{"id":2147,"date":"2013-06-21T07:13:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T12:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2013-06-21T07:18:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T12:18:27","slug":"kenya-covenant-leader-visits-iowa-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2013\/06\/kenya-covenant-leader-visits-iowa-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Covenant Leader Visits Iowa Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2148\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-driving-the-WD-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2148\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2148 \" alt=\"Simon driving the WD- sm\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-driving-the-WD-sm-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-driving-the-WD-sm-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-driving-the-WD-sm.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon getting instructions to drive the old WD<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pastor Simon Kamau, President of the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya, visited several Iowa farms a couple weeks ago. \u00a0Simon came to the US to take a course on pastoral counseling at Denver Seminary. \u00a0We got the pleasure of hosting him on his way to Denver. \u00a0We of course took him out to see my brother Dean&#8217;s pigs (see below). \u00a0There he also got to drive the 60 year old Allis-Chalmers and the Bobcat. <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/68839793\">Simon driving the WD<\/a>\u00a0 Fun.<\/p>\n<p>We also took him to Dean&#8217;s neighbor where he saw a cattle feedlot. \u00a0And, we stopped briefly and looked into a turkey barn.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoyed these visits and asked lots of \u00a0how and why questions, \u00a0He was particularly struck by the fact that the old WD is still working remarking that no vehicles in Kenya are kept working that long.<\/p>\n<p>In the two evenings he was in the area he was hosted at an open house at the Lanyon Covenant Church and then a meal and<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2152\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-speaking-to-Pomeroy-gathering-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2152\" class=\" wp-image-2152 \" alt=\"Sharing a meal at Pomeroy Covenant\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-speaking-to-Pomeroy-gathering-800x600-300x225.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-speaking-to-Pomeroy-gathering-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-speaking-to-Pomeroy-gathering-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharing a meal at Pomeroy Covenant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>conversation with the Pomeroy Covenant Church missions team. \u00a0We had great conversations as he shared about his life and ministry in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>After the visits to Pocahontas and Pomeroy, we drove him to Des Moines. \u00a0We visited Twin Lakes Christian Center on the way where he got to see the Swede Bend Covenant Church, which was the first Covenant church.<\/p>\n<p>In Des Moines Congolese refugees from the Bukavu area of East Congo hosted a meal at the Urban Heights Covenant Church. \u00a0These refugees are relatives of many of the Congolese that Simon and the Kitengela Covenant Church have hosted in Kenya. \u00a0Conversation focused on hearing some of the story and needs of those in Congo and the refugees in the Des Moines area. \u00a0We learned that there are up to 700 Congolese refugees in the Des Moines area. \u00a0WOW! \u00a0Eugene Kiruhura is the leader of the group at Urban Heights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2154\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-in-Swede-Bend-church.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2154 \" alt=\"Simon in Swede Bend church\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-in-Swede-Bend-church-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-in-Swede-Bend-church-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-in-Swede-Bend-church.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon in the pulpit of the Swede Bend Covenant Church<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2149\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-and-Eugene-800x600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2149 \" alt=\"Simon and Eugene [800x600]\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-and-Eugene-800x600-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-and-Eugene-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/06\/Simon-and-Eugene-800x600.jpg 800w\" 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