We spent a wonderful time at the Shangilia Children’s Home today. Today was all about meeting real needs and showing real love to those that need it most! On this trip, we will be serving 5 widows: Ruth, Tufrosa, Ronica, Beatrice, and Pricilla with basic needs, which includes 3 outhouses and 2 homes being built. We are hiring local people to do all the work. Additionally, we are helping support the efforts of 16 outhouses being built at a local public school. We are sharing the love of Jesus everywhere we go! We also ran a fantastic AWANA children’s program at the orphanage and were able to bring 80 new children from the local public school that don’t know Jesus. Finally, we attended a funeral for one of our beloved widows who recently passed away. What a wonderful day of ministry and service to the community of our friends in Kenya!
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The team has arrived safely in Kenya! They hit the ground running by spending the day in Kibera Slum (1 million people in 1 square mile). They met our ministry partner, Pastor Timothy, at his Calvary School. The team had the opportunity to serve lunch to the children then lots of fun signing and dancing together. Next stop is Shangilia Children’s Home!
2024 Missions Trip #1
The team is off! We are so exited for the wonderful trip they have ahead and are thankful for all that God will do while they are in Kenya. We are sad to share that Mary Pate was unable to join due to sickness and she will be missed. Below is a picture of the team in addition to the high level trip details. We will post every day or two to keep you updated with pictures and stories!
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Today was a really special day for the team. They got to present every child with a new Bible at Shangilia Children’s Home. They capped off the night with a fun talent show hearing beautiful songs and all sorts of goofy talents! They also got to go pray over the completed widow’s homes praying blessings over them. It was a time of great rejoicing and encouragement all around.
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What a wonderful trip the team is having so far in Kenya! Pictures today include the wonderful children’s program, AWANA, which exists to teach Bible-based discipleship solutions in addition to pictures of community prayer walks.
We also wanted to give an update on the progress on Joyce’s home. See Day #3 for more background on her story.
2023 Missions Trip #5
The team spent a fun day at Shangilia Children’s Home. They met with both their staff and children pray partners to encourage one another. It was a special time of fellowship. Of course everyone got to enjoy some fun football (soccer) too! A special highlight was trip attendee, Alex, getting to connect Samuel. Samuel graduates on Thursday from a 3 year Nursing program after a lot of hard work! He is a Shangilia graduate so everybody is very excited and proud for his successful next step.
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The team had a fantastic day today! They got to visit with one of our partners, Pastor Solomon, along with some of his family and children. Addiitonally, they got to go to church and enjoy a powerful message. Finally, they played some soccer with the children at Shangilia before a little rain pushed them to some fun with balloon animals!
2023 Missions Trip #3
The team has moved to Shangilia Children’s Home and is enjoying serving the community. They have connected with the Widows Ministry and enjoyed time of singing, fellowship, and prayer together. Specifically, we want to tell the story of Joyce Agaromba. Last week she wasn’t feeling well and she went down to sleep in her room. As she was sleeping, it started raining and suddenly she had a big bang on her roof top. It was a tree that was going to fall on her so she rose up immediately and started screaming. It was horrific and she is now sleeping in the kitchen with her grand children to avoid all the leaking. The team was able to join the church elder to go inspect the damage and will be partnering with the local construction teams to repair her home. Currently, Kenya is having lots of rain, so please pray for them in this rainy season.
2023 Missions Trip #2
The team has safely arrived in Nairobi and travel went well. They had good flights and good connections wth only one lost piece of luggage! God is already at work giving opportunities to share the Gospel. The team continues to build good chemistry as they look forward to serving together.
Once they arrived, they were able to spend a great day at Kibera. Pastor Timothy and Pastor Samuel welcomed them to the community. They spent quality time learning exploring and serving the community in one of the poorest areas of the world.
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Our president, Randy, shared the following note of encouragement:
“It’s amazing who God leads you to through listening prayer, by hearing God’s voice and allowing him to lead my team and I to people that need hope. I learned this from my friend Seth Barns at Adventures In Mission. God showed up in amazing ways! Ask our team about it when they get back.”
Additionally, work has been on the widow Karen’s new home and a new outhouse.
