KISII REPORT - WATER COLLECTION

Dear Beloved Dad, Mum, Church and friends,   

     

Greetings in the precious name of Jesus our Lord and Savior. We are humbled once again when we remember how great your help that you have donated for the children in Log Orphanage Kenya, which has brought hope to them.

We as the church and staff we are praying for your all who have taken your time and resources to support these children for the well stay. We thank all who donated for the water system.

We have installed the tank and water gathers and now we are trust God to provide for the

irrigation system to start a garden for the children to learn on to grow vegetable of their own. We are praying and seeking God to provide and give you the desire of your heart.

We have nothing as leaders from Kenya Church and Orphanage we can pay you, but we know God will provide and reward you

all for the good work you are doing. May God remember you and those around you. We call you blessed.

We praise God for the financial help we received and we were able to buy food and other necessities as follows below, thanks to all who have donated. We thank God for you each day, we requesting your prayers, for

food, school fees, clothing, starting school, garden and other basic needs.

Thanks to Pastor Don, Vivian, Church, and Friends and also to Kenya Churches for the support may God answer your needs? Thanks.

Received Ksh. 500, 000

Below breakdown of items

Tank cemented base cost:Ksh.67,000

Food bought: Ksh. 314,000

School fees: paid Ksh.119,000 balance Ksh.100, 000

Food report

Rice = Ksh.77, 000 1Kg =180 Bought 428kgs

Beans =Ksh.65, 000 1kgs =Ksh.350 bought 186kgs.

Maize corns =Ksh 100, 000 1kg =Ksh.280 =357kgs.

Cooking oil =Ksh. 13,300 1litre =Ksh.300 bought =44 litres

Sugar =Ksh. 27000 1kg =Ksh. 200 bought =135kgs

Vegetables=Ksh.25000 1kg =Ksh.190 bought 132 kgs.

Transport Ksh. 6700

Schools fees report.

We paid as follows:

Rianyakwara Primary Paid Ksh.30, 000 fees balance =Ksh.25, 200  

Kimai DEB Primary paid Ksh.20, 000 fees Balance Ksh.24, 000

Matagaro Secondary Paid Ksh.69, 000 fees balance Ksh.50, 800.

This is the study/dining hall at the orphanage

Total for primary and Secondary fees Balance =Ksh.100, 000

We thank God for the provision, now daily consumption of 63 children and workers Ksh.22,364 (Ksh 354 or US$3.54/child/day).

Now total money spent to buy food ÷ day consumption (breakfast, lunch and supper) = number of days. Total Ksh 314,000 ÷ Ksh. 22364/day = 14 days

Food purchased will last as from Monday 22 February 2021 to Date 7 March 2021.

Thanks God bless you we are praying for you, we keep praying for you all. We request for prayers for school fees and other needs. May good God bless you all. Thanks for your love. Real good we call you blessed.

Yours Son Joel and Church/Orphanage leadership

If you would like to help the children of the Log Church Orphanage of Kisii, Kenya, you may make your check out to “The Log Church” and write “Orphans” on the memo line.

Send it to:

The Log Church                                                                                                                        PO Box 68                                                                                                                        Tripoli Wisconsin 54564

We now need to pay a wire transfer fee with every payment, which amounts to $50 each
time, but other than that, your donated money will be used only for purchasing food, clothing, schooling, and other necessities of living. We wait until we have $4000-$5000 before we make the bank transfer to make each transfer more economical. Nothing is held back or diverted for any other purpose. Thanks!

ORPHAN'S NOTES OF GRATITUDE (5)

(These are the last of the thank you notes sent to me in early January)

IBRAHIM ONDUSO

Thanks giving letter

I take this opportunity to thank the almighty Lord for his great love he has taken me since the schools were closed up due to covid 19. I also thank the lord for the good health.

Another chance to thank the Lord for our donors for supporting my life and their great love. I pray to God to provide for my school fees on 4^th Jan 2020 as I am going back to school. May the almighty Lord be my provider. In every necessity and may the Lord bless you.

 

FAITH ONTIRI

Thanks giving letter

I take this moment to thank God for the gift of life that he has given me since I was born up to now. Again I thank God because of his mercy that he has for us. Also I thank Him, because of these year 2020 of many challenges about corona virus and many others. Again we also pray that God to have mercy on us forever and as we are going to start a new year 2021 God also to open ways so that we can go to school and God to open ways to get school fees.

 

FAITH MORAA

Thanks giving letter

Hello! I thank God for this time and this far he has brought me and I am towards to cross the year even it has been the year of diseases and locusts. In this year we have experienced diseases like covid-19.

This disease it has been killing people. And it has cost of closing of school, markets and churches for a time, but God opened them. I thank God for reaching me where I am, I know many wished to reach here but they don’t reach. I know that I am not better than them but this is by God’s love and care.

And I pray when the school are going to be opened on date 4/January/2021. God may open his doors, for me to have all things which needed in the school like books, pens and uniforms and I know this covid-19 it may attack many pupils in the school, but all is under Gods, protection.

 

KEVIN OMBATI

Thanks giving letter

Dear sir  It is  a golden opportunity that I have reached today, so I thank  God for everything that he has done in my life since January up to now. I also thank everybody in this ministries for his support to us, our Pastor Joel and other pastors I am glad to see everybody for his support by providing clothes, shelter and food so I thank God for that.

I thank God for this far for I am seeing his hand upon my life and others, I also thank our visitors from USA for supporting this orphanage  and the ministry I pray so that God may open ways to receive many visitors in our home care.

I thank God for his going to open ways in January so that we get school fees in our studies, food and other needs.

 

PAUL EDMOND

Thanks giving letter

I thank you God for this far time He as brought me from. I also give you thanks for already crossing me this year 2020 to 2021.

May you continue with me this year and add me knowledge because I here in our country we lack food, clothes, so God keep is in prayers.

 

JUSTUS NYABUTO

I thank God for everything has done to me. I thank him very well for his good ness and his kindness that has given to me that now am a life. I thank Him for guarding me from the evil devils. I thank him since the year started I have been in the home care. I thank him because he has use our pastor Joel to care for us. I thank you for enough food, cloths, health, shoes and life. I pray so that date 4/1/2021 that we can get school fees  pens, books, uniforms, bags, rulers and pencil so that I pray that we can be available to get effects of school it was our plan so that we can go to school thanks.

 

CONSTANTINE MOSOMI

I want to thank the almighty God for the gift of life and the far has brought us I also thank our pastors for the care and the support that they gave us in this year I also pray that in 4^th of January God to open ways so that we can get school we need like books, school fees, pens, socks and other needs. May God bless you.

 

VINCENT MAKORI

I thank God for everything has done for me this year. God has given has good works we are doing for him we  are seeing good to God this year pastor Joel Ombati. He has done good things to us this December in the year 2020 he has buying cloths for the children so we thank God because he is doing good thing to our life is good to praise is word God has done wonders  to my life when I was in 2019 I was do not nothing when In 2020 my life started to be well. God bless you Pastor.

 

LOG CHURCH/ORPHANAGE –  KISII, KENYA

Our prayers are with you all Pastor Don, Vivian, Family, Church and Donors,

We are humbled for the provision of the needs of the Log Orphanage Kenya may God bless you all, we honor you for obeying the voice of God to help. May God shine your way as we approach New Year under the guidance of God. Happy New Year 2021.    

God bless you abundantly. Thanks.

Yours Church leaders.

THE FULFILLMENT PRINCIPLE IN THE LORD'S SUPPER - THE LOG CHURCH SERMON, FEB 14

The Lord’s Supper is one of the ordinances that is practiced by all Christian churches. There are several different ways in which the custom is observed, as well as many different ideas about what the ceremony actually means. There are also differences in opinion about what it is intended to represent. 

The Lord’s Supper, also called the “Holy Communion,” or the “Eucharist,” has been the subject of much conversation and many controversies throughout the history of the church. There have even been several church and denomination splits over it.

The church has talked endlessly about the meanings behind the ordinance, but there are two things about the Lord’s Supper that we do not talk about much.

The first is that when Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, one of his intentions in doing so was that it would demonstrate unity in the body of Christ. Considering this, if unity was one of his intentions, we should then ask ourselves why it is that we have instead allowed it to be a source of controversy in the church.

Did not Paul write concerning the Lord's Supper, “Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf” (1 Corinthians 10:17).

The other thing that we do not talk about much is that as far as the meaning of the Lord’s Supper is concerned, Jesus spoke of it as of yet to be fulfilled in its entirety. That is, the true meaning of the Lord’s Supper has not yet been revealed to man. Jesus told the disciples that he himself would not again partake of the Lord’s Supper until it was “fulfilled” in the kingdom of heaven.

This being the case, another question that we should ask ourselves is that if the entire meaning of the Lord’s Supper is not even yet completely fulfilled, how is it that we are so presumptuous to say that we have complete understanding of its meaning? How can we say that all other understandings that differ from ours are wrong?

KISII REPORT - IRRIGATION SYSTEM BEGUN

A couple of days ago I posted on this blog the news that we are entering into what we hope is a new phase in making the orphanage more self-reliant. The first part of this plan is to develop a garden area where the children can work at growing their own food.

The plot of ground that we have to work with for our garden is not large (200 ft X 80 ft), but it is a beginning. Eventually, we plan on growing garden plants using either hydroponics or aquaponics, but that is still down the road. The first thing is simply get a garden established.

However, even before we do that, we need a

water system. That is what is presently being constructed. I have communicated much with Pastor Joel and the leadership on how we should go about doing it. Of course we cannot do everything at once, but only as the Lord supplies what is needed.

But we have a very good beginning. We are thankful for the money that has been contributed by you, our readers, in donating enough to buy the large 10,000 liter tank, besides all of the material to collect the water from the roofs. During the dry times of the

year, the tank is close enough to the road that it can be reached by a water delivery truck using a long hose. The cost of a tank of water is about $70 when delivered in this way, so we will first use what falls from heaven.

I have again included the diagram of the preliminary plans for the water system, so you may refer to it in order to understand what the set-up is to be.

Also, please see below several photos of the

grounds and the buildings. I hope these pictures will help you better visualize what the orphanage is like there.

Thanks for praying for all of these needs. We continue to look for and patiently wait for the Lord’s provision.

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If you would like to help the children of the Log Church Orphanage of Kisii, Kenya, you may make your check out to “The Log Church” and write “Orphans” on the memo line.

Send it to:

The Log Church                                                                                                                        PO Box 68                                                                                                                        Tripoli Wisconsin 54564

We now need to pay a wire transfer fee with every payment, which amounts to $50 each
time, but other than that, your donated money will be used only for purchasing food, clothing, schooling, and other necessities of living. We wait until we have $4000-$5000 before we make the bank transfer to make each transfer more economical. Nothing is held back or diverted for any other purpose. Thanks!

KISII REPORT - FOOD PURCHASE, FEBRUARY 5

Thanks to you, last week our Log Church was able to make a bank transfer of $6000 to the account of the orphanage in Kenya. As you can see by the bank receipt (if you look real, real hard), the exchange rate now is exactly 1 Kenya Shilling = 1 cent US (at least that is the rate we got from the bank).

We are excited to be able to begin to work on the water collection system that for now will serve the kitchen, perhaps the dormitories, and the new garden area that we will be starting. It is our first step in preparing for the future years of the orphanage.

Of the Ksh 600,000

218,460 of those shillings were spent on food. The breakdown is below.

381, 540 were spent on supplies for the new water collection system

In a couple of days I will post about the water system purchases, along with photos.

Here is the letter from Pastor Joel:

 

Dear Beloved Dad, Mum, Church and friends,

Greetings in Jesus name, we thank God for the love and love, we are praying for your safe each day. We trust that God will keep you safe under his wings. Thanks for every remembrance for the family in Kenya.

We are humbled for the help you sent. We bought food and water collection items. The children are sending their thanks for helping for food. We are humbled to God for everyone who send help to Pastor Don and Vivian. Be assured that we do receive the money and kindly keep praying for us and do not stop helping despite the challenge you go through.

We know everyone is struggling. Kindly help your family in Kenya for the well-being. God bless you all for the help you are sending. The plumbing cost of items we bought + plumbing cost =Ksh.381, 540

Below is the food we bought and it will last for 9 days. Thanks.

 

ITEMS            1KG/LITRES COST              1KG/LITRES                                     TOTAL

COOKING OIL         300                                          27                                            8,000

VEGETABLE            190                                          79                                          15,000

BEANS                       350                                        143                                          50,000

SUGAR                      200                                          25                                            5,000

UNGA NGANO        170                                          54                                            9,200

MAIZE                       280                                        214                                          60,000

SALT                                                                                                                          4,000

SANITIZER                                                                                                               5,600

SOAP                                                                                                                          3,000

RICE                           180                                         288                                          51,760

TRANSPORT                                                                                                             6,900

TOTAL                                                                                                                    218,460

May God bless all the hands that have helped and supported the children in
Kenya spiritually, financially and even through your prayers. We need your prayers in this time as we also pray daily for you all.

Be encouraged God is on your side. We trust God will provide for the needs for the Kenya church. God bless you all.

Yours Son Joel and Church leadership-Log Church of Kenya.

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If you would like to help the children of the Log Church Orphanage of Kisii, Kenya, you may make your check out to “The Log Church” and write “Orphans” on the memo line.

Send it to:

The Log Church

PO Box 68

Tripoli Wisconsin 54564

We now need to pay a wire transfer fee with every payment, which amounts to $50 each time, but other than that, your donated money will be used only for purchasing food, clothing, schooling, and other necessities of living. We wait until we have $4000-$5000 before we make the bank transfer to make each transfer more economical. Nothing is held back or diverted for any other purpose. Thanks!

THE WISEST WORDS EVER WRITTEN - THE LOG CHURCH SERMON, FEB 8

Because of the extreme cold, today we are not having a gathering at our Log Church in Tripoli. I wrote to the people that it is only the church service this canceled, but church is not canceled. The true church (you and me) continues, but it just continues as we stay warm in our own little homes.

Reading that message from me, Bob from our church emailed me and told me that he was reading about the weather in the book of Job. He wondered that since we are not meeting today as a church, if I could put out a devotional about some of this.

“Interesting,” I thought to myself—reading about the weather in the book of Job. Bob’s comment intrigued me enough to write a devotional, which actually turned into something a little lengthy. Here it is below:

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STEP-BY-STEP WE BUILD FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ORPHANAGE

Since about a week and a half ago, when I put up the blog post about Planning for the Future of the Log Church Orphanage, Pastor Joel and the Orphanage leadership and I have been doing a lot of texting back and forth about the best way to complete the two projects of the garden and the school in manageable phases.

Although the school remains in our long-term plan, the most essential is to begin with the garden, and to do the garden, we first need to develop a water system for irrigation. This water system will also help in the present dormitory and the kitchen, and in the future school building.

Initially, we think that we can meet most of the water requirements from rain gutters and a collection tank. It has been something that we have talked about for some time, but as you can see by the price quotations, it costs a little money to put in place, which we before did not have.

For the very first time since we began the orphanage, in January(last month) there were enough gifts sent in by many of you so that we not only were able to feed the children, but have been able to make substantial payments on their school fees and expenses. Last week we were able to make a bank transfer of $6000 to the orphanage account. This was enough to meet current needs and provide for beginning the water system. Thank you!

As we considered this first time additional money, we have decided that it was time to move ahead in faith and begin to better prepare for the future. You can also read about this if you scroll down to the January 19 post. Of course there is not yet enough to bring anything to completion, since food needs continue and school costs. But we are moving ahead as we did with building the dormitory—step by step and God provides.

If you are interested, the price quotations for the water system that we received are below. The cost for the labor of the installation of all the tanks, plumbing and rain gutters will also be an additional Ksh 70,000 ($700 US).

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If you would like to help the children of the Log Church Orphanage of Kisii, Kenya, you may make your check out to “The Log Church” and write “Orphans” on the memo line.

Send it to:

The Log Church

PO Box 68

Tripoli Wisconsin 54564

We now need to pay a wire transfer fee with every payment, which amounts to $50 each time, but other than that, your donated money will be used only for purchasing food, clothing, schooling, and other necessities of living. We wait until we have $4000-$5000 before we make the bank transfer to make each transfer more economical. Nothing is held back or diverted for any other purpose. Thanks!

    LOG ORPHANAGE AND GARDEN

        QUOTATION FOR PLUMBING

 GRAND TOTAL (first phase only)  Ksh 304,890 (about $3049 US)

NO	ITEMS	@ (KSHS)	Total (KSHS)
1	P.V.C PIPE 3”  -25 PCS P.V.C BEND 3” -20PCS P.V.C TEES 3” – 15PCS P.V.C PLUG 3 “ – 10PCS    TOTAL	800 250 200 210	16250 5000 3000 2100 26,350
2	TANGIT 8 LITS	1500	12,000
3	BINDING WIRE 10KG	250	2500
4	SILICON 10TUBES	1400	14000
5	OPEN GUTTERS – 30 PCS CONRER BONDS -22PCS CONNECTOR -20PCS END CUPS – 14 PCS GUTTER CLIPS – 100 PCS CYPSIUM SCREWS 1” – 10 BOXES METAL CLIPS 3” – 35 PCS STEEL NAILS 2” – 5 PKT DROPPER – 8 PCS     TOTAL GUTTERS	1600 500 35 300 150 370 100 400 500	48000 11,000 7000 4200 15,000 3700  3500 2000 4000 98400
6	TANK – 10000 LTS – 2PCS Price will be less – we will put in smaller sized tank for the secondary 1.       TANK FITTINGS ü  LONG NIPPLE ¾ “ – 10PCS ü  BACK NUTS ¾ “ – 15 PCS ü  THREAD SEALS 20PCS ü  WASHERS   ¾ “ – 10PCS ü  LOCKABLE TAP ¾ “ –7 PCS ü      TOTAL TANK FITTINGS 2.       PPR PIPE ¾ “  ROLL – 4PCS ü  PPR ELBOWS  ¾ “  - 35 PCS ü  PPR  TEES ¾ “ – 20PCS ü  PPR FEMALE  ELBOW ¾ ‘’ 6PCS ü  PPR MALE ELBOW ¾ “     6PCS ü  PPR MALE ADAPTORS 1”  50PCS ü  PPR MALE ADAPTORS ¾ ‘ – 10PCS ü  REDUCING SOCKET 1” X ¾ ‘’ 10 PCS ü     TOTAL PIPE FITTINGS 3.        FORCE PUMP 1HP  1 PC 4.       GATE VALVE 1” – 5PCS GATE VALVE ¾ ‘’ – 6PCS	70000 70000     200 160 100 120 1000   10000 70 80 130 110 100 140 100   50000 1400 1200	70,000 70,000     2000 2400 2000 1200 7000 14600 40,000 2450 1600 780 660 5000 1400 1000 12,840 50000 7000 7200