It's Raining Blessings - My World

Hello,

I attended a wonderful wedding Saturday between Dr. Chege and Chepkoech Deisy from Kericho.
The beautiful thing about this wedding is that the bride and groom are from two different communities (tribes), which sometimes do not work together.

As a peacemaker, I made it a point of attending this wedding. I had other things to do in Nakuru as well so this was a perfect time to also attend the wedding.
You can see from the wedding photos, that the wedding itself was so beautiful even though it occurred in February, an odd month for weddings here. But people squeezed in their schedules and attended.

After the wedding ,there was a lot of rain. Floods swept through a market. The rains were torrential as you can see in the photo. Even now it is raining.

What a blessed wedding this was (as in Kenya, rain means a blessing).

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Farming Potatoes

Hello,

I want to thank God for giving us good rains this month. I look forward to a good harvest and sharing with the rest of the community.

Soon I am going to harvest potatoes, and am glad they are doing very well.

Potatoes do not need lots of rain or various diseases will attack them. I am happy I haven't used a lot of pesticides in this farm.

Have a great day!
God bless.

Praising God through Harvest & Famine

We are thanking God for the harvest that is coming soon! The government has encouraged farmers to plant twice this year to curb famine in various parts of Kenya.

Please continue to pray for the needs that continue to be seen in Kenya. We desperately need lots of support in terms of food and seeds. We are grateful to the government for starting irrigation in various parts of the country. We in Kericho, continue to help farmers get seeds and plan them on time, for their own subsistence needs and for trade.

We really praise God for the rain He has provided for us.

God Bless

Planting & Teaching In Kericho

Hello,

We are working very hard to see that the farmers get what they need at this time. Right now we are seeing lots of needs inside and outside of the community but we are glad the rains are here.

Vacation Bible School (VBS) is about to start and we distributed seeds and fertilizer to help a few people farm their farms. We are really thinking we need to expand this farming project as we did not expect to see so many who had not farmed this planting season.

I will add more pictures later this week. Otherwise have a great day and God bless.

Jonah

Our Sufficiency is in Him: Planting 2009

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5

Hello,

Farming is going on right now, all the farms have been made ready for another planting season.

The rains are starting again and we are praying that we get enough as we have had a dry season. This weather for us is sometimes what we call winter & it is extremely cold right now.

Preparing the land - From Planting 2009

We are trying as much as we can to reach more people to help them in in farming by buying seeds and fertilizer so they can plant crops and harvest them for food. We still have to the middle of April to reach more farmers with the seeds and fertilizers they need.

Preparing the land - From Planting 2009

We are trying to do this because we cannot distribute food again to them next year. We want them to have enough for their families and even some left over to sell so that they can pay for their basic needs like other foods (sugar, flour, greens, oil), school tuition, candles, etc. With the famine in the land we really need outside help from mighty men and women of faith. If you can help at all please let me know. I would be so blessed to hear from you.

Seed & Fertilizer for distribution - From Planting 2009

Otherwise we are grateful to God for the rain. The famine here has been covering the whole country and so we are blessed by God with rain so that Kericho could continue to plant and harvest if we have seeds and fertilizer. No matter how much land we may have, we can do nothing unless God provides the seeds and the fertilizer, the fertile grounds, the rains to water the soil, the sun to nourish and grow the seeds and the labour to bring in the harvest when it is ready. We are relying on God for all our blessings.

God Bless
Pastor Jonah

Kenya Updates

hello friends,

i hope your day is getting better for u..
just wanted to update u on news making headlines here in kenya....
students were able to start going to school today after the teachers called off a two week strike that paralysed education in primary (grade) school and some part of high school. (we praised God for this agreement)

at the same time hunger continues to bite many Kenyans....we are told over ten million people completely lack food which is very sad for us....Pray that farmers are able to plant this year. we thank God for the rain that has come to several parts of Kenya...the challenge now is just getting the money to buy seeds and fertilizer for most families.

Yesterday a Big mall in in the central Business district of Nairobi got fire and almost 46 people are dead....the name of the chain is Nakumatt Downtown. Rescue efforts are ongoing now . Please check the links below for more info.

That is the news from here,
have a great evening
God Bless

p.s
links to the above stories are here
Fire in the store ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7859899.stm
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/521746/-/u1t7lj/-/index.html
http://www.eastandard.net/news/InsidePage.php?id=1144005357&cid=159&
Hunger
http://www.eastandard.net/hunger/InsidePage.php?id=1144005324&cid=562&

Urgent Prayer Requests

this is just a short to let u know that Kenya is experiencing the worst famine disaster in years. food and maize (corn) in particular has not been harvested in so many places due to drought and the violence that came early last year.

staple food prices have increased over 100% in the last 6 months alone, and most incomes have remain the same or even reduced due to economic recession. the government was not able to give economic bailout as expected during this time due to its weak economy.

my city and other towns have become very dusty as it had not rained for so long.
please pray for the following:

please pray for the following
- For the rain to come
- Food to be available
- The prices of food to come down
- The economic recession globally to boom again.
- For the grace to go thru' this very hard period as there so many people waiting on someone to help.

i have to end here. Please pray. Pray.
God Bless
Jonah
p.s
i have attached daily local news articles with this info
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/515792/-/u1ag48/-/index.html
http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144004275&cid=

Sh37bn plea to save victims of famine

By MUCHEMI WACHIRAPosted Friday, January 16 2009 at 17:36

In Summary

• Post-election chaos, drought and global economy blamed for national food crisis

The massive task facing the Government as it tries to save 10 million Kenyans from starvation was laid bare on Friday when President Kibaki declared the food shortage a national emergency.

Related Stories

• Kenya seeks Sh32bn food aid
• Famine-hit area receives aid
• Leaders in strategy to end famine
• 700 bags of bad maize destroyed

standard newspaper

http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144004275&cid=4

Kibaki declares famine a disaster

Updated 3 hr(s) 41 min(s) ago

By Isaac Ongiri

President Kibaki has declared the current food shortage a national disaster and sent a passionate appeal for international help.

And the US, China, Japan and 27 EU countries through the France Ambassador Elisabeth Barbier promised to respond to the distress call. However, they told Kibaki reports of irregularities in the maize sector must be handled.

The President said the country urgently needed Sh37 billion to boost food security before the next harvest in September.

More than 10 million people need relief food.

Rain of Blessing

this past sunday [november 16,2008] i can say was a blessing in two ways. we had the message preached and, at the same time, the rain ..rained on us ...just after the first service! [rain in kalenjin culture symbolizes blessings]. my speaking was cut short by the rains and everyone had to run here and there to take shelter.



i later checked and found out that our temporary structure is in dire need of repairs. we need to find another 'tent', so that it can cover us. please pray that we can get this; or even a simple polythene just to cover us when the sermon is going on.

but as u can see, we still had a great time, though walking home was slippery after the service. Enjoy the pics and pray with us.

Jonah