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| Street Evangelism in Lomut |
Over the past 3 days, I traveled with a mission team to a remote region of Western Kenya called Pokot to encourage the local pastors/churches and distribute food supplies to needy families within the area. In this arid land, temperatures are consistently high and these nomadic people live in desert like wilderness conditions. The Pokot people live independently of modern society far from the hub of Nairobi and visits from Westerners are infrequent. It is our desire to participate in the Great Commission of Christ, doing our best to share the Gospel with the unreached in this vast land.
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| Pokot Mission Team |
We were able to provide 25 families with a few days worth of food stuffs consisting of dried corn, beans, sugar, rice, tea leaves, salt, and cabbage as well as an allotment of second hand clothing. Asante sana to those of you who have contributed financial to our family as you have also been a part of this blessing given to the Pokot.
The Lord’s people are surely trying their best to reach people in areas like this, however just as the Bible reads in Matthew 9:37 - “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few”. We visited 4 churches on the trip, two of which are not staffed with pastors or even workers. Typically a layman is responsible for leading the service and ministry each week. Even at the more established church the children’s Sunday school time was led by one of the elder girls in attendance.
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| Food Distribution |
The people are so very needy in this land; physically, emotionally, and certainly spiritually. In one of the homes that we visited, a young woman has two young daughters, both with tumors in the brain and the mother has been ailing for more than a year of unknown origin. She is afraid her husband will take a 2nd wife if she is not able to bear more children. She believes God loves her and has provided for her needs but she needs love and prayers from others and further Christian discipleship.
Can we do more???
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| Titus |
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| Food Distribution - Kimi |
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| Church in Pokot |
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| Fresh Mango - SO GOOD ! |
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| Pastor Peter & Gabriel |
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| Baby Nursery |
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| Children in Pokot |
Heartfelt love for you ALL...for ALL you are doing for our sisters and brothers in Kenya. You are so precious.
ReplyDeleteFrom the pictures that does not look like a desert to me. Maybe they need better farming methods.
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