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Updates from our trips to Kenya.

August Trip to Kenya and Uganda

John and I leave on Wednesday to begin what is the 15th separate trip to support Mission Servants Ministry’s orphanages in Kenya and Uganda since 2006.  John and I will spend 2 weeks at Lord’s Servant Home in Kenya then travel to Stream of Hope Home in Uganda, meeting Kathy and Darlene.  They are making their first trip but were instrumental in the founding of MSM’s involvement with SOH.

I have not been to LSH in over a year.  I missed these guys.  We have lots of projects to complete and organizational plans to implement.  Please keep looking out for my blog posts and keep us in your prayers.

  
   
 

Mission trip to SOH Uganda update #1

Our time at the Stream of Hope Home was only 6 days but they were very full. The kids are great. Most of the 15 member team is home now but some of us are still traveling. More updates to follow. Here are a few key accomplishments…

Hired a new Matron couple to live at the SOH home to mentor the kids and care for them. This is Pastor Moses, wife Beatrice and son Samuel. They have 10 children, some joining them at the home. Moses has been involved as a volunteer for roughly 3 years at significant personal sacrifice as a calling. This is a blessing all around.

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We signed a contract to build a new Kitchen and Dining Hall. This building will be similar to the one we built in Kenya a few years ago. It will be used for many things including church service and community meetings. It will be a life changer in bad weather.

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Team Hillebrand on the way to Uganda

Kathy and I are in route to the Stream of Hope home and will meet up with the team coming from Kenya on Saturday.
The 13 people at The Lord’s Servants Home are doing well with the projects and work that we planned. Many of them did battle illness though the week but are all well today. Several bags were also lost for 5 days, hampering progress and spirits. All is good now.
They have implemented lights, plumbing, and cabinetry in the new Guest House, harvested honey, spent a lot of time with the kids, and worked out organizational changes and needed procedures with pastor Moses and the board members.
The 13 team members in Kenya moved over 1500 pounds of goods from the US. Kathy and I have roughly 300 pounds ourselves which include Bibles, books, solar lighting supplies, tools, and child gifts.
Thank you for your continued prayers. I’ll post more when I can.