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Trip 17, Update 5, LSH Kenya

3 different waves of 11 of us arrived well in Kenya almost 2 weeks ago.  I haven’t been able to post much but I’ll catch up on the great things that have been going on.

Today we completed a major project….playground for the Lord’s Servants Academy.  We brought some metal bending equipment with us and after a week of welding, concrete, and assembly, we opened the playground to an eager crowd.  The approval rating was high.  This is the only playground for miles…and the best I have seen.  It is for the LSA kids but is open to all kids in the community after school.

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Trip 17, Update 4 Teso

After 10 days at Stream of Hope Home we traveled to Kenya and spent 2 nights with a ministry evangelizing the Teso people….a people group along the Ugandan border that is unreached in some areas and under reached in most.  Sweet people.

We left 30 audio Bibles in the Ateso language and 2 solar powered projectors with the Jesus Film in Ateso, donated by Campus Crusade for Christ, to allow this group of church planters to show the Jesus Film and start Bible study cells in remote areas.

We encouraged them at one of their churches….the shade under a big mango tree…my kind of church then showed the Jesus Film to two groups.

The Asinge group of believers

The Asinge group of believers

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Trip 17, Update 2 Uganda

It has been an emotional week at Stream of Hope Home.  Diana leaving us has been the hardest.  She was just 15 and a sister to these kids.  We had a beautiful celebration for her with the community and God was praised.  She was buried at her Grandfathers home about 1/2 km from the orphanage.  The celebration involved about 400 people, guest speakers, butchered cow and tons of food.  Interesting is that the custom is for people to stay with the family so the night before and after saw over 100 people sleeping all over the grounds with a big bonfire.  We will miss her but the kids and I look forward to seeing Diana again.

 

Diana, 15

Diana, 15

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Trip 17, Introduction

Tomorrow, 26 May, Casey and I will begin Trip 17 which will ultimately include 12 people and transpire over 2 months.  We have a diverse team including teachers, college students, an eye Doctor, and us regulars.  The youngest is 16, several are first timers to mission trips, and some will incorporate the results of their work in their Graduate thesis.

We will be working at the Stream of Hope Home in Uganda, the Lord’s Servants Home and Academy in Kenya , and visiting a Pastors Training College working in the border region with the Teso people.

One of our projects will be installing a water tank that will allow treated drinking water to be available to the community around the SOH home.  This was funded by fund raising efforts from Ms. Spencer’s awesome 4th grade class at Patriots Elementary School who have been studying about water crisis’ in the world.image

We will also be installing additional solar panels at SOH, building a playground at the LSA School, several smaller projects, meetings to chart the future for the orphanages and school, lots of child educational programs, social efforts with the kids involving art therapy discipline, lots of community support activities following up on previous trips, and equipping church planters in the Teso region with audio Bibles in their language and solar powered video equipment to show the Jesus Film, courtesy of Campus Crusade for Christ.

We thank you in advance for your prayers for God’s guidance, wisdom, and provisional safety and for our families that are back home.

Look for my frequent (hopefully) blog updates.

Trip 16, Update 8, A Great Trip Finished

Team Uganda has all arrived back at home or back to Kenya.  They had a good 2 weeks with the kids who were out of school and got a lot of help from them with some projects…

Basketball court and the SOH Globetrotters….

Fenced in Chicken range and new roost, goal being to grow the flock for eggs and meat…Chicken Coup (3)

Shelter for outside gathering in the shade.  18′ x 18’….

New climbing wall and fort for the playground…unspecified6

New desk for Paul, new BBQ Grill for the Americans….

New generator to power the water well when the sun is not shining.  This will eliminate water shortages and allow the distribution to the community more regularly.Generator

Greg with one of his helpers…Kids building

The team enjoyed nightly visits to the community, praying for the sick and sharing about Jesus.  This was well received and influenced the high attendance for the Jesus Film showing.

Praising God!