My Time in Nanyuki (part 4)

Along with spending time at the orphanages I went out to a village school. There I had the opportunity to do a Gospel Presentation using the Wordless Book colors. The Pastor of Mt. Kenya Baptist church, Pastor Onesimus and another lady went with me to this school. When I finished teaching Pastor Onesimus gave an invitation and 25 kids trusted Christ as their Lord and Savior. After that we got to show them the Jesus film in Swahili. It was a very exciting day!

Village School

It has been awhile since I have been mobbed. Everyone wanted to have a touch. =)

As I said back in part 1, I stayed on the property of Mt. Kenya Baptist School. On Fridays they raise the Kenyan flag and sing the national anthem.

The children then head over to the church for chapel.

Pastor John Chirchir, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church of Naibor was the guest speaker that day. There were several kids that responded to the invitation. We split them up amongest the teachers and dealt with them.

These are the five that I dealt with and each one trusted Christ as their Lord and Savior. Later on that afternoon, they and several others came and told me,"Our teacher says we have some free time so we want to come and talk with you". We went out and sat under a tree and they asked me all kinds of questions. They each had their Bible with them so as they asked questions we would look into God's Word for the answers. It was a real precious time! One I wish I had a picture of.

Yes, you are seeing right. I am sitting in the co-pilot's seat! That is how I flew back to Nairobi. It was really neat to watch the pilot do his "thing". It was also a great seat to take pictures from.

Speeding down the runway in Nanyuki as we take off for Nairobi.

My Time in Nanyuki (part 3)

The orphanage in Timau (sp?)

Not sure what happened when that pic was taken

All the boys after they received their gifts

Trying out the frisbees

We were painting what we were going to be when we grew up.


Of course, I drew a picture of an Kenya village with a lady and a flannelboard teaching the kids. =)

This young man wanted to be a pilot

This is my little friend Freddie. His family are members of the Bible Baptist Church of Timau. From the minute I met him he had the understanding he was going to be going home with me. He followed me everywhere I went. When his sister came to get him the big tears began to flow. =( So, we gave him a minute in the driver's seat of the car. As you can see on his face, he was happy!

My Time in Nanyuki (part 2)

The Bible Baptist Church of Naibor

The small round hut is the Sunday school building

The Naibor Orphanage

These are some of the orphans and community kids that I taught that day

The orphans and the workers after they received their gifts

This is John Chirchir (in the middle) with some of the orphans that have now grown up and are serving the Lord. The young lady on the right side of me is the Sunday school teacher of Bible Baptist Church of Naibor. The yound man holding the soccer ball is in Highschool and is continually witnessing to his classmates. The young man at the end of the row is now preaching in one of the village churches.

These are a few of my little friends that I made while there at Nairbor

This little girl taugt me a song about Noah in Swahili. We had a good time singing in Swahili.

This little girl is only 1 1/2 years old and is now an orphan. From what I understand she lost both her parents in the "political conflict" Kenya just came through. There are many more just like her. Kenya paid, is still paying and will continue to pay a high cost from what happened at the start of this year 2008.

My Time in Nanyuki

For starters I flew in a little plane up to Nanyuki. There were more surprises on that plane than there ever are on a roller coaster. =) I did get a good picture of one of our biggest if not "the biggest" slums in Nairobi as we flew over.

I stayed on the property of Mt. Kenya Baptist School. There is nothing like waking up every day to see the beautiful Mt. Kenya! On the weekends (Friday-Sunday) I went out and visited three orphanages. We have a mixed orphanage in Isiolo, a "all boys" orphanage in Timau (sp?), and a mixed orphanage in Naibor. I taught at each one and then passed out gifts of footballs (soccer), skipping ropes (jump), and frisbees to the children. The "all boys" orphanage really got the hang of the frisbees. As I spent time with these orphans I really grew attached to them. We had a sweet time as I tried to converse with them in English. =)

I think I will put some pictures up and write more as I go.

Our plane to Nanyuki

One of our slums in Nairobi

Teaching the orphans and community kids at Isiolo

The orphans at the Isiolo orphanage

Everyone holding up there friendship braclets that I gave out

The orphans after they received their gifts

These are two of my orphan friends that I got to spend some "one on one" time with. I really enjoyed trying to converse with them in Swahili. They were two very precious girls!

Home Again

Hey everyone! I have returned back home. I was away for two weeks up in Nanyuki. I had a wonderful trip filled with ministry opportunities! I will tell about that when I can get my thoughts all organized and the pics ready.

I just finished teaching in our Friday night Children’s Bible Club. We had 38 in attendance. Each week the attendance has gone up. Praise the Lord! I was told that last week three of our muslim kids came. That was good news!

I taught the Bible lesson tonight. It was about Peter in jail and the Christians praying for him. The kids really got into the story. They got really tickled thinking about Rhoda being so excited that Peter was out of jail that she left him standing at the door still knocking. =) We talked a lot about how God answers our prayers and how He answers in three different ways. Yes, no, and wait. No matter how He answers we can trust Him because He knows what is best for us.

I want to thank the Lord again for His constant protection. Today I was driving in town trying to pay bills and all that fun stuff. I was on a small road and traffic was moving along when a matatu (public transport vehicle) decided to stop all of a sudden in the middle of the road. Because of that the car in front of me had to stop suddenly. Well, I didn’t have enough time. The Lord was gracious and there was room on the side of the road. That is not always the case. By the time my car came to a stop I was right beside the car that was in front of me. Thank you Lord for guardian angels to watch over us!

I will try to get some pics posted soon and tell you all about my time in Nanyuki!