This Baby Needs Your Help

Hello friends,

For over a month now I have been coordinating efforts to save this little girl (on the right, in the pink) from losing more weight. She had been losing weight due to having wounds in her mouth.  She could not eat, and she has lost most of her teeth.  Some of her teeth had broken off and she had early dental issues. Her parents took so long to get her to hospital for one reason or another.

I met this little one and her mother in one of the medical camps that we held at the slums.  Her mother brought her and she was weak and emaciated.  She had been unable to eat for days and had wounds all over her mouth.  I took her to one hospital and helped her for about a month with her medical needs.

This is the slum area.  When you live in poverty with little water, food or sanitation, it is hard to stay healthy.

This week was a success for me.  The little girl (in the pink) is able to walk, run and smile.  She is able to eat!  This is miraculous.

It will take awhile yet for the child's blood count to strengthen before she can get surgery. She will also need special teeth to help her eat.  The mama is so happy to have help for her little girl.

What we need: prayer and a possible donor for mouth reconstruction surgery and artificial teeth. The long brown elongated one's (teeth) will be removed. Also, food to keep her healthy...in terms of milk & school. That is a lot we know, but God can talk through other people. Pray for this girl. She seems so bright. She draws with very little teaching from any quarter.

Buying some food for the family.

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Heart for the Pokot

Hello friends,

I'd like to share with you a small update on my travels to Baringo and Pokot country here in Kenya.  I went there to distribute food supplies to people who have been hit hard by drought.

People gather and await the food distribution.

The women are especially excited.

It's hot here.  Water is very precious in this dry climate as it is very scarce.

The team and I had a great trip and loved everything that we did there for the people.  We would like to thank the US government for donating the relief supplies for us to take to the people and also for their relief work to assist many other people here in Kenya.  We are so much touched by their generosity.

We travelled by day and night to get to our destinations and we arrived safely.  The land rover we travelled in is over 20 years old.  We were able to make it to these places though the land rover did have a lot of heating problems....with the engine.  We would have to stop after a few hours of travel along our journey.

Along the way, in a place near Kamurio, we met this small boy named Kigen. He is 9 years old and in serious  need of medical help.

The little boy we want to help is covered by the blanket. We prayed for him and his mother and siblings.

If you can help us help him to get to a medical facility for proper diagnosis and help please click the donate button on the right side of this blog.  We would like to get him to the nearest hospital in Eldoret. We need a miracle to help him and for his healing. Please join with us.

Enjoy the photos.
God Bless

Photo credits: All photos the property of  Missions of Hope, Pastor Jonah.

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A Photo Essay on Drought

Drought has brought hunger and tensions between community members in some parts of Kenya. Recently we did a food distribution to try to help bring healing to one community.

God bless,

Widows of Ainamoi

We had a great time with the widows of Ainamoi today. 

They go through a multiplicity of problems associated with widowhood and they were able to share their stories with us.


Please continue to pray for their needs, which are of course are many. Pray that their kids are able to go to high school, and can proceed to go to college.


It is our prayer that all these kids are able to move forth and continue with life.


We had also a chance to visit Gatherine's house (see the last two photos) who was desperately in need. One of her sons is sick, and has dropped out of school. 

Continue to pray for all these women and the challenges they face.

God Bless

The Kids of Kericho!

Dear friends, I want to share a wonderful poem written for the children I minister to in Kericho. This poem was written for the Missions of Hope, by my good friend Stuart, from England. He has such a heart for the children and we appreciate so much his prayers and the prayers of his lovely wife, Michelle.

THE KIDS OF KERICHO!

MANY HAVE NO PARENTS

THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO

STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL

THE KIDS OF KERICHO

MY HEART IS FULL TO BURSTING

I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW

AND SAY A SIMPLE PRAYER OR TWO

FOR THE KIDS OF KERICHO

IF I WAS TO WIN THE LOTTERY

THATS IF I HAD A GO

I KNOW THERE'D BE A BIG FAT CHEQUE

FOR THE KIDS OF KERICHO

I PRAY FOR PASTOR JONAH

MY LOVE FOR HIM DOES GROW

I SEE HIS HAPPY SMILING FACE

WITH THE KIDS OF KERICHO

I SIT HERE IN MY WHEELCHAIR

IN SURROUNDINGS THAT I KNOW

BUT MY HEART IS THERE IN KENYA

WITH THE KIDS OF KERICHO

BEFORE I LEAVE THESE PASTURES

I PRAY MY STRENGTH WILL GROW

AND FATHER GIVE ME PLENTY

FOR THE KIDS OF KERICHO

by STU