It’s getting later in the year and I am beginning to plan my trip to Kenya for this winter.

I’m looking forward to hearing from Pastor David about how the building is going, last he told me, he had been running around trying to find building materials. I look forward to hearing from him soon.

What I’m really excited about for this year is the opportunity to take a few people with me. God willing, my plan is to take two to three young men from my church in Montana over to Kenya to participate in the building process.

I’m sure that we will have the opportunity to share the gospel as well and interact with the people in the area where Pastor David lives. I think that it will be a great opportunity for these young men to see another part of the world, to experience some of the culture, and to put their faith to the test to challenge it and see it grow. This is also going to be a wonderful growing experience for me as well, this being the first mission trip that I’ve led. I have been on many trips and traveled pretty extensively by myself, but I haven’t taken others with me before, so this will be a good challenge.

As I am preparing for this trip, I simply ask for your continued prayers and tell other people about this venture so that they may be praying for it as well.

On the financial end of things, we are also trusting God to provide the finances for our travel. Airline tickets for each person will cost between 2000 and 2500 dollars, along with a little extra money to cover transportation costs while we are in country, the total cost will be roughly 3000 dollars per person.

I would simply ask that as you pray for this trip, you would also pray about the possibility of providing part of that cost, everything helps. Just continue to keep us in your prayers as we head out. May God bless you in what you do. ~Eli

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15