My Guide - Kenya 2019

Acts 8:30-31

How will I get there if someone doesn't guide me?

"So Philip ran to him and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah & said;  "Do you understand what you are reading?"  And he said;  "How can I unless someone guides me?"

A instructive moment~

How will I get to where God wants me unless I have a guide?

We are just a few weeks away from this years trip to Kenya and I wanted to introduce to you some of our companions we meet along the way. Today, I want to introduce to you someone I met on the 2008 trip. My guide, Dennis Mugambi, has been there for me on my adventures.

In 2008, when Dennis was 15, he rescued Lonnie Dillard and I from a mob.  He saw we were in trouble and rode his bike back to Mike Heiser and got Mike to come and help us. Dennis to me is like a guardian angel, he protects me and gets me and the team to where we need to be so we can minister the gospel.

Lonnie & Linus, at Bible School in Kitale~

 Dennis in 2018, was there for me when I was delayed in getting to Nairobi by a whole day. It seemed like there was no one to meet me.  I was wandering around the airport, when Dennis appeared to take me to a hotel.  The next morning, he fed me and took where I needed to go in Kilifi.  After that -  disappeared for a few days.

I was ministering at a bible school in the central district during last year's trip, and found myself way beyond my cultural understanding of Kenya in a teaching.  Dennis was there as my interpreter to bail me out once again. He just took over for about 10 minutes and got me out of trouble.

Mike & Pat's family in Kitale~

Dennis & his brother Stanley are both sons of Mike and Pat Heiser, leaders of the Heart of God Ministries in Kenya.   The Heiser's raised these boys as their own in Kenya.  Stanley brought Dennis to Mike after their mother had died. Dennis was not very old when Mike and Pat took him in.

Mike and Pat educate these kids, raise them as their own.  They become these awesome men of God,  teaching in the Bible Schools and Churches. Dennis was preaching in the schools when he was 15.  After finishing high school, he went on to college and graduated with his degree. He was going to be a missionary to Europe, but God told him to stay with Mike and Pat, to help them in their mission.  He is now Assistant Director to Mike and will be our guide for the month we are there.

Bible School in Chigoria~

Before I leave Kenya in March, Dennis will know my message to leaders.  He will not only be hearing the message to leaders over and over again - but he will also interpret it back to the Kenya leaders many times.   I am looking forward to our time together Dennis is awesome.