Retreat at Tenwek

Hi,

My work place had a retreat trip to Tenwek this week. It was an awesome time to relax and refocus on the new year.

We had lots of teachings on how to live a life that is fulfilling. We watched a movie which I've forgotten the name of but it was of a woman name Grace, who is a champion of prison ministries in the USA.

The place where we stayed is called Green House. It has wonderful amenities and we loved staying there. The food was good, and the river is not far for sightseeing. Tenwek generates electricity from this big, big river.

We had a great time together; the young, the middle age and the not so young colleagues. Enjoy the pictures.

God Bless

Christmas Comes to Kericho Prison

Today (Friday) I had a great visit to the prisons here in Kericho.

We visited both the men and the women.
There were almost 300 men
and the women were 59 in number.
I so much love to visit them as the message of truth comes into our visit. We told them about Silas when he was in prison, and the story of the Samaritan woman (John, chapter 4) was delivered by Kisaka. Kisaka is the lady in the picture (below) preaching. She is from Turkana and we are glad she is here in Kericho to study.

We gave out food and drinks for these dear ones.
Continue to pray for them.

Many Blessings

Christmas Comes to the Kericho District Hospital

Hello,

Visiting the patients at the District hospital was very touching. The patients who use this hospital are people who are low in the society and they lack basic things that are needed when one is sick. It was really touching also to meet those who are terminally sick and pray with them.

We want to thank Dr. Betty for welcoming us. She is a dentist but is the overall person incharge at this hospital. I remember the time we raised funds for her finances so that she could study abroad and we are glad she is back.

Continue to pray for Dr. Betty as we plan to visit the same hospital in the near future.

God Bless

Christmas Gifts in Kericho Town

Hello,

It is Christmas again and we praise God for his love for us, that we can see another Christmas.

As usual we visited those needy places in our town. We started at the rehabilitation school and ended at the hospital here in Kericho, Kenya.

We are glad we managed to visit these sites and we were so much welcomed by the people. We want to thank God for the new administrator at the rehabilitation school; Mrs Boit, who encouraged us to keep visiting the school.

The center of our attention at this school was the two twin gals who are at the institution. We were so much touched by their plight. Continue to pray for the two of them, Sharon and Pigoty. We do hope someone can adopt them. They are in the group picture we took.


Thanks for your prayers and support,
God Bless

A Visit to the Internally Displaced Peoples of Kenya

Hi

We are going to visit the internally displaced people this week. God willing, we are gathering food from the villages and towns to feed these people who are living in makeshift camps.

These folks are living in deplorable conditions and need our help. We do hope to distribute what we got, and hope the government will come and help them somehow.These are trying moments for our country, and we do hope to make some changes in their lives.

Please pray for these people. If you can give to help these people.
Otherwise many blessings over the blessed Christmas season.

Three Weddings & A Funeral

Hello,

This past Sartuday, has been a weekend of sorts. I had to go to three weddings. Yes indeed, three weddings. On top of that, I attended a funeral.

The weddings involved colleagues. One of them was for a professor in the college near where I work, and another was for a radio broadcaster.

I really enjoyed these weddings, and was really caught up in the beauty that has enveloped the church.

Since most of the professor's family members came from Mombasa, the coastal part of the country, I got to see for almost the first time, the writings drawn (henna painting) onto the body of the bride. It is very rare here in Kericho to see this Arabic influence but I guess was part of what went into the making of this successful wedding ceremony.

There were several other weddings in town too, but since I was hoping from one place to another, I got very few photo clips from them. This coming week, I will again be at a wedding. I am getting ready with good wedding gear, as I am an official (by virtue of sitting in one of the committees for 3 months), though I have to put in some money there) in one of them.

Paying our respects to the deceased and family.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures!