Nairobi, Kenya and South Africa Conferences
For our trip teaching in Nairobi, Kenya, and in South Africa, God’s grace provided exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or think, including our time with our dear friends Tom and Cheryl Molinar, which was icing on the cake.
In Nairobi, the pastors and others in attendance were very positive and excited to learn. One thing that seems to be universally true with all the places in Africa where we have taught thus far, and Nairobi was no exception, is that the people are thoughtful, have great manners, listen intently, and even take notes. They loved Cyprian’s axioms for the correct interpretation of Scripture, such as “context is king,” and the many examples he provided to counter the false teaching prevalent in Africa (mentioned in previous updates).
These pictures include a local lumber yard, furniture store, vegetable stand, and dress shop in Nairobi.
Our host in Nairobi was Maurice Mwale, a pastor who is considering focusing instead on training other pastors in Kenya. Maurice is one of the many in Africa who found the Colonel and R. B. Thieme Bible Ministries and latched onto the Bible teaching. Please add him to your prayer list.
After Nairobi, we went to Nelspruit, South Africa, where we were invited to teach four different groups associated with Tom and Cheryl’s Molinar Mission. We taught in Kanyamazane for four hours. These are faithful students of the Word who have been under Molinar Mission for many years now. They are well versed in the teachings of Scripture and very eager for truth.
At the Kanyamazane group, one lady and her friend drive 372 miles roundtrip to attend Bible class. They make that journey together every Saturday. In the same group, Pilkington and his wife, Rose, who have been with Molinar Mission for nine years, recently had the Lord open a door for Pilkington, who has the gift of pastor-teacher, to teach a weekly Bible class in his village. He would eventually like to have his own church. Rose has Bible class for the children in the village.
We also taught for four hours at the Malelene group, also under Molinar Mission.
We were also invited to provide a message on a personal sense of destiny and God’s plan in old age to an Afrikaner Christian Men’s Fellowship group (wives were invited), and Cyprian gave his testimony of how the Lord led him into the mission of training pastors.
Tom and Cheryl are the most gracious of hosts. We had the pleasure of like-minded fellowship, starting each day with Bible class with Pastor Bobby. We enjoyed great food, wine, bubbly, and had the best time. We even squeezed in a few games of pickleball, which neither Tom nor Cyprian had played before. Tom and I against Cyprian, with Cyprian beating us every time (youth has its advantages).
The Lord also opened a door for teaching Christian Parenting to an Afrikaner Young Married Couples group. They loved it. We gave them all a copy of the Christian Parenting book. I would be happy to teach the same in the United States anywhere the opportunity presented itself. The host’s puppy managed to get in the group photo. Since he is not represented well in that photo, I thought you might appreciate another.
While we were in Kenya, Cyprian received notice that the entire Kasoa area of Ghana, where Bold Grace Bible Institute is located, and his home were without water (bottled drinking water was still available). There was no water for showers or toilets for about ten days. That is not uncommon for Western Africa, where droughts are frequent.
We have pastors asking us to come and teach in Nigeria, Uganda, and Eswatini. However, Cyprian and I are considering limiting our focus to Ghana so that we can go deeper with our teaching with the pastors there. We would ask for your prayers concerning that.
Terry and Cyprian