NOT A FIGHT

I guess people usually get broken teeth in fights, or running into doors.  I was eating a potato chip, and a huge filling and part of a tooth moved from their proper place.  And a few days before that, I was just standing around, and a part of the tooth on the other side on the bottom back decided to depart from unity.  Chewing with the front teeth is an art, as they have gotten used to biting off things and passing them back.  About 15 years ago, I needed help in Kenya and found Dr. Vinayak with Hollye Conway's help, and he did a temporary.  This time he talked me into renewing my mouth with silver and other amalgamated metals.  I will be shinier than ever.  I do think that was the longest grind time I have ever experienced with my mouth wide open.  Then the nurse took me away for measurements, which entailed her pressing some gummy material over both top and bottom teeth with as much strength as she could muster.  Not only that, but she kept punching something down on the ground-out areas with vigor as the feeling was coming back in my badly numb and misshapen mouth.  Darlene decided not to kiss me when she saw me; she didn't think she could form her lips that way.

And here is Darlene last week with the staff at Java House singing "Happy Birthday" to her.  Francis Ndungu, on the left next to Darlene and a former student of ours, made the cappuccino.  We had a good day together, and we had lunch with Tony Mauldin as well.

Happy Birthday to You

Sorry...no pic of Tony...I had eyes only for Darlene

Kamulu Conversion

We all get excited when young people make a commitment to follow Jesus.  We don't teach our kids a great deal about religion, we don't emphasize what they have to do in worship, we don't talk down any other faith system...what we do is invite kids to know Jesus, to love Jesus, to follow Jesus, to obey Jesus.  When they do, their religion is solid, there worship is sincere and correct, their love for all is developed.

Joseph Karanja graduated from Made in the Streets without making a commitment to follow Jesus. He got a place to live, found and lost two jobs, was arrested for being too interested in a fight that was going on and was not doing well.  Then one of our young people who is involved in a Discovery Bible Study as part of our Into the World Project invited him to a Bible study, and he attended.

So on September 28 he came out to Kamulu and asked to be baptized.  We were all energized when he talked about the Bible study and what it meant to his heart.

Karanja is ready

Made in the Streets has needs that are not in the

budget this year.  Can you help us?  We want to

--refurbish our playground - $2,848

--get new uniforms for kids - $3,491

--buy a stone cutting machine -- $1,600

--furnish Bible office -- $1,000

--furnish counseling office -- $1,000

Thank you in advance,

   Charles Coulston

Into the water