Leroy and Mary UPDATE

Hello Mike and Ruthie,
Well we are back in Kitale again. The visitors from Alaska left on the seventh. We enjoyed them very much. I think they enjoyed the Pokot people very much also.
We had a baptism service at Kasaka on Saturday the 31st. According to my count we baptized ninety eight. The record book for baptisms will show the exact number. It was held in a small river that the Pokot dammed up for a deeper water hole. It was a long and hot service but wonderful.
Sunday we traveled back to Kasaka after spending the night in Kasei, for a great Sunday service and a meal at Benjamin's house.
The Leadership seminar went well too. We also held a ladies seminar at Kamaketto on Wed. the 4th. The ladies seemed to enjoy it a lot;.even had some men meeting with the ladies under the trees.
I received a letter from ACCK that they have changed their mind about letting us live in their house at KaseiI, So we have found another house at Kamaketto. Will start Monday to fixing it up for a place to live while we are there working on the new church building for Kamaketto.
We have two things we need help with. One, is the famine in the area has many people without food. So we need some financial help to keep them from starvation. Two, we need to build a church at Kamakatto.
The elders have given us some land for it. The members have cleared the land and are gathering stones for the concrete. I think the church building will cost about twenty thousand dollars. The famine food costs are about one hundred thousand Kshl if it doesn't get worse. I don't see much way for it to get better without rain and seeds to plant. But prayer can change that.
We still have several students who don't have sponsors for secondary school. If interested I can give names and standings in school for people who want to help.
Love you. Leroy and Mary