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Eric and Melodic Perry

MINISTRYWITH

THE

NAROK

CHURCH

&

Literacy Workamong

theMaas i

tribe

of

Kenya

769

W.

th

Avenue

3

Eugene,

OR 7402

503-485-6152

CHRISTIANMISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP T W j t r N e w s l e t t e r

J a n u a r y 1994

" I say

h a n k s

for your

e l p

w i t h t h e B i b l e

b e c a u s e

I

now know how o read h e B i b l e . . . .

God

l e s s

you

t o g e t h e r w i t h

your

husband

because

I ope

t h a t

t

w i l l

be h a t

you

r e t u r n

t o

Kenya.I emember

you n

my

p r a y e r s . "-

lminis Die

u r e r e , Maasai i t e r a c y

student

 We

re

going ahead i t h our

e s s o n s . . . .

Pray or u s ,

t o o , t h a t

Satan

does not make my

t u d e n t s

a l l behind

b e c a u s e t h e y are r y i n g v e r y much t o go

ahead.

But

t h e s e

are

not

my

works, but h o s e

of

od. Give

my

g r e e t i n g s t o a l l your

churches."

— aniel Mesenka, Maasai i t e r a c y

teacher

. . w e

r e

g l a d

t h a t

y o u g u y s

i l l

I

b e coming o

m i n i s t e r

h e r e ( a t

t h e

i *

; ;

" x

N ^ L V o k C h u r c h ) o r a t

e a s t

a I

two-year term. They are good B i : •

p e o p l e a n d i l l i n g t o

l e a r n ,

a n d tf

t h e y s t i l l need e l p u n d e r s t a n d i n g

t h e

w a y y o u

d e v e l o p

a n d I U I b I m I

administer a hurch.... Eric

will

b e a b l e

t o

e n l a r g e t h e i r

v i s i o n

"

a n d t a k e t h e m

i n t o

t h e p h a s e o f

f * * ]

d e v e l o p m e n t . "

~ on n d Cam **

People are waiting for us

That

s

e x c i t i n g

t o r e a l i z e

as

we

ontinue

t o

p r e p a r e f o r

our

departure

t o

Kenya.

As

h e

time

grows

l o s e r

for

us o

j o i n

our b r o t h e r s

an d

s i s t e r s among h e

Maasai

churches

and t h e

Church

of Christ n

Narok,

we

l l

wait

n eager

x p e c t a t i o n of

what God w i l l accomplish

a d d i t i o n a l t r a i n i n g

f o r

t h e

t e a c h e r s .

The

e a d e r s

of

the

Narok church t i l l f e e l the need for

teaching an d

e n c o u r a g e m e n t .

The

CMF

enya

team

i s

a l s o

anxious to have us

here.

For now,

e ' r e

s t i U "on

h e

move."(And we'd i k e t o

keep moving~ U

h e

way

o

Kenya )

We ould

i k e

t o

say

h a t

we

ave

n j o y e d a more

s e d a t e l i f e

s i n c e we

moved

o

Oregon from

Tenness ee, but

our

e r v i c e for

the

Lord has e d

us

on

a n o t h e r long

journey

a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y

and

back.

Another r a v e l

log would

have been amusing, u t we i l l s u f f i ce

 

t o say h a t we ave

i s i t e d

churches

:

 

rom

S t . Helens,

Oregon, o

G a i n e s v i l l e , F l o r i d a . In the month of

 

o v e m b e r ,

we

o g g e d 5 , 0 0 0

m i l e s

o n

||

o u r c a r .

We

a v e

b e c o m e m o r e a m i l i a r

^ . _ J | w i t h 1 - 4 0 b e t w e e n

A m a r i l l o , e x a s ,

a n d

F l a g s t a f f ,

A r i z o n a ,

h a n e v e r i m a g i n e d

X

 ̂ Q would

n our

entire lives

i

 r a v e l i s a e c e s s a r y r o u t e

i n

t h i s

p o r t i o n

of

our i n i s t r y . Many o n g

hours on the road have ntroduced Eric

t o

churches a l r e a d y f a m i l i a r w i t h

Melodie's

work

and

brought

on

n ew

churches

and

i n d i v i d u a l s

as

m i n i s t r y

p a r t n e r s .

We r a i s e

God

o r t h e

h o s p i t a l i t y

of His

p e o p l e

Maasai

i t e r a c y

studentsand

teachers

await

our

rrival.

The

work done n

t h e Maasai i t e r a c y

program

by

Melodie and

her

p a r t n e r

Susan

Oliver)

Crone,

as well

a s

t h e

development

of

h e

Narok

Church by

Don and

Cam

ohnson, s

remarkable.The ible has become

more

c c e s s i b l e t o

the e a d e r s h i p of h e Maasai

c h u r c h , not

only because of

people

who ave been

t r a i n e d t o r e a d , but because c a p a b l e , n a t i o na l t e a c h e r s

continue to work

with

new

eaders.

Everyone we ave a l k e d t o has

been

v e r y

p o s i t i v e

about

the leaders

of the

church

in Narok.

t also

s t a n d s without mis sionary

a s s i s t a n c e

for

h e t i m e . The

Johnsons eturned Stateside in November.

The i t e r a c y

program

and t h e church, however, r e

s t i l l i n t h e

b e g i n n i n g

s t a g e s of

h e i r

development.

They p r e s s on t h e b e s t way h e y know how, ut h e y

desire

the additional aid thatwe an

offer.

The

l i t e r a c y

program t i l l needs b r i d g e

m a t e r i a l s and

November,

s p e c i a l l y ,

b r o u g h t w i t h

i t a

i n d t e a c h e r s

s e n s e o f

n t i c i p a t i o n a n d

u r g e n c y

f o r

our work

n

Kenya. r i c s u c c e s s f u l l y

defended h i s t h e s i s on V e t e r a n ' s Day,

drawing t o a l o s e h i s time a t

Emmanuel chool

of

i— » r

R e l i g i o n .

We l s o . v /

s a i d

h e l l o

and r

g o o d b y e

t o f r i e n d s

f

^

r :

|

a n d

t h e

P e r r y

c l a n i n '

Tennessee and North

C a r o l i n a . O u r a r t i n g

November ls o

included the CMF

Board

Meeting n

I n d i a n a p o l i s on

ou r

route back

home.

Therewe eceived

our commiss ioning

for the

work

with the

Narok

Church of

Christ.

We lso

had

Preparing

for our

f i r s t Christmas

t o g e t h e r — he great

r e e hunt

s a

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The o n g r e g a t i o n of h e Narok Church of h r i s t

a w a i t s

our

arrival.

t h e

o p p o r t u n i t y t o

t a l k

w i t h Garry Brock,

CMF's

Africa

Continent Coordinator

and

a

esident

ofNarok.

He

nd

his wife Linda i l l e d us in on some

of

he

e v e n t s t a k i n g p l a c e i n Kenya,

nd

p a r t i c u l a r l y

i m p r e s s e d

u s w i t h t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f a s p e e d y a r r i v a l .

We l s o

took

t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o c a l l t h e Johnsons

b e f o r e t h e y l e f t

Kenya.

Don informed us t h a t

t h e

p e o p l e o f t h e

Narok Church of

h r i s t

have

o i n e d

w i t h you i n p r a y i n g f o r our

r r i v a l .

So

when s our departure?

c o n g r e g a t i o n s .We r a y many n d i v i d u a l s

w i l l

come

t o

s h a r e

t h e v i s i o n and

sense

of urgency o r

t h e

m i n i s t r i e s i n

Kenya.

Pray w i t h

u s

f o r . . .

• n d i v i d u a l s who w i l l j o i n u s i n p a r t n e r s h i p .

•A peedy

r r i v a l

i n Kenya.

•

lminis

Ole Turere

and the o t h e r Maasai

i t e r a c y

students.

• aniel Mesenka and the

o t h e r

Maasai

i t e r a c y

teachers.

• t r e n g t h a n d

e n c o u r a g e m e n t

f o r t h e l e a d e r s h i p a n d

c o n g r e g a t i o n o f t h e N a r o k C h u r c h o f

C h r i s t .

• ur e g i n n i n g s t u d i e s

i n

S w a h i l i

t h e

l a n g u a g e we

w i l l

u s e i n

N a r o k ) .

We

ave

a grammar

book and

p r o n u n c i a t i o n

t a p e s .

• s

s we i s i t churches n t h e coming months.

In His ervice,

E r i c and

Melodie

Perry

We r e s t i l l p r e p a r i n g f o r and

p r a y i n g toward May. hurches

and

i n d i v i d u a l s

have provided

63 f our u s t a i n i n g

(monthly)

heeds

and

50

f

our one-time, outgoing

expenses. Many

ave

l s o

j o i n e d a s

committed p r a y e r

p a r t n e r s .We re g r a t e f u l for

t h o s e who

have oined us and

f o r t h o s e

who

i l l j o i n

u s .

Our

travels

have

reinforced

in

us

t h e

importance

of n d i v i d u a l

p a r t n e r s h i p s

i n m i n i s t r y as well

as those with

whole

lAVc w a n t t o b e a p a r t n e r

i n y o u f

m i n i s t r y w i t h t h e N a r o k C h u r c h o f

CPfgrahd

Mapai

i t e f a c y . With

U d d ' s heip^;^d£;

C o m m i t _ 1 5 ;

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Enclose _

Will send bv : d a t B ) .

C o m m i t o f a i t h f u l l y p r a y i n g each

week

on

other

.

( d a t e ) .

(day).

Name

Address

C i t y , S t a t e ,

ZIP

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The

o l l o w i n g

e t t e r was

e c e i v e d f r

om

r i c

and M e l o d i e P e r r y f rom

Narok, enya, on June 7 » 1994.

Dear

riends,

We

a v e

a r r i v e d

D u r i n g

t h e s e p a s t

m o n t h s

o f

r a v e l ,

p r e p a r a t i o n ,

a n d

p r a y e r , t h e r e

w e r e

t i m e s

when

w e

o u l d n ' t

e v e n i m a g i n e t h a t w e ' d f i n a l l y J 2 £ i n K e n y a , r t h a t w e ' d e v e r

b e

a b l e

t o

s e n d t h e a b o v e

m e s s a g e . " W e ' d

l i k e

t o t h a n k e a c h

a n d

e v e r y

o n e

of h e c h u r c h e s , u p p o r t e r s , p r a y e r w a r r i o r s , r i e n d s ,

a n d

f a m i l y who make up

u r m i n i s t r y

t e a m

You

h a v e a l l h e l p e d t o b r i n g u s t o t h i s c o u n t r y

a n d

t o t h i s

p a r t i c u l a r

work of h e IGngdom.

The r i p

f r o m

P o r t l a n d ,

O r e g o n ,

o

N a i r o b i ,

K e n y a , w a s a l o n g

o n e

B u t , h e t r n s i t i o n s i n L . A . and

P a r i s went m o o t h l y ,

a n d w e

r e a d y

e n j o y e d

t h e f o o d on i r F r a n c e (no n a i l s , i n

c a s e

you w e r e

w o n d e r i n g ) .

We

r r i v e d i n

N a i r o b i

a t 9 : 3 0 a . m . a n d m a d e o u r w a y t o b a g g a g e c l a i m a n d

c u s t o m s

w i t h

s l e e p i n o u r e y e s , a n d b i g g o o f y r i n s on

u r

f r

e e s W e ' r e h a p p y t o

r e p o r t

t h a t we a d no

r o b l e m s

g e t t i n g

t h r o u g h

c u s t o m s a n d d i d n ' t h a v e t o p a y

a n y

d u t y

o n

o u r b e l o n g i n g s .

TH NKS

o r p r a y i n g f o r

u s

o n

our r i p

O ur

i

r s t t h r e e w e e k s

i n t h e

c o u n t r y h a v e

b e e n f il l e d w i t h

l o t s

of

r i e n d s , b o t h o l d

and new. E r i c h a s

met

o s t

of h e

K e n y a

F i e l d Team a n d

i s h a p p y m a k i n g

new r

i e n d s .

We

r e i

n d i n g o u r

p l a c e a s

a

" c o u p l e " on h e t e a m . M e l o d i e

h a s

r u n

i n t o

s e v e r a l M a a s a i f r

i e n d s

a r o u n d

N a r o k , a n d B e c k y J o h n s o n

e v e n

h a d

a p e c i a l " t e a "

s o

f r i e n d s

c o u l d

c o m e

a n d g r e e t u s .

We

r e b e g i n n i n g

t o know n a m e s

a n d

f a c e s

o f e o p l e

w i t h i n t h e N a r o k c h u r c h , t o o ,

a n d h a v e a l r e a d y

d r u n k g a l l o n s

o f h o t

e a w i t h

new

a c q u a i n t a n c e s .

O t h e r m i l e s t o n e s o f u r i

r s t

t h r e e w e e k s i n c l u d e :

E r i c ' s

i

r s t

v i s i t t o a M a a s a i v i l l a g e w i t h M e l o d i e ,

k i l l i n g

t h e h u g e

w a l l

s p i d e r s

t h a t t o o k u p

r e s i d e n c e i n

o u r

N a r o k h o u s e ,

a q u i c k t r i p t o

N a i r o b i

t h r e e

h o u r s o f

bumpy

o a d )

f o r s u p p l i e s , E r i c ' s i

r s t s e r m o n f i r s t i n

E n g l i s h ,

t h e n t r a n s l a t e d t o S w a h i l i ) , a n d

m a k i n g s e v e r a l t r i p s t o t h e t e l e p h o n e company o

g e t

t h e m

t o i n a l l y c o n n e c t o u r

p h o n e

( 0 1 1 - 2 5 4 - 3 0 5 - 2 4 3 2 ) .

We

a v e

g o n e

s h o p p i n g ,

i s i t e d

c h u r c h

m e m b e r s ,

made

e a ,

u n p a c k e d ,

o p e n e d

b a n k

a c c o u n t s ,

a n d g e n e r a l l y

" s e t d e d

i n . "

A f t e r

s o

many

e e k s

of

i v i n g o u t o f u i t c a s e s , i t

i s a

w o n d e r f u l f e e l i n g t o

w a k e

u p

i n

o u r

own b e d u s u a l l y t o t h e

s o u n d

o f h e

m a r ke t , o g s ,

a n d

d o n k e y s ,

w h i c h makes r i c l a u g h ) a n d s p e n d o u r

d a y s

i n one l a c e

We

r e s t u d y i n g S w a h i l i ,

a n d

t h e

p a s t o r s of h e Narok Church

a n d

a l l o u r Kenyan r i e n d s q u i z u s a t

e v e r y o p p o r t u n i t y .

M e l o d i e i s t r y i n g t o remember h r a s e s

i n

M a a s a i and

p u t

o t s of ames i t h

f a m i l i a r f a c e s

A l l h e r M a a s a i f r

i e n d s

h a v e

h e a r t i l y

a p p r o v e d E r i c

a n d

h a v e w e l c o m e d

u s

t o

o u r new

p l a c e .

. ^ a i n ,

h a n k s

s o much o r j o i n i n g

w i t h u s o n

t h i s

a d v e n t u r e .

W e ' l l k e e p y o u

p o s t e d

on u r w o r k ;

hope o h e a r f rom ou l l s o o n .

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Melodie

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Eric and

Melodic Perry

Ministry

with

theNarokChurch

i t e r a c y Work among h e m a a s a i T r i b e o f

K e n y a

Box

110

Narok,Kenya

East

Africa

CHRISTIAN

MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP

N e w s l e t t e r

S e p t e m b e r

1994

Dear Friends,

God

h a s

g r a c e d Narok w i t h r a i n o v e r t h e p a s t w e e k .

t

h a s

b e e n

d r y and

s o m e t i m e s

warm s i n c e t h e l a s t of

J u l y .

Even p e d e s t r i a n s would r a i s e d u s t c l o u d s

a s

t l i e y

n a v i g a t e d

t h e

t r a i l s a r o u n d N a r o k .

A t r o n g

w i n d

c o u l d h i d e

t h e

t o w n

c o m p l e t e l y . But h a n l « t o

t h e

r a i n ,

the

dust

has setded.

We a n

s a y t h e d u s t h a s s e t d e d on our new

i f e

i n

Kenya

s w e l l . I t

h a s

b e e n a b u s y

i r s t two

m o n t h s .

But

h e r e

i s a l i g h t p a u s e f o r u s t o t e l l

y o u

how t h a s

been.

 

ISIT

" W i r h j o h n S a i t e t i s h i s

g u i d e , r i c

h a s b e g u n v i s i t i n g

t h e

p e o p l e

of h e c h u r c h . The two of

hem h a v e

k i c k e d up h e i r s h a r e of u s t

a s

t h e y

w a n d e r e d

t o

p e o p l e ' s h o u s e s , l

a t s ,

and —

r oo m s .We a l l them rooms

b e c a u s e

t h e y

a r e b a s i c a l l y

o n e - r o o m a p a r t m e n t s . T h e S

w a l l s a n d f l

o o r s

a r e c e m e n t ,

^

a n d

t h e

r o o f

s

t i n .

S h e e t s

a r e

^

hu ng on a s t r i n g

o r

w i r e t o

f r o m t h e

l i v i n g a r e a . A i k o ,

U

j

k i n d

o f

r o u n d h i b a c h i , s KM

t he

stove. There s

no

r e f r i g e r a t i o n ; r e f r i g e r a t i o n i s HlH

r a r e

i n N a r o k .

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g u e s t s a r e | | | R , V J

r e c e i v e d , t e a i s

c o o k e d ,

a n d E

c h i l d r e n p l a y i n a s i n g l e | | | | | ^ ^

Double m p a c t

e r r y and

S a i t e t , p a s t o r s at

o r k .

Illn'

\

R e f r e s h m e n t s

a r e

a l w a y s

o f f e r e d t o

t h e

p a s t o r s .

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