Glenn and Kathy Kendall Update #135 of Thursday, August 28, 2008, Littleton, Colorado We are completing an absolutely amazing, wonderful summer. - The highlight again this summer was time with our colleagues from Africa, coming through Colorado for debriefing and time in our ministry center. We have had dinners on our deck, walks up Waterton Canyon, and lots of time to interact.- We currently supervise 153 people who partner with literally thousands of African pastors and professionals working in:o Dozens of Medical Facilitieso Hundreds of Schools ando Thousands of Churches.- We had a great vacation canoeing, camping and on our tandem in Grand Teton National park.o We had great exercise, rest and readingo But God also met with us as we§ Read the book of Job
§ Listened to Timothy Keller Messages on Job
§ Read, thought and prayed so we have a deeper understanding of suffering difficulty§
- We enjoyed the exercise and sense of accomplishment by changing 11 of our old windows with better insulated windows.
- Last Friday some of our neighbors and friends helped us celebrateo 10 years of owning our Littleton home with great neighbors and friendso 10 years as grandparentso 10 years in cancer remission for Glenno Kathy made great food§ Elk in a French sauce with mushrooms§ Pulled pork in a bar-b-que sauce§ Salads, fruit and ice cream sundaeso We also had a big bouncer for the kids and five musicians who entertained us.o One of our pastors read verses of thanksgiving and prayed a prayer of thanks to God for His goodness to us all.
o Our theme was “So my dear friends, every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father..who does not change.” James 1:16-17
With hearts full and rejoicing we are looking forward to the fall of travel and ministry. Our schedule is:Sept 2-5 – Glenn - WorldVenture Fall Leadership Retreat – Littleton, CO - Kathy – visiting her folks in Northbrook, IL.Sept 6-10 - IMD Retreat – French Gulch above Breckenridge, COSept 11-23 In the officeSept 24 TravelSept 25-26 - Paris, FranceSept 27-Oct 6 - Nairobi, Kenya (NEGST) Oct 1-5 East and Southern Africa Leaders' MeetingOct 7-21 Uganda (Field Meetings)Oct 22-24 DR CongoOct 25-31 Rwanda (Field Conference)Nov 2-8 Senegal (Field Conference)Nov 11-16 GhanaNov 19-Dec 1 Cote d'Ivoire (Field Conference)Dec 2-12 MaliDec 9-12 West Africa Field Leaders Meeting (WAFL)Dec 12-23 Guinea (Vacation and office work)Dec 24-Jan 6 Travel, Holidays, Time offJan 7, 2009 Back in office Glenn had two more procedures done on his torn and detached retinas this summer, one laser and one inside the eye, but as early as Friday, August 29th, he may get a contact lens that will allow him to see 20/30. If all goes well he will have a lens implant in January when we are back in the States. Praise God for:- a great summer- the healing of Glenn’s eye- a good God- great neighbors and friends- huge work in Africa. Please join us in prayer for our fall travel and work.