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DEAN F.

P.O. Box 5250

ChrIsirlaTiA\l^^ion
LIVING LINK CHURCHES IN:
MISSIONARY

Nairobi, Kenya

REMPEL

Florence, Oregon West Covina, Calif.

Forwarding Agent
P.O.Box 306

for

Dean

Florence, Oregon 97439

February 1972
Dear Friends:

Happy New Year! We had a good Christmas here in Nairobi. The week was quite active at the new church in Westlands as programs for the young people and adults were held. We showed a movie on the birth of Christ, had speeches, songs and re freshments. The people all join me in sending you their best wishes and want to thank you once again for your prayers and faithful support of the East Africa
Christian Mission.

Most of the people returned to

th^ir tribal locations for both Christmas and

New Year's Day. the company

of the world.

I spent Christmas eve at the home of an American family.

back in India,

Their

kids and I went to Woodstock school

He is with UNESCO which made

very interesting as there

were people there from all different parts

countries.

Each did a bit on how Christmas is remembered in their

Christmas day was interesting, also. A Mexican couple invited me over for breakfast and then later I invited everyone over to my house for supper. They all

brought food and shared. What a group. We had five Americans, one Indisan lady, a Mexican couple, one Jew, two Italians, two Kenyans, one Danish woman, etc. Twenty-five in all. We played games, sang carols and ate and ate. We decorated a tree with popcorn and paper and I outdid myself on a silver star made of gift wrapping paper, A Peace Corps couple, Richard and (Jail Boulwane, spent the rest of the week here, I had met them while on a trip inland near the Mflgn-i tribal
location.

Janiiary has brought several guests to Nairobi. Don and Wmmft Stoll from Indiana spent three days in my home while on their way back to Rhodesia to serve their third teim on the mission field at Mashoko. They brou^t with them Jeff

Schaffer (no relation to Harry Schaefer).

others.

Jeff is going to be tetiching with Don.

It was a real privilege to have Don speak at on of our Bible classes and to visit The work has really grown. We have muv^d into -in apartment where three of our leadera live. We also have closes there for people in that area. The chiirch

has grown, praise the Lord, and with this new apartment as a center, I am praying that these classes will bring many more. We have started a leadership night in Westlands where I am training five men in both Church Leadership and in Evangel ism. This also gives us an opportunity to discuss the weekly programs, go over
any mistakes made and leam where to improve.

We have an active group of people now and, as a result, a new Tuesday night class has been started for those who know nothing about Christianity, the Church
information.
me.

or our goals.

est, background and understanding.

Prom this class we move on into various levels depending on inter

It is here where we give basic background, Christian doctrine and

Both Ernest and Dismas teach full time with

How small the world is. After spending a we^k -In the city of Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya, I returned to Nairobi to find that my house keys were missleft with my keys, so I decided to go to a movie v^le waiting for them to re^ and down, Asian overas and if I I knew was Dean I said, Yes," askedan his name. leaned As soon heasked told me thatEempel. I knew him from somewhere. And then I remembered^he had been in boarding school with me troduced me to a number of Asians here. It is indeed "hard times" for them. Just last month twelve thousand were asked to leave Uganda. Each day hundreds are losing their work pemits due to the "Africanization" policy. I would lilce
^ remember prayers. Witii this continual difficult to work with them them in on your a spiritual basis, "upset" it is

The Peace Corps couple, who were staying in my house while I was gone, had

Asians. He is a Sikh. However, I did find nine Indian Christians. They had been converted by a Baptist Missionary who has left for the U.S. They have in

seven years ago in India.

Through him I have been able to meet quite a number of

and love for the Lord and His people with us.
Jerusalem and is now working in Athens.

zijag eir children back to school. I invited them to speak at our new church. It s great having these Christian brothers come wnd share their time, experiences
My cousin, liuth Rempel, visited with me in January also. She

^ Homrd Crowl and Larry Doggett came to Kenya from the Congo, recently, to

been in

Had to have the engine replaced in my little yellow VW Bug. Transportation over here is a big item at best without these emergencies. The warranty, how ever, covered all but 1200 shillings ($169) of the 5000 ($705) that it coaU ' Thank you all so much for your many cards and thoughtful gifts. We continn-

to rememlier all of you in prayer, knowing that by our sharing together in the

Lord s work, it can't help but grow here in East Afidca.

Love in Chidst,
Dean

MOTE MOM IHE POEmBDUJG AQEtnT: If you want to deduct your gifts to Dean Eempel,
Church, Florence, Oregon, designated for Dean Eempel, Canadian friends may send their gifts to the Avondale Church of Christ, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Thank you.
graios.

give through your local church, or make

checks payable to Florence Christian

Numerous pictures and display items are available for your missionary proContact the Forwarding Agent for dates.

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INFORMATION PAGE

The Christian Mission, Vol. 16, No. 2, "Congo and Kenya" contains:
1. Title Page 3. Information Page
4. Devotional

5. 7. 9. 13.

East African Christian Mission, Kenya Map of Kenya

African Christian Mission, Congo Scripture and Songs in Swahili

15. Picture Section

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DEVOTIONAL "THE SfflELD OF FAITH"

I Timothy 1:18-2:8

n Cor. 10:3-5

In the n Corinthian letter, the great apostle Paul emphasized the relationship
of the Christian to the world around him.

Satan's power by using the world's methods,

we are doomed to disappoinetment and fail
ure!

As we read the passage we should ask our selves if we are taking God at His Word. Yes, it is true. We are in a fight! The enemy is extremely capable. In so many ways he seems to hold the upper hand. Yet, let us never forget that the
Bible tells us he can be defeated. We are

How then can we make war? God has

the answer for victory in the fight against

sin! He has promised His help in overcom ing evil and in His power we are enabled to

claim the victory. That helper is the Holy

l^irit. He is with us now for He dwells with

in each Christian. He gives us power to

withstand the cosmic forces of evil and be

often told in the pages of God's Word that He gives us the power to break the might iest holds and victory is assured. It is
truly past time that the Christian warrior

takes God at His Word and gets in the fight. We must be making war against that which is at enmity with God and His people. The fight is against sin. For so many years we have pussyfooted aroimd on this subject that we have turned sin into just an intellectual concept with which we think we can reason, discuss, argue and even shad ow box. We play with it like a cat hanging a garter snake over the rung of a ladder to paw at and goad with each movement. The difference is clear; we are dealing with a deadly venomous serpent. We can't afford to play around or we will surely die! Sin is powerful. It is not in agreement with God and His will. Yet we try to make peace with it. Sin is supernatural in it's power. We are not going to defeat it by talking big, or waving our arms, or even fighting in the way the world plays the game.
Dear friends in Jesus, don't we remem ber? Sin is the power which has been con trolling us. We have been slaves with no wills strong enough to rebel. Look around and it is easy to see that sin's power has the

victorious in the fight. The Father, accord ing to the wealth of His glory, makes me strong with power through His ^irit in the

inner self (Eph. 3:16). Put it all toghether and accept His promise. Even though our struggle be against "unseen rulers and pow
ers, against tiie lords of the darkness of this

world, against the spiritual forces of wick edness in the heavenly world," we have the
promise and power of victory! There is no reason to even tremble. "I will fear no evil,
for thou art with me." Did we catch it?
evil!

No

What are we waiting for? There is no need to fear, so let's get in the fight and see the promises of God fulfilled by "bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of
Christ."

Let us pray: "Our wonderful and powerful Gk)d. When we think of all you have promised, the power you bestow on each one of us, we see clearly today why we are weak and needy. How sorry we are that we haven't believed you. Thank you, God, for your patience with us. Help each one of us here today to renew our
commitment to our task as warriors for Jesus'

whole world following it's pulsating beat.

Why, even when we accepted Christ and were washed and cleansed in baptism, sin didn't give up. The master strategist, Satan, uses sin as his greatest weapon. He uses it well. He knows every weak spot in our lives. He can exploit every fear, every emotion, every desire with such a surge of strength that we
feel resistance is useless. We even make

sake. erans sured it all,

Lord, make us tough, seasoned vet in the fight against sin. For the as victory, we thank you in advance and in we will give you the praise. In Jesus
Dean Rempel, Kenya, Africa

Name, we pray. Amen"

all kinds of resolutions not to give in; yet when the temptation gets strong, we fail again in that resolve. Friends, if we think we can fight

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EAST AFRICA CHRISTIAN MISSION

The Missionary

The Country

Dean Rempel grew up in India where

his father and mother, Frank and Marie Rempel, served 20 years as missionaries.

Harambee (Hah-rahm-bay) "Let us pull together. " Jomo Kenratta is Kenya's first
Prime Minister and now it's first President;

He spent most of the first 18 years of his

life on the mission field in Kulpahar and Kanpur, India. He speaks the Hindi and

Ordu languages fluently, as well as English. Dean graduated from Pacific Christian Col lege, Long Beach, Calif, in June 1970. He has also attended universities in Los Angeles
and Seattle, Wash.

he leads his nation of 70 tribes along the patii toward self-help, hard work and racial good will. He calls all people to forget grudges and imite for future greatness. After five years of independence from the British, the
drums of nationalism beat hard in Kenya.

Dean is now involved in organizing Bible ch ^ses, promoting adult education and church pl cing in Nairobi, Kenya. He works both among the people of Asian decent and the Afri
cans in that area.

The Work

Westlands. Since arriving in Kenya in Feb. 1971, Dean has been busy organizing and teaching Bible study groups in Nairobi. As a result, a new church has begun in the
Westlands area where Dean started his min

Jom Kenyatta is in the 70th year, long a political leader in his own Kikuyu tribe. He is well educated in Kenya and in England. He lived in London many years. In 1952 when the British declared the Mau Mau up rising, he was seized, tried and convicted as leader of the murderous secret society. After nine years in custody, he returned to the political scene as a martyr in the eyes of the people. The question whether or not Kenyatta directed the Mau Mau, he steadfastly
denies.

istry with a small Bible class. This group has grown and become the Maguga Green Church of'Christ. Many are coming to the
Lord as a result of the work there. Classes

for young men, older people and new Chris tians are being held throughout the week. The work of God is spreading rapidly in that area and plans tor extension classes, which will

Kenya gained it's independence in Dec. of 1963. It is a land a little larger than France and Belgium combined, with a population of about ten million. More than 97% are Afri cans, the rest Europeans, Asians and Arabs. Kenyatta obtained a constitution guaranteeing equal rights with the Africans for all citizens from minority groups. Through the stability of Kenya, it has been
hailed as a model for other nations of black

take the form of cottage study groups, will

get underway in January 1972.
Kabete. Dean has also started a new

work in the Kabete area and around 80 people are meeting weekly to worship and study the Bible. In January a church is to open here, also. It is a great area in which to work as

there is such a wide range of age groups at tending. The children's class is growing so
rapidly, it will soon need to be divided. The

adult group is very active and really interested in studying the Word of God. University of Nairobi Each Tuesday Dean teaches a class at the University of Nair obi. This group of college students gets to gether each week to discuss Christianity and
to study the Word of God in Modem Africa.

Africa, but Kenya is no Utopia. Beneath the surface, strong racial antagonisms do exist. Nearly all the 185,000 Asians and 42,000 Europeans had their choice of British or Kenya citizenship at independence. Large majorities of both groups chose British. Now the Kenya government, amid charges of racial bias, is forcing these noncitizens out of their jobs and often out of the country in a long range plan of "Kenyanization." While Kenyatta's top government officials are well educated and very able, there is little talent beneath them. Most Kenyans
are illiterate, and the estimate is some 30 to 45% of the nation's children never attend

Twenty students, each active in learning more about God, and each interested in presenting the wonderful message of Christ to their Univ. friends, meet to pray, to study and to encourage each other in their ministry on campus.

school. Although the government gives fin ancial aid to primary schools, all secondary and primary schools charge heavy fees. Costs may run as high as $97 a year, which is very high for the average family. Much of Kenya's varied terrain, ranging
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from tropic seashore and high mountains to
flat plains and the deep cleft of the Great Rift Valley, seems ordained by nature as a
wildlife habitat. More than half the land is

program designed to reach downtown Nair obi. Audio-visual equipment needed for

arid or semi-arid. About 80% of the human

this project has been donated by a dedicated couple in California, but service support for rent and supplies is still needed.
The Needs

population lives in only 15% of the land area;

mostly in the Lake Victoria basin and the

highlands where enough rain falls for a rich and varied agriculture. Elsewhere wild animals, more adaptive than man, roam the arid lands left mainly to the Masai her ders for grazing land. The main crops are tea, .coffee, wheat, cattle, sheep, sugar
cane and sisal plant.
Outlook for Christian Missionaries

An additional $300 a month is needed in order to adequately maintain the mission de

Two major forces which influenced Dean's decision to become a missionary

are: having worked with his father, Frank Rempel, and having been raised in India on
the mission field.

velopment that Dean has begun with such promise in reaching souls for Christ. Transportation also remains a real pro blem for Dean as he continues the payments on a VW bug and undertakes the proper care and feeding of this vehicle. Kenya has long been known for its highway system, or lack of it, that provides severe wear and tear on cars. Tire companies regularly test their products on the terrain in Kenya. If they pass the test there, they will stand up any
where ! Several of them failed the test on
The mis
Dean's car!

However, the need for the people to hear

the Word of God and the need for their salva

You can share in this service.

tion were the major motivations for his mis

sion to East Africa. Dean feels that both

evangelism and education are "keys" which Christ may use through him to open doors among these people. While Dean was in India, he helped in both these fields and was a wit ness to the joy, the grace of Gtod, and the

sion to Kenya is a channel through which every Christian can serve. Unity in the service to true New Testament Christianity will help win

the world to Christ, (John 17:21) and set a

pattern of life for our religious neighbors. (I Tim. 4:12) . You can share as a prayer partner.
Prayer is the one item needed by any Chris tian who is engaged in Christian missionary work both at home and on the foreign field. We need your prayers for a work which will become a stronghold for Christ in East Africa. You can share steadfastly. Regular gifts will enable Dean to maintain a budget. Please consider a regular place in your giving for this work and help to build up the needed mis
sion to East Africa

fulfillment ^e non-Christians had when Jesus

Christ was presented to them and they accep
ted Him.

It is Dean's goal to save souls. He be lieves this should be the primary goal of all
missionaries, both at home and abroad. He

is helping to educate the Indians and Africans of East Africa in the teachings of Christ in order to bring them to an understanding of what Christianity is all about. He is also

helping to build their own work among their own people by helping to prepare leaders. The evangelistic outreach in Kenya is showing great promise. A strong preaching
program is carried out by the East Africa
Christian Mission from four centers in Nair

Dean F. Rempel
Box 45250

Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Living Link Church

West Covina Church of Christ

obi , and a similar program is beginning in a village in western Kenya. Classes are held daily throughout the city. Baptisms into Christ have become frequent and all signs are that there will be a great harvest.
There are plans for a permanent Chris
tian Information Center in Nairobi. Bro.

West Covina, California

Canadian Representatives: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rempel

4931 Richmond Ave.

Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Forwarding Agent:
Florence Christian Church
Box 306

Harry Schaefer hopes to include in such a center a library with ready room, a chapel, and classrooms for a continuous training

Florence, Oregon 97439

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EAST AFRICA

CHRISTIAN MISSION

A Bible class listens to a Bible story. New Christians are encouraged to lead out in this manner.

As

After Bible study at the Maguga Green Church of Christ, which meets in a schocl building.

CasbAfrIcdChr1$tIanA\ ion
" *n^^vnu#3 S VIr? Forwarding Af?OV^+ Agent:

Christian ChiJirch

DEAN F.

REMPEL

P.O. Box 306

Florence, Oregon P.O. Box 45250

97459

Ifairobi, Kenya

April, 1972
Dear Friends:

We have just had a colorful Easter week beautifully decorated with flags and flowers, Racers came from all over the

here in Nairobi. The city was not in honor of our Savior, how
The East African Safari

ever, but in preparation for a world famous car race.

world to participate,

and thousands swarmed the

streets to watch the spectacular.

The church in Westlands, which meets at the Maguga Green School, has grown. We have had 30 baptisms since the new year, eight of them on March 12 and six on Easter Sunday, from the Parklands area.

The Tuesday night class for beginners, which I spoke of in my last letter,
has grown until it was necessary to divide it into three classes. We have had a good response among the people of Kabete and are working towards a new church in that area. We plan to hold the first services on April 15. Please remember us in prayer as we start new in this area.
NEW SCHEDUIE: Sunday:
6:00 a.m. Lower Kabete Church of Christ

10:30 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Monday:
Tuesday: 7:00 p.m.

Maguga Green Church of Christ (Westlands)

Evening services in Westlands
Leadership class

6:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.

New Peoples' class in Westlands Two classes for New People in Kabete Bible study in Kabete for sidults and a separate study for children

Wednesday:
Thursday: Friday: Saturday: We have plans May.

7:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Bible study in Westlands

Open

6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.

Women's class in Westlands

for a women's class

Movie night in Kabete and a Sunday school to start in

GUESTS: We have had several visitors. The most recent were Larry Neimeyer, who stopped by on their way to serve as missionaries in Zambia,
was in my graduating class at Pacific Christian College in Long Beach.
great having them here for two days.

Judy Judy
It was

Donna Disdale, a secretary Donna is from Oregon,

for USAID,

was here on tour of

East Africa.

There is so much to see iji Kenya and I have enjoyed sight-seeing with these
friends who have dropped by to visit our work.

up.

General and Mrs. Dass, from New Delhi, came through Nairobi and looked me
It was great to visit with such good friends from "back home" in India,

PEOM THE FORWAEDING AGEWO):

thanks so much for a great visit to Nairobi, It was a very profitable time for us. I feel I have seen a new side to evangelism in Africa. I really admire you for the work you are doing. Your enthusiasm and sincere faith make a good

Stoll, followiiig their visit in January:

The following is a portion of a letter from Don

"Dear Dean, Just a note to say Give my

greetings to all the church and express my thanks for the excellent special
prayer service we had that night. It was well planned."

combi^tion and I pray that the work will continue to go forward.

MEEDS: $1000. still remains to be paid on the car, and because of extra rent,
will be met and that we might also be able to build up a film library and add
couple" of~~desks," chairs and some" blackboards, etc.

are continually hampered by the shrinking dollar.

the addition of equipment for our mission development and the car expenses we

Please pray that our needs

TIMK YOU:
newsletter.

To West Covina Church of Christ for the fine job on the special

To Fairview Christian Church in Carthage, Missouri for the extra gift of

$100. for a tape recorder.

To the follo\^lng groups for their response to the February Mission Study
Packet on Kenya and Congo:

Women's Auxiliary, First Church of Christ, Eustis, Florida

Missionary Society, Poplar Springs Church of Christ, King, N.C.

Missionary Society, First Christian, Eldorado, Illinois
Parkview Missionary Group, Springfield, Missouri Brandon Church of Christ, Brandon, Iowa

lamplighters, Central Church of Christ, Portsmouth, Ohio

First Christian Church, Knox, Indiana

meant so much and I am so very grateful for the love and prayers behind each
and every one.

W.M.S., Horsepasture Christian, Eidgeway, Virginia To the several individuals who have sent special donations that

have

fxlm and I am busily snapping pictures for this.

from my Forwarding Agent after this date.

on June 25.

And to the church at West Covina for planning a special Eempel emphasis
Glenn TeVault, from West Covina, has donated a number of rolls of

These slides may be obtained

contin

Thank you all for

the touching of lives through your prayers

ued support of the work here in Kenya.

Love in Christ,

Dean Eempel

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Ca^bAjtrLcaChrLsbLaTiA\lS5ion
THr^^trttQ -I v-l r* Agent: AtT*iaV\4"* Forwarding

Christian Church

DEAN F. REMPEL
P0. Box 45250

P.O. Box 306 Florence, Oregon

9743

Nairobi, Kenya

June 1972
Dear Friends;

Today my desk is cluttered with papers, books, letters, bills and

various

things that I should have taken care of long ago.

spent in India.
back as 1950,

Let me share with you a few

far
for

things that I have run across as I clean off my desk.

Here is a stack of newsletters that my parents sent out over the years we
It is a great feeling to reread these letters printed as
and now in 1972 to be able to see tiie results of their work

the Lord.

As I read about their needs then, you know, they're not too differ what Lad wrote in 1951"sitting here trying to t.h-iriv of an

ent from mine now.

This is

approach for expressing the most

pressing needs of the Kulpahar work,

we sud

denly realize that the greatest needTBSScalls for no further hesitation. If each of the six missionaries here were called on to close the faith door of

his or her mind, and to open the "worry room," we shudder to think of the re sults. Stripped thus of faith and standing in the strength of sel^, we would soon be in the depths of despair. However, knowledge of God's goodness and the

brethren's faithfulness in the past gives us cause for nothing but praise as we
look at current needs about us." And then ^ the needs that Dad listed are so

similar to mine here in Kenya. But as I look back over the years at these missionaries and at the needs they had, I feel less "panic" and know that the
Lord has indeed done great things for them and will do the same for me. Here
are my most pressing needs; Car Fund; I still owe $900.00 on the bank loan for the car.

rent ^$147.00) for the school building where we meet, housing for two evangel ists and the new center in Parklands (a place for an office, a reading room,
and classes).

Service Fx^:

We

now have

two new churches and the added expenses

of

There is also need for mission materials

tracts and lesson materials,
out the city and villages.

such as books,
And

a film library,
things for

paper and postage.

m^y other

visits to the various tribal locations.

G-as and car upkeep continue to mount as visitation is carried out through
, We have been trying to do this on only $490.00 in regular monthly support
plus special gifts from individuals, but the expenses have been $600.00 or more
each month.

Furlough Fund: As I continue to look at Dad's .newsletters I see something else which I am now beginning to faceTravel Funds for the return trip. It is not too soon to begin looking ahead to my first furlough, even though it is a

little way off yet.

I intend to stay in the States less than a year so that my

projects here may not suffer.

There is an unlimited field for direct evangelism. Bible classes are in high demand and classes are being held every night of the week in some part of Uairobi. The Christian message is readily received and the church is highly respected. ^ I am certain that the investment the American chiirches are making in East Africa is well placed and very effective. aod bless you all for your
financial support and the prayers that sustain us.

There are many positive factors in the East Africa Christian Mission.

and sound and smell He has lavished upon it and its people,
"Oh, the sweet scents of nature! They intoxicate my brain. I lift my head and sniff the air Againand yet again!"

We have much to be thankful for in having you in West Covina, Florence, Carthage, Los Gatos, Plainfield, and the many individuals praying for us and supplying our needs. How good God has been to this land! What beauty of sight

It is the whole intent and purpose of the East Africa Christian Mission to bring the people of Kenya, not only to the knowledge of the Creator of these
-beautiful things, but to the surrender-of their hearts to Him.

The Psalmist felt all this when he said,

"Oh, that men would praise the Lord!"

Bagishm. We baptized seven women on June 4. It was raining but the people said that since this is the rainy season and we had put it off twice already,
that they would like to be baptized in spite of the weather.
coats, hats, etc, and went down to the river.

different tribal backgrounds including Abaluhya, Luo, Kikuya,

As a result of your support we now have 125 baptized believers from five

Masai

and

So we took rain

We have baptized 46 from the Western Provinces so far.

I recently returned from a ten day tour of 12 tribal locations near Lake Victoria, visiting the homes and families of oux Christians back in Nairobi.

people have been killed in Burundi, which is not far from the Luya tribal loca tion near Lake Victoria, where I just viisited. It is such a tragedy, that these killings go on. Thousands of people were along the road heading into

A sad

note 50,000

Kisumu and towards Nairobi.

We just had a DYES with 150 school age children in the Bungoma district. It was a great four days. We visited many homes in the area presenting the Good News." The parents came on the third and fourth days and five accepted
Chnst as their Savior and were baptized.

A special thank you to Mrs. Winifred Mullis for preparing a presentation of my work at the Plaiitfield Christian Church on July 4, and to Mrs. Mary E. Benoit for her presentation of my work at the area Mission Fellowship in
-JLewion,-A-l-berta, Canada on June 25.

Attendance has doubled at both the Maguga Green Church of Christ and Lower Kabete. About 150 are attending now,

at

work, be it in India, America, or Africa. He said, "Love of people is abso lutely essential for anyone who wishes to be happy in the. Lord's Work. Christians must have a feeling for people, and the greater their needs the
greater should be our concern." Jesus said, "By this shall all men know that
ye are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

In 1970, when my folks retired, Dad told me a great deal about the Lord's

my desk, that I had written a total of 533 letters since arriving in Kenya. T^s may seem like a lot, but it's really not. Two or three letters every night before going to bed is all it takes to answer the letters from my
friends. Please continue to write to me, I think of you often and remember
you in daily prayer.

And then, last of all I discovered, as I filed the last of the letters

on

Love in Christ,
Dean Eempel

Ca^bAjirLcaChrLstLamWi^^lon
Porwarding Agent:
Christian Chiu?ch

DEAN F.

REMl-EL

P.O. Box 306

Plorenoe, Oregon
P.O. Box 45250

97439

Nairobi, Kenya

August 1972

Dear Friends:

to an end and the rains are finally replaced by sijnshine.

to meet some of our leaders in the work here.

Once again the i,, A. G. M. sends their greetings to you as our winter comes

I would like for you

Western active is also Unlike

MJEST MULOKOTO AMBOSO: Ernest comes from Kakamega, the capital of the Province of Kenya. He is vice-chairman of-our planning committee and is in teaching and preaching Christ at the Maguga Green Church of Christ and responsible for the choir we have started. He is of the Abuluya tribe.
in her home in the Kakamega District this spring.
is instrumental in helping me in the women's work.

his grandfather, who had 100 wives, Ernest has chosen to marry only one, the second week in October. Her name is Leah, also an Abuluya. I spent several days
She is an active Christian and

Ernest's grandfather was a famous warrior and wrestler. Likewise, Ernest is

father, a farmer, has helped us in many ways by introducing us to the people of

his village.

a great warrior for Christ and through him many have come to know our Lord.

His

DAVID KARENGO: David first came to the Maguga Green Church through the influence of Ernest, last November. He was baptized into Christ and immediately became ac tive among the brethren in Lower Kabete, who are mostly of his tribe ^Kikuyu. each ruling in different locations and over seven to nine thousand people. How with Independence we have the close of tribal rule but not of leadership, for
David's sister is married to the mayor of Nakuru, a town 100 miles K, W. of Nairobi. David has taken on the whole responsibility of the Lower Kabete work

of the Kikuyu and ruled over 8,000.

David has a long history of leadership.

His grandfather and uncle were also chiefs,

His great-grandfather was a

chief

where he is teaching and preaching Christ.

brought into the Christian fold.

Through his efforts many have been

DISMA.S JACOB: Dismas was the first African friend I made when I arrived in Kenya and is perhaps the most important leader of all. He has introduced me to many people and it is through him that we were able to start this work. Dismas, like Ernest, is an Abuluya. He is the son of a sub-chief in the Mt. Elgon region of
Kenya near the Uganda border. Dismas has spent a great deal of time v/ith me in

a third trip inland and held a very successful DVBS in Dismas'

which I mentioned in my last newsletter.

establishing the Lord's work in Kenya. It was vflth Dismas that I made my first inland trip into the Lake Victoria region in Western Kenya. Not long ago we made

home village,

chairman of our planning committee and a real leader. Pius, along with Dismas, Ernest and Dismas' brother, Johnston, have seen the work grow from the original four to congregations in Westlands, Kabete, Parklands and the newest area, Ngong
states of East Africa and haa opportunity to witness to many friends over a wide

PIUS WAKJIiM MAHTIN:

Pius is another of our key men in the work here.

He is

Road. Pius is of Mluhya tribal background. He is employed by the East African Railways as an accomtant/auditor and travels extensively in the three partner
area.

We have had fifteen additions dirrlng the past six weeks, and, as a result of an ^.vitation to come to the ITgong area of Nairobi ana meet with a group of Christians and conduct a Bible class, a small congregation of several families
nov/ meets there each lord's Day to worship.

made preparations to have seventy-five women attend a soul-winning three nights

in Westlands for group Bible study, movies, gue^t speakers and refreshments.

At the end of August our wamen's class is having a Bible Pestival.

We have We

are praying that many of these women will become a part of that great Family of

-eh^ist-as-a-resuit-of this" festi-val.-^^'Jhi-s-rs-me- first ofit's " Mnd amohg^'^ghe" women of our two churches and I have had a great time helping them to prepare for
the meetings.

I v/as asked to teach a class in philosophy, religion and English at the Kenya Polytechhic Institute in Nairobi and feel it would be an excellent oppor many^ who had attended our University of Nairobi Bible study last teim, are all

three times a week in the morain^-s for two and one-half hours.

tunity to teach Chnst to University students again.

The classes would meet

The students,

v'orking towards a degree in Humanities. They seem rsally interested in learning about Christ and talking about religion and its effect on a changing Africa. A fight broke out recently between Kisii and Kipsigi tribesmen at Hamasha, near Lake "Victoria, The fight started when Kisii tribesmen were leading home their cattle which had been stolen by the Klpsigis. Not long after this a gang of Kisii cattle raiders armed with spears, bows and arrows had another fight with
the Masai over cattle theft.

The Asians are not without their problems too. Last week Uganda shocked everyone by announcing that 50,000 Asians are to leave the country within three
months. This included professional persons and industrialists who earlier were thought to have been exempted from the expulsion decree. Special thanks to Mrs. Shirley Roberts of the Central Church of Christ in

Grande Prairie for presenting the 3._ A. C. M. during their DVBS there t^s month. Also, a special thanks to my parents for presenting my ministry to the Avondale Church of Christ in G-rande Prairie and for their work as my Canadian Forwarding
Agent.

And to the Women's Missionary Group of the First Cnristian Chiu:ch in New

September.

Port Eichey, Florida for the special presentation they have planned
Contact them .for dates.

for The new slides and lots of display material are available from my
through the East

Forwarding Agent in Plocence, Oregon.

Africa Christian Mission, to spread the Word of God here in Africa. We pray that
God will continue to bless you in your ministries there in Canada and America.
Christian love,

I would like to thank you all once again for helping,

Dean Rempel

ADDED NOTE: The latest word from Dean brought the information that he has had an unexpected $500.00 expense concerning the registration permit of the East Africa
Christian Mission in Kenya. This has caused an added financial burden.

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ufiAN F. REMPEL Christian Chiirch P.O. Box 306

Florence, Oregon
P.O. Box 45250

97439'

Nairobi, Kenya

November 1972
Dear Priends:

i^ank Eempel, stating that he was arriving on the midnight flight from Canada to
be a place for the senior Rempels in building this mission,
ficult to manage alone.

It was q-uite a surprise on October 11 when I received a cable from my father,

look over the work I had begun here nearly two years ago and to see if there might I had written to my parents asking them to consider coming to Africa to help
the

me in the mission as the work is increasing so rapidly that I am finding it dif

I'll let Dad tell you about his two week information gathering visit to
E.A.G.M. through excerpts from the daily diary he kept while here.
Wednesday. October 11

With Dean to meet me at the Kairobi airport were Martin Wafulla and Ernest

Mulokoto, two of the yoimg men who have associated themselves in the Kenya work. modem and very beautiful African metropolis.. .We dined at Martin's house on typi cally Afracan food and were entertained by the Wafixlla children who sang songs.
Thursday, October 12

The drive through city center to Dean's house on the northern edge revealed a very

somewhat uneasy group of people of Asian origin own most of the retail businesses,
as well as much of the country's industry - for how long this will last is a con

A tour of a nearby

shopping area took part of the morning.

It seems that a

three men who seem to be representative of the international make-up of Kenyan life: Mr. Bernard Hinga, Commissioner of Police for all Kenya; Shankar Das, Indian and a wealthy businessman of Nairobi; and Jack Block, of English origin but
African by choice and one of the wealthiest men in Kenya...In tije afternoon Dean and I-drove to Kijabe, in the Great Rift, site of one of the largest mission sta

stant subject for speculation. At a Rotary luncheon in the New Stanley Hotel I met

tions in Africa.

It is an Africa Inland Mission undertaking and encompasses the

staffed by around 70 foreign missionaries.

Missionaries are, it seems, a class of foreigners still very welcome in Kenya, since they contribute to the educational and even economic welfare of the country
rather than draining off its wealth. I had particularly wanted to get an "outsideers" answer to the question of indigenization, and learned from a Mr. Arenson there that the institutions only are presently under foreign control, the African church being entirely under African leadership...Bible study this evening at Evan Omollo's house in Westlands, Nairobi, where about 55 men and women were present. I was asked to speak and Martin Wafulla translated to Swahilij though only a few needed
the translation.

entire range of mission institutions,

David Karengo accompanied Dean and me to Nyeri, in the heart of Kikuyu coun try, on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, about 60 miles north of Nairobi. David's .grand father was Kikaya chief over a fairly large territory, encompassing about 8000 people. He is looked up to in the area as a kind of "prince" and tells interesting

Friday, October 13

Actual administration will be ^ American couple who were here looking for a job. Dean was able to hire them throtgh the government. They will be directly
responsible to-him. There are about 300 students and the school is funded from

stories about the Kenyan fight for independence in which Kiicuya, more than an;y other tribe, were involved. Dean has been offered the management of the former "St. Dominiq-ue Secondary School" and is to taJce over its .operation in November.

Affairs, .was a Roman Catholic but has taken an undenominational stand. He has not yet submitted to immersion into Christ, however. It is he who approached Dean with the school proposition, which will be known as the "East Africa Christian Mission
Secondary School."
Sunday, October 15

Wamuthenia, fomer M.P. and assistant to the Vice President in the Ministry of Home

tuitions with government grants malcing up the

deficits in operation...

Mr.

A choir of about 20 sang several numbers a cappella after which I spoke on the text. I give you the Kingdom"...A sizable group of 15 Africans ranging in ages from 17 "feo 50 were baptized into Christ. Ernest Mulokoto did the baptizing. Lack

There were about 150 persons present in a room quite inadequate for such a crowd.

bined service of two congregations, which however hold weekday services separately.

The church service was at the Ma^a Green School at 10:30 a.m.

It is a

com

handicap, I am afraid...We joined Mrs. Martin Wafulla and David Karengo and -Johnstone Chevolio for the 250 mile drive to Eldoret in Western Kenya, where we are
to see the work at Bungoma.
Monday, October 16

-both for mee-tingand-fer perfortuing baptisms easily, are a- serious

The meeting at the Chevolio home in Bungoma was attended by about 20 adtxlts and perhaps 50 children. Held out of doors, it was highlighted by a special number in song by the six wives of Mr. Chevolio, sung in harmony. Other groups, nsany of
them children of this one man, also sang.,.

group as we talked to Alan over the lunch that followed the flight...Evening meetDean's house, which is situated in the midst of a coffee plantation, ^th about 34 attending. Lots of singing, after which I spoke and David Karengo
translated to the predominantly Kikuya people.

Alan Pike, fonner Peace Corpsman in Masai country of South Kenya, airplane pilot and a friend of Dean's offered to take us on a short fli^t over the area so famliar to him from his Peace Corp days. This proved to be a great experience, not only for the insights gained into the life styles of this very important ethnic

Tuesday. October 17

of about 140 jammed their community hall.

^hui-aday^ October 19

At a meeting at a hospital staff compound in North Nairobi an overflow crowd

Wednesday, October 18

After I spoke, there was a question and

about
' ~

answer period - the Africans, I discovered, are not in the least backward putti^ questions, sometimes naive, sometimes penetrating.

that proved to be an outstanding camping experience.

Sunday, October 22

about noon on "safari" to the Ambolseli Game Preserve, a trip by car

at the Lord's Supper. The usual crowded classroom again emphasized the need for a more spacipus meeting place...Dean and I had lunch with Pius N'ganga at his United
Kenya Club, after which we did some calling.

in the early part of this week. Ernest Mulokoto brought the message and I presided

The service at Itlaguga Green was also a sort of farewell to me as I am to leave

It was a great two weeks for me. The Christians enjoyed Dad's visit, the ser mons, the teaching and the fellowship, I feel that there is a place here for my
parents to serve and to help in building the Lord's work in East Africa, We "have grown in many ways and there are now 600 people with whom we are directly involved
in our daily ministries.

I would like to thank you all for your continued support of this ministry and
for your prayers on our behalf.
In Christian love.
Dean Rempel