Rain over the Great Rift Valley

Three weeks ago there was a cyclone in the Indian Ocean.  The weather system pulled moist air from Congo into western and central Kenya, resulting in a week of substantial, unseasonal rains.  The brown grass is now green, dry wells have water again, and many people have planted their gardens.    The livestock that was looking so gaunt are able to eat the lush green grass again.  God sent a miracle in the form a cyclone to help people who were desperately in need.  North-East province was not so fortunate.  The situation in Garissa and Dadaab is still very serious and relief food will been needed for months to come.  Please continue to pray that the expected seasonal rains in April will be good.  Please also consider giving to help supply food for those who are in desperate need.

Lots of great opportunities are coming up thanks to the blanket project.

 I went out in the African community with a group of fifteen people  from the local AIC church.  I was the only Mzunugu(white person) to visit a widower and his 3 children. This was the group's first meeting in four years and it was neat how I got in on it. We had a Kikuyu service in his home and gave him things like food, money and blankets. A month later, while  visiting an  elderly widow who was sick, this man showed up at her house and professed to the group that he had become a Christian after our visit to his home. He plans to visit  the community with us once a month from now on. Isn't that amazing!

Another good contact I have had is a local business woman, Thenya. When I asked her if she knew of anyone who needed blankets, she told me I was an answer to prayer. She stated that her and her husband had been praying for the last 4-5 years for God to use them to reach the poor. She knows that my blankets will run out but now is encouraged that God will eventually provide some other basic needs like clothing and food for the poor through her church family. Thenya and I went to visit a couple of homes and a lady from the second home made a commitment during our visit.  We plan to deliver some more blankets in the community this week with others from her Baptist church.

Two churches in Kijabe exist side-by-side with the same vision and starting their ministry within the same month. It is neat how God used me to be a part of both of these church projects.