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Item Comboni Witnesses Among the Pokot(Tangaza University College, 2004) Balosbalos, Euclid D.Originally, I did not intent to do a research work on Pokot until my second visit to Amakuriat Parish, Alale Division, located in Western Part of Kenya. It was December break. I was with a first year scholastic who journeyed back to where I had my first encounter with the polcot community. The journey by public transport to the mission took two days. The journey was long and difficult. However, we managed to arrive safe and sound. A few days into our stay, one of the Comboni fathers asked my companion about his stay. It was his first. His direct response caught directly my attention: "The place is quite beautiful but I have no desire to come back." He then continued: "The place is very far and the mission is tough!" His answer prompted me to reflect upon the presence of the Comboni missionaries especially in this remote area. I was bothered by a succession of questions: To whom are they witnessing? What's the content of their witness? What kind of missionary attitude do the Comboni Missionaries need today in Amakuriat mission? Are their methods of witnessing relevant to the people to whom they serve? What does it means to be witness of Christ? My questions were primarily of importance for the Comboni presence among the Polcat and the way they carry out their missionary effort in Amakuriat today. However, I will also address questions of life and identity. In chapter II, I will address the identity and the life of the Pokot in Amalcuriat on which I based my research. In chapter m, I will present the charism, identity and life of the Comboni missionaries, both the community of the priests and brothers and the community of the Comboni sisters working in that area. I will use descriptive and critical analysis applied to the kind of work in which they are engaged and their witness within the Pokot community. In chapter IV, I will examine the human witnesses in the Gospel of Luke and, how their identity and life witnessed of God's profound love in the person of Jesus Christ. In Chapter V. I will attempt to suggest new theological and missionary insights which I considers useful in the Comboni Mission, in particular the mission in Amalcuriat.Item Mission among the Pastoralists of West-Pokot(Tangaza University College, 2001-02-07) Armada, RafaelI have been living for four years in this country, having come as a Comboni Missionary and student of theology. During this period of time I had the great opportunity of twice briefly visiting Pokot land. Since then I became interested in knowing a different culture, accepting the challenge of crossing boundaries and reflecting upon the missionary activity among the Pokot. Staying there I discovered a very interesting land and people. Their environment, although harsh, appeared to me as beautiful and containing a serene harmony. The vitality, endurance and strength of the Pokot, as well as their sense of their own dignity fascinated me. On the other hand, I encountered an extremely isolated and difficult area, very distant from the rest of the country in most of aspects of life. Their social and economic standards were very much below the levels of the rest of Kenya. The process of evangelization and establishment of the Church, although quite steady, is also at its beginnings. Therefore challenges lie ahead in many aspects. The experience of entering into a different culture and people becomes, thus, a very enriching one. It involves looking at the reality with others' eyes, bringing the novelty of Christ, with its religious and social implications, into a different understanding of life and accepting being enriched by it. The first chapter of this work is devoted to the understanding of the Pokot people, starting from the environment and history that shape their way of living and beliefs. The second chapter deals with the process of acculturation and the journey of incarnation made by the missionaries in their evangelization, including an evaluation of the main social and religious activities. In the last chapter, I will attempt to bring into concrete reality a methodology of mission based on the principle of incarnation, when faced with a situation of change, both in general in Africa and in Pokot, in particular. Lastly, I will hint at some possible suggestions for new missionary activities or confirmation of the work done so far.