Pray for Kenya

Kenya is experiencing a serious drought (http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6128853/Kenya-declares-drought-a-national-emergency)

Ask God for rain...

Pray for the African Churches

Here are some prayer requests for the churches here that we partner with:

Kahawa Sukari:
Pastors Simon Oriedo and Ezekiel Kayeli

There is a tremendous need to develop their Children's ministry. This is urgent... they have lots of kids! They need a person to come and serve in the capacity of Childhood Ministries Director and part-time administrative assistant. They would LOVE a volunteer from the US who would give three months to begin this work. Any takers?

KSBC is also beginning a new building project. Their current facility is PACKED, and they are raising money for a new church building. Pray that God would provide.

Hope:
Pastor Bruce Wandera.

Hope Baptist is in the Mathare slum - site of much of the post election violence. Despite this, they are faithful and growing.

They have also outgrown their space and need to build a church building. They have a plot of land, now just need the means to build on it.

They also have a number of men who have a great heart for ministry, but need training. Means are needed to send these faithful brothers to Bible College right here in Nairobi.

The Hope school serves the children of the slum. Right now they have somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 kids. What a ministry! Prayh for both the space and resources needed for this school.

Hope wants to grow in the area of rural evangelism, a significant need here in Africa. Pray also for power and growth in this area.

Finally, Hope is also starting a children's ministry and needs help with that, form money to space to leadership

Included in these requests is Light Way Baptist... Pastor Doki Ogao had to leave our Pastors Meeting early and I was not able to get specific prayer requests from him, but the needs of his church are very similar to those of Hope and KSBC.

I cannot tell you how deep and godly and wise these men of God are here. Keep them covered!

Prayer Requests...

Greetings!

If this is your first time visiting our Kenya Missions Trip site, welcome!

One thing we are really looking for are prayer warriors who will commit to pray for us each day while we're in Kenya. If you are willing to take on this mission, or simply want to commit to pray at all, please let us know in the comments section.

Here are some prayer requests:

• The church in Kenya would face this political and social crisis with power and grace and be an agent of healing and reconciliation.
  
• Pray for God’s protection of our brothers and sisters there.
  
• Pray that there would be forgiveness, and that the injustices that caused this mess would be addressed with the Gospel and compassion.
  
• That our team would truly be spiritually prepared - walking in the Spirit.
  
• That the many logistical pieces would come together: Flight, food, transportation, scheduling, meetings, etc.
  
• Finances: We still need around $5000 to cover our expenses. We have raised around $17000 so far!
  
• To have real impact through leadership training and evangelism. We do not wish to go and be more trouble than help! And we wish to partner with and serve the Kenyan church.
  
• Ask God to give our team grace and insight and supernatural power as we prepare our material.
  
• Pray for the three churches we'll be working with: Kahawa Sukari, Light-Way, and Hope
  
• Pray for the pastors: Simon Oriedo and Ezekiel Kayeli of KSBC, Bruce Wandera of Hope and Doki Ogao of Lightway.
  
• Pray for the team’s protection, health and safety. Do not underestimate spiritual warfare, so pray accordingly.

What we're doing in Kenya:

• Youth Rally on Sunday 03/16
• Youth Worker's Conference on Monday, 03/17
• Basketball clinic and Boys' School ministry Tuesday - Thursday