“Our vision is to be a ministry of
eternal significance that impacts the cause of Christ through the advancement
and multiplication of His churches.”
Malindi Pastor
A
big event this month was the calling of a pastor at First LBC, Malindi. I have
been serving as their pastor for over a year now helping them get re-established.
They are doing great and had reached the point that my presence was a hindrance
to their growth rather than a benefit. They may say otherwise but this was a
crucial step in their maturing. The church called Nicholas as pastor and
Ricklynn as the assistant pastor.
Nicholas
and Ricklynn have done a great job this month; the church is responding well to
their leadership and taking steps forward. The calling of a pastor frees me to
focus on all the churches as well as look at new areas to plant churches. Pray
for all the churches as we reconnect and encourage them. We also need wisdom
for future church plants.
516 Missions Team 1
The
516 Missions team that came this month was a great way to launch back into the
field and see all the churches. We accomplished a lot in a short time. We were
able to serve each of the seven churches, making a big impact. We did a lot of
building, which is great because it leaves a lasting visual to the churches as
well as letting the team see their work.
Bokole-
We put on a new roof and prepared the walls of the church building to be mudded
and showed a cinema.
Miritini-
We worshiped with Miritini church and lead the teaching and preaching. We also
had a time of fellowship after services.
Singuaya-
We prepared the church building walls for mudding, built a choo (Toilet), and taught.
Gandini- We mudded walls, dug a
choo, and taught.
Magangani-
We prepared and mudded the walls of the church building and showed a cinema.
Jimba- We dug another choo, mudded the church
building walls, had teachings, and showed a cinema.
Malindi- We worshiped with the
Malindi Church on a Sunday, teaching SS and preaching the sermon. In the
evening we showed a cinema also.
We
had a great time with the first 516 Missions team of the summer. They were awesome. We stayed busy the entire
time, and it was a great launch back into fieldwork with all the churches. 
Arrivals and Departures
New missionaries Clayton and Lindsey
Howell arrived with the 516 Missions team as well as Mary Mickler this summer’s
intern. However, when the 516 Missions week was over we had to say good-bye to
Sadie Hardin after her 6-month stay with us. Needless to say it has been an
exciting, yet sad month. We are super excited that Clayton and Lindsey are now
on the ground and that Mary will be us this summer. Sadie did an amazing job
teaching our children and we will miss her. We were blessed to have her as a
part of our family for six months. 
James
Taylor PO Box 811 Malindi, Kenya 80200
Phone
011-254-713289014 missionarytaylor@gmail.com
Taylor Tribe
We started out summer break with a whole week of sleeping in, well
at least the kids did. This was one of
our most successful years of school. I
believe much of that is due to Sadie coming to teach the second semester. The kids decided to come up with a few goals
for summer break, one of which was to build a club house. They began plans to count up how much it
would cost and how to go about building it.
In the end James suggested they build it like a Kenyan home with a
Makuti roof. It is nearly finished. They worked hard and are excited to begin
playing in it.
Josiah turned 13
this month. Yikes! He is a very typical 13 year old, making us
laugh one minute and ready to choke him the next. He is super smart and has a very tender
heart. God is going to use him in a great way, with his outgoing personality
and ease of talking to people. We thank
God for the blessing he is to our family.
Sadie and I began
working on preparations for receiving the 516 Missions Team 1 along with
Clayton and Lindsey. Since Lindsey had
never been here, I wanted to make sure I did everything to help her not want to
jump back on a plane immediately upon arrival.
As we began getting the house ready, we discovered what seemed like a
years worth of lizard poop everywhere as well as loads of dust from
termites. We first drenched their whole
entire house with termite insecticide.
Then we proceeded to evict as many lizards as possible. And then for two days we cleaned from top to
bottom trying to at least make her new home pest free. We were not completely successful in our pest
free mission, but I think we at least dramatically reduced their
population.
The first 516
missions team was awesome. They were
delayed coming in and so they pretty much hit the ground running. Going to all 7 churches was a lot of
fun. I had not been to all seven in
quite a while, so I enjoyed getting to catch up and fellowship with each of
them. Abigail even taught a class at one
of the churches. That was a big step for
her, as she is typically very shy. Lindsey just jumped right in there, and the
ladies were all excited about having another missionary and his wife join our
team.
While we were at
one church, Richard’s Mama called me and sounded horrible. I really thought she was on her
deathbed. She asked me to come see her
at the hospital. I went and she was very
ill with TB. Please keep her in your
prayers; she is somewhat better, but still is not healthy.
Saying goodbye to
Sadie was sad, but we all knew her family missed her. So we took her out for a
special dinner and made her a scrapbook of her time here. She was so much fun. Sadie is now like family. We pray for God to use her in great
ways. He certainly used her to bless our
family.
We are now looking forward to Team 2 and our new teacher
Ashley! There is much work to do, but
it’s all worth it!
Thanks for reading
and praying!
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