Jarretts Ministry

Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 13

June 23, 2006

Dear Friends and Family;

Thanks so much for your prayers. We are leaving Tenwek a week from today, so I wanted to update some prayer requests and then, perhaps, write a final letter before we depart.

Today we operated on the 8th grader who had an induced abortion near term; I had mentioned her situation in the last letter. She had a stormy course over the past two weeks with persistent pain in the uterus and a fever that initially went away with antibiotics, but then it returned and increased in magnitude making us believe that she might have an abscess developing. We had been following her with ultrasound examinations, and yesterday we were convinced that we were seeing an abscess develop around the top of the uterus near the ovary.

At surgery we found that the top right portion of the uterus was indeed involved with an abscess that had destroyed the corner where the Fallopian Tube enters. There was also an abscess beneath the tube. We cut away the infected, dead tissue after freeing the small intestine from the area where the uterus had been perforated with an instrument, either during the abortion or in a subsequent curettage where retained placental tissue had been removed. We reconstructed the uterus, so it may be capable of childbearing in the future even though a cesarean section would be required for delivery if she is so fortunate as to get pregnant. She has prayed

Dear Friends and Family:

Thanks for your prayers. I wanted to update an important prayer request. Peter Kiplangat, the formerly tongue-tied boy, is doing well at Mosop school, as far as schooling and relationships. However, at night he is having terrible nightmares that cause him to scream and cry out, which is very frightening to the other boys in the dormitory. They involve visions of the dead mother and other frightening things. Other Kenyans are fearful of evil spirits -- these beliefs are not far below the surface here. In medical terms, he is having some form of post-traumatic stress syndrome. But spiritual warfare is also a possibility. Would you pray for complete deliverance from this problem?

Our patient who had kidney failure, Lucy, has finished dialysis at Eldoret, but is still having some infection in her body, perhaps in the pericardium, the sack around the heart. Please pray for complete healing for her.

The young men from our home church have returned safely from the expedition in search of Noah's Ark. I have no report on their success or failure as of yet, but they are home safely for which their families are very greatful.

We've had great visits to the orphan's homes, but that's a story for another day. Pray for us as we minister in Sunday services tomorrow. The girls will do music and children's church at Tenwek. I am preaching at a local church.

Paul, for the Jarretts in Kenya for two more weeks.

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Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 12

June 10, 2006

Dear Friends and Family:

We have had an exciting two weeks and are continuing to enjoy having more family with us. The girls helped lead music for the worship service at Tenwek and will probably do so for the reminder of the time here. I’m in charge of the worship service tomorrow as a favor for Mike Chupp who took his family to Nairobi this weekend. Thanks for praying for him; his HIV test has remained negative after a hand injury in surgery on an HIV+ patient several months ago. There is a final test at six months, but it is usually negative if the other tests have remained negative.

We’ve had some exciting developments with the orphanages that I’d like to report. In the last letter, I mentioned that a ministry called World Orphans had agreed to help finance the building of dormitories at Bosto and Kenduiwa. This week I got a report from them that they are partnering with PrayerSong Ministries who will hold a series of concerts in California to benefit these two children’s homes. Then PrayerSong plans a visit at some time in the future to see the homes. I also helped World Orphans to move further along in the process of sponsoring a dormitory for Mosop School and the Laura Children’s home there. [Laura is pronounced Lah OO’ rah here.] Please pray that World Orphans will finance a much needed dormitory there as they have 90

Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 11

May 28, 2006

Dear Friends and Family:

I couldn’t believe that I had gone a whole month without a complete letter until I checked the website to verify this fact. Pole sana! That means “very sorry” in Swahili. I found that I had written 4 short prayer request updates during the month, however, so I can’t be accused of totally ignoring you. I’ll use the excuse of a vacation in the middle of the month as a reason for not writing. We do appreciate your prayers very much.

This week we are entering our final month of this term. It seems to us that it has gone very fast, but that’s how life seems to be at our ages. We have really enjoyed having family here with us for the past month. And we’re not finished yet with family visitors. Susanna and Chris leave on the night of May 30th while Debbye and Becki fly in on the morning of May 31st. The way I figure it, they should pass each other in the dark somewhere over France. Debbye and Becki will leave the US from separate cities on Monday evening but plan on finding each other at Heathrow airport and touring London during a 14-hour layover. Please pray for safety for travel for all of them. Also pray that they will be able to get an extra bag allotment on check-in Monday night and that the luggage will make it with them intact.

Dear Friends and Family:

Thanks for your prayers for travel safety. We just got back from our week in Mombasa. We had a great time and no travel problems. Chris and Susanna made it in on Saturday night, and their bags came on Sunday morning, in time to pick up for the trip to Mombasa. They were able to get the 2 extra bags without cost from American Airlines. More later. Paul, for the Jarretts in Kenya

Dear Friends and Family:

Thanks for your prayers for our family and for Kenya. It sounds as if the fuel shortage situation has been addressed, if not totally solved, so we are planning on continuing our trip to Mombasa on Sunday.

Please pray for Susanna and Chris as they leave the US on Friday afternoon with arrival in Kenya on Saturday night [about 2pm Indy time]. Please pray that on check-in at Indianapolis the American Airlines ticket agent will allow them to take the 2 extra bags of orphan clothing without charge, since British Air has waived the fee from Chicago to Nairobi. Pray that all the bags will make it without damage. [One bag was destroyed on Amy's trip - pray that BA will repair or replace it when we take it with us to the airport -- However, Amy failed to report the damage, so it may not be an obligation for them to help. Also pray for Susie and Chris's flights and passage through customs.

Pray for our trip to Nairobi on Saturday and our drive to Mombasa on Sunday with return to Nairobi next Saturday and to Tenwek on Sunday. Road conditions vary from great to terrible on different parts of each leg of the journey. Pray for safety for our time in heavily Muslim Mombasa -- we actually stay at the beach 20 miles south, but pass through the city.

Armed robbery is on the increase in Kenya. When the winner of the Boston and

Dear Friends and Family:

Thanks for praying for our girls and all the travel arrangements. They even arrived a bit early on Wednesday night with all their luggage. They had no trouble with customs and were in great spirits.

Our trip to Nairobi and back was fine. I got my driver's license renewed in Narok without so much of a hassle as it can be in the States. I easily found the office where I was supposed to go and was asked only if I wanted 1 or 3 years renewal. I was done in about 4 minutes. The road past Narok is in bad shape, so it took over four hours driving in the rain to Nairobi. Coming back it was dry and took 20 minutes less.

We sat through lunch on both Wednesday and Thursday while terrific lightning and rain storms took place. We were eating on a porch restaurant on Thursday and lightning was striking all around. At one shopping center there were 9 vehicle alarms set off by the storm - what a racket! There was flooding in many areas of Nairobi so we stayed out of the downtown area where traffic tends to get paralyzed.

Thanks for praying for Joyce, the Turkana missionary. She is slowly improving, but still suffering from having had a major seizure and high blood pressure. Please pray for a complete recovery.

Marty, Amy, and I all have parts in the worship service on Sunday. Please pray for protection from

Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 10

April 29, 2006

Dear Friends and Family:

Praise God for His provision, protection, and enablement. He is sufficient to meet our every need. We have seen His hand at work again this week in several different ways. Thanks so much for your prayers.

My practice of OBGYN in Indianapolis was very enjoyable, and occasionally, we had the opportunity to save lives in difficult situations. But most days were not so dramatic, even though there were many opportunities to serve God in witnessing and encouraging others. This past Friday, we were able to save six lives before lunch.

The morning began innocently enough as I came up the hill to see when we could do our exploratory surgery for a patient with cervical cancer; the surgery schedule had been too full on Thursday to squeeze in this case, so we hoped for a slot on Friday even though it wasn’t our normal operating day for scheduled cases. Alas, the day was absolutely packed since there was a visiting neurosurgeon as well as a team of an Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon with his friend, an Oral Surgeon; the latter had planned a long surgery for a woman with a huge tumor on her jaw. These short-term visiting specialists often operate fairly intensively [daily with several cases] since they are here for only 1 or 2 weeks. Many cases are “stored up” for them that require their special expertise.

By 8am both major procedure rooms had operations going

Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 9

April 15, 2006

1 Cor 15:3-4

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures NIV

Dear Friends and Family:

Happy Easter! He is Risen, just as He said. We are celebrating our 8th consecutive Easter weekend in Kenya. Tomorrow, Lord willing, we will have a sunrise service. Most of the Easters here have had beautiful sunrises, but not all of the previous 7 as I recall. Both Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays in Kenya and many churches have big celebrations.

Today we held an Easter egg hunt in our back yard for children of all the missionary families and of some of the Kenyan staff who are our next door neighbors. It was a bright sunny morning despite a soaking rain yesterday and last night. After Marty told the Easter story with puppets and props, we piled things in the car and headed for Kenduiwa Children’s Home for a repeat of the message. Most of the visitors and many of the missionary adults headed for the prison in Bomet to share the good news of Jesus.

Marty, Rachel, and I took flannel graph materials, papers, crayons, a cake, and some candy gifts with us to the children’s home. Twelve-year-olds Rebecca Spriegal and Nick Manchester went with us as they had not been to Kenduiwa before. The

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Jarrett’s Prayer Letter

Volume 7, Number 8

March 28, 2006

Dear Friends and Family:

Our trip to Nairobi was very productive from many viewpoints. Thanks for your prayers for safety in travel. I now have several more prayer requests to add to your already long list for ministry here in Kenya. My apologies in advance for the length, extra commas, and content, as my proofreader has gone to bed with a cold tonight.

We left on Thursday morning under clear skies. The rain which has been almost daily for the past several weeks has ceased, and we have now had a dry week. The farmers aren’t complaining yet. The roads which were in bad shape last month are much worse now after the heavy rains, and no repairs are underway. Large sections of the road are devoid of the 2 inches of blacktop that was used in the substandard construction. It has left either craters or wavy sections of dried mud. In several areas, it is far better to drive off the road onto the shoulder or even farther to the side, except where drivers have done this for so long that this area is also destroyed. The pavement is chipped away on both edges to be essentially a one-lane road, so that drivers have to play “chicken” to see who gives way. The busses and lorries [trucks] always win. Hitting a major, deep chuckhole after many miles of good pavement always takes the driver by surprise, so a bone-jarring