Missionary Eva

Hello friends,

I have some words to encourage you this week.

At 59 years of age, Mrs Eva Tonui is a self-sponsored missionary to an unreached people group in Kenya. She speaks their language and was working with her husband in this outreach from 1976 to 1990's.

 

After the demise of her husband, she stayed home, as many would do, caring for their little children. When the kids were of age the calling to return to a place where her husband served became more more direct to her.   She shared with friends about this calling but no one could understand her.

One day she set out and travelled there alone.  She slept for 3 nights along the way but finally found joy serving the Pokot people.  She runs a clinic, has a church that is overflowing, and has rescued over 20 girls from forced circumcision and early marriages. ( Girls are married off at the age of 12 in the community).  Some of the children she has helped are now in school in Kericho and Bomet Districts.

I must say, I was so fortunate to meet Eva.  She is so athletic and walks many many kilometers each day.

 Please pray for her and her heart for the unreached people groups in Kenya. 

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Kigen Goes Home

Hello friends, I want to tell you that the little boy we were helping from Pokot country in the north of Marigat has now been released from Moi Hospital. Some of you know I went to Pokot country on a relief mission because the people were very hungry.  Their hunger led to fighting in one place.  When I heard about that I wanted to do something to help.

Missionary, mother Paulina and the children, 
Kigen can now see out of one eye. Praise God!

My post was called "Heart for the Pokot". While there with my friend and with assistance of an NGO from Kericho, I met the little boy and his mother Paulina.  We prayed for them because it was clear there was something very wrong with the children. You can see what I mean in the photos below.  After that we raised some money to bring the boy to a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya.  The children had something very wrong with their skin and the boy, Kigen could not see.  Both of his eyes were closed shut.

The family has been a long time now in Eldoret but they are now finally going home. They have all gotten healthier looking. The boy, Kigen can now see out of one eye because the doctors did surgery.  He has been recovering and the hospital has been ready for some weeks now to release them. We had to wait until we could get some funds to take them back to their village.  It took us awhile to clear the bill with the hospital but now that is done.  The family is happy to go home at last.  I am happy that this mission is completed.

We could not have done it without friends.  Those who gave and those who prayed. I thank you all. God knows who you are and he will reward you.

My next mission will be trying to get help for the young man named Kipngeno. He needs a sponsor to help him go to university. He will study in the health field. You can read about him on my Priorities page (see menu at the top).  If you know of where we might get a sponsor for him, please let me know.  We hope he can start the term in late August as he has already been accepted at Kisii University.

Enjoy the photos and please continue to pray for me.  Pray too for this family and the missionary.  

One Boy's Fight for Survival, March 30, 2011

Hello friends,

I am writing from the City of Eldoret now.  It has been  a while since i updated you on Kigen's progress.

I don't have good news yet.  What the doctors have been doing so far is cleaning the boy, and his brother together. The kids are very clean.  But they are yet to come up with the best medication [treatment] they had promised.

I was able to talk to the person in charge of the ward and he told me they are waiting for the report of doctor in charge of plastic surgery .  A 'lady' of Indian origin, she has refused to give up on Kigen, which warms our heart so much.  She was the one who admitted to us also and she had given a hint of some surgery,  but she was waiting the report of the other doctors.  What I found out though is that, they are taking the utmost care not to do something that will worsen the situation.

I do believe though that finally he will be able to get some help.  Some of the wounds have healed and i found him moving and eating.  I am just hoping that he will be able to get better someday.
 
Otherwise you have a great day and God bless.  Please continue praying for his mother and her children.  I feel heavy in my heart for them.

This cost of this medical mercy mission  is stretching us. We gratefully accept donations to assist in little Kigen's medical needs.

See the donate button to the top right of this blog.

Updates on his treatment will be posted when they come available.

Many blessings.

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Many thanks and blessings.

Blessings for Kigen

We arrived in Eldoret, Kenya with little Kigen's family and went straight away to the hospital.

Driving to the hospital in Eldoret.

The hospital signage is in sight.

At last we are at the hospital.

I take a photo to commemorate this trip.

I just want to praise God for His faithfulness.  My heart is now 'free'.  I can now eat a bit as I know Kigen is in the doctor's hands and in God's hands as well.

This bag was donated to Kigen's mother on the streets of Eldoret.

I also want to thank God for the bag that was donated (blue one in photo) by people in the streets of Eldoret. We had realized that Kigen's mother came on the journey with an old bag, so we decided to buy her a new one.  Instead, it was given to us for free!  In addition, close to 500 Kenyan shillings was donated right there on the streets for this boy and his mum.  God really works wonders.

It was a more touching moment for me as I felt God was telling me "I will take care of this situation" and I felt really that I am just a tool/ instrument to be used for God's purpose.  The doctors too were so kind.  We did not even queue! [If you know Africa, you know what this means].  We were welcome everywhere we went and I must praise God for that.

Little Kigen being escorted by the nurse.

What is next now is that Kigen was given a dressing up by the doctors and is awaiting surgery (if I understood what they said well).  He will need three practitioners or doctors to be able to treat him.  First will be the one's to deal with the skin (there is a scientific name for it), those to deal with eyes, and another part, I forget but I guess general health.

The doctors here were so much touched too with the amount of courage the boy has.  They were saying that they are seeing for the first time, something they were just reading in the books when they were in medical school.

The boy Kigen is upbeat, and he raises our hopes for his health.  His younger  brother too is here with us.  He was not feeling well, too.  So he is here for check up; especially for his eyes.  He kept asking for him [his older brother Kigen] when they were with different practitioners.

We did mention to him [Kigen] of the many people praying and supporting him for his medical needs. He said, he is so much grateful and "TOROROT (Pokot for "God Bless you abundantly".)

We still have need of donations if you are able. However small or large, they will be much appreciated for we know they are coming from your heart.  You can click the donate button in the upper right side of the blog.

Thanks so much again.

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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

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Pokot People - Eager for the Gospel

hello,

in many instances in the Bible we have been encouraged to learn from each other. throughout the Bible from Genesis through Revelation we find that Protege's (mentors) have been build over time..... and the results of this ....is the Bible that we hold so dear today,and evangelistic messages that reached far and wide.....

we in Africa are so much grateful to the people from the west who came through the hardships of the 19th century to preach and build schools and hospitals.....for us...Through this we were able to learn something..and be who we are today...back in seminary ...we learn through the great works of Luther, John Wesley, Calvin and many others who influence today's theology ..and Evangelism. The most notable, is the one we refer to as the father of modern missions,William Carey, who influenced today's modern India to accept Christianity. This was no mean task, as he had to learn their language and write evangelistic messages that has touched the church of India and the mission world. It is from him that we got the greatest words in modern missions "Attempt Great things for God, Expect Great things From God".

this of course is a challenge to the modern church, ..we tried this a week ago by sending about 20 young people to a remote part of Kenya, called LOSAM in west Pokot (near the border of Uganda. what a challenge it was..to them..since they had never been there. but i guess they learned a lot out of the the 5 day experience living in tents....and cooking their own food......and preaching, and building a church for them.

one of the most exemplary was Thomas...who has been to the same place twice now..and always wanting to go.....He is a new Paul to me.....He loves missions and is truly called of God. Maybe one day he can be a missionary to this unreached people group.

before i end let me ask u to pray for the Pokot's need for churches to be started, need for evangelists, need for doctors, eye specialist (common ailment in this area), engineers to dig boreholes, and schools...., there is also a great need for veterinary experts.....as this is a place of so many camels, goats and cows.....Please pray.....




thanks for reading and God Bless
Jonah