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Sharing God's Love
With God's People
Our mission is to mobilize individuals and churches of all denominations to work together to make a difference in the lives of our Kenyan sisters and brothers.
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JOIN US ON A JOURNEY OF SIGNIFICANCE!
New Teams Are Forming ........ Sign Up Now
NOV 6-23, 2008 (only 2 spaces left- children's ministry, building)
FEB 11-25, 2009 (medical/dental, children's ministry, building)
FEB 18-MAR 4, 2009 (medical/dental, children's ministry, building)
MAY or JUNE, 2009 (children's ministry, building-exact dates TBA)
ALL TEAMS SERVE IN NAKURU, KENYA
Strong Partnership with Host Church
Build Relationships..Impact a Community..Strengthen Hope
$1500 Approximate Cost for In-Country Expenses
(food, lodging, transport, bottled water, safari, gratuities, insurance, team shirt)
[can vary based on exchange rates]
Roundtrip Airfare to Nairobi Varies With City of Departure
(currently pricing at $1375 from Greensboro, NC)
booked by us then paid by you via credit card directly to travel agent
ORIENTATION OCTOBER 5 - HIGH POINT, NC
ORIENTATION OCTOBER 12 - WILKESBORO, NC
Christian Servants of All Denominations Invited to Join a Team!
please include your name as listed on your passport
your address,home and cell phone numbers &
indicate the date(s) you prefer
HURRY! TEAMS FILLING UP FAST
BE INSPIRED...BE CONNECTED...BE A TRUE SERVANT
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 New School to Open
January 2009
Why Build a Boarding School ?
The modern day plague of HIV/AIDS and the tribal clashes in early 2008 have left over 17,000 orphans in Nakuru, Kenya. These children have incredible needs- food, clothing, love, the need for a safe place to live - but most of all, the need for an education. The only way we can empower them to break the cycle of poverty is to invest in their education. This boarding school will meet the needs of these children and will give each one of them an opportunity to develop his/her God-given potential.
Building Teams and Generous Partners Make This Vision a Reality!
A boarding school provides a means for the children to learn, while ensuring that they are cared for in a loving, Christian enviornment. In 2008, three mission teams - with members from NC, VA, GA, CO, UT, and FL - worked side by side with locals to help build this school, which was only a vision in 2007. Generous donors have stepped forward to support this project, which provides the sole hope for many orphans and street children for a life without hunger, violence, abuse and exploitation.
How is Construction Progressing?
In late July, 2008, a contractor was hired to complete the first phase so that the school will be ready to open in January, 2009. Phase I will house 200 orphans and street children. Two large dormitories will be constructed in 2009, and there will be room for 600 boarding students in 2010, 300 of whom will be orphans and street children, with the other 300 students being required to pay tuition, and being recruited from all over Kenya (part of the sustainability plan). A borehole (well), which is powered by a generator, has been constructed. Thankfully, clean water is a reality and is available for the use of the surrounding community at a minimal cost.
The Challenge Continues...
We still need funds to construct and furnish the All-Purpose Hall (kitchen, dining, chapel, assembly). In the interim, temporary outdoor cooking and eating facilities need to be constructed. Please consider supporting the construction of the temporary facilities and/or the All-Purpose Hall with your contribution to Kenya Partners - Nakuru, 1815 Brunswick Court, High Point, NC 27262.
Want to know more?
For more info about how you can help, simply reply to this email indicating your interest in the boarding school project, or click on the link to the Kenya Partners-Nakuru website.
Thanks to all who have contributed their time, money and efforts to making this vision a reality!
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 April Team Made of Rubber!
A Team of "Firsts" A team of 28 people from 5 states traveled to Nakuru, Kenya in April, 2008, bringing hope and resources and the love of Christ to all they encountered. This was the first team to focus on three different ministries - not only the ongoing medical/dental needs at Wesley Mission Clinic, but also the first efforts to engage in the children's ministries going on at the church nursery school and at Squatter's Hill slum; in addition, this was the first Kenya Partners building team to work on the new boarding school.
Being Flexible (Like Rubber) We learned that as short-term missionaries, we have to be flexible and open to last minute changes in plans, flights, and schedules, and to be especially open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit within us. Delayed baggage, local unrest, rain, unexpected needs of the people we served - all were handled smoothly because of the flexibility of the team and by patience and peace and poured all over us by God.
We Learned From Them! Undeterred by the Kenyan tribal conflicts in early 2008, team members felt no fear for our safety, and instead felt immensely blessed ten-fold by the people we were going to serve. We worked side-by-side with the locals to build the school, to teach the children, to care for the sick and to respond in many ways to the enormous needs of the people of this area, seeing God work miracles, while forming everlasting, never-to-be forgotten relationships with our very special brothers and sisters in Kenya. The people we served also taught us lessons of patience, steadfastness and generosity. Most of all, by their own example, they taught us that faith will carry us through whatever troubles we encounter.
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 July Team Encounters "Angels"
Angels at the Building Site The team of 33 who traveled to Nakuru in July were richly blessed by the "Angels" we encountered. As we worked side by side at the buidling site, Joseph, the local building team foreman who was hungry to discuss the Word of God, engaged in many discussions with the team about the Bible and shared what he learned with the local workers during their lunch breaks.
Angels at the Church Alice, the nursery school teacher who earns $100/month salary, showers love over the 37 children she teaches and is an example of true Christian servanthood, using her own money to help buy food for those children who were without (the nursery school feeding program had been temporarily suspended for lack of funds). Alice is also the Sunday School teacher for the children at Nakuru UMC, where they are being spiritually fed with Bible stories and where children learn from Alice how to express themselves through Christian music. Moniq is the patient and very skilled teacher in the computer lab at the church where young men and women from all over the district are learning basic skills to enable them to find employment (the average wage in Kenya is $1/day).
Angels on Squatter's Hill Florence, a young woman who works with the children in the slum at Squatter's Hill has skills and knowledge far beyond her 18 years. She is joyful and loving as she "teaches" these abandoned and orphaned children, who are not able to go to public school because of lack of funds for uniforms and school fees, and who are not only hungry for learning but also hungry for nutritious food - most of them barely surviving on one meal a day at best.
Angels at Wesley Mission Clinic Spencer, a clinical officer (similar to a nurse practitioner in the US) who was trained by the April dental team, with follow-up training by the July dental team, has been working at the Clinic each Saturday for nominal wages, and performs a powerful service for his people by providing good dental care, a need that is so great due to the lack of any oral hygiene and even the basic toothbrush - in the past, other than the dental work performed by the annual dental teams, the only alternative for someone with a toothache was to have the tooth extracted by a neighbor with a dirty knife or a sharpened nail. Edwin, Nancy, Ann, Mama Faith and Zippy continue to provide excellent care to the patients who come to the Wesley Mission Clinic, which is now open 24-hours every day. They are faithful to the Wesley Mission Clinic, despite being able to earn more elsewhere.
Angels on the Soccer Field Ken, who leads the youth soccer ministry along with other dedicated youth volunteers, and who is also the caretaker for the church property, is an excellent role model for all the youth he mentors. Some members of the July team were able to play soccer with the boys and "just happened" to have carried to Kenya with them various soccer uniforms and balls, which brought wide grins to the faces of these boys, who play soccer with enthusiasm in torn shoes and makeshift uniforms.
All these we encountered and more - including Pastor Josam, his wife Ann and the orphans at Hope Children's Home - we will never forget the " ...angels among us".
BWANA ASIFIWE! (Praise the Lord!) |
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