Steve's Back

Dear Friends,

I have returned back to Windsor early, arriving Saturday afternoon due to a serious illness setback and have gone to the Doctor here for a chest xray and bloodwork , as my flu-like symptoms persist.

I sincerely thank you all for your financial, moral and prayer support and I truly believe that I made a small difference to a lot of people while making this trip in faith. We plant seeds and allow the Holy Spirit to water & nourish them.

PLEASE continue to pray for a miracle healing for the 30 yr old son of my overseer Bishop Joseph Mugo whose name is Joshua.

Again, I thank each of you, your support meant everything to me on my journey.

In HIS Service,

Steve Beecroft (Njamba)

Plan and Enjoy

Christmas is coming, are we ready? Start planning so you won't be stuck shopping the week before christmas and can acctually have friends over and enjoy the holiday. Make a list of who you are going to buy for and set a budget. Now this is the tricky part. You have to stick to it. You can find something for everyone at any price. You may need to look around a little but you can do it. Remember, Christmas is not about getting someone a bigger and better gift than someone else or even last year. It is about celebrating Jesus and all he has done. It is about spreading his joy and his love.
So plan ahead and enjoy this Christmas for the first time!

Men's Breakfast

Good Day,
May the Father of Lights shine His face upon you! Today we come together for our monthly Men's Breakfast. The Men from our church praish and local community meet at 4749 Wyandotte St. E at 9am.
Look Forward to seeing you there!
Please note our next Breakfast is scheduled: Nov 15th.

From Wisdom to Wonder

I've been looking at the wisdom of Solomon for the past week, I've shown how many people honored and gave solomon great gifts for his wisdom. I've explored the queen of Sheba and I will continue to search out the mysteries surrounding her participation in the bible. I've shown how the queen had poured out lavish gifts for the wisdom that she received from Solomon. Then I showed how Jesus answered the pharisees regarding queen Sheba and as He demonstrated His wisdom was made self evident.

The question that I received today is; what is more powerful then wisdom? And it leads me to this verse in Isaiah

Isaiah 29:14 (New International Version)

14 Therefore once more I will astound these people
with wonder upon wonder;
the wisdom of the wise will perish,
the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

I believe the church needs to desperately act in the realm of wisdom, there have been so many times where we've seen glimpses of wisdom but we want to see it in it's fullness. But beyond wisdom we need to see the Wonder. Not just the signs and wonders but the wonderment of mankind. Have we reduced God to a fluffy imaginary stuffed animal that we can hug when we need comforting. Or do we worship the Lord who is more mighty then a lion and yet gentle as a lamb. Do we see God in wonder?

I posted a picture of a cathedral in quebec that exemplifies the artistry in man to try to depict the vastness of God. Just walking into these old cathedrals brings a sense of wonder and awe. How do we in our plain box shaped, bad acoustic building resonate the awesomeness of God. Where is the majestic royal songs and artistry that cries out past all wisdom and understanding that the Lord of hosts is in this place?

The answer is in the building that God is preparing, You. Christ in me the hope of Glory!

Colossians 1:27 (New International Version)

27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Awesome God, have your heavenly way with me today. Fogive me for all my sins and release me to do Your will. Keep my mouth from speaking evil and keep my eyes on Jesus. All for Your glory forever and ever.

A message from Jeff Deyo

I sang a song from Jeff Deyo "Surreneder" about 3 weeks ago. I was so impressed with the song I sent him an email thanking him for such an awesome song. He just sent me back an email that I would like to share with everyone.

Graham-

Hey man, thanks so much for your message! I never get tired of hearing about people leading our songs in churches around the world. I am so glad too that you tied it in so well with a "message" behind the song. It seems like a lot of worship leaders don't do that much, but I think that is the key to helping people get beyond loving their favorite songs to loving the God of the songs!

Thanks also for what you wrote on your blog. There isn't much said about surrender in church these days. We seem to be afraid that asking people to surrender will keep them from giving as much in the offering. I'm glad you dove right in!!!

I too hope we can meet sometime and that we might worship together. You may or may not know about our newest CD Unveil. There are a couple songs on there I'm sure will like. Check it out at www.jeffdeyo.com. And make sure you know about my podcast at www.youtube.com/jeffdeyopodcast. I share a new video about every 3-4 weeks about worship and such...

Thanks again for writing!

Blessings to you as you continue to serve the Kingdom!

Jeff Deyo

Sunday School Meeting

Just a reminder that we have an important meeting coming up Nov. 3 at 7:30pm. This meeting will be longer than normal and is important that all show up. If however you can not please contact me to make arrangements to get the information.

Your Worth It, Jesus Is Worth It

Reminding everyone to just get off the couch and show up to a cell, bible study or sunday service. It's a step you need to take to grow in the Lord. We need to remember that friend that co worker beside us, we need the confidence to share the love of God, we will need answers for the questions. It is worth that step of showing up but it is worth it. You deserve it. Your friends and family deserve it and Jesus deserves it.

Recent News From Africa

MY DEAR FRIENDS,

There has been a change of plans and I am back in Nairobi with Pastor Josphat Kamau and Bishop Mugo is here. Mugo's son Joshua is in Nairobi National Hospital (where I was last week) and he has a tumour in his groin. Mugo is now here with us and this matter is more important that me going to Meru. I am trying to listen carefully to God's will in this situation .

It was sooo good to go back to Matumaini to see all the children and the staff. They are extremely grateful for the medical supplies that I brought and for the financial help that was sent with me which totalled over $800. Many of the staff have 4-8 kids of their own to feed and they sometimes go months without pay so please know that these funds came at the right time. Many of the staff have also had relatives killed in the clashes or they died of HIV and left THOSE kids orphaned and homeless so these parents have no choice but to add kids to their own families.
Ruth and I were like 2 kids at Summer Camp for several days in a row without hydro, eating by candlelight and listening to the rain pounding down off and on for 4 days. She is such a delightful woman of God and she has sacrificed her needs for years so a little thing like eating 3 or 4 different kinds of cookies that I bought was a delightful treat for her. She says she is ' allergic to the camera' so she shies away from having her picture taken. I hope that I can have as much Godly stamina as she has when I reach 71.

I was fortunate enough, with some camera wrangling to take some videos of Liz Hodgins, a missionary who is manager of the hostel and Pastor David Sagwa, who is the Director and one of the children at the hostel singing songs so I plan to put something together once I return back to Canada.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the need here is so great and the Lord is working miracles ever day to make funds go so very far. The present vehicle used at the Center is a 92 Toyota truck with a large cap on the back which is starting to rust on the seams. It has lots of mileage and while it is a diesel it is in dire need of replacement I am going to talk to some dealers back home using my vast people skills and dazzling personality( SMILE )and try to secure a new or newer truck for them here. It will be tempting for dealers to know that I can probably get them an income tax receipt through I-Teams Canada. I am fully confident that the Lord will provide for these great kids and dedicated staff here.

The taxi ride on the highway to and from Nakuru is a far different experience than it was 2 yrs ago. It is a brand NEW road and the trip only takes around 2 and a quarter hours. Smooth road is very different than hard clay with huge potholes SMILE.

More news to follow soon. Please continue to pray for all of My overseers and our safe travel and favour. The traffic in downtown Nairobi is absolutely beyond belief until you have actually expereinced it.

LOVE to all ---- In HIS Service,

Steve

Steve's Trip

From: matumaini church [mailto:matumainipefamolo@yahoo.com]
Sent: October-08-08 3:17 PM
To: charleswillner@yahoo.com
Cc: missediegrainger@gmail.com; dbd74000@yahoo.com; jwillard@cogeco.ca
Subject: Re: Thank you letter from Ruth

Dear. Friends

Greetings from Matumaini in the name of our Lord Jesus.

Thank you for your kind gifts of cash and medical supplies. We are very grateful to receive them.

This will be a great help to buy more maize and beans for the children as we still have displaced children at the centre. This has caused the need to be greater. Owing to the tribal clashes, we are still assisting children that had their house burned and lost everything.

These particular children will be very happy to receive a tooth brush and toothpaste. The medical supplies are very useful and just what is needed. We do thank Steve Beecraft for bringing them.

May God richly bless you for your kindness our children.

We thank you for your continuing pray difficult situation

Sincerely yours

Ruth Scott Kellie

Message From Steve

Dear Friends,

IT has been 4 days of rain every day and power was out for 2 days so travel has been limited.
It has been a great adventure and a humbling one. Pastor Samuel at the PEFA church on the property asked me to speak and I spoke on the very last chapter of Matthew when Jesus spoke for the very last time to the 11 and gave them the Commission. I also spoke on forgiveness. I asked them if it was okay and I covered both my hands with olive oil and all the children and most of the adults came forward for anointing, healing and prayer. It was powerful as all of them knelt in the front of the Church and listened while I prayed.
Tears come easily and quickly. It is a great joy to see some of the kids that I met 2 years ago but there are MORE kids and so much more need. Most of the kids are fascinated by the big MZUNGU smile
This country has been mortally wounded by all the tribal violence that occurred at the beginning of this year. Many people had their homes burned to the ground and lost everything. Over 1500 people were brutally murdered because of their tribe.

I encouraged them that the Lord will restore Kenya. There is SO much poverty here but yet there is STILL some hope and much faith. The rest of the world needs to know and understand the great need here. While I understand that the need is in many places, this is the only personal account that I can give because I have seen it.

My plans have been altered slightly and I will be going back to Nairobi tomorrow instead of to Meru. Pastor Mugo was going to host me but needs to travel to see his son at the hospital where I was last week.

I await the Lords direction and purpose and I ask you all to please continue to pray for my protection and travelling mercies and favour of those that are hosting me and MOST important for my precious kids.

More news to follow from Nairobi in the next few days.

In HIS Service

Steve Beecroft