Dear friends,
I greet you very warmly, we are all well and we trust that you are in good health as well. Some time has passed since the last letter. Some of the plans and dreams we wrote about we achieved, some unfortunately not. We were hoping that August would be a very fruitful working month for the group of volunteers from Poland, unfortunately the trip did not take place due to several changes to flight dates by the airlines. Both we and the volunteers had to accept this fact, but nothing is lost. We trust that a better time will come, it will be God’s timing not ours ... Who knows, hopefully if God opens the door, the Polish group will come to Kenya next year. In the mean time, we can prepare and plan in more detail their visit. Please pray with us for wisdom for all of us and for God's blessing for those willing to come.
Not long ago we were building the 6th grade classroom, with great appreciation and thanks we applaud everyone who helped to bring this stage of the project to completion. But this is not the end, thanks to the support of the Baptist Church from Bialystok, we started building a library / community room, thanks to which children will be able to practice reading. We have noticed that there is no library or reading room in the area and most of the members of local community have significant problems with reading skills, sometimes even on elementary level. Parents of the children did not have an opportunity to learn to read, and if they do, they read very poorly. We would very much like our children to have a better opportunity than their parents had.
However, to complete the building of the library/community room we need more cement, furniture (cabinets,
tables, chairs, desks, carpets), more books, electrical equipment/supplies to install lighting and a solar battery. We will be grateful for any help, both financial and spiritual.
In this last period, we also helped Emmanuel, surely some people remember him (we wrote about him on FB), whom I came across (it might seem literally by chance, and yet - with God there are no coincidences). Emmanuel comes from a God-loving family with many children. His biggest dream was to continue his education in high school. After graduating from primary school, Emmanuel spent several months at home due to the lack of tuition fees for high school. Today, Emmanuel is a first-grade student of a Secondary School. He is amazed that his greatest dream of returning to school has come true. God is truly wonderful when we let Him work through ourselves, and you, our friends, have your part in it. Without your help, all this would not be possible.
Current semester is coming to an end, in addition to the final exams, we are preparing for the sports day, that will take place next week. It will be a day of fun and competition between classes. Almost everyone is looking forward to that day!
The semester break will only last one week, the next semester will start on October 10th. Our dream is to complete the building of the library and equipping it, before the start of the new term.
What's next? Just a few days ago we found out that it is recommended for our school to have an IT classroom. Due to the change in the educational system 5th grade students have computing lessons in the curriculum. Someone might ask what
is the need for computers in a village?.. but in Kenya’s educational system the program of study is exactly the same for children from the cities and those in the villages . If God permits, building and equipping an IT classroom will be our next project. Where to begin? We now entrust this plan and the entire project to the Highest, if someone would like to contribute to this goal please add reference "Computer" when making a donation.
Anyone who has a laptop in working order that they don’t need (ideally with software in English) please keep it for us! Please don’t send it though, we hope someone will be coming to Kenya and they could bring it with them.
The bore hole is functioning and it’s an enormous blessing for everyone, especially in the current dry season. People come for water with several canisters because all the puddles are now dry, rains this year were sporadic and tiny. The only downside is that the water from the bore hole is slightly salted and it would be good to filter it, but we haven't yet established how much it would cost. I will try to write more about it in the next letter.
Our children are doing really good. Every Friday we do Bible class with our pupils. They start day with song of
worship than we go to the word of God. We are trying to teach them importance of having relationship with Jesus. It is amazing to see kids from different religion background coming to our school and attending those Bible studies. Though at home they are thought other things we are doing our best to help them to FOCUS on Christ in the future at the same time hoping they leave
the tradition learnt at home.
Apart from that we do carry fellowship with our staff, every Tuesday we meet together with teachers and other workers to seek God, pray and listen to the word of God. During one of those meetings one teacher received Jesus, we know that heaven is rejoicing because of this 1 person, we do have our hopes high for many more to acknowledge Jesus to be their savior.
From time to time we also go into the village to visit some homes around. One day we visited a mother who was left by her husband after she started having some mental problems. From that time the husband never came back, he got other lady in town and started having new family, neglecting the one he already had. This sick women is known here as a crazy one, none took time to talk to her, or help with her sickness. Instead, people lough at her and point their fingers. After praying for her healing she has accepted Jesus into her life. We do believe even though she was not knowing what she is doing,God has seen her cry for help and is fighting for her as much as we do by trusting and believing healing is on the way.Keep praying God to open the eyes and ears of people here.
How is our family? In short, not everyone knows my European driving license expired some time ago and I had to renew it. I had to get a Kenyan one, and I achieved it! I have gained a bit of courage and can now drive on African roads, I must honestly admit that one has to have eyes around the head. Henry is continuing his studies in Nairobi. He started another semester so we ask for prayer, for God's devotion and wisdom, and for perseverance to complete to complete his studies.
At the end of this letter, I place you all in the hands of the Most High, I am praying for God's blessing for all of you.
Shalom
