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Lee &

Anne Marie

Pruiit

MISS IONARIES

TO

KENYX

P.O. Box

59322

Nairobi, Kenya

East

Africa

Phone: Oi l -254-256-4829

E-mail: LPruittMAF.org

Lee, Paul, Adam, Michael,

Anne

Marie, & Danielle

CMF

INTERNATIONAL

Prayer

Newsletter

September 1999

Life in Kenya has been busy Our winter, your

summer, is always a blur of activity with people

coming and going. In this newsletter, we want to

take the opportunity to share with you what wedo

here in Nairobi. We will begin by setting the

scene for you.

As I

write

this let ter, we have 14 families

and six

singles serving with CMF in Kenya.At all times,

we have families on furlough, preparing to leave for

furlough, or just retuming. We have new recruits

preparing to come and sadly dear friends, preparing

to leave the field permanently. It is a dynamic, ever-

changing group.

I cannot describe a typical day in our role. Each day

brings its ownneeds.Unexpected situations arrive

daily.The day we describe for you is not

uncommon, yet some days are quieter, and if

possible, some days are even busier.

July 2, 1999

Wehave five guests in the house overnight.One is

a young man who grew up here and has since

moved back to th e States. Charlie Ball is back to

visit h is f ri ends

and former

home.

The o thers a re

a

family of four preparing to leave for furlough.At

this time, we also have two extra dogs in the back

yard. One of our teammates is preparing to go on

furlough, and has brought the dogs into town to be

picked up by their new owner.

6:45 a m Lee is in the office checking e-mail. (It is

much easier to access

e-mail before

7 a.m. or

after

11 p.m.

7:30 The man who is buying the dogs arrives

to pick up dogs

8:00 Teammate (TM) here to discuss travel

arrangements and request some paperwork.

Hosting

a

meeting

of

teammates

around

our

dining room

t ab l e

TM here to pick up tickets and passports

for a group of visitors who are departing

tonight.

TM here to discuss work permits.

Phone calls to track down missing

paperwork.

9:00 Prepare Nathan (office runner) to go

downtown. He picks up mail, takes

letters and documents to the government

house, and follows up on government

paperwork.

Prepare radio messages to give to

Elizabeth our secretary as Lee will be out

of the office during radio time.

TM here to discuss meeting information.

10:00 Trip to airport to attempt to retrieve lost

luggage (with four team kids along for

the ride ). Lost luggage not found ~ filed

claim.

12

noon

TM here to pick up financial printouts

and information about medical supplies

fo r a clinic in

hi s

area.

12:30

p m

Eat.

1:00 Send Nathan back to town to pursue lost

bag reimbursement from the airline office

downtown

1:30 Trip to the store. (Lee does not actually

NEEDto go to the store with me, but we

somet imes do this to get away by

ourselves

2:30 TM back to discuss work permit

situation.

3:00 TM here to pick up a pool car.

3:30 TM

here

to

load tra i ler

and collect

paperwork.

4:00 TM just retuming from furlough here to

sort luggage and get oriented to our new

office space.

Write

e-mails

--

communicate

with

furloughing TM about retum travel plans.

Anne

Marie

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6:30 Take Adam and Danielle to Bible Study.

7:00

Arrive at

Guest

House to pick up

departing visitors to transport to the

airport.

While at the airport, locate the piece

of

lost luggage,

yeah

9:30 Pick

up

Adam

and Danielle from Bible

Study, then HOME

On

this day, we had working phones and consistent

power, making it much easier to accomplish these

things. While these office activities were going on,

we

also h ad the home activities, which included

meals for this crew and

our

guests, and schooling

f or b ot h Adam

and

Danielle.

Adam is wrapping up his homeschool work for the

year, and Danielle is taking a summer correspondence

c ou rs e. W e h av e M ic ha el a nd P au l ~ th e two

ever

busy, not quite two-year-olds ~ and the stream of

visitors and friends whom we enjoy catching up with.

Fourth of July

While living in a foreign country, we have learned

to appreciate all the more the holidays and events

that celebrate our great country. We celebrated in

traditional style with good friends, hot dogs,

hamburgers, and a family game of baseball. It was

COLD,

and we wore ou r sweatshirts. But

in

contrast, we celebrate Christmas in the HOT days of

summer

Rejoice

We continue to praise the Lord for the opportune

we have to be in Kenya. We have learned so muct.

about ourselves and this country. This process has

been faith testing and faith stretching. We are

thankful

that

He is not f in ished wi th

us and

that He

will continue to teach us and grow us.

Please

Pray

We will go to court on October 4 for Paul s

adoption hearing. Paul has been ours for one year

as of October 1. It is a good time to complete the

legal paperwork.

Please

continue to pray for the Stateside aspect

of

these adoptions

as

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some progress, yet the process continues to be

frustrating and extremely slow.

Adam is starting at Rosslyn Academy in late

August. It is the same school that Danielle attends.

It is an excellent school, and we are very happy to

have them there.

Please

pray

fo r their adjustment

as

they

return

to school.

Please

pray

especially

fo r Adam

as

he has

been homeschoo led

f or t he

past

five

years,

and

this

is a major

transition for

a ll o f

us .

Please continue

to pray

for heal th

and

safety fo r

us all. We are confident that your prayers have

protected us more times than we know

Because of Him,

Lee,

Anne

Marie,

Danielle, Adam,

Michael , and

Paul

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