Kabiye Team News
February 11, 2007

Team Update

Kabiye New Testaments are here! After months of having to tell people they would have to wait to purchase Bibles, we can once again put the Word of God in the hands of the Kabiye people...in their own language. What a blessing! We would like to thank each of you who helped us raise funds for this second printing of the Kabiye New Testament. Your response was very generous and helpful.

There are many things going on here in Kabiyeland to keep in your prayers. The Ajadaa church, on their own initiative, is beginning a series of evangelistic meetings aimed at reaching out to the many non-believers in their villages. Here in Kara, the missionaries had a good meeting with the Kara Bon Berger church last week and we are now looking hard for land in town which we can purchase for church use. Also, the Ewede and Soumdina Po Wayi (pictured at right) churches are constructing buildings this month.

Please pray for the safe arrival of the Emersons' container. We hope that it will arrive in the Lome (Togo) port next week. Also, please continue to pray for the Kennells' fund raising efforts.

Reeves Family Update - kabiye4christ@yahoo.fr

Hello from the Reeves family. We are thankful for the way that God is caring for us and thankful for your prayers on our behalf. Everyone is healthy and doing well this week. Praise God! Elijah and Graham were treated to a sleepover Saturday night in honor of their good behavior at school over the past several weeks. Hannah is becoming more and more immersed in her adventures of the Ice Twins that she and Isaac are inventing, Gabriel has a small rash on his cheeks and has had his share of bumps and bruises over this last week, but is still enjoying dressing up as Super Man and has begun helping to walk our dog Jack around the yard. And Caleb is growing too fast for his mom and dad! He has started drinking a little water out of a sippy cup, with the hot season beginning here with highs over 100 the last few days, and he is quite satisfied with himself! The daily power outages this last week have been challenging and sweaty but we are in hopes that our generator will be repaired sometime early this next week. At this point we are more worried about food in our freezer than no fans, but it would be nice to have both working!

Please continue to pray for God to awaken hearts and do powerful things here in Kabiyeland, especially with the struggling Christians here in Kara, and others in Kabiyeland whose hearts are searching for him. We've begun praying at the Bon Berger church in Kara 5 nights a week, beginning this week, and though there haven't been many there, or even anyone except for a missionary some nights, we continue to feel God pushing us in the direction of calling on Him to powerfully defeat Satan's hold on peoples' lives in this place. The month of February is the month of funerals here in Kabiyeland. Traditionally, the Kabiye save up money and plan the funerals for deceased members of their family from the previous year to take place in February. As a result, there seem to be fewer people at meetings throughout the week and even on Sundays. We pray that God will use this month to show people here in Kabiyeland how He has been victorious over death and has given us a reason for joy in Him. David and Becky both have two or three new blog posts from this last week. For more info and stories check out our blogs:

David: http://thegreatinversion.blogspot.com
Becky: http://withunveiledface.blogspot.com

May God bless you! Love, The Reeves family