Well, do I need to be thanked? No. We are the ones who owe you millions  of "thank you". God raised you to serve the world and we have become one of the first few to be served by you. We are grateful.

You could not have come at a better time than this. We have received several calls of appreciation from folks who were at the workshop. They are grateful  for the workshop and very pleased that it happened when it did.

So how can you be thanking me? You made the only sacrifice required. Ours was to receive. We have received because you were willing to pray, wait for the answer, leave your family and comfort and conveniece and travel miles to our country. We say thank you and we pray that the Lord restore and bless you according to your needs and His plan for your life. We love you both so much. 

The committee meeting for last week could not hold but will be holding tomorrow at 12 noon GMT. Maybe 7AM your time. I am excited about what is about to happen with the Lord's work in this as a result of the IS workshop held at the YWCA.

Please continue to pray for us regularly. Yes we will do likewise for you and the IS team in North America.

Hi Dr Allen,

This is Martha, the lady from Embakasi Presbyterian Church, Nairobi. We met at the stewardship seminar at St. Paul's Limuru and I was the "rich coffee business lady" during your demonstration on how to use a conversation guide.

Thank you for coming to teach that particular seminar. It was timely, especially now that the traditional funding of African churches by western missionaries is becoming non-existent. For me being a Presbyterian, I feel that it was on these principles that the Presbyterian church of East Africa was founded. Thank you to the people at International Steward for reminding us of this very important fact.

The Sunday after the seminar, the church elders gave me some time to briefly, but intensely, share highlights of the seminar teachings with the church membership. They too agreed it was such an eye opener.

To prove the usefulness of these teachings, the Sunday after offerings increased from the usual average of 15,000 ksh ($188) to 103,000 ksh ($1288) and subsequent Sundays have seen offerings remain at a minimum of 30,000 ksh ($375). The Glory goes to the Lord who owns everything for we are but just stewards.

The climax of the lesson in fundraising came on the Women's Guild Sunday when a total of 200,000 ksh ($2,500) was offered. Previously on such days about 50,000 ksh ($625) was offered in our church. What can I say, but that we will continue organizing for such lessons in the church and thanking God for people like those in International Steward.

About remaining in touch for the mentoring two-year program, I am greatly interested for these are principles I would want to be involved in teaching both locally in my church and in other places. Please keep in touch about any other seminar you organize or will be teaching in this or other related fields.