June 29th, 2009 by keithblog
Getting married to a foreign wife from an undeveloped area was a good investment, even though I’ve been too poor to be with her enough! She told me Saturday while I was driving to cash service call checks, that our new leader, who just returned, by 14 hr boat ride, from visiting her in our Rwanda home has 23 new converts & at least two new house churches for them, because it was too far for some of the converts to walk to his house in Bukavu, DRCongo! Read more... (1057 words, estimated 4:14 mins reading time)
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June 29th, 2009 by keithblog
Amazing provisions in the past:
· Last minute business income before nearly every scheduled depart from the USA for me.
· A $4000 loan from someone in Burundi when my business was stolen during my 2nd Africa trip in 05 for my return ticket & restart-up business expenses.
· A large donation in 06 when Bienvenu & I only had enough money to return from Tanzania by fasting on a 4-day bus ride, so we flew most of the way, on schedule.
· Another large donation 1 year later (07), when I didn’t have enough money to leave Tanzania for my next stop in Nigeria, so I flew on schedule. Read more... (856 words, estimated 3:25 mins reading time)
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June 11th, 2009 by keithblog
David Saku & his family Liberator, his wife, & Joy need support!
God did provide a nice donation for speakers (from an Austin simple church) so he could do a mini-crusade with the Jesus Film in Swahili & the DVD projector, which has produced many conversions in the past with bad speakers. Even though he was running out of money for his family, he only used the donation for speakers, because that is what it was given for.
This is why they should be supported: Read more... (524 words, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)
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May 25th, 2009 by keithblog
Here’s Gabriel’s letter in black about the ministry in Goma, DRCongo shortened, corrected & bolded by me. My additions are in blue. Gabriel, your English is very understandable, but note the changes to improve it.
Three of us left at 6 pm, emailed to me Tuesday, May 12. We made a visit to somebody (a worthy man, Matt 10:11). Our goal was to convince him to have house churches with us, because he’s responsible for a big family.
I shared about house churches. For example, the pastor of house churches can love and disciple all his sheep on a personal basis because he only has twelve to twenty adults to oversee. Read more... (2030 words, 9 images, estimated 8:07 mins reading time)
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May 5th, 2009 by keithblog
Those who get monthly highlights: I thought you’d like to know the results of the accident news more getting more than 1 in a month.
Travels:
I was supposed to fly away to my USA home last Friday at 7:40 pm or 11:40 am EST to have my shortest 31 hr trip because I had no long layovers, arriving 25 minutes from my home at 6:40 pm Saturday. But I left 3 hrs later after a delicious free buffet dinner for a really fast 28 hr trip that turned into 48 hrs by a canceled flight & missed flight in Amsterdam. I got home taking a bus from O’hare Sunday at 5 pm & ate with Mom, Dad, & my Sister, before coming home exhausted but full. Read more... (1834 words, 20 images, estimated 7:20 mins reading time)
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April 28th, 2009 by keithblog
This is a request for assistance for a ticket for Provi to fly. I brought enough money for her return bus ticket, much of which has been eaten by extra travel & medical expenses.
But a 7th bus rolled at the same place yesterday, & I heard that a truck had spilled cooking oil at that place, but so far the government is blaming the drivers, even though I remember the bus was sliding sideways like a car on black ice, with no sound or unusual vibration. All the buses to Rwanda go through that same spot. I hate to send my wife the same way, even though I think most of the accidents are from the other direction on a slight grade.
The well trained hospital Dr. said she needed a simple orthopedic surgery that he knew the orthopedic surgeon in Kigali could do, with no problem.
So it would be good to fly her to Kigali, where her family will meet her & take care of her.
We can get a one way ticket for about $500, but her Mama has been wiped out by her own hospital expenses since before we left last Tuesday. The little I have is needed to keep my ability to continue earning money to support us & our ministry travel expenses. We have a US travel agent that can get us an E-ticket here.
God will provide somehow.
For donations:
- You can go to www.chase.com to see if their is a Chase Bank near you. You can deposit to Greg Cunningham acc# 71111 0510 (ASAP Service, Inc.).
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April 24th, 2009 by keithblog
Pray for us!
Grace or Martin call, Ben, cause Provi wants him to pray for us.
I’m typing in a hospital bed now. My wife is across the ward, because the beds are full because of about 30 injured people on our bus.
We will both live & I’m glad I can type with both hands after I reset my dislocated left shoulder when I stood in the stake-bed truck that brought about 20 of us here & a very painful, bumpy ride. We are being transferred to a hospital that has electricity to X-ray Provi who has a broken right fore-arm & maybe injured ribs. Read more... (905 words, estimated 3:37 mins reading time)
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April 21st, 2009 by keithblog
I might just be writing this for myself, but if you’re interested in my life, you can read it.
We leave by bus Wednesday morning & arrive in Dar Es Salaam, Tanz. Thurs night. I may not have email until then, but David has the modem I paid for when we get to his house. I should have internet about noon EST. If you are a friend or relative or you know your number is listed, you can call my 828 367 0115 number. From 11 pm to 1pm EST.
I felt really thankful Saturday!: Read more... (927 words, 10 images, estimated 3:42 mins reading time)
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April 19th, 2009 by keithblog
Pray for Provi & I as we travel to Tanz next week, by bus, then me in a few days to “visit/work” in USA. Short details at the bottom.
Bienvenu’s letter in black below my comments.
I have been laboring by email (which is easier for me than him) to communicate our way out of any hindrances to cooperation. He called me at his expense, probably at least 60 cents/minute, to tell me he was reading my many emails & was pleased at decisions I’ve made.
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April 14th, 2009 by keithblog
Donation thoughts:
Change in perspective: I agree that very small support for native evangelist/church planters is a very efficient investment when they are working a long ways away from more developed cities. &, of course, there are exceptions to everything, because people are unique. For four years I have thought our greatest obstacle in every country was funds for travel & communication in every country. But I am thinking differently, which was clarified by revelation in a dream!
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