Sunday visits to the boarding High Schools of some of our 11 high schoolers. Proud of all of them. In Kenya, you have to work to get into a good high school. We went to 3 schools and saw Reuben, Micah, Sarah, Centrine, and Emily.
Micah and Reuben
Pastor Moses and Emily
n Sarah and Centrine
We arrived at the Lord’s Servants Home Saturday about lunchtime after 3 days of travel….and with 2 of the 5 bags we started. The others are promised Sunday. All is good, the kids are great.
Sweet Diana
All out play
Boys playing marbles
A few views of Kenya from our single engine flight to Kitale…
Mission Servants has a large and ambitious trip about to commence to serve at the LSH home in Kenya and the SOH home in Uganda. 15 members will leave the US in 3 teams from 3 different places and coordinate in Africa. One team working exclusively at LSH, one exclusively at SOH, and one team working at LSH then traveling to SOH. This is the 15th Mission Servant Ministry trip and a complicated one so we are requesting constant prayer for safety, logistics, and planning wisdom. The first team leaves on January 17th, the 2nd and 3rd teams on the 22nd and 29th.
We have a number of plans besides connecting with and loving on the 106 children at the two homes, 87 kids at the Lord’s Servants Academy, almost 20 workers at all the facilities, and hundreds of people at 4 affiliated churches. We are bringing almost 2,000 pounds of tools, books, sewing machines, Bibles, clothing, lighting components, balls, and goodies. In Nairobi before driving to the LSH in western Kenya, tools and supplies to improve the homes will be purchased.
Our big projects include: Completing the living touches to the LSH Guest House (lighting, plumbing, cabinetry, curtains) which will allow longer term mission trips and missionary stays. Installing lighting, curtains, and shelving in the new SOH Boys Dorm. Launch the project for the new SOH Kitchen/Dining Hall/Utility building. Numerous smaller projects to improve the facilities and lives of the kids will be done at all facilities. Medical checking and eye exams will be provided.
It will be exciting. Please look out for our blog and Facebook posts. Thank you for your prayers and support!
Some of the Kids in their Christmas clothes at LSH
Happy kids and their new dorm building at SOH
Christmas is a special time at the SOH and LSH homes in Uganda and Kenya as well as where you are. With the help of donations specifically for the Christmas fund the Directors, Pastor Paul and Pastor Moses, organize a celebration which includes a special meal, treats, clothes, trips, and gifts. They all know that receiving the gift of God’s grace through Jesus Christ is what Christmas is about but special things make kids feel valued and is a very fun part of Christmas. Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible!
The boys at the SOH home in Uganda got the best gift of all…a new home. They moved out of the cramped rented quarters in the trading post onto the compound with the girls. This 9 room building is one of the best for a dozen miles around. Their walk to school is also a mile shorter each way.
All the SOH kids and their new clothes in front of the new Boys Dorm.
The kids also had a special meal with goat meat and soda and gifts of new clothes and a new set of drums. Singing and dancing is their favorite thing.
Look at that pile of food. He will eat it all.
The kids at LSH in Kenya got new clothes and a trip to a nature park.
Pretty smart!
Dancan in Denim
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Picnic lunch
A very good problem has come up at The Lord’s Servants Home…..Many visitors wanting to serve the children and community. A Kenyan law is also threatened to be enforced, further pressing this issue….visitors must sleep in a building separated from the children. A single donor providing funds outside the operating budget and fundraising of Mission Servants helped us solve this challenge.
The old original, temporary (yet 40 year old) church structure was torn down and a Guest House constructed inside the LSH compound. This building will allow more visitors to stay a longer period, even months. It has 4 bedrooms, a kitchenette, great room, porch, indoor toilet, shower with hot water, a septic tank,and electricity. It is very comfortable and can house up to 16 people.
In addition to a growing number of Mission Group trips (3 in 2014) several long term volunteers have spent as many as 4 months serving in the LS Academy, kids at LSH, and the nearby community. We believe in God for this to continue as a blessing to the community and are thankful for the Guest House.
Pray about joining us on a trip!!!
Front of the house with porch.
Rear of the house with view of septic system (unfinished).
Luxury #1. Sink and flooring next to be installed.
Luxury #2. Shower stall. Sink and flooring to be next installed. Yes…it will have hot water.
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