Three Young Gals Lost a Mother

Three young souls lost a dear mother. It was so hard. She had cancer and died just a few days ago. This week I attended two funerals; one in my home and this one about 120 miles from home.

The family are dear friends to me for a long time. It was so disheartening for them to lose their mother. Sometimes if one has to choose who makes a home, we usually quickly say it is a mother.

Pray for Edit, Memo and Faith as they think through these hard times. Their father is willing to play the two roles of mother and father but you can imagine how enormous the challenge is. Anyone with advice for him? Please pray for Him to face the challenge of raising them as a single parent. It is indeed hard for him.

I was so touched with this today. Though as leaders we attend funerals, this one touched my heart.

Father

Memo and Faith

Edith in red

Me putting a flower on the grave

The Nandi Escarpment. So nice with tea ~just like kericho

Amazed at the beauty

Sharp corners

The WONDERFUL MIRACLE of a School

This morning I was called by a friend that I used to worship with in the same church. I went to see him ready to meet and listen to him. What I heard touched my heart.

For a long time now I have been praying for a school that would be a rescue center for the street kids and orphans here in Kenya and this was the greatest offer I have ever heard. I have been praying to start a school for such children ever since I finished seminary and this is the closest I have come to seeing the prayer answered.

Please pray that I can be able to run this school some day. It is truly a prayer answered and am just waiting for HIS directions.

Thank you God.



Pictures of the school and the owner

Funeral in My Village

Today i attended a funeral here in the village. Many people travelled from far and wide and we saw so many cars than we've seen before.

The deceased was a business man who started with a donkey and now he has big stores and lorries and is very rich man.

Pray for his family. His two wives died already but God has taken care of him. He had about 18 or so kids. pray for them.


pictures of the deceased


the car which brought the body


our car is the black one...we were out of 'place' here with 4 by 4's

police car leading the procession

i love helicopters

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.

Water, Water everywhere, thanks to one old "Mzungu"

Hi,

You will love this story of the Canadian who has invested alot in searching for water to help the people here in Africa
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/622290/-/item/0/-/9c49xtz/-/index.html

If the link doesn't work, you can also see the story here http://allafrica.com/stories/200907130414.html

God bless
Jonah

Happy Graduation Day at NEGST

Hello,

I attended a graduation Saturday at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (http://www.negst.edu/index.htm) for one of my friends and former colleagues, Phillip. Phillip and I worked together for 3 years before he left the job for further studies.

He graduated with a Masters in Divinity. Continue praying for him as he goes out into the working world.

This was my third visit to this university for someone's graduation. I so much want to study at this school myself. Maybe some day i will be able to graduate here too.



Enjoy the pictures.

Visiting a Sick Friend

Hello,

I visited the brother in Christ that most of you have been praying for. He is the man standing next to the bishop who is wearing the tie.

[Caption: Friends grandma on left]

He seemed to be in an upbeat mood and we praised God for that! We had to hire a small bus (we call it a "green bus" because it is painted green) to go to his place in Njoro which is close to Nakuru. We went there to pray with him and to praise God for his successful surgery.

[Caption: "Green bus" in background.]

[Caption: Presenting our friend with a gift of millet flour to help him stay strong.]

Please continue to pray for him.

Jonah

My Home Church

Hello,

I thought it would be nice to share with you the story of my home church in Chepkurbet, Kenya. The church was started initially by women. Now it is coming of age and men are joining in slowly by slowly.

Our home church has started about six sister churches since inception and we are really proud of that.
Our prayer is to see that we even start more churches within our community so that we can reach more for Christ. Pray with us.

Jonah

Travelling Home from South Africa to Kenya

[Caption: Road trip from Hekspoort to Joburg]

[Caption: Pulling up to our hotel in Joburg]

[Caption: Top & Bottom, some scenes around our hotel in Joburg, SA]

The hotel we stayed at before we caught our plane home was perfect!

[Caption: Vetho, our apartment hotel in Joburg]

[Caption: We had a suite with small sofa and television.]

[Caption: This room had twin beds. Quite comfortable.]

I would recommend you stay here in case you travel to South Africa. You will have fun and be comfortable as at home.

[Caption: Here we are at the SA airport]

[Caption: Ready to check in at the airport]

[Caption: Checking out the plane.]

[Caption: My friend who pastors in Uganda]

My plane ride home was great. There was no turbulence on the plane. I was sitting with my friend of 9 years. He is a pastor to university students and we went to the same bible college together. We sure missed each other a lot although I was just in Uganda at Easter with a team of young people from Kericho.

And, I must say that I enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kericho (my home)

[Caption: Whizzing by tea plantations on drive home.]

[Caption: Tea Estates of Kericho, Kenya]

... the leading world producer of tea. Actually u can drive for close to 2 hours and never get out the tea plantation grounds.