis and court dates. 

Teams

This Saturday the Willow Creek Chicago team will arrive and serve with me for the next week (the larger team) and four weeks (for a smaller team).  In the midst of that time the Mohr Family will also visit.  I am very excited.  Did I mention that the Tuins family is here now from Willow Creek also.  I will have several visitors and ministry friends who will pass through Nairobi before Nov.  Please keep everyone in prayer as we serve in different areas and together.

Conferences:

VIRAL 2013!!  I am on the planning team for Nairobi Chapel's (my church here) Church Planting conference.  For the last four months we have been meeting and organizing all of the details to host over 600 leaders in the church planting movement.  This has been a learning experience and fun.  The church has asked if I can lead the VIRAL team throughout the year for future conferences.  Church Planting is our mission focus and the conference will be a key training event. HOW FUN!!  Any WCA volunteers want to come and serve August 21-23 or plan for next year!!! Pray for us as we lead the conference, recruit registrations and execute the program.

Also my pastor Oscar Muriu is speaking at the Leadership Summit in South Barrington this year in August.  I am super excited.  He is a great speaker and I know he will be a blessing and asset to the Summit delegates.  Please pray for him as he is on leave to prepare and rest before the Summit.  If you at at the Summit please greet him for me on my home turf.

Thesis:

Okay I am very good at putting something in the back of my mind, especially when I do not want to do it.  Okay but maybe there was a reason.  Because of leading VIRAL and the need to understand church planting more, I am changing my thesis subject to leadership development in the church planting movement. This way I can learn about church planting while I finish my thesis.  Okay all of that is a strong thought for right now.  While the teams sleeps I will work on this.  Please that the excitement moves me ahead.  I need to finish this thing!!!

Court Dates:

Praise God I do have the funds to start the legal side of Mwende's adoption.  As a birthday present to myself I will turn in the paperwork and payment before August 5th (my birthday) to get the ball rolling. I do need to update some of the documents but most are in order.  PRAISE GOD!!! I can not wait until this is final. Pray that court dates and teams visits do not conflict.

Motherhood:

How can I forget my little darling.  She is so delightful and I am so glad that my church family from home is meeting her.  She loves the attention.  She will miss one week of school to help me host the team.  Pray for her as she goes through so many faces and names over the next few weeks.  She is going to love every minute of it. I wish I could post pictures but can not at this time.  If you haven;t gotten a photo of us please let me know.  I will need your home street address can't send emails.

I will be in Kenya for another year before I can petition to visit with Mwende.

Ministry:

With the teams visits July to Nov., we will connect with my ministry contacts in unique ways as a team. Please pray that God will give wisdom and deepen relationship connections. 

     What I am doing here....

I am here is to equip the Church to pursue global missions through training and exposure.  God has opened many doors to help train churches to work together to reach their global communities.  I am praising God for the opportunities I have had to be on the teaching team for the Kairos mission course this year. Keep praying for us. Praise God for the teams coming to experience what God is doing in East Africa and Kenya.

I am here to reach out to Muslims in creative ways to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Teaching at the community center has provided encouraging encounters to explain our faith.  Keep praying that God will speak through the staff and volunteers at the center to reach Muslims and unbelievers. Praise God we are starting the community circles for ministry and fellowship with the women including Muslims.

I am here helping to train Children ministry leaders.  I started out teaching Sunday school teachers on how to set up Children ministry programs in Eastern Europe.  God has brought me full circle.  I have had numerous opportunities to train small churches on setting up their children's programs.  This past month I wrote the curriculum for my church 10 week study of the Ten Commandments.  Keep praying for Kenya over 50% of the population is under 45 years old.  Pray that the church will focus on reaching the younger generations.

Thank you for praying for me and standing with me in ministry. Every financial gift and words of prayer means so much.  Pleas join with us in praying, serving and giving.  I would love to add your name to the list of visitors for 2014.  Let me know how I can pray for you.

"I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in Him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. ...May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it..." Eph 3:16-19

Have a blessed summer.

Esther and Mwende Hall

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