Category
Cicely needs our support in Kenya
Sixteen Kenya
This was my sixteenth visit to Kenya; I went to launch a Leadership Training Programme. During the next two years, every two months, for three days, we will train leaders in theology and practice. Many trainees will be local people who have received no training. We hope that this programme will have a profound effect on those who attend, giving them new perspective and ethos. Plus ease some of the problems that can ensue from having untrained leaders. Long term, this will benefit the church
and the wider Kenyan community.
Jackie’s Vital Input
I was accompanied by Jackie Oliver from Generation Church base in Ewell Surry and Executive Director of ‘Through the Roof’ a charity supplying wheel-chairs worldwide; one of the distribution centres is in Kenya. Together we delivered the first three days of the training programme. Jackie lectured over 40 students on the Theology of Disability Showing how God treated people with disabilities, such as Moses, from Scripture, using lectures, workshops, discussions and videos. The generator rebelled and refused to operate the projector, so the PowerPoint presentation was not used. I used a similar roll-out on the subject of
Servant Leadership.
What have we done so far?
We have been working in Kenya for sixteen years alongside our partner Sammy Nawali. To date, along with the help of many others from the UK and the USA, we have been able to assist in funding the following:
• Orphanage - mainly boys, girls are placed in safe homes
• Garage - giving space for vocational training for street boys and orphans
• School - currently teaching 130 pupils and growing
• Church building - the congregation continues to grow
• Sure 24 - twice weekly feeding programme
What now?
We are still faced with many challenges; the ongoing school building work; implementation of a clean water programme, we hope to have a bore-hole installed in November 2009; food for the orphanage and the school, each child receives a midday meal, often this is the only meal they get. My passion is to set standards that others can follow, and that our investment will have a much broader impact.
New Road
The country continues to improve. Our route is along the road from Nairobi to Nakuru, it used to take 3–4 hours due to pot-holes. A Kenyan pot-hole is something to behold, some of them are like driving down one side of a mountain and up another. The road is now completely resurfaced and pot-hole free! It reduced the travel time by half and instead of concentrating on holes in the road we were able to take in the views of the fabulous rift valley.
Ongoing Challenges
There are still issues regarding IDPs, Internally Displaced People as they are euphemistically known. Many remain in camps, afraid to return to their original homes due to the violence they have experienced. I visited an orphanage in Molo, Western Kenya, the results of violence was obvious; destroyed homes, deserted streets, parched land and withered maze. Maze is the Kenyan staple diet and as we viewed the devastation Sammy said, “The rains have been reducing for the last five years, looking at the brown fields makes my stomach turn over, lean times lie ahead.”
In the orphanages we visited, we were saddened to find that the staff did not know where the children were from, all trace of their relatives were lost.
One Saturday Jackie’s hotel room was burgled, so we spent a morning at the Police Station, whilst Jackie completed the paperwork, I browsed the notices peppering the walls. Many were from the Red Cross aimed at IDPs who are desperately searching for their missing relatives.
Chickens and Goats
I continue to be encouraged by the progress of the various projects, especially the ‘Sure 24’ feeding programme. Friends in the USA have provided funding which has been used to purchase chickens, goats and even cows. I met five of the goats and one of the cows who has been christened ‘Reverend’! These animals are vital in providing milk for the children.
I saw a few chickens scratching at the bare earth, but Sammy informed me they were “…just visiting…” They need further funding in order to purchase some more hens, the first batch died of chicken flu.” I hasten to confirm that this should not be confused with bird flu. Sammy explained the demise of the chickens was bitter sweet; no possibility of eggs, but every time a hen died, it provided a hearty chicken supper for the children. The boys were always delighted when the head of a chicken began to droop, they knew it was flu and they knew that in the evening their tummies would be full.
Molo orphanage has three chickens; I was keen to know how many eggs they produced each day. After Sammy stopped laughing he said “They need food and water before they can do that, they can just about keep body and soul together on what they manage to scavenge.”
Water is vital to the survival of these projects; the bore hole must get installed as soon as possible.
And finally…
I hope this update gives you a flavour of what we are doing in Kenya. If you would like to sponsor one of the children in the orphanage or school, come with us next year to visit Kenya, or buy and chicken or a goat, then please get in touch.
New Kenya Mug - BUY NOW
Hello all!
Just sending out an update on dates, announcements and going ons.
Sunday 30th November @ 72 palmerston road, 11am
Come and see, hear, drink tea, pray, discuss and enjoy!
Sunday 7th December @ Costs Coffee, Tottenham Hale Business Park @ 4:30pm
MEMBERS MEETING
Important Meeting to take us through the winter into a new spring of Big J, all coffee lovers will be happy as costa says we can have this venue for free if we buy a few coffees and a load of babychinnos
Saturday 13th December @ A Pub
Spurs V Man United.
Meet Gareth for a pint and see if Harry can overturn the Reds.
Sunday 14th December @ Venue TBC
MIRACLES
Adrian Hawkes putting his scriptures, wisdom and views to the test.
Saturday 20th December @ Bounces Community Centre, Fox Glove, Edmonton.@ 4:30pm
RAINBOW CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Mince Pies / Kids Perform / Carols / & a nice coming together for Big J’s Bday.
Monday 22nd December @ Bounces Community Centre, Fox Glove, Edmonton.@ 7pm
LTC CHRISTMAS PARTY
Everybody welcome
After Christmas Day, if anyone could organise some gatherings, I’ll text them out – Gareth
Prayer Points
ALPHA
This Wednesday, Alpha starts. Please pray and many people have been asked to fast something that day. (i.e. Food / lunch / caffeine / tv, etc) Please Pray
LTC
Still chasing contracts to fund many esol students coming through.
CARIS
Winter Issue being worked on at mo, Please pray for continual success and cristines busy schedule to achieve these seasonal mags.
www.carismag.co.uk
SCOTLAND GREEN
Also, You may have got the announcement and text about possible venture into a building on Tottenham High Road. The situation at the mo is that It’s going for auction on the 8th December. If we could raise the deposit before that they would sell the property to us for £1,000,000 (that is not set in stone though). We physically have done what we can with pcc, ltc, rainbow, ethorpe and all the businesses / charities that have been showing the financial backing but we couldn’t do it unless God does it. As a business venture, the Avenues are endless but the initial pick up is miraculous. Have had encouraging converse with banks and financial biggys buy God at the end of the day will be the one that makes this happen. The building has been talked with such things as coffee shops / art classes / sound studio / the schools / college / residents / banqueting suite / car boots / office space, etc so It would be a huge community resource.
Please pray for GOD’s Plan whatever that nay be.
MARK & EMA
Mark and Ema are Looking into buying land in somerset to live and work in. This would be an amazing move for them and need God’s help just to give it a good kick up the bum. Land is only 100 grand but with the deposit is still taking its toll.
Please Pray
Www.boutiquecamping.net
KENYA
Gena’s going out on Saturday with colleen and wez, dee and fam are going out next week. Please pray they have input their in Kenya which is priceless and that Tanya’s Wedding preps all go to plan this month. Also, Please pray for Tanya & Samson’s Plans and support as they wish to come back to London in the Spring and these are BIG days for them. X x x
russ jones 40th - Raising Money for Kenya & Sri Lanka
Â
Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 9:00pm Passing Clouds, The Empowering Church, 3 Richmond Rd, E8Â
Â
Â
Description
EARLY WARNING! Book your plane, hitch a ride, don your your skates by all means necessary your presence is required. All roads leads to Dalston Sat 11th Oct. This in early and provisonal invite for my 40th (surely not) bday party charity Hackney Globe Trotting event, Please put the date in your diary. If you are a friend or a friend of a friend it would be great to see you. Line Up So far:-The mighty mighty, Top Cats (UK’s finest Ska band)Yaaba Funk -Swinging, firing Ghanian afro beat big band.DJs Cumbia Kid, Cliffy more TBCAlso:- Hosting, The Launderettes.Swing dance djs and performance. Line up to be fully confirmed. Raising money for Phoenix Community Care funding kids orphanages in Kenya and Sri Lanka and Charity Water, digging wells for clean water in the third world. Tickets will be £12More info to come soon………..Please RSVP
Rainbow and Rohampton in Kenya
RAINBOW AND ROHAMPTON IN KENYA APRIL 2008This visit to Kenya by the teams from London was a little different. Different for a few reasons; this was the visit just after ‘the difficult troubles in Kenya’ Different because many of us were going to support Cicely from London who would be marrying Kenyan Joseph. Different because we were also going to help with a special Peace concert on the site called ‘Free Land’ which just a short time before had been the scenes of terrible tribal clashes.The first thing that hit us was the increased costs in Nairobi, it seemed that everything had gone up, Hotels, food, even our coffee was dearer. Some things seemed to be almost UK prices, and then you think, but people here don’t earn UK wages.The pleasant surprise was the road from Nairobi to Nakuru; it was almost finished, not quite, but a much smoother ride than on all previous visits. There where signs, all along the road, ‘financed by the EU’ but then we understand with a Chinese’s contractor. Still it was a good ride and just as beautiful along the rift valley as ever.We arrived in dribs and drabs at our base in the Kunste Hotel Nakuru. Ultimately there where around 12 from Rainbow and probably the same number from Rohampton.The wedding was great, with loads of people, food, fun, dancing and drumming.The Peace Concert attracted anything up to 800 people and we were entertained and blessed by singers and groups both local and international, and it was a great spectacle and fun. Good to see the young people participating right down to the children, particularly the youngsters from our new Rainbow/ Rohampton sponsored orphanage. All the children being in concert promoting tee shirts. Sammy Nawali gave a great speech which should have been broadcast and picked up in my opinion by press and radio. It promoted peace, cooperation and harmony, calling on the church leaders to play a particularly active part, may be more than they had in the preceding months. Noting that God is not tribal but the Lord of all, and we are all in His image created.Our final days in Nakuru where spent checking out progress on the Garage construction which will supply jobs, and training as well as good repaired cars. We then went on to look at the feeding programme for over a 100 young people twice a week, and then finally to the bakery, again creating jobs and profit and then the finally of the orphanage and the great kids and a farewell dinner held there what a send off.To all our connections in Nakuru, thank you for the great feast you sent us on our way with, your doing a great job keep on keeping on and if others can chip in and help that would be great.
Adrian L Hawkes
Saturday, 24 May 2008
7 DAYS TO GO
The gallery is on Saturday and he artwork is still coming in. Please make an effort to come on Saturday. We are raising money for Kenya and UK kids. The art will be sold from 10am till 5pm @ ebase, 85 Bounces Road, n9 8ld. Here are a few photos that will be sold at the event by photographer Julian Freeman . 
     
                       
        
SUNDAY 11th May
Bible Studies cancelled for this Sunday as People are Going on the Sponsored Bike Ride and some our going to global day of prayer (ring wez - 07904583523).If you wish to go to global day of prayer then please click here If you wish to be involved in the sponsored bike ride then you can meet gareth (07970522553) at 10.45pm at ebase or you can meet 1pm at springfield park, outside spark cafe as we will have a picnic for the end of the riders. Click here for directions.Here is an advert for the ride.come along - also - going to see parkour at embankent on saturday at 12pm (see gareth)
Gareth Message from Nakuru, Kenya
Hello all. Here in Nakuru Kenya. Just got to Nakuru yesterday. Cicely looks really cute with Saturday’s groom and Nakuru is a very mad town with two sides. You have the intensity of the town centre wit heavy begging selling and crazy traffic. We are just getting climatised and getting aquinted with locals. The others side is outside of the town centre there is mad beauty and incredible countryside which I hope that the local riots won’t destroy. The seems to becoming less and less thoough. PRAYERFUL HOPE! Cicely’s wedding is on saturday and everyone os really excited by it all. Cicely looks so happy with here man and Joseph is a great lad. I bought some crafts of his stall today. The man is gifted.Tanya is organising a peace concert to display a stance against the troubles we hear in the news. Wesley and darlleen are perfoming at that and they have 7 or 8 bands on the go. Tanya is mega busy with that and the wedding. Please pray for that but if you wish to send money then you can dnate through phoenixcommunity.org No photos as I am a slow internet connection cyber cafe in Nakuru. Peace
CRAFT FAIR
Please come to this event on the 17th May 08. Â We are raising money for Kenya and UK kids. Â The art will be sold from 10am till 5pm @ eBASE, 85 Bounces Road, n9 8ld
Love to see you there and see flyer for details. Talitha Jane Day(Event Pr Officer)
Â