Join ELI in Prayer

Ministry family,

We are so grateful for so many who are praying every day for the situation in Kenya. God hears and will answer. It is also good to come together in prayer.

We are inviting all of our staff and friends to join together this Friday – February 8th - wherever you may be (workplace or home) – from 12noon to 1pm for a time of prayer that focuses on Kenya.

Our office staff in Upland will be gathering for prayer from 11-1pm and anyone that can join us during that time is welcome.

Prayer for:

• Peace
• The current negotiations - that a process/ decision will be put in place that brings peace and restoration to Kenya and its people.
• For protection for all of our staff and ministry areas.
• For strength and wisdom for our Kenyan leadership.
• For all of those affected by the conflict thus far.

Together in Christ.
Don

ELI Upland Office is located at 422 N Second Avenue, Upland, CA 91785 (Just North of the 10 fwy - off Euclid)

Prayer requests from staff in Kenya

From updates received over the past few days from staff in Kenya, it is evident that the uncertainty and unrest is starting to take a toll on the staff.

• Please pray for God to refresh the staff daily as they spend time seeking his face.
• Specifically, also pray for our leaders.
• Please pray for David Tarus, who is more than just ELI's director. He is a well-respected community leader, and is seeking wisdom in how to lead his community during this crisis.
• Pray that God would continue to use David to speak truth into people's hearts.
• Pray that the ears of the people in our community would be open to hearing.
• Pray that our entire community would love our neighbors no matter which tribe.
• Pray for thousands of angels to walk with David wherever he goes.
• Pray for wisdom in facing the many challenges that are coming his way.

These are very confusing times, which we know is one of Satan's many tactics. We continue to bring our requests before our faithful God, sometimes not knowing what to pray but trusting that He is fighting for us.

During our Monday morning staff devotion, the following message was shared from 2 Chronicles 20, "Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God's...Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld." Thank you again for continuing to fight with us for the glory of God to be shone in Kenya. May mercy, peace and love be multiplied unto you and also unto us and our people of Kenya.

Please join us for the AIDS campaign

I know you cannot physically be present at this week's HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. However, through your prayers, you can join in what God's going to be doing in people's lives.

Here's what Allison shared from Kipkaren, Kenya:

This week, we've been extremely busy preparing for a large HIV/AIDS campaign that will be held in Kitale on Friday. This campaign is a bit different than our others as we have partnered with a big company in Kenya called the Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC). The Managing Director of ADC, Kirwa, is our neighbor in Kipkaren (though he resides in Nairobi). When Kirwa heard about what we were doing in the area of AIDS Awareness, he wanted his company to be a part of it. In the area where we are conducting this campaign, ADC has 12 large farms with over 10,000 employees. This is an exciting opportunity for our team to venture into a different sector of society--the working world.

We are expecting about 5,000 people to attend and are preparing to test 1,000 people for HIV. As always, there will be bicycle races for men and women and a football (soccer) game as well as our favorite band from Nairobi, "Kijiji," to draw and entertain the crowd for the day. Please keep our team in your prayers on that day.

We will be traveling in a caravan of four vehicles at 5am Friday morning as the place is about a two hour drive from Kipkaren. Please also pray for safety on the roads. We are expecting great things and give you an update next week of how things went!