Matt at a youth camp
Hi everyone! Hope you’re all doing well! We’ve been having a very rainy April and May!
This past April was very busy. We had a total of 14 ministry events. We led a youth camp, taught in two bible schools, and 11 conferences. We were able to train several hundred people on how to start and run a youth ministry or bible study. It was a super encouraging month. We got some feedback from the conferences we did last January and February. We only had 5, but God moved in strong ways. Thirty-three of the churches started a youth ministry or bible study. They added 55 youth and 62 adults as a result of the youth ministry. We so appreciate your financial support that makes this possible.
Zephaniah, Gilax, two of Zephaniah’s youth, and our friend Nahashon ran a youth camp in Mt. Elgon area. It was a very humbling trip for the guys. The youth camp was organized by our pastor friend, Paul. He attended one of our conferences about 2 years ago. He started a youth bible study at his church, but wanted to do a youth camp to strengthen his church and unite other local evangelical churches together. He had never run a youth camp, so invited us to help him. Some of the youth slept on the ground at the church. Others stayed at home, and then walked for miles in the rain to come to the camp. There were about 400 youth total. Most of the youth had very little knowledge of Christianity. They were very emotional when it came time for our team to leave, as most had never heard someone preaching the Bible in a way that applied to their lives. It was an extremely moving experience, and we plan to go back there and train pastors from the other churches there this May.
We have 3 college-aged interns coming in mid-May for almost 2 weeks. Please pray for them as they get to interact with Kenya, and that God will speak to them individually, particularly about any future calls to missions.
We will be coming back to the U.S. for June and July. We hope to reconnect with many of you while we are there! See you soon! Thanks for your continued support and prayer!
Love,
Matt and Kelly Elmore