Church Building & Fundraising

We had a great time at the church yesterday.

We had also some fundraising and we raised about $700. This will help towards laying the cement floor of the church. We need 40 bags of cement and some sand -- don't know how much sand.  You can read more about our long time church building program here.

Continue to pray for us too as we plan to buys pews soon.  Each pew costs about $15 US. Right now we are sitting on slabs of wood.  Afterwards the children had sugar cane as a treat.

Have a great day and God bless

Fun with the Students - Colour Clashing

Hello,

The students at our college here in Kericho were enjoying themselves. They had what is called "colour clashing day". All of their clothes had to be unmatched so that it "clashes". This was lots of fun.

The winner received 1 billion Zimbabwe dollars (about 1 US dollar) though this money is no longer used. I brought the currency from South Africa a few weeks ago. You can see the other pic at the back. The other students cheered for them and a good time was had by all.


color clash with a tree


new block


fun fun


gift of 1 billion $ Zimbabwe $..fun fun


attending the chapel there.

The Loss of a Bright Kalenjin Light

EMO society chairman, James Kiprop Bett died. See the news story here http://www.emosociety.org/

He died after his car hit buffalo's on the way to Nairobi. He was with his family and I know them personally.

A fundraiser was held this afternoon to cover medical and funeral expenses, and I attended, though we were disturbed a lot by the rain. The burial has been set for this Saturday.

James was born in 1966 and is one of the Kalenjin community's leaders. The Kalenjin is also my tribe and his life has really impacted me in a positive way.

I am thinking of attending his funeral in Eldoret on Saturday.

Please continue to pray for this family and the Kalenjin community as whole, as we come to terms with the loss of a young and great leader.

God bless.
Jonah