2025 July LFK Trip - Day 1 - Kibira Slum

Amazing first day in Kenya, ministering with Pastor Timothy in the Kibira Slum. Spending a few hours loving on the kids and staff at Calvary School.

JUNE 2025 #8

Our last day of ministry was Friday and we ended on a high note with lots of special good byes! Great friendships and community were built over the last week. We began the day by serving breakfast to the children at 6:00 am. The meal consists of chai tea and mandazi then we sent them off to their days with a time of prayer and blessing as we walked all the children to school. We got to say good bye to our dear friends in the Widows Ministry with more prayers, singing, dancing, and good byes. Our final adventure was a trip to the equator! Wow! The team safely returned back on Saturday at 11:30 am.

JUNE 2025 #7

Today was a wonderful time with our widow’s ministry. We had the opportunity to visit the completed kitchen, doors, windows, and water tanks. The widows felt so thankful and encouraged as we were able meet these felt needs for them. We spent time praying over each property and the surrounding community as we walked to their huts. Finally, we were treated to an incredible talent show! Singing, dancing, acting, and so much more! We are thankful for the creativity and passion for each of the children at Shangilia.

JUNE 2025 #6

Today was primarily spent in the community prayer walking for all of our extended partners including Oasis of Joy church, Rejoice Medical Clinic, and Idileri Primary School. We were blessed by connecting with members of each of these communities and sharing an encouraging word and prayer with all who we encountered. One of the highlights was making our way to do home visits to the Shangilia staff and pastors. This was a special time of fellowship, joy, and devotionals.

JUNE 2025 #5

We had a fabulous day of serving and fun! We began by serving meals to each of the children and saying a small blessing over each of them. Additionally, we got to go mudding while helping the local workers to build a new kitchen for one of the widows. The highlight may have been a sacred visit to Prayer Mountain for a chance to reflect, meditate, and praise our God. Finally, lots of fun playing games with the children and a time of service by helping the staff do laundry.

JUNE 2025 #4

A powerful day of devotion, prayer, and fellowship. The focus was the Shangilia staff as we showered them with love, gifts, and prayer through our devotional time together. We made a special visit to Father Benson's widow and family as the Shangilia community continues to mourn his loss. The females on the team got the opportunity to really connect with the female high school students and the males did the same with their gender too. Of course, we enjoyed some fun and games along the way too!

JUNE 2025 #3

It was a special Sunday at Oasis of Joy church. Our team members were able to give two powerful testimonies about how God has changed their lives. Our trip leader, Alex, gave a powerful message sharing on Jesus’ love. The highlight was distributing 75 Bibles to all children of the widows, so they can learn and read scripture themselves. Afterwards, we were able to have a time of devotions with our prayer partners plus played some fun games with the children!

JUNE 2025 #2

What a wonderful day of ministry! We had the opportunity for fellowship with the widows community. It was a joy filled time with singing, dancing, prayer, and connecting. Additionally, we got to do home visits for each of our upcoming building projects (outhouses, etc.) and connecting with folks in the community. Finally, we got to have FUN doing AWANA’s activities and playing games while sharing the love of Jesus through devotions.

JUNE 2025 #1

The team is off to serve our friends in Kenya! Travel went well and they hit the ground running with a great day of ministry with Pastor Timothy in Kibera. The team had the opportunity to serve lunch at Pastor Timothy’s school and church. Additionally, they were able to do some teaching in the classrooms and connect with the children. Finally, they did a prayer walk praying for the community and all the people living in these tough conditions.

MARCH 2025 #6

What an amazing last day! We had a great time of fellowship with the widows filled with singing, dancing, and praise. Additionally, we got to share our testimonies with the local school children and bless them with prayers. We are so thankful for the people we got to help with medical care and the opportunity to share God’s love! Thank you for your prayers and support.

MARCH 2025 #5

Wednesday was a great day of minsitry! Buffalo Covenant Church’s team was able to spend time at the public schools playing with the children, sharing about God’s love, and encouraging the teachers. In the afternoon, both team were able to help with mudding a new home for one of the widows. They had a lot of fun! We love getting to bless our friends in Kenya by meeting their spiritual, emotional, and economic needs.

MARCH 2025 #4

A wonderful day of ministry connecting with patients that have come many miles to see our team! We are treating each patient to the best of our abilities then ensuring we pray and bless each one for their spiritual needs. We have a great system going and do our best to welcome everyone with immense joy and positivity. Thank you for your support and prayers!

MARCH 2025 #3

Today was the first day of our medical clinic! We were able to setup a great clinic and serve 100 people that traveled from all over the surrounding community. There is already a line for tomorrow! We are thankful for the opportunity to use our expertise and resources to bless our new Kenyan friends. Additionally, we had people on our team asking to prayer with and nurture their spiritual needs in addition to their physical needs. Our prayer team was able to pray for each and every patient! And the greatest news was that over 60+ gave their lives to Christ!! Praise God! All of Heaven is rejoicing! Such a blessing to be able to serve!

MARCH 2025 #2

We went to Oasis of Joy Church and Jaeley and Stella did an amazing job sharing their POWERFUL testimonies. God really spoke through Caleb and Zak as they both preached the sermon! These guys were really filled with the Spirit as they preached God’s love, grace, and mercy. This afternoon, we visited a 14 year old boy who got a nail in his eye last week and is in danger of losing his eye. We are praying to God for healing! Our doctor on the team was able to help him today. The boy lives with his mom and 2 siblings in a 5 x 8 space and they all sleep on the dirt floor, so we were able to buy the boy a bed, mattress, pillow, sheets and blanket. It is the first time in his life he has not slept on the dirt and was able to sleep in a bed. It was heartbreaking. Please continue to pray for this boy. In the evening, the Buffalo Covenant team shared a challenging devotional with the kids at Shangilia.

Tomorrow the medical clinic starts!

MARCH 2025 #1

We have a new team that is now in Kenya! A wonderful group of students from the University of Northwestern and members of partner church Buffalo Covenant. They had a great day of travel then began with ministry to the widows. They will be doing a medical clinic in the days to come so we look forward to more updates soon!

FEB 2025 #8

What a special day of minsitry in Kenya! We got to continue to build relationships with the widows through prayer, encouragement, singing, and dancing! At the end of our special time together, we were able to bless them with food to bring back to their families! Additionally, we continued to share Jesus’ love at the local public schools playing games, singing, and sharing the Gospel.

FEB 2025 #7

Another day of God showing up! We were able to show God’s love by having a house and a kitchen built for a widow desperate for a home for her family. Her son George was the one that had gotten a nail in his eye and he is stable right now, but praying for complete healing. We were able to mud the new house… a ton of fun, while changing a families life by meeting a real practical, desperate need.

Later in the day, we went to 2 public schools and shared the gospel with over 350+ students giving their lives to Jesus! Praise God! God opened the door for us to share the Gospel through the building projects of 16 outhouses at these schools. So much spiritual fruit!

-Randy Stensgard

FEB 2025 #6

Greetings from Shangilia! We had an eventful day of listening prayer and community engagement! God sent us to the neighbors where we blessed their newly dug well and then prayed for health and restoration for a lost Christian. We also prayed for healing to an addict and preached the Gospel to others. The second team prayed protection over the orphanage and blessing to the community and that Shangilia would remain a beacon of hope to all who seek sanctuary. The third team prayed over residents of the village in the valley below Shangilia. We met and continued encouraging our staff prayer partners before renewing our friendship with Vegetse School, establishing relationships with the students and sharing the Gospel. We blessed the girls of Shangilia with sweatshirt donations and beautiful handmade dresses. Another evening of prayer, worship and dancing completed our day! God has really used the team to continue His work in the community!

-Erika Morgan

FEB 2025 #5

Today was a special day of ministry! We began with concentrated time praying in our teams and praying with our Shangilia staff prayer partners. We were able to bless the 26 staff at Shangilia orphanage with clothes for themselves and their families by the donations we collected and brought to Kenya. The Shangilia staff felt so blessed, and experienced God’s love in a very real way! This afternoon we went to 2 different public schools to share the love of Jesus. At one of the schools we are having 16 outhouses built, they are 1/2 way done and should be ready by Thursday. And this evening, another night of worship, devotional and dancing with all the kids here. Praising God for a great day of us living on mission!

Prayer Requests:

1. One of the widows son’s was poked in the eye with a nail. Pray for full recovery.

2. One of our team members has had a severe migraine headache today and has been in need all day.

3. Pray that the public schools will be open to hearing the gospel and respond.

FEB 2025 #4

A day of listening prayer! As a team praying and asking Jesus to speak to us about who he wants us to minister to and where. God spoke to us in so many ways, one of the ways was that he led us to a widow by the name of Annette who has lost her husband and is raising 3 children. God called our team to her home to show her God’s love in a real way and to show her the hope in Jesus! 6 years ago God had led us to her house for the first time, God told her that we would be coming. Her daughter Sandra a very very sick, out team was able come and provide some help. Unfortunately, she died 5 years later in 2024, but God called us there again today to show her the she is not forgotten and Jesus deeply loves her. Jodi (on our team) was given the name “Mary” when she was doing listening prayer. And we met the neighbor of Annette who was her mother in-law and her name was Mary. We believe God led us to her to encourage and also show her the hope and love of Jesus. The day will filled with God guiding and leading us to who He wanted us to minister to. Our God is amazing! Every day we are trusting Jesus to lead us to who he wants us to minister too. Thank you for praying for our team!