Living on Mission

Micro Finance | Success in Kenya!

Thought you might be encouraged by this micro finance success story we received from CMF, our ministry partner. They partner with Missions of Hope in Kenya and God continues to use this "Micro Finance" ministry to changes lives, families, & communities! Please pray about getting involved and don't forget about the opportunity that our Elder, Tom Roberts spoke about to go with a team & use your business skills to help others in similiar ways! (see story below...)

Peninah Nyambura Michuki has now repaid 100% of the loan!

Peninah has recently been able to pay her loan back in full while remaining in good standing with Missions of Hope. During the repayment process, she has also been able to increase her savings week by week. With the funds from the loan, Peninah has been able to add the needed supply of products to her salon. Though she was able to add a good deal of products and materials, she continues to look for other ways of marketing and gaining new clients. She has also managed to pay for her child's school fees needed for this term. In all, she feels that she did well with the funds from the loan.

The funds from this repayment are now helping other entrepreneurs fund their small businesses. Your gift of a loan is changing an entire family's economic and emotional situation, and, ultimately, impacting an entire community. You can impact another life by sponsoring a new entrepreneur today.

Thank you again for your support!
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Success with Clean Water in Panama

Our Team left the islands today to return to Panama City and their flight home. Leaving the villages was hard but tempered by the fact that the people now have clean water to drink in the villages of Bucola and Playa Hermosa. We are praising God for granting success to the hard work and planning of this team and our missionary Juan Rodriguez.

Windmill in Bucola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean water is now available for the village - everyone is excited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd Windmill is located in Playa Hermosa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the children who will benefit from the clean drinking water. This will enable them to avoid the parasites that have always plagued them.

Panama Team Makes Progress

Our team of 15 men in Panama worked really hard today. They have already erected the two wind mills. These wind mills will pump water up from the wells into a holding tank that will provide water pressure for distribution as needed. They still have to build the platforms for to support the holding tanks and other types of installation work but we are really pleased with the progress. If they are able to send pictures, we will post them. Please continue to pray for their health, safety, progress with the work, their ministry to the villagers, and for their families back home. Praise God for the good progress already made.

Panama Water Team on the islands

After 3 flighs, a van ride across the continental divide, and a boat trip, our Panama Water Team has arrived safely at their work destination. On Monday the team will begin the assembly and installation of two windmills in two separate villages. These windmills will pump water from wells which will provide safe and clean water for the villages. This will be a huge blessing as the water that is normally used contains harmful bacteria and parasites.  Pray for the men as they work in the hot Panamanian climate and bring a witness of God's love for the villagers.

Panama Water Team arrived

Our group of 15 men who left this morning has arrived in Panama City. We are very grateful that they and their luggage arrived. They are on their way to a hotel for a short night's rest before taking the domestic flight in the morning. Following worship, they will be heading out to the islands to begin their project of two wells with windmills for Indian villages that need safe & clean water. Pray that God will use this team to be a blessing in His Kingdom work.

White River & Operation Christmas Child

1000 Shoe Boxes for 1000 chldren in other Countries - That is our Goal this year! On Saturday, November 3 we will be meeting in the Gym at 9:00 AM to pack all of these boxes. With all of us working together, we can finish the project by 10:30. However, we need the items to pack in the boxes to be brought before that day. This weekend, we are asking for small toys that can fit into the shoe boxes along with other items. Beanie baby type stuffed animals are perfect and so are match box cars and trucks. Toys can be gently used but must appear to be new. We can also still take school supplies, hard candy, and hygiene items. Place your items in the boxes provided throughout the church building and plan to help pack on November 3. Remember that each box will cost $7 to ship.

Operation Christmas Child

With all of the Halloween candy in stores now, this weekend's Operation Christmas Child item is easy! Bring in hard candy..fine to also bring in school supplies or hygiene items at any time too! Remember all of the next gen areas are having a competition. Collection bins are labeled in each area so put your items in your child's area so they can win a Thurs. night pizza party! Be praying for the souls these boxes will reach with the hope of Jesus!

"No beds? We will sleep on the floor!" - update on Joska fire

Many of the high school boys who attend the Missions of Hope Joska boarding school near Nairobi, Kenya, are returning to the campus following the fire last week that burned their dorm to the ground.
 
CMF Executive Director Doug Priest reports that the returnees are staying in some rooms that were under construction for science labs and a computer room. About 20 boys returned yesterday and more are expected today.
 
“One interesting thing was that the Mathare boys said, ‘We don’t care if there are no beds. We want to go back and we will sleep on the floor,’ ” said Doug. “Some of the boys were even going through the rubble to see if any of the metal bunk beds, or parts of the beds, could be salvaged.”
 
Missions of Hope is beginning immediately to construct a fence around the school with the first of the rebuilding funds that were donated.
 
“The Ministry of Education is insistent about the need for a fence,” said Doug. “The purpose of the fence is to remind the students that if they are outside the perimeter, they are beyond the school boundaries. We are so grateful for the immediate (financial) responses to this emergency and for the ongoing prayers for the school and students.”
 


To see photos of the burned dorm and the temporary space in the computer room visit CMF's Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CMF-International/106323999421576

Kenya Team - talking about Jesus in the slums

Our Kenya Team has done a great job of being the hands and feet of Jesus. More than a hundred people received medical treatment at the clinic our team held. Two of our team members gave training to local social workers who minister to the children of the school and their families. A highlight of that training was washing the feet of the African Social Workers - like Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. Hundreds of tooth brushes and tubes of tooth paste were distributed. Light was brought to the dark shanties of 9 families. Assistance with the computers was given in the offices of the mission. Hygiene lessons were taught in the school. The team gave the children a chance to practice the English they are learning and lots more. 

All of that is very exciting and rewarding but even more was the opportunity that our team had to be the voice of Jesus sharing the good news with the people in their homes. There were opportunities to do that with Muslim families and others who had never given their lives to Jesus. One of our team members had the privilege of bringing a person to know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. 

Our team begins their long journey home on Saturday and will arrive on Sunday afternoon. Pray for their safety and sweet reunion with their families.

 

Kenya Update: Micro-finance at work

Today we got to interview a couple recipients of micro-loans from Mission of Hope and it was touching to hear their stories.  We also got to meet a micro-loan group at one of the businesses in the marketplace and it was amazing to see how much these loans have transformed their lives and how it has made a big dent into breaking the cycle of poverty.

We also continued to do work in Area 2 of Mathare where we did a clinic and taught kids.  In the afternoon we got to meet with the kids our church sponsors.  The kids were apprehensive at first but once we gave them their packages and shared with them about the people who were praying and loving on them back home, they were instantly filled with joy.  God is good!

One of the recipients was a boy names James.  We later got to visit his home to rbring the light to only to find out his home was too unstable to work on.  His house was no bigger than a typical bathroom in the U.S. and it housed his mother and 2 other siblings.  His mother (the family's sole provider) was very sick and has been for a while. It was heartbreaking to experience.  There are hundreds of homes like these in Mathare.  Please continue to pray for them.