Martyns in Africa

Are You A Trader? (video)

Taylor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:43 +0000

Thanks to @BrianMosley and the crew at RightNow.org

Avery rocking the headphones (pic)

Taylor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:23:55 +0000

He made it home!

Taylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:20:07 +0000

Taylor arrived safe and sound in Nairobi a few hours ago. He got some lunch, a nap and is enjoying a hot shower. Thanks for all your prayers. Updates about his trip will be up soon!

Buckled in- praying i make connection

Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:19:44 +0000

Flight update

Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:54:02 +0000

No plane yet in Malakal. 3pm. 1hr to Juba. Flight to nbo leaves at 4:45. Likely hood of getting home tonight dwindling. Play jetlink flight to nbo is delayed.

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Plane late from Malakal, Sudan (photo)

Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:18:43 +0000

No fun waiting on late plane but at least there is electricity to charge mobile and a little AC

Singing under tree with pastors in Baliet, Sudan (video)

Taylor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:13:10 +0000

Download now or watch on posterous

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Singing this AM to open pastor church planting (photo)

Taylor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:08:05 +0000

Sunset in baliet Sudan tonight (photo)

Taylor — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:06:39 +0000

Off to Sudan for two weeks (photo)

Taylor — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:36:44 +0000

In the taxi headed to the airport. I will be working with Mike Congrove of e3 Partners, who is from our sending church, for the first week. We will be training pastors in Baliet, just outside of Malakal. It will be pretty bush. Then spending some time in Malakal with my SIM teammates. I look forward to showing you some photos of the trip.

A Quick Lesson on Calling to Kenya or In Kenya

Taylor — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:26:59 +0000

The way phone calling works here is that you use the country code 254 and
‘+’ before that, then the number. The actual number is 718xxxxxx. But
sometimes you will see it written as 0718xxxxxx because that is how you dial
the number locally. So if you see the zero on a number, drop it and add
+254. Hope that makes sense. Sudan is +249. The number in Kenya always
starts with a ‘7′ and in Sudan they always start with ‘9′. This is only true
for mobile numbers. Land lines get more complicated. They are usually a
number starting with ‘2′ in Kenya. They are a shorter number and instead of
adding a ‘0′ in front, you add ‘020′. I’m not sure how you dial it
internationally, but I assume that instead of 020 you do +254.

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Long Overdue Update

Taylor — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:20:17 +0000

The whole fam had the chance to take a real vacation in Thailand a few weeks
ago and visit with some very good friends we had not seen for quite a long
time. They got to meet Avery for the first time and we spent some good
quality time together.

Next week Taylor heads into Sudan to do some work for our sending church,
Fellowship Bible Church in Dallas. Following that short trip into the bush,
he will spend a few extra days in Malakal, our old home in Sudan, spending
time with our fellow SIM teammates there.

We officially became a part of the SIM Kenya team on Monday as Taylor takes
on his new role as the Regional Communications Coordinator. We are still
formulating how this new role will look and we look forward to it’s full
implementation.

Avery is growing up fast. She is starting to build her own phrases and
occasionally really catches us off guard. She likes to think everything is
hers. We wished she slept better at night, but other than that, all is well.

We have had some small bits of support drop off recently, but God has held
our finances fairly steady and taken care of us. We hope to move out of our
flat in July and onto SIM’s compound. This will help save us some funding,
move us closer into the SIM community, and provide a green space and other
kids for Avery to play with.

We thank you all for your prayers and support in our journey to seek God’s
will & to worship Him in all that we do.

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