KISII REPORT FROM PASTOR JOEL

Dear Beloved Dad, Mum and Church,

Greetings in Jesus name, we thank God for you all, for your prayers and financial support to make these children have hope and to know that God is the provider.

 

Thanks for your donations hereby we praise God for every remembrance of you all, surely if not you and support these children could have not known that God is the answer you have made the church in Kenya to grow spiritually and through your prayers we have reached more souls for the Kingdom. 

kISII REPORT - LOG ACEDEMY SCHOOL(part 2)

Last post I said that this week I was going to write more about the planning meeting for the Log Academy School of Kisii, but I have to say—my heart just is not in it. It seems a bit of an irrelevant discussion at the moment.

Never in my life has so many of my thoughts of the day turned to food—not what can I eat and what do I like to eat, but will my orphans have food today?

But the school discussion does enter into all of this, because we are presently also trying to pay off our school debt. We have had to divide the money between that and buying food, resulting in some days during every week without food to eat.

Nevertheless, in order to fulfill what I said last week that I would do, I give the following taken from the minutes of the meeting that was sent to me. I will begin at point 6 of the discussion. This point sums up the requirements. You can see that it is kind of a big deal:

6.    HOW TO START THE SCHOOL

 

THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

Because of all that Christ had accomplished, Paul was able to tell the Ephesian Christians that, even though they were Gentiles by birth, they were no longer strangers and aliens to the promises of God, but rather “fellow citizens with the saints, and members of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19 ESV).

After affirming the place of the Gentiles in the household of God, Paul begins to explain something about this household. The term the household of God was not to be understood in the same way as it had been in the Old Testament.

The Household of God as it Existed before Christ

KISII REPORT - LOG ACADEMY SCHOOL OF KISII

The spiritual lives of the children are first priority in the orphanage, and I can attest to the fact that I have seen great concern of the orphanage staff and the pastors for the spiritual lives of each of the children.

The kids have not only been rescued from the streets and from the garbage heaps, but they have been rescued from death itself—not only physical death, but also spiritual death.

The spiritual lives of the children are first priority.

Next come the physical needs. 

Food, of course, is vital. It is the first of our physical priorities for the orphans. This alone is almost on a day-by-day basis. Lately the orphanage has run out of food every week and there is nothing to eat for at least one or two days. Sometimes longer.

Food is the first priority. No longer to we have to mention housing as an immediate need. We are grateful that we no longer have to think about a healthy living space for the children. This rainy season they are dry and warm in the new home that the Lord has provided.

Naturally, there are other items of life that the children need—clothing, cleaning and personal items, and sometimes medicine. With the rains come mosquitoes, and with mosquitoes come malaria, but we are trusting in God this year that with the new sleeping arrangement there will be less of that.

Another priority for us is schooling.

Last week I wrote of the fact that the kids are now in school only by the benevolence of the school administrators. We do not have the money to pay the fees in full, but are trusting God to provide the entire amount before the end of the term. For this we still lack $2500 to be paid by the end of July. It seems like a lot (and it is), but remember, we have 42 students. That breaks down to about $23/month/child.

But this situation has gotten us thinking more about opening our

 
Own school for the children. We at least need to explore the possibility. The pastors and I have been talking about it for some time, and on the 30th day of May, the church and orphanage staff held the first planning meeting for what they have decided to call the Log Academy School of Kisii.

Do not think that this is something that is going to happen in the next year or two. Perhaps it will never happen. But it is a vision to help the children presently in the orphanage, and those children who will be there in the future.

 

All is in the hands of God. We look to Him for direction. Of one thing we are fairly certain - in this life there will always be orphans who the church is called on to help.

Next week, more on what was said in the meeting.

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BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIER

Paul wrote to the church in the city of Ephesus, “Remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision… at that time you were separate from Christ” (Ephesians 2:11-12 BSB).