Basic Foodstuffs for Kenyans

At this time of year, more than any other time of year, it is difficult to go without basic food stuffs. Christmas here is a time for enjoying a proper meal with family members and if funds allow, buying a set of new clothes.

Due to the love of a patron we were able to buy some of what we need. This is truly a blessing.

Here is a pictorial of the basic food we need.

Flour for making chapati.

Oil for cooking the chapati.

Tea for breakfast and mid-evening beverage.

Sugar for our tea.Pineapples for dessert at special times like Christmas.

Most village farmers are subsistence farmers. This means they mostly grow corn for eating. If they have extra they can sell it to purchase a bit of oil, flour, tea and sugar. Having the extra corn for sale to buy food is always difficult as villagers have other basic needs they must meet: kerosene oil, school uniforms, tuition for older kids and supplies, clothing for the family, medical needs, seed and fertilizer for planting.

Please have a look at the side bar on the right and you will see a list of basic food needs and general pricing for these basic food stuffs. We ask you to pray for us so that the farmers can have funds to plant their crops and enough to meet their basic needs.

God bless,

Christmas for Kericho's Kids

Hello,

We had a wonderful time of Christmas with all the kids here near Kericho, in the village. It was a great time of having lunch together and building relationships.

We are so grateful to the Lord for the provisions that we had for this Christmas. It was enough and we were all happy to eat together. We had chapati, rice, tea , meat and most of all the Word of God.

We want to take this time to thank God for the contribution for this Christmas. We do hope that the Lord will bless the sponsor tremendously.


God Bless



Editor's Note: We didn't have a digital camera for most of the photos. They are rather small as we scanned them in groups and so after cut and paste they are smaller for viewing. We hope you enjoy them.

Retreat at Tenwek

Hi,

My work place had a retreat trip to Tenwek this week. It was an awesome time to relax and refocus on the new year.

We had lots of teachings on how to live a life that is fulfilling. We watched a movie which I've forgotten the name of but it was of a woman name Grace, who is a champion of prison ministries in the USA.

The place where we stayed is called Green House. It has wonderful amenities and we loved staying there. The food was good, and the river is not far for sightseeing. Tenwek generates electricity from this big, big river.

We had a great time together; the young, the middle age and the not so young colleagues. Enjoy the pictures.

God Bless

Christmas Comes to Kericho Prison

Today (Friday) I had a great visit to the prisons here in Kericho.

We visited both the men and the women.
There were almost 300 men
and the women were 59 in number.
I so much love to visit them as the message of truth comes into our visit. We told them about Silas when he was in prison, and the story of the Samaritan woman (John, chapter 4) was delivered by Kisaka. Kisaka is the lady in the picture (below) preaching. She is from Turkana and we are glad she is here in Kericho to study.

We gave out food and drinks for these dear ones.
Continue to pray for them.

Many Blessings

Christmas Comes to the Kericho District Hospital

Hello,

Visiting the patients at the District hospital was very touching. The patients who use this hospital are people who are low in the society and they lack basic things that are needed when one is sick. It was really touching also to meet those who are terminally sick and pray with them.

We want to thank Dr. Betty for welcoming us. She is a dentist but is the overall person incharge at this hospital. I remember the time we raised funds for her finances so that she could study abroad and we are glad she is back.

Continue to pray for Dr. Betty as we plan to visit the same hospital in the near future.

God Bless

Christmas Gifts in Kericho Town

Hello,

It is Christmas again and we praise God for his love for us, that we can see another Christmas.

As usual we visited those needy places in our town. We started at the rehabilitation school and ended at the hospital here in Kericho, Kenya.

We are glad we managed to visit these sites and we were so much welcomed by the people. We want to thank God for the new administrator at the rehabilitation school; Mrs Boit, who encouraged us to keep visiting the school.

The center of our attention at this school was the two twin gals who are at the institution. We were so much touched by their plight. Continue to pray for the two of them, Sharon and Pigoty. We do hope someone can adopt them. They are in the group picture we took.


Thanks for your prayers and support,
God Bless