Missions of Hope, Goals for 2010

Hello friends,

The first quarter of the year has flown by and I wanted to share with you our goals for the Missions of Hope for the balance of 2010.

Our primary focus this year is to Educate the Orphans in Kenya

Primary education in Kenya is free, but secondary education (the equivalent of high school in the U.S.) is not. Secondary school often becomes unaffordable for children whose parents are too sick to work or have died. There is a major shortage of working professionals in the medical field. Education is the answer to this shortage.

For $16 a month or $200 a year you can send a Kenyan child to secondary school. This includes books, school supplies, uniform and shoes.


Providing Clean Water

Can you imagine a life without clean water? Unfortunately, many of the people in Kenya do not know what it's like to have this valuable resource at their disposal. Nearly 10 million people in Kenya do not have access to clean drinking water.

Lack of safe drinking water is the second largest killer of children, and hinders education, health and economic development. Women and children have been known to walk as far as five miles to get water. Only a very small percentage of Kenyans have access to clean water.

During dry seasons rivers dry up, increasing the formidable burden of fetching water, which can consume four hours a day or more.

Poor sanitation increases the potential for deadly water-borne diseases. Missions of Hope has a goal of building 5 wells by the end of 2010.

Expanding Help to Farmers

In the past we have helped farmers plant their crops. Read here and here. We would be excited to expand our help to farmers in this area of need. We want to encourage them to catch "fish", rather than simply give them "fish" to eat.

Thank you for your prayer support. If you are able to help us reach these goals in 2010, we thank you and give praise to God.

Thanks for supporting us.

God bless,

Comfort for those Who Mourn

just wanted to update u that i lost my grandmother. she has been sick for a while now due to old age and lack of blood in her system. she is over 100 years old and some estimate her to be born around 1895 or thereabouts, as her first born was born in 1918.


From Pastor Jonah's Grandma's Funeral

she was okay for a while after receiving medicine, then surprisingly she became very sick on her visit to her daughter in Kipkelion about 70 miles from kericho. she died (saturday, february 7, 2009) and transport and funeral arrangements are on the way.

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the death of my grandma was very touching for the many in my community. it was sad for us. at the same time, we had a celebration for the life that was well lived, as it touched so many in my village. we received people arriving since Sunday when this event (her passing) took place...up to today (Thursday). some bringing firewood, others water and others cooking in the kitchen. it was a very good gathering of the community, meeting and helping each other.

i also want to thank God for my church who came to help out in my home. what a pleasure, and a blessing this was. i don't have much to say about this. i think pictures will do it for me.
(note: you can click on the slideshow to see the photo captions. you can also set how fast the pics change by using the - or + signs when u open the slideshow.



God Bless
and thank you for the prayers.
Jonah

Isaiah 61:1-3 (KJV)

¹The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

²To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

³To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.