Blessings Flow...Our Goal Was Met

Our goal to raise $2,000 to feed 20 children 3 meals a day for 1 year has been MET! Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow by Him through many of you. We are overjoyed by the generosity that has been shown to our Kitale family, and it doesn’t stop there. In early December a good friend called and asked if there were any other needs that could be met in Kitale. It was “God timing” once again, because we did know of some specific needs we wanted to see met, but didn’t want to ask, you our friends and family, for more money, so we began to pray.  The amount of money given enabled our friend, Peter to do the following:

Meet Caleb- a.k.a. Chris Rock:

He is a proud father of a boy and new baby girl and is Peter’s right-hand-man. His English is very good so he loved talking with us about all kinds of things and he really wanted us to love Kenya as much as he does. When he smiles he looks like Chris Rock, his nickname since the 2009 trip. While we were in Kitale we noticed that Peter valued Caleb’s opinion on food prices, mattress prices, how many jump ropes we should buy etc.. After spending two weeks with these men we learned that Peter oversees the housing for the children as well as getting the kids enrolled in school, meeting with their teachers and making sure they have uniforms and clothing. Caleb’s expertise is the food! He was very particular the day we went to buy the food making sure we got a fair price and excellent quality. We were so thankful for his knowledge.  Due to the extra money that was given, Caleb now owns his own laptop. This has allowed him to get a better paying job so that he is able to help Peter with the expenses of the children’s home.

The children’s home now has electricity!!!

This is no small feat, In the Kipsongo area very few people have electricity. What cost only $400 American dollars would have taken them forever to save. Well, it just wouldn’t have happened. They are so excited for many reasons. One being that it gets dark pretty early, around 5:30pm during the rainy season, and even earlier because of the cloud cover. The children are so excited!!  (We would have loved to see their faces and hear their cheers, but it seems even more appropriate that the men and women who have cared for them were able to share the news!)

The children now have a television!!!

Watching African Christian music videos is quite popular. Peter and Caleb were both very excited about exposing the kids to music and Christian videos.

These three things that were provided weren’t “needs” for them to survive, but it sure was fun getting to tell them that that God had seen fit to prod someone to give extra so that these things were no longer dreams, but possibilities.

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks.”  Luke 11: 9-10

Below is an email received from Peter this week:

“Hello Brother,

How are you doing? I hope you are doing great in the Lord. Receive greetings from Rehoboth kids. We are very happy for the results are out and some of our kids have done well in the last examination. We are hoping for them to continue working hard even as they move forward to next level of their education and lives too. This is our priority and happiness to see these kids doing great in their lives, despite the challenges; they have shown a lot of strength in the Lord. So keep us in your prayers always brother and may God bless you so much.

Your brother in the Lord,
Peter”

Love and Blessings to You,

 Jay & Melissa