Jarrett’s Prayer Letter
Volume 6, Number 15
November 23, 2005
Dear Friends and Family:
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas, we are also preparing to return to Kenya on January 14, 2006. We have large stacks of clothing for orphans to pack into duffle bags; it doesn’t appear that we will need to appeal for more clothes this year. But we do have a number of prayer requests as we are making these preparations.
We need to finalize who is going to Kenya this year and when. It seems that five of us will leave from Chicago on British Air on Saturday, January 14 -- Paul, Marty, Rachel, Laura, and Alicia Bechtle. I’ll update specific times and requests for our time in Nairobi when those details are finalized. One prayer request is for funds for Alicia’s airfare: the ticket prices for everyone have increased from $1350 to $1750 due to increase fuel costs for the airlines.
Laura and Alicia will return to the States to resume jobs and other church-related ministry around February 25. Amy and Elissa (granddaughter) will come in May and stay until our return on July 2. Daughter Becki Burke also hopes to come sometime in May after her school teaching finishes for the year.
Kenya seems to be stable politically at this time. This week an initial constitutional referendum was defeated without violence which has typified elections historically. Although the amendment had been in preparation for years, it was defeated by a large margin. It