NEW FACES AROUND ARSIM

We have some new people here at Arsim which is an answer to prayer. ELCK Pastor Godana and his wife and children moved to Arsim about 3 weeks ago from Marsabit. He has been a pastor for about 10 years so comes to us with good experience. Pray for them as they adjust to this new culture and language situation. Pastor comes from a Gabbra background and his wife comes from a Rendille background near Kargi. They have 4 children; the oldest in high school in Marsabit, 2 in primary school and a 4 year old girl who has not yet gone to school. They are praying for the 2 in primary school to get into the TIRIM school in Korr which is geared toward Rendille students and has a good academic and Christian reputation. May God bless their adjustments and provide for their salary and needs through our local offerings. (This is a good challenge for the Arsim congregation). Another new face has not yet arrived, but is expected in a few days. She is a new registered nurse seconded to us from the government. I know nothing about her yet, even her name, except she come from the Luo area of Kenya and has worked at the Tabaka Catholic Hospital near Kisii in the past. Arsim will be a cultural shock and challenge for her, so I am sure she will need your prayers. Another big need we have is housing for these new people. Pastor and family are living where the nurse should be as the pastor's house is occupied by our single male staff. That is because our other eye nurse is living where the single men should be because her house on the mission station has had heavy termite damage in the rafters and is no longer safe to live in. So we totally lack resources to fix the eye nurse's house which is causing the housing shortage and mix up for everyone else! Pray with us about this issue and for patience from everyone as we wait for what is needed. In the meantime I will have to put the new nurse in the guest house for a temporary time until we can find another solution. We are busy at the dispensary office preparing for the yearly audit to start sometime this month. We appreciate your prayers as we prepare.