courtney michael linda 1980 kenya

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January 1980 Vol. 2, No. 1

'To Reach a Hidden People

CourtneyChris t ianMiss ion

P.O. Box 2053 P.O. Box 900Salem, OR 97308 Kitale, Kenya

Recently I was told, I t seems l ike God i s pushing you through the door to Kenya.In many ways this is t rue, God continues to bless us daily. are almost readyto leave . To our great joy our Kenyan work permits have been granted af te r experiencing th e expected delays and red tape. A Kenyan government off ic ia l whomI met l a s t June heard o f our d i f f i c u l t i e s and wrote a l e t t e r to Immigrat ion, Within a week we had our permits. We praised God for His t iming because we were ableto get our early shipment o f s up plie s to Portland just before the ship l e f t onNovember 26.Our work permits came with an expi ra tion da te , however. This means we will haveto be in Kenya before the deadline. By fa i th we have se t the f i r s t of March asour departure date. Before we can leave we need the funds that wil l make our workin Kenya possible , I am asking each one of you to pray w ith us specif ically fo rthe fol lowing : l ) 575 ^ month of additional committed monthly support, and2) 2500 of one-time outgoing funds for shipping and a ir transportation,I know g re at th in gs wil l continue to happen as the power of our Lord i s evidencedthrough the prayers and suppor t of His people.

P a s t o r John M aso n ik shome an d s t o r e r o om .

We a re lo ok in g forward to bui ld ingo u r ow n safari hou s e s oon afterwe a r r ive in Kenya, We wi l l u t il i ze t h i s same mud and pole construction for o u r s c h o o l s an dclinic

Courtney Chris t ian Mission i s served by an execut ive board o f f ive men, Jake Lessley ,th e chai rman, is a businessman in Sweet Home; Cl i f f Bowen, th e sec r e t a r y - t r e a su r e r , isa businessman i n Salem; Hubert P r a t h e r is th e m in is te r o f th e West Salem Chr i s t i anChu rc h; Den ni s Parke r is a school t e a che r i n Dal l a s ; and Denni s Morley is th e min i s t e ro f the Willamina Chr i s t i an Church, These men a re respons ible fo r the overs igh t o fCourtney Chr is t ian Mission and it i s to them t ha t we wi l l look fo r guidance in our work,Courtney Chris t ian Mission also has an advisory board consis t ing of Stan Henderer andDr. Herb Works, Stan i s an i ns ura nc e a ge nt in Montana, aM Herb i s the Profes sor o fMissions a t Northwest Chr i s t i an College and i s one o f the most outs tanding l eader s int h e a d v a n c emen t o f m i s s i o n s in t h e No r t hwe s t .


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Has there ever been a time in your l i f e when you f e l t that things were really closing in around you? I have been goingW through that kind of a t r i a l lately. Within the next fewJlj week we will be selling our house and packing the last ofour things to ship to Kenya, I must decide what will beLuuuatJJCJOJ shipped, what we will take in our suitcases, what will bestored here for our f i r s t furlough, and what of our house-A things we will be getting rid of. Also, i t is finally dawning on mereally be leaving our family and friends for three years ,

A few days ago I sat down and began to read the book of I Peter. In thesecond verse of the first chapter, he said, May God bless you richly and grant you increasing freedom from all anxiety and fear, . Then Mike walked in the door with a700 check from the Somerset Christian Church. Will God provide for our financial needsas we leave for Kenya? I know that He willl Will He also grand me peace and freedomfrom anxiety? You can count on tNot unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and forthy t r u t h s sake. Psalms 115:1

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Mike and Linda Courtney WILL PROBABLY WRONGP . 0 Box 900Kitale, Kenya have to make new arrangements forEast Africa shipment of our Land Cruiser and theremainder o f our s u p p l i e s . Ships fromWe are looking forward to corresponding the west coast are no longer calling atwith you. Please send mail by airmail. East African ports. Please pray that theAerograms are the least expensive. Any shipment can be arranged easily and espe-contributions and any correspondence cially that the costs will not be muchconcerning the mission should be sent greater than we had planned,t o our permanent address i n Salem,

Courtney Christian Mission Also, please PRAY for:P, 0. Box 2053 receptivity of the Pokot people,S^em, R 97308 people were baptized a t Christmas).We will be staying with Linda s parents finish raising ourfor a few weeks before we leave. If we support and make final preparationscannot be reached at our home, try 36k- departure,2323. We may also be reached through Lord, help me to remember that-our-foxtv^arding-agontG, Cliff and-G^?eie nuLhlng Is-going-to happen^to me todayBowen, 581-9055 that You and I together can't handle,

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THE COURTNEY mi IN KENYA

V ol. 2 No. 2

o Reach a Hidden Peopic'

CourtneyChr is t ian

Miss ionP.O. Box 2053 P O Box 900Salem, OR 97308 Kitale. Kenya

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains andthe hi l ls shal l break forth before you into singing, and a l l the trees, of thef ie ld s ha ll clap the i r hands. Isaiah 55:12

Well, I don t think one could say that we went forth with much joy as we lef t family andFriends in the Sta tes on fYlarch 5. But when we arr ived in Kenya on a beu t i fu l Tuesday morning of the 11th i t was with a great deal of joy that we began th e adventure of working foro u r Lord in A f r i c a . e are now in the middle of set t ing up housekeeping. Our main shipment of belongings andour Land Cruiser will arrive in Kenya on April 15 (we hope). e are finding things very expensive here (as everywhere). A gallon of gasoline is selling for 2.50 and we will need topay in the neighborhood of 1000 for a u^d ten cubic foot kerosene regrigerator. e are looking forward to what God has in store for us during this f i r s t year in Kenya.Linda will need to spend about three months on medical orientation in a government hospitaland we wi l l a l so take t ime fo r language s tudy .

FIRST SAFARIDick Hamilton and I made a quick three day saf-.ari (trip) down to Kara Pokot this week. Ithas been nearly a year now since the f i rs t timeI was in Kenya and the Kara Pokot area. I t wasgood to again meet John rflasonik, our pastor atKiwawa in Kara Pokot, and spend time discussingthe progress of the work. e took food supplies for the school children, and I was amazedat how many more students we now have. Part ofthe reason for this is the severe drought conditions being suffered in this part of Africa.Parents are Finding i t advantageous to sendtheir children to school where they can be fedrather than to keep them at home where food isscarce and there are other mouths to feed. enow have 6? children at the school, meeting ina classroom measuring only 12 by 15 feet. Forthis reason, many of the classes are being heldout of doors. e are needing to bui ld addit ional classrooms, but most of all we need to havesome type of building for the children to sleepin. Right now some of them are sleeping in theschool room some are staying with John andthe remainder must sleep outside on the groundbecause there is no room elsewhere.While we were at Kiwawa this week I was able tomeet with some of the elders of the community.I uas also able to borrow John's motorcycle and.pend some time getting to know the^ area andmeeting the people. I am now wishing that Inad budgeted money for a motorcycle in ourFirst term. I t is much easier to get around in3ur bush area where there are no roads, and i ti s cer ta in ly more economical than a four-wheeldrive vehicle for short- t r ip work when I don take the family .' am looking forward to the arrival of our Landruiser and supplies the middle of this monthso that we can begin to really je t involved inthe work we have come to Africa t r Jo*

In Kiwawa, Kara Pokot these two t r ees awhite and a black, grow s ide by s idet h e i r branches i n t e r tw ined c l e a r to thetop so that i t is impossible to determinewhich leaves belong to which t r ee . Thepeople at Kiwawa say that th is is like thewhite missionary and the black AfricanLhr i s t i an . We s t and and work fo r the Lordside by side, concerned not that the Fruitbea r the mark o f th e white o r th e b lackbu t t h a t it bear th e mark of Je sus Chr i s t .


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THE COURTNEY FAMILY IN KENYA

July 1980 Vol. 2 , No. 3

o Reach a Hidden People

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P.O. Box 2053 P.O. Box 900Salem, OR 97308 Kitaie, Kenya

Timetables, schedules , and deadl ines do not have a grea t deal of importance in th is pa r t ofthe wor ld . There i s no place fo r our American sense o f hu r ry and urgency . There i s nopo in t in asking fo r someth ing ye s te zd .ay . Af te r s ix weeks, I am still wai t ing fo r a wate rfilter t h a t was to be in tomorrow. Even though I have l ived in Afr ica before , I still haveto concentrate on pushing my American impatience aside , .My^ f i r s - t good t e s t of patience camewith the a r r i va l o f o ur v eh ic le and c r a t e . We already knew t ha t the ship would be over twoweeks late and had planned accordingly when we made the almost 600 mile t r ip to Mombasa.After check ing w i th the por t author i t ies , who had no idea when the ship would ac tua l ly a rr ive , we waited another two weeks fo r the ship to show up. S t i l l impat ient , I hired a boatto take me out to the sh ip and searched c l ea r down to the bottom hold un t i l I found our LandCru i se r . Then came the weekend, the dock workers who wi l l no t work in the r a i n , customs,red tape But, Praise God, we now have everything we sent and the only damage tothe..Land Cruiser .was a broken t a i l l i gh t . The only thing a l l my worrying and impatience managed to do, I'm afraid , is ruin what could have been a nice vacation a t the beach. ( Jus twait un t i l you see your one and only vehic le being s lung over the side of a ship and loweredin an old rope net to a waiting barge 60 feet below )Even though l i fe here i s different, we are enjoying i t . We have been busy and our work i ssa t i s fy ing , I recent ly completed bui ld ing atraller fo r our Land Cru ise r . With it I canhaul about a ton o f suppl ies every time wemake a s a f a r i to K ara P ok ot . The last t imeI bought gas i t was ^ 2.8? per^dlon so wetry to make every trip *as product ive as poss ib le . V ork i s near ly completed on thei l t eachers .house at Kiwawa and we a re abou tjfto begin construction on a small house fori)aniel, our newest evangelist/pastor. .Gon-Structioij^.. cons is t s of pole and mud wallsw it h cor rugat ed i ron roofs . Although simple , it i s exci t ing to see Kiwawa, becominga community cen te r . t i s a ls o e xc it in g tosee the people coming, with r espec t , to ourAfrican pas to r s , seeking t h e i r advice .Probably the m.pst .exci t ing occurrence hasbeen w itnessin g the baptisms of g^even new/ brothers and sisters in hrist at^.KiwawaThe smiles and bubb ling happ ines s of thesenew Chr i s t i ans makes everything worthwhile,God i s in th is p lace ,

Mike working on our por tab le bap t i s t r y ,A jwaterproof t a rp completes the job .

One o f ou r min i s t r i e s i n Kara Pokofi s to t ry and meet some of the_med-_^ical needs of th e people . Familieswill sit for hou r s o u t s i d e t h e medi c a l t e n t wai t ing to be t r e a t ed .The white substance i s a type o fc lay which they rub on t h e i r foreh e a d s and bod i e s t o indicate thate i t h e r they o r a member o f t h e i rf ami ly is ill We have been t re t-ing about 100 people per day a t Kiw a w a .

As you d id it to one o f the l e a s to f t he se my bre th ren , you d id it tome. Matthew 25:40


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In April a cholera epidemic began sweeping across the borderfrom Uganda into our part of Kenya. The epidemic is nearlypast now but in its watke i t left a path of death and suffering. This debilitating disease struck hard at th e Pokot people who were already weak because of the long drought andlack of food. We have no idea how many people died as a d irect resul t o f ch olera, but we are now seeing an equally tragic result of the epidemicstarving orphans. Babies and young children whosemothers died dur ing the epidemic are being brought to the mission. Most ofthem are dying of starvation. Relatives who have no extra food for thesechildren are bringing them to us and asking for dawa (medicine) to make themwell again. Sometimes i t i s too l a te . Rehydration f luid brings many of them back to l i feagain. Just as we were leaving af ter our l a s t safar i an old father came to us with h isyoungest son. He asked that we take him and feed him and t r ea t him as our own son. AsDick and Jane Hamilton and Mike and I stood there I th ink we were a l l unable to speak fo rawhile. We knew tha t i f we l e f t the young boy he would die. Final ly Dick sa id , Yes, wewil l take your son. e are now taking turns caring for a four-year-old Pokot boy whoweighs only 1? pounds (average weight for a four year old is pounds) and who is smallerthan o ur two- ye a r- ol d daugh t e r , Laura . 4H h H~H Jt ;H ^ 4H ^^ H 4H^ 4 h HOn June 25 Treyoj s ta r ted f i r s t grade a t Courtney Chris t-ian Academy (also known as Mike's Office and Junk Room ).He i s us ing Acce l e ra t ed Chr i s t i an Educat ion mate r i a l . L inda , who i s a ce r t i f i e d A.C.E. i n s t r u c to r , i s h is teacher .You may th ink t h a t June is a r a t h e r s t r ange t ime to s t a r tschoo l , bu t it r ea l ly i s n t if you are a lone ly f ive -yea r -old in Afr ica who needs someth ing to do and i s eager tost rt s c h o o l .

Whi l e we wer e in Poko t on o u r l st s f ri a thief t rie tobreak i n to ou r house i n K ita le . Our watchdog was seve r e lyl ace ra ted several t imes with a big machete-type knife andone o f our outs ide seciori ty l i gh t s was broken. Our n igh twatchman (who was sleeping) heard th e dog barking and cameto inves t iga te , scar ing off the th ie f . For tunate ly , nothing was taken and the next day our watchman found a f r iendwith a c a r, . t p take our_dog to_the ye t to have her woundss u t u r e d .We have a new s l ide presenta t ion avai l ab le . I f you o r yourchurch would like to view i t , please contact our forwarding Linda, Laura, and a Pokotagents. Cliff CaroleBowen in Salem at 581-9055- friend.YOUR PRAYERS ARE NEEDED:Af te r eleven months o f no r a i n , the_ra ins f i n a l l y came to Kara P ok ot in May. The cropshave s ta r ted to grow. Everything has turned green. But now it seems tha t the ra ins areslowing down and stopping. The crops wil l f a i l . The starvat ion wil l continue. Pleasep ra y w ith us that the l i fe-giving rains wil l not s top. The neighboring Karamoja t r ibe inUganda i s fac ing a s imi la r i f not worse s i tua t ion as the Pokot. In despera t ion the Karamoja have been ra iding, s tea l ing , and ki l l ing among the Pokot people in search o f anythingto keep them al ive. Recently there was a raid near Kiwawa. Three people were k il led , including a yoxing gi r l who was watching a sm all he rd of cat t le near our school. Please prayjfor this situation, that both these peoples will have food, health, and peace. Also,'please pray for a peaceful solution to the political problems in Uganda and for the continuance o f the s tab le government here in Kenya,

COURTNEY CHRISTIAN MISSIONP.O. Box 2053Salem, Oregon 97308

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To R \i h j Hiddon Pooplo

CourtneyChris t ianMiss ion

P .O Hnx 2 0S i PC) Ho x M K)S al cm . O R 97 iO Kil.ih , Kony.i

Decoinber 19yO V o l . 2 , No.

When I wa s young, I used t o hear o f m i ss io n ar ie s. I e ve n sa w somedr ive pa^st, b u t n o one e v e r s t o p p e d . Now I am happy thatT t h e r e^ sa church a t K i w a w a . I only w i s h t h a t y o u w o u ld h a v e come soone r .

The mzee old man) was once again t e l l i n g me how glad he is that we are a t Kiwawa. Mzee isa leader i n th e community an d always t r i e s h is b e s t to h e l p us in any way he c a n . H is wifeis a Christian, but he ha s not yet made t h a t step, admitting that he likes his pombe beer)to o much. t p leases me, t h o u g h , to s e e t ha t o u r s m a l l m i s s i o n s ta t ion i s making a pos it ive i m p a c t upon th e community. The P o k o t p eo p l e have t r ad i t i ona l l y b een slow to c ha nget he i r ways and accep t th e new wa y of l i f e . Change i s con t inua l ly b e i n g f o r c e d upon thesep e o p l e by th e outs ide w o r l d . We t ry to presen t Chr is t ian i ty as s o m e t h i n g to w hi c h t h e y c a nc h a n g e , and accept a s a way of l i f e . When a Pokot p ers o n accepts Chr i s t , he h a s n o t made as n a p dec i s ion , b u t h a s d e c i d e d t h a t he r ea l l y d o e s w an t to l ive a new l i f e . The g rea t e s t

pleasure I have in t h i s work is to w at ch the love o fChr i s t grow and d e v e l o p and l ive in the l i f e o f on e ofour P o k o t people .Even as we cont inue to develop Kiwawa we a re look ing fo rother areas of K ara P ok ot in wh i c h to wo r k . We wou ldl i k e to h a v e s eve r a l satellite l o c a t i on s su r r ound ing K iwawa. We have a pas to r and a s c h o o l a t Kamuketo, a b o u t11 m i l e s from Kiwawa. A n o t h e r 11 m i l e s up in the h i l l sf r om Kamuke t o is a location known a s K a s e i . Ka s e i h a slong b e e n a f avor i t e place o f th e people , bu t dur ing th elast fe w yea r s Turkana c a t t l e r a i d s a n d th e l a ck o f wate rhave forced th e p e o p l e down from th e h i l l s . Afte r inspec t ing tw o o ld w el ls a t K a s e i we f o u n d t h a t a t l e a s to n e o f them ca n be r epa i r ed . We a l so j u s t moved a t e ache r u p to K a s e i an d o pe n ed sc ho ol w ith s ix s t uden t s . P r a ywith u s as we make plans to spread the Word o f Go dth roughout th e P o k o t a r ea .

Severa l p e o p l e ha ve designa ted fu n d s fo r feeding hung ry ch i l d r en . T h e s e a re j u s t tw o o f the ch i ld ren weare able to he lp . Thank you fo r shar ing y o u r lo v ew i t h th e Pokot p e o p l e .Nayopay i s a b o u t f ive years o ld . She i s a n o r p h a n whol i v e s a t ou r miss ion s t a t i on a t Kiwawa, only one o fs eve r a l o r p h a n s wh o a re cared fo r by ou r Afr i can p a st o r , Jo h n M oso ni k a nd h is wife , N a n c y . Nayopay hasb e e n a t t end ing schoo l w ith th e o th e r c hil dr en fo ra b o u t a year now, even t hough s he i s not o ld enoughy e t fo r s choo l . She ea t s with th e school ch i l d r en ,an d a t n igh t sh e s leep s ou ts ide on the ground w i t honly a smal l , t h in blanke t to p ro t ec t he r fro m th eco l djus t l i ke a l l the o the r school ch i l d r en . In Ju lyL i n d a t r e a t ed Nayopay fo r a bad u p p e r r e sp i r a t o r y inf e c t i on . I n A ugus t sh e came down w i t h m e a s l e s when thee p i d e m i c s w e p t t h r o u g h K a r a P o k o t . Nayopay su f fe redsome c o m p li ca ti o ns f o ll ow i n g m e a s l e s , and when we sa wher in S e p t e m b e r , we scarcely r e c o g n i z e d her . She wasseverely d e h y d r a t e d an d c o u l d hardly s tand . S he alsohad a v e r y bad c a s e o f i n t e s t i na l worms. D ick and J an eH am ilto n to ok Nayopay in to the i r home fo r a fe w weeksso tha t s h e c o u l d h av e good food and cons tan t m e d i c a la t t en t i on . Nayopay i s l i v ing a t Kiwawa aga in , e a t i n g ,s leep ing , an d a t tend ing schoo l . P le ase p ra y t h a t wewill s oon be ab l e t o bu i l d a hostel for t h e s e children


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One of the b i g g e s t f r u s t r a t i o n s I have f e l t l a t e l y i s my i na b i l i t y t o communicate t o people a t home t h e f e e l i n g s I haveabout what we a re e x pe ri en c in g here i n Kenya.I f I t e l l you t h a t I am t i r e d because I was up s e v e r a l t imesi n th e n ig ht with a t i n y orphaned baby who was dying o f s t a rv a t i o n

w i l l you understand why I am n o t c h e e r f u l today?I f I t e l l you how much it means to m to receive l e t t e r s and tapes from homew i l l you r e a l i z e what an important c o n t r i b u t i o n t h a t i s ?

I f I t e l l you about some of the medical work I have part icipated in . . .w i l l you understand why I sometimes f e e l inadequate?If I t e l l you what it i s l i k e to say good-bye to th e f a t h e r of my children, knowing t h a t hei s going i n t o an area where he could be shot by r a i d e r s . . .

w i l l you understand my f e a r s ?I f I t e l l you t h a t I missed seeing some of the children l a s t time I was in Kara Pokot . .

w i l l you know t h a t they d ie d o f s t a r v a t i o n l a s t summer?I f I t e l l you about the people who got together to build a church building from mu andpoles with t h e i r bare handsand d id it in j u s t two days w i l l you see why I have little pat ience with the p e t t y squabbles and bicker ing in some oft h e other c h u r c h e s we know o f ?

I f I t e l l you how much your prayers and concern mean to us w i l l you know t h a t you a r e a very impor tant p a r t o f t h e work we a r e a b le t o do here?

I f I t e l l you t h a t in s p i t e o f a l l the f r u s t r a t i o n s f e a r s and l o n e l i n e s s I would nott r a d e places with anyone e ls e in the world w i l l you t h i n k t h a t I am c r a z y ?

I f I t e l l you t h a t 2000 years ago a man died f o r the people of Kara Pokot, Kenya because ofH i s l o v e f o r them

w i l l you understand why we are l i v i n g in t h i s place?I f I t e l l you abou t t hou sands , no, m i l l i o n s of people who are dying, lacking a Savior

w i l l you remember the next time you say you are too busy, not q u a l i f i e d to old , tooyoung; o r t h a t you l a c k proper e d u c a t i o n d o n t have enough money, have o t h e r r e s p o n s ib i l i t i e s d o n t know enough, have h e a l t h problems, or already have a minist ry?

Although t h e pr imary focus o f our work i s i nKara Pokot , we still t r y t o take some t ime t ohelp the C h r is tia ns i n the Kapenguria a r e aabout 2 miles from K i t a l e . The Kapenguriaarea is much m o r e a d v a n c e d t h a n K a r a P o k o t a n di tiswxth pleasurethatwewatrch~thecongreg at io ns th er e begin to make t h e i r own d e c is i o n s a n d s t a n d o n their o w n . One o f t h e d es i r e s o f the people i n t h i s r a t h e r r a i n y a r e ai s t o have b u ild in g s o f t h e i r own i n which t oworsh ip . Of th e nine congregat ions we a r eh e l p i n g only t h r e e have any kind o f s h e l t e rt o meet under , o t h e r t h a n a t r e e . Two o ft h e s e church b u i l d i n g s we have helped r a i s ew i t h i n th e p a s t two months. A c t u a l l y thepeople do a l m o s t a l l o f t h e i r own work, fromo b t a i n i n g the b u i l d i n g p l o t to p rov id ing t hep o l e s to provid ing a l l th e l a b o r f o r cons t r u c t i o n . The bui ldings are of pole and mud const ruct ion , but we have taken on the proj e c t o f p ro vi din g metal roofing fo r each building. The roofing m aterials cost 400 fo reach b u i l d i n g . Perhaps you would l i k e to Raise the Roof on a Church in Kenya, o r evenp a r t o f a r o o f .I wish you could experience th e t h r i l l of these building p r o j e c t s . People from se ve ra l o ft h e congregations g et to ge th er and in j u s t two days they have a building completed and ther o o f r a i s e d . It i s e x c i t i n g to watch people who are r e l a t e d only through our Lord cometogether , work harmoniously, and love every minute o f t h e i r time together .

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Permi t ,f505Salem, Oregon

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courtney michael linda 1980 kenya

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