Alex Atema Graduates

Two full years Alex has spent at Nairobi Great Commission School since finishing his computer skills program at Made in the Streets.  We are proud of him for sticking with it and doing the work required. Today was graduation day.  Darlene and I left after 9:00 AM to go to the graduation.  Saturday is never a good day to drive in Nairobi.  It took us an hour to go by way of the Eastern Bypass to Mombasa Highway.  Before we reached the highway, we could see that it was backed up toward the airport - and not moving.  That means it was more than a 3-mile backup from Nyayo Stadium.  After reaching the stadium, we would still have a 45-minute drive to NGCS.  We concluded that we would arrive about the time everything was over.  So we turned toward the airport, circled around to the Bypass and returned home.  We are a little sad to have missed it.  Francis Mbuvi went, but he said he spent more than half the day in traffic and only had an hour at the graduation.  So...we got a lot of work done at home. I got a house and a Bible study room designed on graph paper, with the materials list made up also.  And we closed up the house and gave away the food left over and did a lot of other things to prepare for leaving for a while.

We are hoping to use the designed Bible study room as a "preaching point" (really a Discovery Bible Study point) where Jackton Omondi and Alex and possibly others can be involved in preparing the way for a new congregation.  The place is about halfway to town from Kamulu, and thousands of people have moved into the area in the past few years.  So...please pray for our ability to spread the word, to lead people a little closer to Jesus and build up the kingdom.

Here is a picture of Alex in a Discovery Bible Study group at Kamulu a few months ago.

That's Alex looking toward the camera.