tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91951269342488867012024-03-12T16:35:06.501-07:00The Adventures of John and Marty SmithJohn and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-42045950794211669602018-11-24T19:06:00.006-08:002018-11-24T19:06:55.023-08:00UPDATE ON FARM OCTOBER 2018<div style="caret-color: rgb(29, 33, 41); color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is also the "praise" part which is much more lively with a lot of dancing and clapping - I've attached a praise video from a previous service.</span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-19985434199272333952014-09-06T18:03:00.004-07:002014-09-06T19:09:42.032-07:00THE LAST HARVEST, THE NEXT CROP & DRESSES<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>THE HARVEST</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This harvest was abundant. When we arrived at the Widows' Farm in June the maize crop was very green, very tall and many of the stalks had two and some even three ears on them. Many people told us that no crops in the village compared to ours; they were not as tall or fruitful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the help of many people, including some men, the large field was harvested in one day. Harvesting involves removing the ears, husking them and carrying them to a central place for drying. All of this is done manually. The smaller field was harvested a day or two later in a few hours. Many of the ears were massive - huge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the maize was dry enough to process it was spread out over a large area in front of the farmworker's house/storage barn. We are careful not to exaggerate or quickly assign the supernatural to things; however, when we were "shelling" the maize - stripping the kernels off the cobs - as we were loading large amounts of maize into the hopper of the sheller we noticed and eventually commented on the fact that the</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> mass of the maize that was spread out appeared not to be diminishing. No matter how much we were loading into the hopper the quantity of the rest of the maize </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was not going </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">down. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last time we harvested we filled five 210 liter tubs full of processed kernels of maize. This time we had to buy FIVE MORE to contain the harvest. Wahoo!</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Johnfred has told us that a very large group of ladies came out to plant the next crop of maize. There were so many that it only took one day to plant about 1 1/2 acres. This group were beneficiaries of new dresses that were made possible through generous donations of many of you folks. They said they wanted to show their appreciation by helping with the harrowing and planting. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>ANJELINE'S MIRACLE</b></u></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">We are asking you to do something as you
read this newsletter. First, we'll lay a
foundational background: J</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">ohnfred, John and Marty went to visit
Angeline, a 77-year-old destitute widow who lives very far back in the bush in
a remote, rocky, hilly area. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">It is an
area that is extremely poverty ridden.
The people belonging to the church there are among the poorest of the
poor. Angeline's pastor, Charles, knows
her, but the rest of us had never met her nor knew anything about her. We </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">found her living in a 6X10 single-room mud
hut; very small, but it seemed relatively new.<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri;">Charles
explained to us that her house had totally collapsed, and when they came to
know her they discovered she was living in the open air under a tree - sleeping
there at night. So that small church
pooled their resources, gave sacrificially, and built her the best they could
afford. It has one window and a door,
and she is dry and protected, unless there is a driving rain that blows under the roof.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One end of the house - you can see light at the other end!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, for you to get a grasp of God's
brilliant love, power and provision we ask that you put yourself in Angeline's
place - maybe it's a bit of role playing - use your God-given imagination and
become Angeline for a few minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are sitting alone on your bed (that
goes from wall to wall and has a worn out 2-inch piece of foam for a mattress)
in your living-room/bedroom when your pastor and three strangers arrive.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You know they are coming, but not why.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You have been having trouble with your eyes
for a while, but about three weeks ago you went blind - you can see some light,
but nothing else.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You hold your hands
out and ask that the people come and greet you because you can't see to go to
them.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You tell them that God gave you a
dream that some white people were coming to see you, so you aren't surprised by
the visit of these people from a foreign land.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They prayed for you and your house and began to talk with you.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You answer their many, personal questions and
talk to them about you life and how your three children died at young ages, and
how you became a member of RCC (Restoration Community Church) Korwenje,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and how your cell group built you a house and gave you
clothes.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You tell them that you are an
intercessor and love to pray, and that God gives you many dreams.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then something totally unexpected
happens</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They give you some tealeaves,
some milk, a kilo of sugar, a bag of salt, and 2 Kilos of maize flour. In addition,
they give you 3 bars of laundry/dishwashing soap, 2 boxes of matches, and a
metal scouring pad for your pots to clean the black off of them from the wood
fire. These are things are so useful and even luxurious!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You never could have afforded to buy all of
these at once.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Never!</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are praising God and thanking these
strangers, when suddenly they tell you that they have a new mattress for your
bed.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Anjeline on new mattress! The bed fits from wall to wall!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">You can’t see it, but you ask to be
taken over so you can feel it and sit on it.
A new mattress! You never could
have dreamed that you would have a real mattress! And then – one final thing! They give you a lamp that is powered by the
sun. You will have light at night. You will no longer have to buy 5 shillings
worth of paraffin (kerosene) to put in your tin-can lamp. You are totally overwhelmed! You begin to shout, “If God can do <u>this</u>
for me He can heal my eyes”! All the while
you are crying tears of joy and praising God!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Before we left, she told us that for years
she had been a laughing stock to people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But she said that when they find out what God had done in her life that day she would
no longer be a laughing stock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">As we stepped out of her house to leave,
she began singing praises to God at the top of her lungs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That little house acted like an echo chamber
or amplifier, and as we walked away, even at a distance we could hear her
singing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone in the area could hear
her singing praises and worshiping her God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Now here is <u><b>part</b></u> of the rest of the
story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anjeline’s pastor told us that a
friend had taken her to a local, village clinic where they said she had severe
cataracts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Just prior to our visit to Anjeline we
received a very generous donation from a supporter, for the purpose of building
several houses, but the person said that we could use some for another purpose
if a necessary situation arose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THIS WAS
THAT NECESSITY!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a mighty, awesome
God we serve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The is door at the left, and see how rain can come in at the top.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">We did not tell Anjeline that we have
resources to take care of cataracts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
wanted to speak with Violet, Pastor Hesbone’s wife, who makes all the
arrangements for eye surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to
see her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She knew about Anjeline’s
situation from Pastor Charles and thought that she could be seen at the eye clinic
that we will be having in the main village at Kadawa on August 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we explained the remoteness of
Anjeline’s location and the severity of her blindness Violet told us of a
hospital about one hour away that specializes in cataract surgery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No appointment needed, just walk in, be
examined and if surgery is appropriate it will be done immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a lot of phone calls, and coordination,
Violet contacted Sarah, a lovely young woman who makes herself available on a
moments notice, and Pastor Charles who, in turn, contacted people who could tell Anjeline
to be ready at 8:30 the next morning to go to the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We called Robert, our driver and the next
morning he, Sarah and Pastor Charles went to collect Anjeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not an easy task leading a blind woman through
narrow, rocky, hilly paths to the car, which had to be parked quite a distance
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Once again, a perfect stranger shows up at Anjeline's house, and then explains she has come to take her to see a doctor about her eyes. How could that possibly happen? </span>Then Robert took Sarah and
Anjeline to the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was on a
Thursday morning – three days after we had seen Anjeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On that very afternoon she had the first eye
done and Friday morning the second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
Saturday morning Sarah returned to the hospital and walked up to a seeing
Anjeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her sight has been completely
restored!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hallelujah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just try to imagine that – once again putting yourself in
Anjeline’s place. When Sarah went to pick her up at the hospital she asked Anjeline if she knew who she was. Anjeline responded that she didn't know. So Sarah explained and Anjeline was able to <u>see</u> her Good Samaritan for the first time. BTW, when Sarah was taking Anjeline back to her house, she told Sarah that the first thing she wanted to see there was her new mattress!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u>POST OP INSTRUCTIONS</u></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">For you medical folks, we want to include
some post op instructions that you have most likely never given to anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As one of the most important post op instructions,
other than the frequent dosage of drops, Anjeline was instructed to stay away
from wood fires and smoke for two weeks; she mustn’t get smoke or ashes in her
eyes. That means that she can’t cook for herself, for all cooking is done on an
open wood fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anjeline couldn’t cook for herself, nor did
she have enough food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Culturally she
couldn’t ask people for food, but she could ask them to cook her food for her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the widows farm we were able to send,
with Pastor Charles, four kilos of maize, several hands of bananas, and two kilos
of rice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also sent some spices, and
more sugar and milk. Additionally, we provided money to make up the difference
for two weeks of food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her cell group
(home group) will take turns cooking for her and tending to her needs while
recuperating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wahoo!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u>THE WHOLE AREA IS ABUZZ!</u></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Needless to say, the whole area around
where she lives is amazed to be seeing her walking around with no one leading her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are likewise aware that all of these
wonderful thing s have been done for her by her church! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anjeline is giving God all of the credit and people
are wanting to know more about this Jesus and this God who makes these things
happen!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">But now – here is the REST of the REST OF
THE STORY!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of the leaders of the RCC
churches decide who amongst the churches is in the most need of a new
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they make a list and give to
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We received that list a few days ago
and the second person on the list for a new house is Anjeline!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of that generous benefactor we can
build 10 houses for desperately needy women. Anjeline will have a reasonable
sized house in which to live, and her 6x10 current dwelling will become her
kitchen!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She doesn't know that yet! Once again - put yourself in her place. </span>Just think of the impact <u>that</u>
will have on the area!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">We couldn't go see Anjeline after the surgery, so we have no new photo. When we get one we will post it.</span></div>
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<b style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>GETTING MATERIAL FOR WIDOWS' DRESSES/ SAVING ROBERT FROM PRISON</u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the border of Busia (Boo see' ah) , Kenya, and Busia, Uganda people can just walk across the border. The area between the two immigration buildings is called "no-man's land". The whole area is a beehive of activity, with a lot of hustle and bustle - vendors selling fruits and vegetables, assorted merchandise and even money changers. We parked the car on the Kenya side and paid the 20 shillings parking fee that was good for as long as we needed to stay (approx. 25 Cents USD or 16 Pence GBP). Then we walked to the border and passed through the Kenya side. Marty is walking beside Robert and thinking how good it was to have him along to protect us. As we approached the Uganda-border-immigration -building a policewoman beckoned to Robert and asked him to follow her. We thought he needed to show his I.D. and Marty and Violet proceeded to the window, because Marty, not being a national, had to go through immigration. Sarah was holding our bags outside and called Marty over to tell her that her phone was ringing. It was a call from Robert. We finished our business with immigration, Marty called Robert and he asked her to come right away. So she went to find him. She was directed to a small round tin building - went in - and there was Robert in a chair and three or four desks with police officers at them. She asked what was happening and the officer at the desk next to Robert said that Robert couldn't wear his trousers into Uganda. What??? Robert had some camouflage cut-off trousers/shorts that he had recently purchased. He had on a khaki-colored T-shirt with a designer logo. He looked very smart!!! Marty told the police she would go get him a pair of trousers to change into so he could pass through. They said no, they had to take him to court because he wasn't allowed to wear camouflage clothing in Uganda. At this point Violet came into the room and they began to question us about why we were coming to Uganda, and what were we doing with Robert. Violet explained that we were with a church and that Marty was a missionary and Robert was our driver. He questioned us about whether the car belonged to the church and what church was it. We told him and said there was a branch in Kampala, Uganda and offered them the pastors name and number. They weren't interested. Then they gave Violet a poster off the wall that explained that wearing camouflage was illegal, and carried a sentence of 7 years in prison. They showed us a pile of camouflage clothing they had confiscated. Violet implored them to let Robert go. The police told us that Robert had to go to court. Still thinking that if they understood why we were there they would realize we were helping people and not doing anything wrong that they would let Robert go. Then they said that they <u>really were</u> supposed to take him to court. <b>Robert was under arrest! </b> That's why they couldn't just let him change trousers and go - he had broken the law!!! Then after more talk and evasive answers from the police, they said that since we were doing the work we were, that even though they were to take him to court they would merely fine him and send him back to Kenya. We thought that was a good deal and asked the price; it was 2000 KES ($25, £16). Marty asked for a receipt and the officer said something to Violet and she said "Marty, let's go, we have to obey authority" and then when outside said "You shouldn't have asked for a receipt"! (Marty is trying to figure out how we weren't obeying authority.) Sarah still had Marty's handbag and when Marty got the money from it for the fine Violet said that she should stay out of there and let Sarah take the money in to pay the fine. Later on Violet told us that the policeman had said to her - "You women go now, and leave the boy to us"! Violet, Sarah and Marty passed through the gate into Uganda to shop! Marty called Robert a few minutes later and he was in his car, back in Kenya!!! It took Marty - she with the mind like a steel trap - at least forty-five minutes before she realized that she hadn't paid a fine! She had paid a bribe!!! Leaving her to ponder what would she have done if she had known up front that they were asking for a bribe. She is grateful to God that she was naive and slow-witted; thus, not having to feel guilty for paying a bribe and not having to be under the stress of what to do if she knew Robert would go to jail if she didn't bribe them. It has always been our conviction not to ever pay a bribe! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That night Marty did research on the law regarding camouflage clothing in Uganda only to find that there is also a law in Kenya against it. A person not only cannot wear camouflage clothing, they cannot even have it in their suitcases if entering or leaving these countries. The reason is that people could be impersonating a policeman and engage in crimes or terrorism. They are very, very serious about it. </span></div>
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-11707816088032354492014-07-05T09:56:00.001-07:002014-07-05T09:56:25.563-07:00SPECIAL EDITION<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>SOME BACKGROUND</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The bible is very clear that we are to take care of widows and orphans; in fact, God has a very special place in His heart for them. In Kenya there are many, many widows and orphans. That is especially true in Kadawa, the village where we work. Children are the next generations; they are the emergent leaders and rulers of the earth. Many people invest in their lives; especially, in the area of education. But the Lord put a very special concern on our hearts for older, destitute widows who have no means of support and no one to take care of them. Our goal is to help give them dignity in their declining years. We want to help make their lives better in these latter years than they were in the former.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We visited Risper Nyanwanda on July 4. We knew she was an older widow and we wanted to determine if she met the criteria for being destitute. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> One of the first questions we asked was if she had any children. We were not prepared for her reply. She told us that she had 10 children and that her husband and children had all been murdered! ---------------------</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here is the rest of Risper's story: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She returned to Kadawa after being absent for many years. When she married she moved from Magwar (a section of Kadawa) with her husband to an area of Western Kenya called Mt. Elgon. They subsequently had 10 children. They lived in a multi-ethnic (many tribes) area and owned 100 acres of land; they were prosperous farmers. Her sons even owned two tractors. The main tribal group in the area are the Sabaots - part of the Kalenjin tribe. Due to past, unresolved injustices by the government concerning land, a rebel militia group, called the SLDF (Sabaot Land Defense Force) , formed to fight the government forces over land issues. Over time group evolved into a xenophobic organization that, in addition to warring with the government, began indiscriminately attacking civilians who weren't part of their tribe and taking their land from them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In 2006 Risper, her husband and children were in their home having a meal. Risper went to the kitchen, which was in another area, to get some milk. While she was in there the SLDF invaded her house and slaughtered her husband and all 10 of her children. They used crude weapons like machetes and axes and a gun or two. She escaped through the back of her property, running and walking for a whole day until she came to a village that would take her in, and she remained there. She could not go back to her home. She wasn't even able to attend to the burial of her family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This woman, without drama, sat very quietly and told us her story. We were caught totally off guard, having had no idea of any of this. Marty was weeping, the woman who was our escort was weeping, Johnfred and John wept. As we approached her to offer our sorrow we saw her tears. When we spoke words of condolences to her this woman said "I know that God loves me"! It was a declaration! We were speechless. None of us has ever heard of such horror and devastation. A woman in her prime and well situated in life lost <u>literally</u> everything in one fell swoop. Even while writing this Marty is fighting tears. She (We) can't get our heads wrapped around this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As we regained our composure we talked to her about her living situation here in Kadawa. She has been in the place we visited for 6 months. She lives by herself on the side of a steep hill and somehow is growing some maize and millet around her "house". There is a stream not too far from her place where she is able to get water. She earns a few shillings pulling weeds and planting for other people. We didn't find out who built her shelter, but it is obviously only a temporary place. It has no windows and is one room with a sheet dividing it so that one side is for sleeping. Johnfred examined the walls and told us that the dirt used for mud is not good for building houses. The rain is washing the walls away and since it is a flat roof when it rains the water comes through the ventilation space between the roof and top of the walls. It is so small we don't know how she breathes at night with the door shut. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> She will now be getting fairly regular distribution of food from the Widows' Farm and we will see that she gets a solar lamp so she has light at night. All of the benefits associated with the widows' ministry are available to her. Her name is on the list for a house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> When we go visit these ladies we always take something they can use but usually won't have. In her photo she is smiling because she received a kilogram of sugar - she said it had been a long time since she had sugar - some maize flour, some matches, some tea leaves and uht milk, and a stainless steel curly scrubbing pad for her sufurias (aluminum cooking pot - they get really sooty from the wood fire and become hard to clean). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These things jolt our perspective on a lot of points. Imagine yourself being thrilled with a bag of sugar, a bag of corn meal and a pot scrubber!</span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-38398650258023486682014-06-28T07:47:00.000-07:002014-06-28T07:47:28.727-07:00THE MEDICAL FUND<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2012 because of your generosity we were able to hold a 3-day medical clinic in Kadawa. Approximately 800 people were helped from Kadawa and other communities; there were several lives saved - literally! Out of that initial event a medical fund has been established. Periodically we are able to deposit funds into that account for ongoing needs. Violet Odindo, who with her husband Hesbone oversees Restoration Community Church in Kadawa and the daughter churches, administers the fund for us. She is able to determine first-hand the needs for application of the fund and organizes the required treatments. She is dedicated and committed to the lives of the members of the church and tirelessly ministers to their needs, spirit, soul and body. We want to give you a current update on recent use of that fund.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We reported that thanks to your support our medical fund was able to pay for Mariko's prostate cancer surgery. It took a long time for it to happen, for his situation was difficult and there was no hospital that would do it. A few weeks ago he finally had the operation. Unfortunately, complications set in that required extra measures and a longer stay in the hospital. This caused the procedure to cost much more than it would have. The procedure was expensive by Kenyan standards - over $600 (£400). Can anyone imagine such surgery costing that much in the US or UK? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He came to church three weeks ago to tell everyone of his surgery and gave praise to God for it, and for his healing. He is an older, well respected gentleman who contributes a great deal of time and effort to the operation of the church. They were happy to hear his encouraging story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While trying to find a hospital that would do his surgery he grew steadily worse. He was finally to the place where whenever he tried to pass his urine the pain was so bad that he would cry. Ultimately he was in nearly continual severe pain . After tests at two local hospitals and a long search, Violet found a hospital at some distance from Kisumu that would take care of him. He was admitted and the surgery done, but somehow the drain that was inserted in him malfunctioned and the blood and fluids backed up. It wasn't realized until his stomach was distended. Apparently he was in serious trouble and in danger of dying. His wife, who was able to stay there with him, called Violet & Hesbone and they traveled to pray with her and Mariko. He told us that the doctors said that they knew he was a Godly man of prayer and that he couldn't die - God wouldn't let him. He required further surgery and other procedures to drain him and cleanse his system of the toxic fluids. As a result he had an extended hospital stay and the healing process was uncharacteristically longer. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He told us a lot of things about "pipes" going in and coming out of him and two tins of blood being drained (that would be 4.5 kilograms - 10 U.S. pints) and 130 liters of "water" being "piped" in to wash him out. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of you who have a medical background can probably read between the lines here and sort out the technicalities of what happened to Mariko and the procedures taken. All of this information was from an old man with little education or experience outside of his locality, and translated from Dholuo to English by a young Luo man. Sometimes things get lost in the translation. But we wanted to pass it on to you in his words (more or less).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is looking very well and has recovered nearly entirely. By profession he is a well digger. He literally sits on the ground and digs a well around himself by hand. But doctors have told him he can't do that any more. So he is trying to find a new means of making a living. (He's pretty old, but determined to work.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He asked us more than once to please give his thanks to the persons who made it possible for him to have the surgery. We can surely attest to the gratefulness of this old gentleman! So, dear friends, thank you, thank you, thank you from Mariko!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And let us say this: Mariko <u>would have perished of prostate cancer,</u> most likely in agony, had it not been for the availability of the hospital fund you have made possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The same day we visited Mariko we visited his neighbour (that's a relative term in the village) Mildred who also received treatment recently through the medical fund. On a Friday She began to have a headache on the right side of her forehead. It persisted all one day. The next day her forehead began to swell and the headache persisted. She went to a clinic in the village. They gave her some over-the-counter pain-relief medication. She took them for a day or two, without any effect. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> By Sunday the the swelling (blisters) increased, the headache was worse and her eye became swollen shut. She went back to the clinic, who gave her some other local medication. She took it according to instructions, but by Monday the headache was extreme and her eye protruding. On Tuesday Mildred called Violet to ask if she could help her. Violet arranged for Mildred to go to a hospital in Kisumu, where she was diagnosed with <b><i>herpes zoster </i>(shingles)</b>. She was given strong antibiotics. Further medication was prescribed and purchased by Violet. Mildred is still taking meds, but is nearly at the end of the course. She has been making a gradual recovery; the blisters are gone and the swelling is gone. She has occasional, slight headaches and still doesn't see clearly out of the right eye, but we are told that these will clear up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There has been a real lack of rain and as a result many crops have failed, which means famine will follow, along with a major rise in the cost of the food that the villagers eat; such as, maize, beans, kale and rice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johnfred (the overseer) and Charles (one of the farm hands) told us that we will have a "bumper crop" of maize this season. (What?!!) The mango trees bore fruit before the drought set and there was an abundance of mangoes to give the widows. Of course, due to the drip irrigation from our well the vegetable patch has done fine. Peter and Charles report some of the sweet potatoes were the size of their heads. WOW!! (Sorry no photos - Johnfred's camera broke.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bananas have done exceedingly well also; Peter and Charles have been in competition to see whose section looks the best! Even the youngest ones are bearing. New<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> rice beds have been added and all of the new seedlings are thriving. We haven't been able to figure that out yet, because we can't water them from the well - not enough water for that! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the vill-age, it is said that when a visitor comes and it rains they are bringing a blessing! We have heard that since we started coming in 2006. Well, on Wednesday night we decided to go to the farm on Thursday to check things out and that night there was a major downpour and it rained sporadically after that into Thursday. When we arrived Charles and Peter came running to us (and we to them) greeting each other and they overwhelmed with joy saying we had brought the blessing with us! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Of course, we fertilize and perhaps they don't. But some of the stalks actually have THREE ears, and many have two. We are stunned and amazed (amaized?) at God's blessings on this little patch of land. Additionally, Johnfred had another 1/2 acre plowed and put maize in there. </span></div>
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-28391319103863028332014-05-05T14:46:00.000-07:002014-05-05T15:27:13.803-07:00CANADIAN ADVENTURE<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>MARTY TO CANADA TO TEACH AT PROPHETIC CONFERENCE</b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first weekend in April had Marty and her companion Teri Civitarese flying to Toronto for a Prophetic Conference with DOVE Canada. On Saturday, Marty taught along with Brian Sauder on how to hear from God personally, and for the purpose of operating in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit for the encouragement, strengthening and comfort of the church! Teri's valuable role was that of an intercessor for all involved and for the conference as a whole. It was a really good conference, attended by folks from several parts of Ontario. We believe it was very profitable for all involved - including Brian, Teri and Marty. We all had a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday Marty spoke and ministered at Harvest Family Community Church, the DOVE church in Willow Beach Canada. What a great day it was. We recently heard from Lynn Ironside, pastor of that church, that one of the members who asked for prayer for healing of his back that day has had no pain at all since then. He is totally healed! Waaa Hooo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harvest is situated along a very large lake and even in April it was still frozen enough that people were still out on it fishing through holes in the ice, sledding, and various other ice-involved activities. The ice was beginning to thaw along the edges of the lake, but that wasn't any hindrance to lots of folks out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the joys of world travel is special culinary treats in various countries. For instance, in England we look forward to bacon butties (an English bacon sandwich made on a big soft bun) and fish and chips; in Italy it is gellati; in Greece in is Greek Yogurt with Greek Honey (yummmm); in Kenya it is sukuma wiki and chapatis; but in Canada it is Tim Horton's coffee and Butter Tarts. Both of which we had! What a treat!!</span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-15592771330672903852014-03-25T13:22:00.000-07:002014-04-01T17:00:34.111-07:00HOSPITAL FUND REPORT AND THE DREADED PAINT CATASTROPHE!!<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><u>HOSPITAL FUND REPORT</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">She had a BRAND NEW can of paint, John had bought her a real ladder; aluminum (aluminium) with steps and a shelf to hold the paint and brushes, and she was ready to go.(Sorry no photos of new ladder.) It is unheard of for a woman to paint; they are impressed and amazed that Marty "knows how" to do it. Folks are more or less accustomed to her coveralls and red bandana by now. That day she had a shadow. Johnfred's son, Shem, was following her around and sticking to her like glue. He is learning English, but is a bit shy and wouldn't speak - in English or Luo or Kiswahili. Marty would talk to him, give him tasks to do or he would follow her around as she had to do various things in connection with the job. He understood, but he just wouldn't talk. It was good experience for him to listen to a mzungu (white person) speaking English.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well, she got a bit lazy. Therein lay the root of the problem! She climbed down to move the ladder, but didn't take the paint off the top. The vibration of the move caused the WHOLE CAN OF PAINT to move to the edge and tip over - all over Marty, her new sneakers (trainers), the ladder, floor and up the walls. She let out a scream; all the men came running thinking she had fallen off the ladder; Shem jumped up and everyone tried to console her and begin the clean up. She chased the men out, took off her ruined shoes, and began to try to clean up and save as much paint as possible. A can of spilled paint on a concrete floor is very, very slippery. So as she was cleaning up she began to skate about a bit to entertain Shem. By his expression it was clear that the lad was quite bemused over this woman and her antics. He kept trying to help and she kept trying to stop him, for she knew he would get paint on his school clothes, etc. He wouldn't listen, and of course got paint on himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A couple of days later she spoke with his father about the incident. Apparently when he got home he wasn't so quiet about the whole thing. He had the family in stitches and horror telling them of the incident and how he saw the can getting ready to fall. They all jumped on him and asked him why on earth didn't he tell her, and the poor little guy said "I wanted to, but I couldn't remember the words in English". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So goes life in Kadawa and some of the things that make it funny, fun and memorable. Shem will remember it for the rest of his life, and Marty wasn't in trouble for letting him get paint on himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has become a necessity for John to take management trips to Kenya in January of each year. It's essential in order to keep the various projects on track. He accomplished much in a short time this year, but it surely tired him out. At the end of each day he was glad to have a meal and rest. One night he was asleep at 8 PM and didn't wake up until after 6 the next morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christmas is not celebrated in the village like we do in the West. There is no money for gifts. The normal way of celebrating Christ's birth amongst the church members is to gather together for a church service and have a large communal meal - paid for by the church. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were given some sponsorship money to use to benefit the widows for Christmas and the decision was made to give them food parcels. John and Johnfred - our Widows' Farm manager - went into the city and purchased the items. We were able to bless 23 widows with 1 kilogram of sugar, a large bag of salt, a large bag of tea leaves and 3 bars of soap (used for laundry and washing dishes). These are all luxury items for these ladies; things that are, financially, very difficult for them to purchase. Prisca (an area cell leader) and John went to visit Magdeline Awiti, an old house-bound widow, in her home to distribute a parcel. John happened to asked Prisca how valuable these gifts would be. She said Magdeline would not have purchased tea for a long time and it would have been many months since she had a drink of hot tea. These items were an exceptional Christmas gift for the widows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were given a sum of money to be invested toward micro-finance businesses. Rather than use that money to start new businesses we have started a credit union with the primary purpose of lending money, at a low rate of interest, to members with established micro-finance businesses to enable them to increase their businesses. Some individual loans have been given out. When John was there in January he was able to see first-hand how this has benefited Sara, one of the women who received a loan. She is a tailoress. January is the season for making school uniforms and she was able to buy bolts of fabric in bulk which enabled her to make many uniforms, benefitting her business greatly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How exciting for John to actually see the area of vegetables growing under the system installed a few months ago. The system is running well, using water from the well we dug, which is pumped up to the tower we built and is used to water the veggies systematically. Kale, spinach and sweet potatoes are flourishing and the destitute widows are receiving a monthly supply.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An adjacent parcel of land to the widows' farm, behind the farm-worker's house and store, has become available. We have initiated the process to get the exact details of acreage and boundaries from the Land Registry in Nairobi before we enter in to negotiations with the owners. A good portion of the farm-land has been cultivated and we are looking to future development. In the picture of the kale, above, you can see the house behind which the land is located. Also, here is a picture of kids who were shepherding their cows on that land when we had the widows' party last year. They came to the fence looking in at the festivities. There was plenty of food left to feed them as well. Most likely the largest and healthiest meal they had that week.</span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-59464460518859244352013-11-04T18:14:00.001-08:002013-11-04T18:14:16.385-08:00HOSPITAL FUND & TIDYING UP<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you may know, we have a hospital fund for people in Kadawa and district. It has been made possible by generous gifts, and also we are contributing to it from income from The Widows' Farm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, although it is minimal right now, we are bringing in income. Folks in the village have learned about our corn (maize) sheller and will bring sacks of the cobs to the farm to be processed through the sheller. It removes the kernels from the cobs in no time flat. We charge 100 shillings (about $1.20 or 77 pence) per 90 kilo sack (about 202 lbs.). To do this the traditional way - by hand, one-kernel-at-a-time, is very, very time consuming. A large crop can take up to 6 weeks - 5 days a week, with a team of several people working daily. Plus, with a team it is required to feed them lunch - a cooked meal. The money received for this service goes into the hospital fund. We also have just planted a money crop which, when ready for harvest, will be used to feed the widows, but some will also be sold at the market and the money put into the hospital account. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fund is administered by Violet Odindo, Pastor Hesbone's wife and is used for people in need of urgent medical care. We try to maintain the account year-round.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> those who give towards it. Gladys and many others would be dead by now.</i></span></div>
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Gladys was unable to eat or hold food down - even for 5 minutes. Violet got her to hospital where she was diagnosed with TB, pneumonia and a stomach infection. She was discharged after 4 days with more energy and no longer vomiting. She was treated with x-rays, lab tests, and released with antibiotics, pain killers and 4 bottles of blood builder. The total expenses for her treatment were 14,650 Kenya Shillings (KES) - $170/£112; an unfathomable amount for a villager.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lorna has been ill - one of her sides "seems to be failing". A stroke is suspected and she was prescribed some medicine. It wasn't possible to transport her to Kisumu, so a nurse in the church will be monitoring her in the village. Also an elderly gentleman was also</span></div>
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diagnosed with "early signs of a stroke and had signs of losing his mind". Medications prescribed for the two of them for one month cost 5,745 KES ($67/£44). </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are told that all three of these folks have recovered well from these illnesses. Lorna has had a further problem. She must use a "stick" to walk now. She is in her mid to late 80s and can't be kept from coming to church. She is so grateful for the restoration of her eyesight that she walks about 1.5 miles each way to church and home using her stick. Recently when walking home from church she fell onto a tree stump and cut her arm badly. She struggled home but was bleeding quite a lot throughout the night. Someone stopped by next morning and found her. She was taken to the hospital where she was sutured. Jeremy - our colleague - is going to Kadawa in a few days and he will check up on her for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also have recently treated Mariko; he has prostate cancer and arrangements are being made for surgery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A widow from Magwar has been treated for chronic ulcers and a three-year-old girl who had severe eye allergies. </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The medical fund is truly a God-send when it comes to eye allergies in children. Most of them, when treated early, are easily cured and their eyesight is saved. So many children have lost their sight due to simple eye infections left untreated.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you would like to help with this fund, any amount is welcomed to our two accounts or to us directly.</b></span></div>
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-29913210568702060392013-09-04T07:51:00.000-07:002013-09-04T07:51:28.417-07:00A SUMMARY OF MANY OF THE THINGS WE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2013<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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<span lang="EN-GB">We wanted to let you know what we did with a generous donation to the work in Western Kenya. We were able to bless
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It is great fun, although occasionally challenging, to be stewards of what God provides!</div>
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Building houses is a tremendous blessing to these widows as it is something
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<span lang="EN-GB">The two widows were Lucy Odhiambo who
has a 7 year old son called Braxton. She had been crying out to the Lord for a
house as her had collapsed and she was having to live with her mother-in-law. Lucy says “it was an impossibility that she
couldn’t imagine happening and she is so thankful to the Lord. She will
continue to pray for the sponsor and trusts God might enable that person to help other widows
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The second widow was Claris Ochieng who has 3 children, Sheila 7, Faith 10 and Celestine 13. She too appreciates what the Lord has done through the sponsor. As you see, her house was almost collapsing and the roof was leaking a great deal. She is very appreciative and very happy.</div>
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This fund helps people with more serious problems to go to hospital to seek
medical treatment. Violet, pastor Hesbone’s wife, administers this fund for us
as needed. She told us recently that she gets to see first hand how people benefit
who otherwise would have no hope of such help. People are so appreciative for
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clinic that we sponsored at Magwar. The eye clinic cost us $1141.11. This
includes hiring two people from the eye hospital, drugs that were bought, eye
glasses that were prescribed, reading glasses and several cataract operations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is the church library we have set up. It is a lending library of books for the
leaders and is a resource for their teaching. It also helps with their
English. We obtained quite a number of books from a bible school that was
disposing of them at very reasonable rates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span lang="EN-GB">It is a cultural norm, and is expected in
Kenya that a “pastor” looks smart and preferably wears a suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have never done anything for the pastors
other than buy them each a tie on one occasion. So we felt this year the Lord
would have us honour them with a suit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We know them all quite personally; they are dedicated to their calling and
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<span lang="EN-GB">Violet went shopping for a good deal as
there are now 7 pastors with all the daughter churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 7 were told to come to Kisumu one day and
it was a complete surprise when they found out they were each getting a suit.
For them it was overwhelming but they enjoyed the photo-shoot afterwards!
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<span lang="EN-GB">You should have seen them. They all went into another room and changed into their new suits to model them for us and to have their photos taken. We have several individual photos of them posing as if for a fashion magazine. So much fun for all of us!!</span></div>
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being prepared and fitted with drip irrigation even as we write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You saw the initial ploughing (plowing), done by oxen, in the last newsletter. </span>Some of the vegetables that will be grown will be given to the
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year and meets in a tent, which was sponsored by a donation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">He used to be the area manager for
“Campus Crusade for Christ” in Western Kenya, but when their staff had to
become self-supporting he had to leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their 4 children. As well as the farm and church he also has some studies to do
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has to go there about three times a year for 4-5 weeks to attend selective classes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-90565101552444275322013-08-23T10:59:00.001-07:002013-08-23T10:59:42.720-07:00THE BIG CELEBRATION<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John has had it on his heart to bless the people who volunteer on The Widows' Farm. They are mostly younger widows, plus Joel, who "supervises" the women. John, Johnfred, Charles and Peter planned the whole thing. They did such a great job! Planned the menu - goat (later sheep, for we found that the older widows will not eat goat), sukuma wiki (kale), rice, ugali (aka African Cake - very stiff maize (corn) meal used in the place of bread, soda (pop), and tea! They rented a marquee (tent) filled it with chairs, organized 4 women to do all of the preparation (an unbelievable feat) and even dug a temporary "convenience station". The women cooked the meal for 28 on three wood fires.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The ladies doing the preparation showed up about 6 AM. One of the guys slaughtered the sheep (WE WERE </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">NOT</u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> THERE). The men did the initial butchering and then the women did the rest. We saw parts and bits and pieces that we didn't know existed and certainly didn't know were eaten.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We arrived about 10:30 and there were a handful of widows (and a couple of children) in the marquee. (We found out later that they didn't have any idea that they had been invited to a banquet. They just thought they were coming to some sort of meeting. As usual, whenever they are called together for a meeting they came in their best clothes.) After we greeted them all Joel, Peter, Charles and Johnfred took us in to "see" the sheep's head and hide. <b>An aside to the ladies reading this: Men are the same everywhere. These guys just delighted in watching and hearing Marty's reaction to this display! </b> She was pretty cool about it (she thinks) ! Asked what they were going to do with the head they said they would eat it. And the next day Johnfred let us know that Peter was busy preparing the head for his and Charles' lunch. He explained a bit of how they go about preparing it. Nothing you want to know about!!! Asked what on earth they eat from the head - we were told that the tongue is a special delicacy and the cheeks and neck (we didn't ask about the brain). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a lot of photos for this newsletter, but a whole lot that you <u>won't</u> be seeing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While waiting for the meal to be prepared the women began to sing in the tent. Then John suggested Marty take them to the prayer chapel. So, she stopped their singing and explained that we were all going to the chapel to sing. Well, that got them pretty excited and the next thing we knew the women and men (Charles, Johnfred, Joel, Joash [the night watchman] and Peter) were all in a group doing a traditional Luo dance and singing all the way up the farm and to the chapel. What a thing to watch and be part of - just wonderful!! We stayed there awhile and sang a lot and then danced all the way back to the tent for our meal. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently sheep are much like chickens in terms of being eaten, in that there is NOTHING wasted. The blood is cooked with some of the offal and onions and tomatoes. It cooks up into a dark brown affair that resembles a wurst that hasn't been put in a casing. They were very gracious in that they didn't offer John and Marty any of it, but very discreetly gave it to the others. The rest of the organs, the tail and intestines (all cleaned very, very well) were chopped in bite-sized bits and fried, well done, in oil with seasonings. This <u>was</u> served to us and we ate it - it really was pretty tasty. The whole meal was wonderful! Our friends are so gracious and sensitive to us, and they know we love them and try to be sensitive to the culture here. We never want to offend them. The Lord really and truly does give "eating grace"! (There are probably many of you reading this who were raised in the country and slaughtering and butchering were [or are] part of normal life for you and you are scratching your head in wonder at us or are laughing your heads off.) Although, Johnfred told us that he would have thrown the blood away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Chief came and got really involved in the festivities. He told us several very interesting things that we didn't know. He said it is tribal tradition that to slaughter a sheep and have a meal like that is the way they bless the land. Also, a marquee is usually only set up for funerals or, sometimes, weddings. He said the folks there had never been treated to a tent nor a banquet like that. It was an extremely rare event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next to the farm is a large field where people graze their cattle. School is out for a few weeks and there were 9 or 10 children herding the cattle. They kept gathering around the fence near the festivities (and cooking) to watch what was going on. They know that Marty always has whistle lollypops and often there will be two or three stop by in any given day and quietly stand until she notices them - but never this many. They all got their sweets - twice - and then the ladies who were cooking made sure the children all received a meal after the banquet was served. God is good! He saw to it that there was enough to feed the children! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several folks in America gave us money to buy solar lanterns to give out here in Kadawa. After the meal John and the chief showed the women the lamps and explained how they work, and then told them that they were being given the lanterns in appreciation for their hard work. Never, ever would we have expected the reaction from those ladies. They literally jumped up and down and began dancing and singing! Even the old, old ladies were dancing! An added bonus to having these lamps is the fact that they will no longer need to buy paraffin (kerosene) and tin-can lanterns. They seldom can afford more than a few tablespoons of paraffin at a time and those tin lanterns hardly give off any light. Oh my what a wondrous celebration it was and we were just totally overjoyed by witnessing it all. Each woman was called by name and came up to get her lantern and every other woman cheered enthusiastically each time one went up - just as happy for each other as themselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then lanterns were given out to all the staff and those men were every bit as excited as the women. Marty took the chief on a tour of the farm and when they got back it looked like a small field of orange mushrooms had spring up. The ladies had all put their new solar lanterns outside to charge in the sun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were able to get the tractor in and plow our field and over the past three or four days women and children have been preparing the soil, planting and fertilizing. Yes, we said children. It has taken awhile for the old widows to understand that none of the crops grown on the farm are consumed, used, or sold by us for our own personal use. We didn't realize that was there perception. Now they know it all goes to or for them and so even though they can't come work some of them are sending grandchildren to work on their behalf. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a wonderful, glorious day! We are told that nothing had ever happened like that in the village and that it will be talked about for a long, long time! A wonderful time was had by all. John and Marty possibly had more fun than any of them. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO MADE THE PARTY AND THE LANTERNS POSSIBLE. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to your prayers, we have had rain for several evenings - enough to soften the ground so we could get the space for the drip-feed irrigation project ploughed (plowed). There was a team of 6 oxen yoked together with a really primitive set of yokes (no "my yoke is easy" business there) . They were driven by a young lad with a type of whip (not used to strike them, but to make a sound and direct them) and another fellow was guiding the hand-held, single-blade plow. It only took a couple of hours. When they were done the yokes and harnesses were left until the next day, but the cows were immediately rewarded for their work by being released in our harvested maize field, where they were very happily chewing off the prime bits of the empty stalks. The men let them stay as long as they wanted and then drove them home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are both attempting to learn Dholuo words and phrases. The tribe is the Luo tribe, but the language itself is called Dholuo. It is not a common language and is only used by that tribe. The village youngsters learn Swahili in school, and later on they also learn English, but the majority of the older folks and especially the old widows only speak the Luo language. It pleases them no end when we try to communicate even a little and they readily offer us help in learning it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Timothy, the civil engineer who did the plans for the water tower has drawn the plan for the eco-san toilet, and George, the engineer who built the tower, will construct it for us. Things are falling into place thanks to your prayers. Yaaaay! Opak Ruoth! (Praise the King [God]!)</span><br />
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our first destination; it took six hours to get there, where we would spend the
night in Ephraim and Jova Tumusiime’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had just gone to bed and were reading when we felt the bed begin to
gently shake – for quite a few seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“John, what is that”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I don’t
know”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“John, it’s an earthquake”!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“No, it has lasted too long to be an
earthquake”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, it stopped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, a few seconds later the <u>bed and whole house</u>
began to shake <u>violently</u> and the big metal gates to the compound were clanging
together loudly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no doubt it
was an earthquake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marty was looking for
a way out of the house, but the quake stopped abruptly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John still wasn't sure it was an
earthquake, but Marty has experienced earthquakes before and was convinced it
was one (although she had never been in one so severe).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was prepared to escape if it happened again (but realized she didn't know how to get out)!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next morning we were told that there was a
5.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter Scale at the epicenter, which was many
miles away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Marty promptly located all the home's exits as well as the location of the keys.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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which were occasionally rough, in Ephraim’s 2001 well used, but able for the
job, van to a small market town in a fairly remote area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there was a hotel there into which Ephraim
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Kakaari, a very remote area, down in the Great Rift Valley, near the border </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> of The
Congo. Absolutely beautiful, verdant country with spectacular views of the
valley, volcanic crater lakes, tea plantations and bananas!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trip to and from Kakaari took another 1-½
hours each way (total 3 hours a day for 3 days).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The actual village itself was about 15 miles
off the paved road and on very, <b><i>very </i></b>rough, narrow dirt roads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Motion sickness first thing in the morning
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West); yellow bananas; red bananas (sweet and tangy); <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">b</span>oiled bananas; mashed bananas (matoke); fried bananas; banana beer (saw it [smelled it] being brewed in the village).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Groundnuts (small red-skinned peanuts) are also a
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(and long) day.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The little church was
packed and John delivered a </span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">powerful</u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> faith-building message!</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The faith level was really high.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marty had, had a dream on Thursday night that
had her really puzzled - it just didn't make sense.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She prayed and
sought the interpretation.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then in the wee hours of Sunday morning she
got the interpretation.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was - that
there were folks in the church that were mixing witchcraft with Christianity and
were deceived and also very confused as a result; there needed to be
repentance - rejection of the witchcraft and total commitment to</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> the Lord. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two leaders of the group,
Ephraim and Mark,</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">agreed that was an accurate interpretation and we had a time of congregational repentance.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there was a short teaching on the
infilling of the Holy Spirit.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were
many children there.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When teaching about
the Gifts of the Spirit and being “Baptized in the Holy Spirit” Marty pointed
out that with children the Holy Spirit isn’t a “baby Holy Spirit”; He fills
children and they operate in the Gifts of the Spirit in the same way as
adults.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the church was given the
opportunity to come forward to receive the Infilling (Baptism) of the Spirit
the pastor got all of the children in the congregation and brought them to the front of the adults that had already come.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we prayed, the
presence of God was very powerful and the people responded with much joy and
enthusiasm.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But to see how the children
responded to His presence was just an amazing and beautiful thing.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We tried to get photos of them, but it wasn’t
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Thanks to your generosity, Violet was able to have several
orphans treated for ringworm – there seems to be an epidemic of it. Some of the boys had various wounds on their bodies that needed
treating and one little girl needed medication for a bad cough. Truly, most of these children, if not all,
would not have received treatment without this fund that you have made
possible. Thank you again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><b><u><span style="color: #990000; mso-themecolor: accent2;">PRAYER CHAPEL</span></u></b></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Entrance to the High Place</td></tr>
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When we bought the land for The Widows’ Farm, about four
years ago, Marty got a dream. In one
corner of the property is a small grove of bondo trees (bondo means dove)
interspersed with saplings of some sort.
Her dream was to make it into an outdoor prayer chapel. Well, this year
we were able to begin to make the vision a reality. We hired a young man named Peter to help
Charles on the farm and his first job has been to make a pathway to the
chapel. The way there from the front
gate is (was) knee high in weeds and crooked and full of hills and valleys. Peter has
dug, filled in holes, flattened hills, split rocks to fill in ditches
and making a beautiful pathway. He has covered it with murram (a hardpacking red soil indigenous to East Africa) it will become like a road. It is just amazing. Charles removed this year’s deposit of debris and chopped out
stumps with his panga (machete) to make the ground smooth, and Marty raked for
3 days to get the small stuff out. The
first day, when<span style="background: white; color: #37404e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> she got tired she
sat down for a bit, leaning against a bondo tree. It was so quiet and peaceful
and just full of the Presence of God! It's going to be wonderful when it's
done! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Path - Before</td></tr>
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area – the benches are made and ready to put in place. Marty "coincidently" came across the story of Jacob and the ladder (Genesis 28:18-19). He took the rock he was using as a pillow and set it up on the spot and names it Bethel (the house of God). John, Peter, Charles and Marty went and found a BIG rock and put it in the middle of the focal point on the high place. The prayer chapel is now names Dala Nyasaye (House of God in the Luo language).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e;">One day when several folks were working on it we came across a flat piece of metal, almost like a tool or sorts. That prodded the memory of Charles who told us that years ago that grove had been a place of devil worship and sacrifices. We never knew that. Woohooo! How's that for taking back enemy territory? </span></div>
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It looks like a park inside. When young Peter was digging holes for the benches he stopped and said "It's so quiet here". It truly is quiet and peaceful - the presence of God is almost palpable. <span style="text-align: center;">We believe He is pleased with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We love the way our Kenyan friends pray. There was a hornet's nest in the prayer chapel and we asked Charles to get rid of it. He told us that he said to God that those hornets could live somewhere else, and he told Him that it would be no problem for Him to remove them. He reminded the Lord that the ladies who will be praying there are old and they can't run very fast to get away from the hornets. A few days later the watchman, Joash, went to get rid of them. THEY WERE GONE!!!</span><br />
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-11378357129982874172013-06-09T12:47:00.000-07:002013-06-09T12:47:04.482-07:00ARRIVAL IN KENYA - THE ADVENTURE BEGINS!!<u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>WE ARE HERE - TADAAAAHH!</b></span></u><br />
We left England on the 1st of June, spent the night in Zurich (a less than 2-hour flight) then on to Nairobi (about 7 hours) where we stayed for two nights to do some business, then on to Kisumu (a half-hour flight) - arriving on the 4th. All flights were on time and went very smoothly. <br />
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<u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>THE ECO-SAN TOILET SAGA</b></span></u><br />
Whilst in Nairobi we met with Clay Mashauri, an agriculturalist who has taken great interest in the Widows' Farm project. We want to make a large patch for growing vegetables and irrigate it using a drip-feed system from the water tower. He's the expert and he and John sat and made a lot of plans for that project. He'll be coming out to Kisumu to do it for us.<br />
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We are trying our best to be good stewards of the land and resources. One of the things we want to do is <u>definitely</u> not at the top of our exotic or adventurous list! In different areas of the country one sees signs saying proudly "This is a Defecation-Free Village". Pollution from human waste is a serious problem in the slums. (Not so much in the villages. ) The nation is attempting to clean itself up and is setting sanitation goals. Education plays a big part in that. We want our farm to be an example of keeping the land and environment healthy, sanitary and productive. So one of our goals is to build an eco-san toilet. There are a few kinds - the stand-up pit-toilet model, and concrete, plastic and ceramic pedestal types. We have opted for the pedestal type. However, we are having an extremely difficult time locating a supplier. We found one toilet that we liked, but it comes from China and we can only get it if we order 100. Concrete doesn't seem practical in terms of cleaning the bowl. That leaves plastic. Still, we couldn't find any! But Clay knew a place in Nairobi where they are produced. <br />
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So off we went to Nairobi city. We avoid going into that city. It is huge and crowded and not necessarily safe in some areas. We do not know our way around. But Clay does, and he drove us in his van. We found the place on the outskirts of town - so far, so good because we didn't have to go into the city. But, because Marty had seen pictures of ceramic ones, which would be ever so much easier to clean, we went looking at some ceramic manufacturers. HAH!! None of them had ever heard of such a thing!! But one place directed us to go to River Road. (Marty thought it would also be on the outskirts. But no!! ) It turned out to be right in the middle of the city and had the worst traffic jams imaginable! No exaggerating It was hot, and Clay had his window down while we were stalled in a jam; calm as could be - traffic jams and heat not bothering him a bit. He just wanted to serve us. He was using his mobile phone (brand new) and had it in his hand. A young man jumped up from the sidewalk, reached into the van and grabbed the phone right out of Clay's hand. The thief fell down, but because it all happened so fast, and Clay didn't actually realize what had happened, the guy was able to get up and run away through the crowd before Clay could think to get out of the van. Now, here is a perfect example of Kenyan temperament. Clay continued to drive along River Road so that we could look for the toilet shop. He was initially upset, naturally, but recovered so quickly and never said a mean word about the thief or said anything about just ending the search. He was as calm and cool as could be. Amazing! WE NEVER FOUND THE SHOP! <br />
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Further research and investigation continues. The Assistant Chief in Kadawa has one that we are going to look at - it is made of concrete. <br />
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<u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>What Is and Eco-San Toilet?</b></span></u><br />
What is an eco-san toilet, you ask? The toilet housing looks like a typical outhouse but elevated. In the back at ground level is a door. The toilet itself is divided into two compartments; the one in the front funnels down to a small hole to which a hose is attached. This section is for urine and the hose diverts it into a container that is removed periodically - through the back door. It is then diluted with water and used to fertilize plants and flowers. The back part of the toilet bowl as larger and that is where the waste and paper products go - down into a large container. Ash is strewn over the waste to help decompose it and to eliminate the odor. Periodically the large container is removed and emptied into a compost bin. Believe it or not, it does compost and becomes useable for germ-free fertilizer. (We ourselves do not plan to use it! - the fertilizer, that is. It is just to hard to wrap ones head around that whole scenario.) Yes - we will use the toilet.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>What About the Plastic Toilet Manufacturer?</b></span></u><br />
Apparently these eco-san toilets are not the hottest item on the market, because, although there were a couple of them in the reception area, when they took us out into the storage yard it took a long time and several men to get to the part of the yard where the toilets were kept. After looking at the different options we went back into the reception area to look at the display sample again. At that point John wanted some pictures of the item in question and actually wanted Marty to sit on it for a photo!!!! This in front of a whole group of staff. After a squeal of outrage and a firm NO from her, the sales representative did so without the slightest qualm!<br />
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There you have the first installment for this part of our journey. <br />
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Thank you for your prayers on our behalf. We had a couple of days of not feeling great; John a day of "just feeling yucky". He had to go back to bed. But your prayers brought him right out of it. <br />
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Blessings & Much Love,<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year our landlord gave us two small solar-powered lanterns. A slick little thing that we put outside in the day time and bring in at night so that if the power goes off we will have light. They give off a really good light and have two levels of power; high lasts 4 hours and low 8 hours. We got to thinking that they would be handy to have on the farm, found them on special sale at a petrol (gas) station in town, and bought a few. They were about $15 each. Of course, in the village there is no electricity so if the people want light after sunset they use little paraffin (kerosene) lamps made from tin cans with a wick in them. The poorest folks buy fuel by the tablespoon or dipper full and use it sparingly. We took Pauline, one of the medical team members, to visit Lorna in her home. </span></div>
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In conversation we found out that our dear Lorna was out of paraffin. That gave Pauline the brilliant thought that Lorna might like a solar lantern and asked us later if she could get one for her. Pauline couldn't be there to give it to Lorna, but when we went with it our translator explained how to use it and told her that it was a gift from Pauline. She was so delighted with it and learned instantly how to operate it (she was at least 86 at that point).</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When John was in Kadawa in January he had occasion to visit with Lorna. He asked her about her lantern and she told him that a neighbour wanted to know where she got it. Lorna said she told the neighbour that "I have connections in America"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will return to Kenya in June and we plan to purchase several lanterns to give to widows. It will enhance their lives tremendously.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A year ago Restoration Community Church (RCC) became the parent of a new church plant in Kisumu. A few people had been meeting for quite awhile in a home in Kisumu, and Pastor Hesbone of RCC determined it was time to establish a church there. He sent Johnfred as the pastor to begin the work. Since then the group has outgrown the home and the front yard of the home. So now, thanks to the generous donation of a tent to RCC, that tent has become the new church until a structure can be procured. The tent has been such a Godsend and has met many, many needs and purposes. It is used for evangelistic meetings in many places, at medical and eye clinics, for funerals, and now as a church - among other uses. The Kisumu church is set up in a field in a housing development on the edge of Kisumu. Since then it has steadily grown and has just celebrated its first birthday. </span></div>
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<b><u>ELECTION OF A NEW PRESIDENT</u></b></div>
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It has been five years since the last presidential election in Kenya. That one was followed by extreme violence due to irregularities in the voting process. Initially the violence was political, then over land issues and finally tribal. The people vowed never to have violence over the elections again. On March 4, 2013 elections were held, but once again there were verifiable irregularities. However, the Supreme Court of Kenya was called in to examine the evidence and make the ruling as to which candidate actually won. That process was completed and the announcement made on Saturday, March 30, 2013. The original winner was declared as the victor and the challenger accepted the court's decision. All involved parties implored for peace and unity in the country and called the people to have confidence in the democratic process that Kenya is determined to attain. We are praising God for the peaceful (for the most part) outcome of the presidential election. The following is a quote from a Kenyan newspaper :<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"T</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">he supreme court decided that Kenyatta was validly elected and that the election was conducted in compliance with the constitution. The judges are expected to release a detailed judgment in two weeks."</span></b></span></div>
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John and Martyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00909656476083404148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9195126934248886701.post-81828532928579608442013-02-20T18:38:00.000-08:002013-02-20T18:38:04.477-08:00NEWS AT NYAKACH & ON THE WIDOWS' FARM<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More excitement at Nyakach! We are often amazed at what God does in Kenya, and especially when He does things that are far beyond our thoughts or expectations. Invariably, at the root of these pleasant surprises are one or two individuals who have an extraordinary, out-on-the-edge-of-the-impossible, tenacious, unfailing faith in what God will do!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have told you before that almost the only way out of a life of abject poverty in the villages is through education. The adults know that, and many of the children understand that - even at a young age.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David and Jennifer returned to Nyakach in late 2008/early 2009. They were forced to leave where they were living due to the violence that followed the 2008 elections. This first school was born out of the need to educate their own children and their lack of income to send them to school. So what does one do??!! Start your own school! </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were given a house when it became vacant due to an elderly man's death. That in itself is a major ground-breaking event, as usually when a person dies their house remains unused; it stands vacant until it crumbles (this is based on superstition). However, this custom is gradually being overcome by Christians. One outside wall of the building needs reinforcement; they hope to be able to work on it soon. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Currently the school has four small rooms. But they are desperate for more space, s</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o have begun constructing a mud, stick and stone addition. They have received enough money to buy the tin sheets for the roof.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main school has 97 students, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">although new students turn up every week seeking education. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have four teachers</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Emmaculate, Judith, Irene, and Pamela.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer is the administrator.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They teach in English and Kiswahili and use some secondhand books that they were able to acquire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We just commissioned some signs to put on the pillars of the gates to the farm. We are so pleased to put them up for all to see and identify what the Lord is doing there. One gate post will have the one shown here and the other will say James 1:27. We believe that there will be a supernatural release of God's anointing on that land when those signs are in place. God's love and provision will be made known to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all who pass by that farm </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as those signs declare His purpose & Glory!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John will be going to Kadawa January 6 to see how things are going and to get some new things into motion. Jeremy Bell has just left there and has been reporting regularly about the projects and also has sorted some issues out. He has taken several photos that are so exciting to us. We'll share some here. (We also have plagiarized some of his reports. The Lord truly has taken care of the farm this year and, once again we must praise Him for Johnfred, who has done a masterful job while we are away.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Terrific Maize and Bean Crop</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The widows' farm crop is one of the best we have seen with many of the stalks having 2 cobs.
There are beans planted in-between the maize, there are bananas on the bush and
squash growing underneath them. Management and timing is everything. (Johnfred ordered the tractor to plough for planting back in Sept. The way the schedule for the tractor was working it wasn't going to get there until into the rainy season, which would make it impossible to plough. We prayed and the tractor guy came early and got the field ploughed twice.) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The
tractor came back 2 weeks later to plough the church land but the ground was
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were in a coffee shop a few weeks ago when we "accidentally" came across an article about bone-marrow transplants being successfully used to cure sickle-cell anaemia. After some research, with the help of a doctor friend and the Internet, plus a phone call to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, we have found that bone-marrow transplants in children with sickle-cell anaemia have very high rate of <u style="font-weight: bold;">curing</u> the disease. (It doesn't work so well with adults because the disease has had a long opportunity to cause irreparable damage to the body's organs.) Also, the possibility of finding a donor with a 100% match is high if the child has siblings. Imani has four! We have learned of mission teams going into Kenya and doing bone-marrow transplants; teaching national doctors the procedure. We have contacted two doctor friends who are checking around for us to see if they can find anything about such teams. We can't find any doctors or facilities within Kenya (yet) who do that procedure, but when John goes there in January he will do some checking around. That's the latest. It certainly is a ray of hope. We believe that the Lord has His hand in this child's life and has a plan for her future. We are trusting Him to open doors and also to give us Divine thoughts and strategies regarding her healing. He is the God of the impossible!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In the beginning of August we asked a specific prayer request for a one-year-old baby girl named, Imana, and her mother and father - Elizabeth and Samuel. She had been diagnosed by doctors in Kisumu - the city/town where we stay when in Kenya - as having a hole in her heart. She is very weak - hasn't been able to learn to walk because she is too weak to make the effort - is pale by Kenyan standards and has had two blood transfusions in her short life; she is listless and sleeps a lot. The doctors in Kisumu refused to treat her any more, saying she had to go to Nairobi to heart specialists there who were more qualified to handle her condition. Hesbone, through contacts in Nairobi, was able to make arrangements for her to be seen the end of July by a Nairobi heart specialist who was coming to Kisumu. The day came, but the doctor didn't. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Let us interject here a bit of the culture, and how if effects people: These type of things are normal in Africa. They are part of the frustrations that we face regularly in the culture. Villagers don't seem to get upset by the constant delays, broken promises, no one showing up or calling, last-minute cancelled appointments, waiting for hours, etc. That is what they have known their whole lives - they haven't experienced any other way of living. Then, going to Nairobi (about 250 miles and 8 hours away) is a very difficult and complex thing for a village person. They have little or no experience with long-distance travel - often have never gone more than 15 miles from home, if that far. Additionally, there is no place to stay. Of course, the MAJOR issue is lack of money; not just for transportation, accommodation and food, but for treatment. To be seen by a doctor in Nairobi could take many months. In fact, even after the appointment is made they could get there to the hospital and wait, only to be told to come back - without having been seen. Meanwhile the patient becomes more ill and, in some cases, dies. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hesbone was formerly the financial administrator of a major hospital in Nairobi and he was able to use his influence to get an appointment for Elizabeth and Imani; additionally, she was able to stay with Hesbone's brother and family in Nairobi. Samuel remained in Kadawa with the four other children. After being hospitalized in Nairobi for several weeks, Imani was recently discharged. However, all this time she had been misdiagnosed. <u>Her heart is sound - no hole in it.</u> But she is seriously ill with a disease known as Sickle Cell Anemia. Elizabeth and Imani will have to return to Nairobi for ongoing tests and treatment every two weeks. This presents nearly insurmountable odds for them. They <u>will</u> do this for one more month, and meanwhile Hesbone will try to make some kind of arrangement with the Nairobi specialists to have tests and treatment made available in Kisumu.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sickle cell anemia is, briefly, a disease of the red blood corpuscles, causing some of them to become malformed into the shape of a crescent or sickle. Some of these blood cells become sticky, and that and their shape cause them to clog up various blood vessels, etc. For all intents and purposes, it is incurable. A cure <u>is</u> possible, through stem-cell or bone-marrow transplants. But this is highly unlikely. The successful search for a donor with a positive match is very rare, and patients in Africa are highly unlikely to be able to afford such a procedure. Symptoms include: Fatigue, paleness, rapid heart rate, shortness of breath and jaundice; all of which Imani displays. Over time, the spleen no longer works and as a result other major infections occur. People with sickle cell anemia are especially susceptible to malaria - a rampant disease in Kenya. Cause of death is usually organ failure and/or infection. IMANI TRULY NEEDS A MIRACLE. THAT IS THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS DILEMMA. PLEASE PRAY FOR A MIRACLE FOR HER AND THE FAMILY! Without a miracle she <u>will</u> die - painfully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">Our hospital fund has paid all of the related medical expenses for the family - which by Western standards is nothing, but by the standards of a beneath poverty-level Kenyan</span></span> are unfathomable. Her expenses were $393 (250 GBP). With the treatment of many other patients, the hospital fund is depleted and we want to continue to help meet this baby's needs, and those of other people, as best we can. All of you have continually been generous with the various projects that we report on through our newsletter and talking with you. The Lord continually supplies the needs through you. We <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">merely let you know the needs, and leave the rest to Him. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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farm. For example there are some small things that we have been attempting to do for two years and Johnfred managed to have them done within two weeks of beginning to work with us. He also devised a simple, efficient solution to a problem we have had with access to the farm, and now we can get into it relatively easily with a truck. We couldn't do that before. He has tremendous initiative and already has a real heart for the land, the projects and the future vision for the farm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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in 1998 when he was ministering as a teacher/trainer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with Life ministries, formerly known as
Campus Crusade for Christ. They were married November 15, 2002 and have 4 boys, Shem Favor 9; Enock Bruce 8;
and twins Ruth Heri and Japheth Jabali who are 3. BTW - Heri is Swahili for Blessed and Jabali is Swahili for Rock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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year later, joined Campus Crusade for Christ where he became a trainer in the areas of evangelism, discipleship and leadership training.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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his home church specifically in charge of “outreach”, but in 2006 rejoined Life
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showing the Jesus film, training church leaders and organising holistic
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<span lang="EN-GB">After the election violence in 2008 support for Life Ministries dwindled and he was forced to leave that ministry. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2009 he returned to live in Kadawa village
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2010 they joined RCC and at the same time he determined to finish his biblical studies. In Aug 2011 at a Dove conference in Nairobi he realized that God was calling him to be a pastor. Then in February 2012 he and Lydia were assigned to start the new RCC daughter church in Kisumu.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday night, July 22, thugs came to the church and attacked the night watchman, tying him hand and foot and taping his mouth after forcing him to give them the keys. They put him in the kitchen, which is a separate room from the church, accessed from two outside doors. then they proceeded to haul out the keyboard, amplifiers, mixer, microphones and even the new tent that was purchased for evangelism and other outreach events. They stacked them on the porch waiting for a truck to arrive. Meanwhile, Jared, the night watchman, was able to get his hands and feet free and escape un-noticed through the back door. He ran to a nearby clinic that had a night watchman and they began to shout, blow whistles and make as much noise as possible to alert the neighbourhood. When the villagers hear this, they know there is trouble and they begin to broadcast to their neighbors and from near, far and wide people come running - with spears, pangas (machetes), bows and arrows, rocks and anything else that would be a weapon. When the thieves heard this racket they fled, leaving everything where they has stacked it. Not one thing was stolen. Additionally, Jared was unharmed. The chief was immediately contacted and the police brought in, and it is hoped that the perpetrators will be apprehended. Wahoo! Don't mess with God's stuff or His people. We were reminded of the bible story where Apostle Peter was in jail, chained to two guards and God supernaturally released his bonds, opened the cell door and had him personally escorted out by a big angel; all undetected by the guards. Jared hasn't mentioned any angel, however we all believe it was a miracle that he was able to get loose from his bonds and escape undetected, but he readily confesses that God protected him and he is very grateful.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><u></u></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We were talking about the attempted robbery with a local friend, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">a Kenyan national, a few days later. He asked us if we knew </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">why the thugs had really fled so quickly. He then explained that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the people of this area of Kenya have no confidence in the legal </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">system, which is rife with corruption. Frequent experience has </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">shown that if the thieves were arrested by the police they would </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">be freed through the payment of bribes. So the populace will </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">sometimes take the law in their own hands. The common </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">punishment inflicted by the mob is so terrible that we won't write </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">about it but needless to say, it is a real deterrent to crime. We have heard the term here of "mob justice", in fact one of the students asked Joshua - the young policeman from Florida - how mob justice is handled in the USA. But he answered that it wasn't something that had to be dealt with as a rule. So now we know what "mob justice" is. There </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">is no wonder the thieves fled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We have gone over the list of folks who have been helped by the hospital fund that has been generously provided for by several of you. We are so blessed to list a few of them for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* Mariko - Surgery for prostate cancer is pending.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* Christine - Surgery to remove a massive keloid and give </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">radiotherapy to prevent its recurrence - restoring her life to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">normal after a long period of incapacitating pain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* An epileptic child who is now seizure-free due to medication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* A pregnant woman with advanced preeclampsia. She came to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the medical clinic where staff diagnosed her situation as critical. We sent her immediately to the hospital. The unborn child had been dead for an extended period. The child was delivered and the woman surgically treated, given antibiotics and hospital care. She survived and is home and well and has given thanks that she is alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* Two infants suffering from malnutrition - one close to death - sent immediately to hospital.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">* Irene, who had fibrous cysts in her uterus which were removed and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">she is recovering.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">* Lydia - a little girl who had sever wounds all over her legs. A visit to a distant dermitologist for treatment proved successful and her legs have healed well. Her skin is dry and a bit discoloured, but creams should remedy that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">* Approxomately 35 successful cataract surgeries have been done, restoring sight and renewing the lives of people who had limited or alomost no vision.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you wish to contribute toward the hospital fund to keep it going you may do so through the usual </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB6qFsswWlP3cwXMTUhCP8oLbsCPpk0EJDJ3iCid_Ue6rqMKzSBpX35NFUtf3nYsQ5mp0q9FlEkIo5AusTSY0bocphonAUKzF51ElKZxzWRS8iDnescrztaWzPfJaYaVN6y1pVditO38/s1600/mud+house+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img $ca="true" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipB6qFsswWlP3cwXMTUhCP8oLbsCPpk0EJDJ3iCid_Ue6rqMKzSBpX35NFUtf3nYsQ5mp0q9FlEkIo5AusTSY0bocphonAUKzF51ElKZxzWRS8iDnescrztaWzPfJaYaVN6y1pVditO38/s400/mud+house+3.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">What, you may ask, is a gospel house? Well, our team helped build one. We have shown you house-building photos before, but this is a truly unique story. To begin with, it was for a man - a first for us. The leadership team of Restoration Community Church</span> (RCC) <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">makes the decisions regarding who qualifies for a house; that relieves us of the responsibility. The man they chose, David, is an older man who is a bachelor. He lived in a tiny one-room mud house with a very leaky straw roof, on a compound with some male relatives, but they didn't want him there. He has been a social outcast for many years. Why? Because he was mentally unstable. Through circumstances he began to come to RCC. He heard and understood the Gospel Message of coming into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He accepted that as the truth for his own life and not only did he experience a change of heart, but his mind was restored. He became rational. Because of his very poor living conditions,his age, his social status, and the radical change in his life, the decision was made to build him a house as a testimony to his neighbours and neighbourhood area, of the effect of his new life and relationships. He was able to get a piece of land not too far from the compound where he stayed, and the team from Florida and his cell group (home group) went there to build his house. It is a good sized two-room house and the view overlooks a great valley of beautiful bush and forestry. It is so peaceful and beautiful there! Of course the women cooked a couple of great meals so that the workers would be sustained and also, the last one - a chicken stew - being a closing celebration. At the end of the day, Pastor Rebecca of the team was asked to bless the house and David. Then he was asked if he had anything to say. The man spoke so clearly and articulately! He thanked everyone involved and praised God for His goodness to him. One of the pastors told Marty that there would be women lining up at his door hoping the man would marry one of them just so they could have such a good house! In the past no woman would have anything to do with him because of his mental state. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Josh Miller was the first team member to arrive. He came ahead of the others and we got him from the airport here in Kisumu on the 13th of June. Marty took him aorund town to show him "the sights". (Actually, he and Marty were "the sights", as he is 6'5" and pretty big. She led the trek and is considerably smaller at 5' 5 1/2" - or thereabouts.) Wherever they went people stared and many wanted to talk with him. One large man in thenative market was chatting with him and comparing size and weight, etc. Marty suggested Josh show him his shoes - size 16 EEEE. He quickly took one off and showed the guy, who immediately conceded the camparison game. He was duly impressed. On the next day we put Josh to work spackling cracks in the farmworker's house. That was a new experience for him, the first of many on the trip. </span><span style="color: black;">The rest of the team, except Natalie, arrived on Saturday, June 16 and hit the ground running. We allowed them to "rest" at their accommodations on that evening, and from then it was almost non stop for the entire trip. Natalie was due to arrive on Sunday morning, shortly after church started. So the team went into Kadawa with John while Marty stayed in Kisumu to pick Natalie. Notice <strong>"pick"!</strong> Here no one or no thing is picked up, it is always "picked". Marty picked Natalie in a cab driven by our friend Robert, put the luggage in the boot (trunk), and off they went to Kadawa, arriving just as the team had gone front to introduce themselves. Well -<u> that</u> was a Grand Entrance. The only thing missing was the red carpet as she went down the aisle to the front, being cheered and applauded the entire way. No room for being shy or wanting to stay out of the limelight!!! She took it like a pro and was properly introduce - again to much clapping and cheering!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From meeting with the local medical staff prior to the clinic we found out that the hospital had no equipment to send with them. We notified the team in America and they were able to bring some top-of-the-line stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs and two otoscopes for examining ears, all of which were given to the medical staff. You would have thought it was Christmas by the way they reacted. Most of the items were donated by interested folk who were excited to help. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some very sick children, many with ear infections, that were helped immediately by antibiotics and other meds. These infections, if left untreated, would have resulted in permanent deafness. Others had malnutrition, some so serious that we sped them to the hospital right from clinic. One very nearly died and was in hospital for several days. A young pregnant woman came in suffering seriously from pre-eclampsia. She was waiting to go into labour any time. Because she was so swollen in her face, feet and hands she came to the clinic. She was taken immediately to the hospital in Kisumu. Sadly the baby had died - had been dead for quite some time; it was actually decomposing. Had she not come to the clinic she herself would surely have died. The baby was delivered and she was treated, remaining in hospital for several days. She has been discharged, with antibiotics and is recovering. Although she lost her baby she is very happy to have been saved from certain death and made well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the babies and toddlers were terrified by the white people and many really cried when being examined; unusual for a Kenyan child. It wasn't uncommon for a child to bring in its younger sibling for treatment. That child saw its sibling through the whole process, including getting the medication and instructions on how it was to be administered. The pharmacists were very careful to make sure each patient or caretaker understood how to administrer the medication.</span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">IT IS NO EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT YOUR GENEROSITY SAVED MANY LIVES THROUGH THE MEDICAL CLINIC. TRULY, SOME ON THE VERY DAY THEY CAME!THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!</span></u></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There you have our first, much-delayed, blog from Kenya this year. So much has taken place over the last three weeks that we will be writing for a long time. The team left on June the 27th.; it is now the 29th and we are trying to rest up a bit and also catch up on administrative things and correspondence. Marty had her birthday on the 14th of June and received sooo many greetings on Face Book, which promptly became unobtainable until the 28th, so she is desperately trying to acknowledge the lovely and thoughtful wishes. As always, the internet is spastic, and for awhile a transformer was down in the city making us without power almost every night, sometimes in the day for hours and once all day. But, once again, we think of David Livingstone and his ilk who had no means of regular communication - sometimes for years. Puts it in perspective, doesn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Love and God's Richest Blessings,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John and Marty</span><br />
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