The pictures that go along with this post show what God has already begun to do in Kenya. The money that I was able to send in September has already yielded fruit in the partial construction of the orphanage building. And very shortly, I will be joining the effort in person, helping to build and encouraging Pastor David in the ministry that he is called to.

 

My previous plans have changed regarding when I am going to leave for Kenya and who is going to go with me. After presenting the trip to my church this year, it was made abundantly clear that right now is not the right time to take others with me, not because it’s not necessarily what God wants, but because we are not set up for it yet on the Kenyan side. However, I am still planning on going over and will be leaving at the end of this month, November 29th. I will be gone for the whole month of December arriving back in the states on December 30th.

My goals for this trip are fairly simple and I am still open to whatever God has in store for me this year, but what I would like to see happen while I am there is:

-being a physical part of the building process.

-preaching.

-collecting information regarding the cost of furnishing the building when it is completed, the total running cost of food, clothing, and school supplies for the children, and what needs to be in place logistically to be able to bring others over to be a physical part of the work that CTM is doing.

-I am also hoping to become more adept at speaking Swahili so that I can translate when I have the opportunity to take others over with me.

-encouraging the brothers and sisters that I met and developed relationships with last year.

-whatever other works God has prepared in advance for me to do…(Ephesians 2:10)

 

When I return, God willing, I will have more pictures to share, which I will do here and on Facebook, and hopefully I will have a short video presentation of the work that God is doing in that area. Continue to keep me in your prayers for strength and provision. On that note, one last thing, I’ve kept track of all the funds that God has brought in for the building project and to date, He has provided $7280 USD for the building. That’s almost half of the total cost of the project!! The estimated total cost for materials and labor was $15,000 USD and God has already provided half of that! I am so thankful and awestruck by what He is doing in Kenya. Praise be to Him!!