Supa Oleng? This is a warm greeting in our Maa-language. Here in Kenya, all is well. It rains occasionally, and we are thankful for it! The children study well in school, they are diligent and are already preparing for the Christmas holidays.
The parents of our class are very grateful for your contribution to this private school! We understand what these children need most is to get an education. This will prepare them to be ready to cope with the difficult demands of modern society.
The water tank you bought, really helps us a lot! Children can drink clean rainwater. We use the water to prepare dinner, and none of the children have ever been sick from it.
After receiving your support, we were able to pay school tuition for 3 students who visit the high school. We paid 10,000 shillings per child. I used part of the funds to buy a school table, a jump rope, and a ball. The rest of the fund was used to buy food for children! Thank God, we have new children in this academic year who are 6 years old.
The school is growing and therefore I wanted to make a sign indicating the location and name of the school. We suggest calling it the “OLOIKA ECDE Learning Center.” Thank you for your generosity towards these children and their families. Many thanks for helping our school and for my family personally!
Having arrived in Nairobi and bought several dozen bibles locally in the Maa language, we went to a church not far from the capitol. To my surprise, when asked: “Who among you can read?”, Only a few out of a hundred people raised their hands. When asked: “Do you want to receive the Bible as a gift?” Everybody raised their hands! I promised to give the Bible to each of them if they learn how to read! After encouraging them with an example from my personal life, and telling them how I learned English, we left. In July of this year, we started literacy lessons and we had 25 students. We hired teachers for this and the first lessons are were held in the recently constructed building! Thank God for that!
Agnes Wilson lives with her husband and four children in Kenya. A few weeks ago, she was admitted to the Kenyatta National Hospital! She waited a long time for this opportunity to remove the tumor of the lower jaw. The surgery started immediately after the doctors conducted an analysis of the situation. Since the tumor has destroyed the bone tissue, she probably needs several surgeries to remove the right side of the lower jaw and get an artificial replacement.
After this, a long healing process and repeated interventions are required. Being on this survey, Agnes worried and hoping if the finances would arrive on time.
Now the first surgery is already over! And we thank everyone who helped this mother of four. The tumor of the lower, right jaw was successfully removed. Despite the fact that it is difficult for her to speak, she is very happy. Please continue to pray for Agnes and her family!
The ministry of the first five evangelists began in September 2017. They traveled 60 miles to the Olosaruni region in southern Kenya. Without the motorcycles that they received thanks to all the supporters, this wouldn’t be possible. In Olosaruni they spent 7 days, living in tents and preaching the gospel to the local people.
Neighboring villages were reached by foot and the Word of God was preached everywhere. Whenever they met people on the street they testified about God to them and they walked from house to house, talking with families about the Gospel.
Our brothers in Christ are very thankful for the motorcycles that help not only to evangelize, but they are also able to earn money by using it as a taxi and transport people to the market in the city.
In some villages, not many have the possibility to drive. Some food products are sold only on the market in the cities. As of right now the evangelists visited more than 30 villages in the Olosaruni area and opened a new church called “Enkoro Empuan Church”.
One local resident in the area, named Mulata, donated 2 acres of land designated to the church for free to use. We plan to build a canopy with a roof so that the Sunday service can take place in any weather. Currently, we have 17 members worshipping God and we are sending out teams from other churches to support our brothers and sisters with the development of the church ministry.
Thank you very much to everyone for the prayers and participation in spreading the Gospel among the Masaai tribe.
In September 2017, the secretary of the Baptist Union of Kenya Peter Olonapa and head of the Southern Sudan Baptist Union Edward Dima visited churches of the north-west coast in the United States. The Lord abundantly blessed their participation in various divine services and family evenings.
On behalf of the ministry, I want to express my great gratitude to all who took us in for the night, fed us, and helped to resolve unforeseen problems! I also thank all the ministers who opened not only churches but also their hearts for our guests.
This month we are shipping another load of food to believing refugees who are in the North of Uganda. We also continue to build canopies in the camps. A group of helpers is flying to Kenya to finish building the church.
Pray for this ministry, that our help would be pleasing to God, and bring blessing to the needy!
