I am up in the middle of the night with some final thoughts to share with you.
As we bring our mission to a close, I want to sincerely thank all of you who have responded to this daily blog with words of encouragement for Valerie and I and our team. This trip was a huge step of faith for most of our team members. Besides being a physical challenge it has been one giant leap out of their comfort zone and they have done very well. I have seen growth in every member of the team. Through the course of my life I have discovered that nothing causes more growth than taking steps of faith with God. The dearest promise to me in the Word is God’s promise to Abraham; that if he would take a step of faith, leave his home and country and go with God to a land that He would show him, that he would bless him and make him a blessing to all the families of the earth. I certainly can’t say we have been a blessing to all the families of the earth, but we have definitely been a blessing to thousands of families in Kenya.
I know for certain that your prayers for us on this journey have covered us, protected us and given us strength and boldness to share God’s love with the people of Kenya. Please lift us up a while longer as we begin the 26 hour flight back to Seattle.
As always I am returning to Seattle having drained the finances of Worldcomp and I have made some future promises by faith to provide some desperately needed materials for those who we serve. By faith we are going to provide 10 computers to train the boys of the Shikusa Boys Detention Center and several computers for our Lenana School, the Kibera Kids Center and our Home of Grace. These are essential because the government of Kenya is now mandating that all of our educational facilities move to a digital form of record keeping and communication (something, we in America, have been doing for decades). Our Lenana School needs several thousand dollars worth of curriculum materials for the coming school term. We are hoping, as well, to provide some money for one final push to finish the construction of the Solid Rock Widows Center. They have made enormous advances in the past 6 months, but they need to finish the flooring and painting on the second floor of their building so they can finally set up their sowing businesses and training school. Beside all of that we are looking to the future needs of the Home of Grace for transportation and sustainable enterprises.
All that being said; we pray that God with shower some of you with unexpected resources that you might contribute at this time. Please consider a one-time gift, if you can.
My heart is overflowing with praise and thanksgiving to God for allowing us to be a part of this thing called Worldcomp. The Lord has blessed this work far beyond anything we could ever imagine and our relationships here in Kenya are the dearest thing to our hearts.
We praise and thank you Lord and we give you all the glory!
Blessings to you all in Jesus Name.
Richard