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CHRISTI N MISSION RY
FELLOWSHIP
rayer Newsletter
Eric
and
Melodic
Perry
Ministry with
theNarokChurch
ITERACY
work MONGTHE
Maasai ribeof
Kenya
P.O.Box 501020
I n d i a n a p o l i s ,IN
6250-6020
317-578-2700
THE
PERRYPOST
God s
OnThe Move
Someof he most ramatic and formational
lessons
of
S c r i p t u r e
o c c u r r e d
when
God
e d
His p e o p l e on
a
j o u r n e y . The s r a e l i t e s
r e c e i v e d
t h e
commandments
f o r l i v i n g a s
God p e o p l e
on h e i r way r o m E g y p t t o
Canaan.
The i s c i p l e s r e c e i v e d
a m a j o r i t y of h e i r
t e a c h i n g a s
t h e y f o l l ow e d
J e s u s a r o u n d P a l e s t i n e .
I n our m i n i s t r i e s
and n t h e
l i v e s
of h e
p e o p l e
w e
work with,we ave seen t h a t our God s a God
on
the
move,
nd
h a t t h e c a l l t o f o l l o w
c a n
mean
a t r i p
down a u s t y r o a d o r a w a l k
on
a t r a i l from a q u a r r y
to
a
church.
OnThe Road ToEwaso Ng'iro
A ew i n g e r i n g r e m a i n s
of avement mark
h e main
a r t e r y between
Narok
and
h e
world-famous Maasai
Mara game a r k . About e n m i l e s out of arok i e s a
l i n e
of
m a l l shops and
t h e
b a r r a c k s f o r
t h e
Kenya
W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e .
The Ewaso
N g ' i r o
R i v e r f low s
b e t w e e n
t h e town
and CMF's a a s a i T r a i n i n g
C e n t e r ,
where
we
moved
a s t
December
and now
make
our
home.
The
move
was a i v o t a l
one
o r b o t h
of
ur m i n i s
t r i e s . For Mel, t means a more e n t r a l
l o c a t i o n
f o r
t h e d e v e l o p i n g of
a t e r i a l s i n Maasai and
o v e r s e e i n g
t h e M a a s a i l i t e r a c y p r o g r a m .
F o r
E r i c ,
moving
f f e r e d
a v i s i b l e s i g n
t h a t
t h e l e a d e r s h i p of
h e
Narok h u r c h
was
h i f t i n g from t h e m i s s i o n t o t h e
l o c a l l e a d e r s .
His
w e e k l y
m i n i s t r y
s c h e d u l e a f f i r m s t h e m i s s i on s
p r e s e n c e
a t t h e church
b u t ,
a l so , l e a v e s freedom o r
t h e
l e a d e r s h i p
t o o p e r a t e
w i t h o u t c o n s t a n t o v e r s i g h t .
On TheTrail
From The
Quarry
I f
you wander u p h e s t e e p p a t h t h a t
l e a d s
from
Narok
town o
t h e
q u a r r y ,
you i l l f ind a
r o a d
t h a t
s k i r t s t h e e d g e of
h i l l and e v e r a l
c o r r i d o r s
o f g r a v e l
p i l e d h i g h .
I f
you
a s k
anyone
h e r e ,
Where
s
H e s b o n ? , one of h e
many
e o p l e w i l l l e a d you o on
of h e
main
b u i l d i n g
b l o c k s
of
h e Narok
Chu rch o
C h r i s t
(NCC).
H e s b o n
G o v o g a
i s a Luya
by r i b e ,
b o r n
i n Kakamega
D i s t r i c t . He a l l s Narok home e c a u s e
he
owns
p l o
H e s b o n
G o v o g a : L a y i n g t h e f o u n d a t i o n of h r i s t o r
h i s
n e i g h b o r s i
Narok.
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t h e r e .
He a s l i v e d i n
N a r o k s i n c e
1 9 6 3 . P h i l i p
Lemein,
one of h e o t h e r e l d e r s ofNCC,
e r v e d
a s
h e a d m a s t e r
when
Hesbon t t e n d e d p r i m a r y
s c h o o l .
The
p a t h
f o r
Hesbon d i d
n o t
a l w a y s l e a d t o t h e
c h u r c h .
T h e r e w a s
a
t i m e when i s
j o v i a l
l a u g h c o u l d
b e h e a r d i n a b a r .
When
i s s i o n a r y Don Johnson
s e r v e d
a t
NCC, esbon
b e g a n
a t t e n d i n g t h e B i b l e
s t u d i e s
Don a u g h t . He
c c e p t e d
J e s u s
a s h i s
L o r d i n
1991
as
a esult of hose
studies.
Because
of
is
f a i t h f u l n e s s , s t a b i l i t y ,
a n d
d e d i c a t i o n t o p r a y e r , h e h a s
served
a s
a n elder
of
N
ince
1995.
The i f t s h e
b r i n g s
t o t h e g r o u p a r e
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,
t h o u g h t f u l n e s s ,
and
humor.
I t i s n o t
uncommon
o r a
d e a d l o c k a t
an e l d e r s '
m e e t i n g
t o
b e
b r o k e n w i t h a
k i n d
l a u g h and a
a s a l b a s s
c a l l i n g u s t o a s e n s e of
o r d e r . Then
Hesbon l e a r l y
d e s c r i b e s a p l a n
of
c t i o n
p r e s e n t e d i n s u c h a
way
h a t a l l f e e l
t h e y
h a v e b e e n
h e a r d .
He nows
h e town
and t s
p e o p l e .
He a n c o n v e r s e
i n
( a t
l e a s t ) f i v e l a n g u a g e s .
H i s
c a r e
i s
e v i d e n t e v e r y
T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n d u r i n g t h e
e l d e r s v i s i t s .
Hesbon p l a n s t o b e g i n
a home i b l e
s t u d y
a s
an
o u t r e a c h t o h i s n e i g h b o r h o o d
t h i s month. The
t u d y
w i l l m e e t a t h i s h o u s e . P l e a s e , p r a y
t h a t
a s h i s l i f e was
t o u c h e d
b y
u c h
a
t u d y , t h a t h e ,
i n t u r n ,
w i l l g u i d e
o t h e r s t o t h e p a t h of God and
H i s
Church t h r o u g h
t h e
B i b l e s t u d y a t
h i s
home.
Finishing
The
aceOf aith
Our
r i e n d
and e l l o w m i n i s t e r , M a t a y o
O l e N c h o s h o i ,
d i e d from c o m p l e t e r e n a l f a i l u r e on F e b r u a r y 1 7 ,
1 - 9 9 6 ,
in Narok. He
a s
in h i s l a t e 30s.
Matayo a s a g i f t e d p a s t o r , a
d y n a m i c
w o r s h i p l e a d e r ,
a c o n t r i b u t o r t o t h e M a a s a i
s o n g b o o k ,
a n a d u l t
l i t e r c y t e a c h e r ,
a a t h e r , and community e a d e r .
Over
two h u n d r e d
p e o p l e
f r o m a l l
o v e r M a a s a i l a n d
attended the
funeral at
his
home
t
O l o m b o k i s h i .
E r i c
p r e a c h e d
t h e
sermon t
t h e
f u n e r a l . The e x t
w a s
2 imothy
: 6 - 8 .
M a t a y o ' s l a s t
d a y s
w e r e
a
r e m a r k a b l e
t e s t i m o n y
of
f a i t h . I n e a r l y
F e b r u a r y ,
we went i t h
o u r
t e a m m a t e s ,
t h e J o h n s o n s , t o
i n f o r m
Matayo
t h a t he
o n l y
had
a
few w e e k s
l e f t t o l i v e .
He
o n f e s s e d ,
" I h a v e l i v e d
m y
w h o l e l i f e b y G o d ' s m e r c y . 1 i l l c o n t i n u e t o l i v e b y H i s
m e r c y
n o w . "
He
i d A f t e r
h e
w a s
t a k e n t o t h e h o s p i t a l i n N a r o k ,
h e c o n t i n u e d t o s h a r e h i s f a i t h w i t h f a m i l y
a n d
v i s i t o r s .
E v e n
t h e n u r s e
a t
t h e
h o s p i t a l
w o r k e d on e r
d a y
o f f t h e
m o r n i n g h e
d i e d .
"What l s e
c o u l dI o ? "
she
told Eric a t e r .
"Iknew he
w a s
a
hristian man."
P r a i s e God o r
M a t a y o ' s
f a i t h f u l n e s s P r a y
t h a t
God
would
b l e s s
t h e f a m i l y
a s
t h e y
c o m f o r t
and p r o v i d e
f o r
M a t a y o ' s
m o t h e r ,
w i f e ,
and
h i l d r e n .
On
The oad
To
eading
On u e s d a y
and
F r i d a y m o r n i n g s ,
Mary n o l e
Nampaso
makes
e r way
c r o s s
t h e Ewaso
N g ' i r o
p l a i n s f r o m
h e r
v i l l a g e
t o t h e M a a s a i T r a i n i n g C e n t e r.
There, n
one
of
he
c l a s s r o o m s , she l e a d s
s e v e r a l
M a a s a i s t u d e n t s down
t h e p a t h t o a d u l t
l i t e r a c y
and
growth i n
G o d ' s
Word.
M a r y t t e n d e d
t h e
l i t e r a c y t e a c h e r t r a i n i n g c o u r s e
t h a t
M e l o d i c t a u g h t
f o r e i g h t
M a a s a i
men
and
women
n
J a n u a r y of h i s y e a r .
.
The
whole
l a s s
h e r l a u g h t e r
and enthusiasm as
t h e y s t u d i e d t o g e th e r
'
. jB
t o b e c o m e l i t e r a c y
- ^ I ^ B
teachers.
God a s
b l e s s e d M a r y w i t h t h e
g i f t
o f e a c h i n g , a n d -SI
i t
was
x c i t i n g f o r
f i
nd
a way
o s e r v e
'
the Church and
er
fellow
Maasai
believers.
M a r y began weekly
l i t e r a c y c l a s s e s
a t
t h e ^ t e a c h e r
M a a s a i T r a i n i n g
a d u l t
i t e r c y a n d e a r n s m o r e a b o u t
C e n t e r
i n F e b r u a r y , s e r v a n t l e a d e r s h i p .
and
er
s t u de n t s
are
now b o u t h a l f w a y
t h r o u g h
t h e f i r s t M a a s a i r e a d i n g
p r i m e r .
God
s on
t h e
move
n
M a r y ' s
l i f e
and
n t h e
l i v e s of e r s t u d e n t s a s t h e y s e e k t o know Him e t t e r
t h r o u g h H i s Word P r a y f o r M a r y ' s c l a s s a s
t h e y
t r a v e l
t h e
r o a d
t o r e a d i n g
—
t t a k e s commitment,
p r a y e r ,
and e n e r g y
OnTheMove gain
We ant o s h a r e
w i t h
you some of h e
ways
God
s
"on
he
move"
n our i v e s
. . .
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Our
frican "safari" continues . . In March,
he
CMF-Maasai team had ext ensive d iscussions
c o n c e r n i n g o u r t e a m - - w i d e s t r a t e g y
f o r empowering
t h e M a a s a i c h u r c h e s t o
g r o w w i t h o u t
m i s s i o n a r y
a s s i s t a n c e . The e e t i n g w a s , i n many a y s , a d i f f i c u l t
o n e , b u t r e s u l t e d i n a d e e p s e n s e of
n i t y
and
purpose.
As
r e s u l t
of h e
m e e t i n g
and
i m i l a r d i s c u s s i o n s E r i c
h a d w i t h
t h e Narok l d e r s , a l l a g r e e d t h a t t h e Narok
c h u r c h
c o u l d
b e s t a n d i n g w i t h o u t m i s s i o n a r y
a s s i s t a n c e by une 1997 .
However, t
would not b e
s t a n d i n g
a s
w e l l
a s
w e had r o j e c t e d . We a v e no w
committed o
two more
e a r s
of i n i s t r y . A l l f e l t
t h a t
t h i s w a s a
more e a l i s t i c t i m e t a b l e
f o r e q u i p p i n g
t h e
Narok h u r c h t o o p e r a t e w i t h o u t m i s s i o n a r y
a s s i s t a n c e . The
l a n
a l s o w o r k s w e l l w i t h some
b r o a d e r
team g o a l s .
Our new t erm of ervice w i l l look a i t t l e different
b e c a u s e E r i c
w i l l
b e i n a t w o - y e a r p r o c e s s of p h a s i n g
o u t "
of
i s
work
i t h
t h e
c h u r c h . Our i r s t
s t e p i n
t h i s
p l a n
was
c c o m p l i s h e d
w i t h our move o Ewaso
N g ' i r o .
We
a v e a l r e a d y
s e e n
g r o w t h i n t h e l e a d e r s h i p
a s a r e s u l t
of
h e
move. As
i f f e r e n t a r e a s
of i n i s t r y
c o n t i n u e t o
b e
t r a n s f e r r e d
t o n a t i o n a l
l e a d e r s h i p ,
E r i c
w i l l
s p e n d
t i m e i n two t h e r
t a s k s :
t e a c h i n g
M a a s a i
l e a d e r s h i p
c o u r s e s a t t h e T r a i n i n g C e n t e r ,
a n d
working
i t h
Maasai
church e a d e r s from
t h e
Ildamat
area
A URLOUGH
JOURNEY . . On
unc
4,
we i l l once
a g a i n b e
a t
Jomo e n y a t t a A i r p o r t i n N a i r o b i ,
b u t t h i s
t i m e i t w o n ' t b e t o meet i s i t o r s o r d r o p o f f
one
of
o u r t e a m m a t e s
As r e s u l t
of u r new
i n i s t r y
p l a n s ,
w e l l
b e making h e
j o u r n e y
t o t h e P a c i f i c N o r t h w e s t
f o r a s e v e n - m o n t h
f u r l o u g h . We l a n
t o r e t u r n t o
Ke nya and u r
new
e r m of e r v i c e i n J a n u a r y
1 9 9 7 .
The
e a m and h e
CMF
ome f f i c e t h o u g h t t h i s y e a r
marked an
x c e l l e n t
b r e a k i n g p o i n t t o r e p o r t on
what
we have done
and
to foster
a united
vision for what
r e m a i n s . We
r e
t h a n k f u l f o r t h e
o p p o r t u n i t y
t o
b e
w i t h you g a i n
and
o r e n e w
t i e s
of r i e n d s h i p , p r a y e r ,
and
m i n i s t r y
v i s i o n .
P l e a s e p r a y t h a t
our
u r l o u g h w i l l b e a
i m e
of
r e n e w a l and
p r e p a r a t i o n
f o r our
new
e r m of
e r v i c e .
Pray o r
us
s w e
h a r e w i t h
our
i n i s t r y
p a r t n e r s
about
h e N arok Church and t h e
Maasai
i t e r a c y
work. Pray l s o f o r t h e n a t i o n a l l e a d e r s and e a c h e r s
who i l l c o n t i n u e i n m i n i s t r y
w h i l e w e r e away.
At u r h o m e n E w a s o
g i r o . W e l l
e e
y o u
o n y o u r i d e o f h e o c e a
Beginning the wild
ride
of
parenthood
We
a r e
e x p e c t i n g
o u r
f i r s t
c h i l d
i n
l a t e
summer
Pray
o r
t h e
s a f e t y
and e a l t h of
other
and
baby
s w e
t r a v e l . P r a y
t h a t
o u r F a t h e r w i l l
g r a n t u s
wisdom
a s
w e
o d d l e
i n t o
t h e r e a l m of a r e n t h o o d ,
and
a s w e
attempt
o make
a home on
t wo
o n t i n e n t s . A l s o ,
p r a y f o r us
s w e
e a c h ofGod
l o v e
t o a new
o u l .
P r a i s e
God o r t h e g i f t of h i l d r e n
5 * ^ i c ^
Ud.
E r i c and
M e l o d i c
P e r r y
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CHRISTIAN
MISSIONARY
FELLOWSHIP
rayer N e w s l e t t e r
Eric
and Melodic Per ry
Ministry
withtheNarok hurch
iteracyworkamong
the
Maasai ribeof
Kenya
232
Woodside Drive
Eugene OR
7401
phone: 541-686-5482
O }̂
THE PERRYPOST
J u l y
1996
D e a r
Brothers and
S i s t e r s
in Christ
As Melodic and I moved i n t o
our
f u r l o u g h h o u s e i n
E u g e n e , Oregon h e
t e m p e r a t u r e
d r o p p e d ,
t h e s k y
d a r k e n e d ,
and
t
r a i n e d . We
r u l y
f e e l we a r e back i n
t h e
P a c i f i c Northwest a g a i n .
On
u n e
1 1 ,
we a r r i v e d
s a f e l y
a t
P o r t l a n d
I n t e r n a t i o n a l
A i r p o r t .
We ere g r e e t e d
by my a r e n t s and
i s t e r .
Both my
a r e n t s
and
M e l o d i e ' s
mom
a v e
b e e n
h o u s i n g u s
and
a s s i s t i n g u s u n t i l we
i n a l l y
s e t t l e d i n t o
o u r home
n
E u g e n e .
O u r a d d r e s s u n t i l December of
t h i s y e a r i s :
E r i c
elodic
P e r r y
232Woodside Drive
E u g e n e ,
OR 7401
p h o n e : 5 4 1 - 6 8 6 - 5 4 8 2
We
a v e
v i s i t e d
w i t h p e o p l e
f r o m v a r i o u s
s u p p o r t i n g
c h u r c h e s
and
d i s c o v e r e d som e
common
u e s t i o n s we
ne ed
to
a n swe r.
F i r s t , o u r
b a b y
s
d u e
S e p t e m b e r
4 ,
1 9 9 6 . We o n o t
know t h e c h i l d ' s
g e n d e r . The o h n s o n s , o u r n e i g h b o r s
a n d
t e a m m a t e s
i n K e n y a ,
h a v e
n i c k n a m e d
him
" O t t o . "
S o , we e f e r t o t h e b a b y a s a h i m a n d t r u s t God f o r a
h e a l t h y
b a b y , no m a t t e r t h e g e n d e r .
M e l o d i e i s d o i n g
w e l l , b u t
t h e
r i b k i c k i n g a n d f a t i g u e o f
t h e
t h i r d
t r i m e s t e r
h a v e
a r r i v e d .
P l e a s e p r a y
t h a t
s h e
w i l l r e c e i v e
t h e
r e s t s h e n e e d s
a n d s t a y h e a l t h y a s we o u n t down
t o S e p t e m b e r .
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c o m p l e t e
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p r o g r a m . We
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our
new r o l e s
a s p a r e n t s .
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h a n d s
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p r a y t h a t God
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Greg
a d d i t i o n a l e n e r g y , wisdom n d
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c h u r c h e s
t o t h e
work
he a l r e a d y d o e s a t
t h e M a a s a i
T r a i n i n g C e n t e r and t h e Ewaso N g ' i r o c h u r c h .
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f o r u s
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we
o n t i n u e t o
v i s i t
w i t h f r i e n d s ,
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a n d
s h a r e t h e v i s i o n
o f
t h e w o r k
t h a t a w a i t s u s i n Kenya when
we
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i n
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a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y v i s i t i n g
o u r
s u p p o r t i n g
c h u r c h e s i n
t h e w e s t ,
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t h a t
t h i s f u r l o u g h
w i l l b e
a t i m e o f r e f r e s h m e n t ,
r e n e w a l , and
u n i t y o f i s i o n among l l o f
u s
a s
we
c o m p l e t e t h i s t e r m o f m i n i s t r y
t o g e t h e r .
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K e n y a ' s
Olympic t e a m i s
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