Kenny's Israel Report

At last, the long awaited report from Kenny on his Israel trip! Here is an exerpt:

"Day 2

I don’t think very many people slept. This day began in the vicinity of the British Isles. Dawn wasn’t until just past Rome, and as we passed Greece, I had a conversation with a weird old lady to my left… it seems she liked reading classics and watching war movies, and had never been out of the country before. We landed at Tel-Aviv.

The airport was near the beach. Getting out was easy… just getting your passport stamped, and collecting bags. Then it was outside. The temperature was about 75-80 days: perfect. The three busses were right there; big red and white things that said, oddly enough, “Maya Tours” on the side. Our bags had tags that said “Canaan Tours” on them… and as we got on the bus, we were handed blue hats that said “Diesenhaus Unitours” on them… that was one puzzle I never figured out. But there were more interesting things going on.

Our guide, Amnon, introduced himself and carefully explained that even though our internal clocks probably though it was 1AM, we shouldn’t go to sleep because then we would stay up all night and be just as sleepy the next day. So I accepted the slightly dizzy feeling I’ve come to associate with exhaustion and ignored it."

If you want to read the rest of it check it out here: FULL ISRAEL REPORT

Beware it is 7 pages long! ;-)

TTFN

Kevin

Big hike

Here are a few pictures from Kenny's and my 12 hour hike to Buenos Aires with Paulino and a group of the Awa from Palmira. J

http://picasaweb.google.com/brucekev/BuenosAiresTrip

May Bruce Brief - The Wall

Greetings! Here’s the new front view of the Awa Center in Lita….thanks to a group from our home church that joined us from March 31^st to April 8^th! This cement block fence replaced the older chainlink fence that was none too sturdy. Security in Lita has become much more of an issue in the last couple of years, and we are glad to have this front fence now in place. The team can testify to the hard work that also went into putting the large concrete tubes for the new culvert under this main entranceway to the property. With the heavy rains that we’ve been receiving, the culvert has been put right to work. Much thanks to the team for putting their muscles and backs at risk(!!!), and to our home church for raising the finances to make it all happen!

We are back at the Outpost now, digging back into the work of the ministry and homeschool. It is a blessing to have Kenny back with us---he returned from his time in the USA and Israel with the work team. He continues to talk through his experiences, and we are amazed to see all that God is doing in his heart in these days, especially in preparing him to soon step out on his own (he will turn 17 next month and will be a senior in the fall.) He is finishing up a report on his Israel tour, for those who would like to hear his perspective on the trip!

Kevin has his hands full with some added responsibilities for the next five months as our Liebenzell Area Director, Edgar Luz, is on a short furlough with his family in Germany and Hungary. We’d appreciate your prayers as Kevin tries to balance these responsibilities with the Awa ministry, a task that seems to be more than a little overwhelming at times. During the next months, we will be spending a week each month in Ibarra, working to coordinate the ministry there, as well as part of another week at the Lita property, preparing for the busy summer months coming up. Our goals for the rest of each month spent at the Outpost in AwaLand include continued Bible and literacy teaching, hiking to visit homes, as well as a new project we have undertaken—back-translating the OT portions that our co-worker Doug Williams has been translating. Doing this back-translation into English will facilitate the checking that needs to be done in order to insure a good translation. It’s been exciting to jump into this project, as we have seen the importance of getting more Scripture portions into the hands of the Awa that can read.

Thanks for your friendship, prayers, and backing in so many ways--our hearts are continually blessed by your encouragement!

Kevin and Kathy Bruce

Kenny, Keilah, and Kimberly

Kevin & Kathy Bruce

Liebenzell Mission

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Ibarra, Imbabura

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