What a fantastic day we had today! For starters, Zippy took us to a local children’s home (orphanage) called In Step Foundation. Ken and Carla are the missionaries on the ground there who orchestrate this incredible vision for saving Kenya’s abandoned children. I’m not sure words can adequately describe what we saw so we are encouraging you to go to their website, now listed as one of our links. There are currently 93 children residing at this orphanage, many of them infants, who are not only receiving food, clothing and shelter but endless amounts of love. Other things in store for this ministry include a clinic which will not only provide health care for the children of the orphanage but for the entire community. Patients will be able to be seen by a doctor at no charge and will only pay the cost of any medicine for which they have prescriptions. Ground has been broken for a greenhouse to help with growing food for the children instead of having to purchase it at the market. The property has a well with water so pure even foreigners can drink it without treating it first. For this reason, the orphanage provides FREE water between 8:00AM and Noon every day since water (especially SAFE water) is difficult to find in the more rural areas of Kenya.
Our big event for the afternoon was meeting with Samuel Wafula of International Gospel Evangelistic Ministries (IGEM) and some of his ministry leaders in Kitale. Ellen and I both shared words of encouragement to them and asked them to describe to us the area of ministry in which they work and what are some of their challenges and blessings. It was inspiring to hear these men and women talk about carrying out their ministries despite the distances some of them must travel and the hardships involved in their disciple-making efforts. We were invited to come back and spend time traveling to some of the remote areas in which IGEM currently serves in the harvest field.
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