Kabiye Team News
September 10, 2007

Team Update

Help! The Kara Christian Academy needs to fill teaching slots for the spring semester of 2007-08 school year. If you, or anyone you know, would like to teach three bright and energetic 2nd graders or their 3 younger, pre-school aged brothers, please contact Tracey Ries at btries@kabiyemission.org. We are also looking for new teachers for the 2008-2009 school year!

Please register by Sept. 21st for the Together for Togo conference (Oct. 5-7 in Dallas, Texas). To register, go to www.togo2007.com and follow the links.

The Hangens are here! Please pray for them as they spend a month with our team connecting, learning, and praying towards the future. We are so glad that God continues to add to our team and His work among the Kabiye!

Reeves Family Update - kabiye4christ@gmail.com

Greetings! We are very happy to be back together again as a family! The last couple of weeks have been wonderful but we missed one another. Becky, Caleb, and Hannah had a wonderful quick 10 day trip to the states to attend Becky's cousin's wedding and to see her new niece and to visit with other family members. Hannah was able to see her first Christian, American wedding and she was so happy that she cried at the end of it! What a blessing it was for them to be with family and reconnect with so many. David, Elijah, and Gabriel faired pretty well here in Kara and spent a lot of time together working on the new preschool room at the schoolhouse, fixing up the school yard, and finishing up last minute repairs before the school year started. Gabriel had a spot of malaria, but is fully recovered and we are thankful. Becky began teaching preschool this past Wednesday and is enjoying her small little class and new classroom. She will be teaching this fall for 2 mornings a week and plans to still do women's lessons in the villages once a week. David continues to enjoy the goat project but has found he is allergic to the musk of the male goats, among other allergens this time of year. Please pray for David to be delivered from all of the side effects and fatigue that come with his allergies. None of the typical medications completely alleviate his symptoms. We were able to enroll MenteEsso, the little deaf girl down our street, into a deaf school here in Kara. She will start near the end of this month. Please continue to pray for this family. The mother is much more involved with her children than previously and seems to be taking more responsibility in caring for them. The cultural barriers make us handicapped in always knowing exactly what is going on. Please pray for these children and their mother to come to know the Lord and to find true rest and care in Him.

We have enjoyed the day we've already been able to spend with Matt and Grace Hangen and are looking forward to hosting them in our home over the next 4 days. Please pray for their time here as they bond with our team and some Kabiye Christians. We love and miss all of you...those of you we've seen recently and those of you whom we haven't seen for years. Give us a call on our new Skype number that is just the cost for a call to Washington state. (509)320-4194. Find us on Facebook and check out our blogs:

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

May God continue to bless you!