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Although they are well taken care of, the lives of our orphans at the Home of Grace is routine and rather boring. Today Valerie and I and the orphanage staff took all the kids on a grand outing. We started off with a visit to the Giraffe Center. It’s a […]
Recently Pastor Simeon Obayo gave this testimony to a group of Pastors: “When I was 7 years old my mother sent me to school. She could not afford a uniform so I went to school without one. All I had was a torn shirt and a pair of ripped shorts […]
There is a story about a Kenyan man who became the assistant manager at a large department store in Kisumu. He worked for a rather harsh Asian man who was very demanding. One day while the assistant manager was in the office the phone rang. When he answered the phone, […]
Kenya is a male dominated society; it has been for hundreds of years. Most men only know one way of relating to their wives. They are bullies! Women complain about this in private, but most of them grudgingly accept the situation as it is. To fight back, women don’t tell […]
Just before I preached today I was interrupted by my interpreter. He told me he was sorry but there was a little 9-year-old girl who was very insistent that I allow her to come up on the platform and polish my shoes. She told the church staff that the Lord […]
Let me try to tell you the story of the land on which the orphanage is being built. This will not be the kind of story you read about every day and could easily be dismissed as unbelievable. This land was purchase by Simeon and Mary Obayo several years ago. […]
Sunday March 13 Nairobi Kenya We began our first day in Kenya by visiting Elevation Church. The most articulate summation of our day was uttered by Matt Jensen in one word: “Wow”! Words fail when trying to describe worship in an exuberant Kenyan Church. It’s just pure passion expressed in […]
Dear Worldcomp Friends: Thank you so much for your prayers for Pastor John Indagiza. We are so very thankful for God’s protection over this dear man of God. Below is a letter from him. Praise God .I greet you hoping that you are fine in the Lord. Last Sunday, morning […]
Ten years ago now Mary Indagiza started feeding children from her home in the Kibera Slums. Her and her husband John didn’t need to live in the slums, but chose to live there because they felt God had called them to share Christ. In 2008 Mary’s little feeding operation immediately […]
Today was a banner day at the Boys detention center at Shikusa. What at time Garth and Danielle and Val and I had. First we met for an hour with the entire staff of Shikusa. We have never done this before and I really felt I had a word. They […]