Sunday activities

This was truly an anointed day from start to finish!  We started off our day after breakfast with a worship service at the Trinity Vineyard Nakuru church, pastored by Adam Mosley. This is a fellowship in English that was started in January for the purpose of ministering to the extended community of those who are here in Nakuru ministering to others.

We had a powerful time of praise and worship in song, followed by Adam's sermon in his series "Stories Jesus told" titled "Kingdom of Potential" focused on the parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the seeds scattered on various types of soil.

It was inspiring and challenging. The service met in a tent in Adam's backyard, since they lost the facility they have been meeting in and are seeking new quarters. Please pray that this vital ministry would find the new location the Lord has chosen for them. 

After service, we left for Nakumatt, where we had lunch and additional fellowship with Adam. 

From lunch, we traveled to SCANN, the Street Children's Assistance Network of Nakuru.

This is an organization that seeks to take in boys off the streets of Nakuru. Some are just unwanted, while others are orphans. They have 120 boys there, with the youngest 2&1/2 years old!  

They describe their mission as being committed to bringing a solution to the problem of street children in Nakuru - PERMANENTLY, and they define themselves as a rehabilitation center transforming street boys into valuable, reliable, independent men in our society.  And they are achieving their goal. They provide structure and a safe environment, healing, health care, food, clothing, education and shelter to boys who are the poorest of the poor of the street children.  And they are making a difference. They have been performing this mission for over fifteen years and have many success stories. They have many young men who have gone on to university and pursued degree courses. They have educated and found employment for over 135 children who are now leading independent lives on their own.

We got the opportunity to interact with them in a drawing and craft activity, give each of them a pair of gloves or winter hat, and with excess funds provide laundry buckets, pails, and metal plates and spoons for all for their dining facilities.

It was a wonderful blessing to be able to support an organization that is doing a great work and having such a positive impact and to interact with these young men.  

From there, we drove to the Streets of Hope facility, which is another orphanage for street boys. Here, 29 street boys from age 8 to 12 receive similar care to SCANN.  

We had the chance to interact with them, tell them a gospel story message of Woofi and give them each a Woofi puppy of their own as well as soccer balls.  Tom Wolff also gave them a short message and blessing over them that was truly anointed and prophetic!

I believe that we will begin to hear great stories of successful young men from this ministry!

We finally returned to Tumaini at 7:30, in time for a late dinner. We were blessed to have Chief Francis, an important Kenyan civil leader and friend of SWOK and friend of ours from previous visits join us for dinner.  In addition, Sam Kariuki from SWOK, wife Miriam and daughter Chat joined us for dinner. Sam is the construction manager for SWOK, a valuable asset for them, and a good friend of ours. It was a blessed time to be with them.  They emphasized something we felt we already knew but that we can't express enough: it's important and valuable that we send our resources to help them, but what they value even more is the relationships we have built with them. This is something that cannot be explained unless you have experienced it.  We have built special bonds with these friends that are life transforming. It's what keeps me coming back!  Once again, Tom Wolff inspired us with his message in closing out our evening together. He pointed out that we have been blessed to have been born in the U.S., when we could have been born anywhere in the world under far different circumstances. But we get to choose how we use those blessings that we have received to bless others who have not been so fortunate.  And the Lord has certainly blessed us beyond measure in our relationships and experiences on this trip!