DAILY LIFE CONTINUES

The borehole is complete to a depth of 495 feet. We are still awaiting the test results for the quality of the water, and we still need to talk about a pump and the plumbing.

We are all excited about the new gift of water, but we need to keep in mind that there are the other daily things that we are concerned about.

The kids begin their classes on Monday for the final school term of the year. School is beginning, and of course there is the daily need of food.

As far as the food is concerned, right now, there is none in the food storage. There has not been for some days. However, we are very thankful to the people of the church in Kenya for their provision of the two bags of maize that you see here in the photo, plus Pastor Joel told me that they were able to buy one more bag from the offering at the church service.

At the feeding of the 5000, when there was only the lunch on a boy to feed them all, five small loaves of bread and two small fish, we may ask, as did Andrew, “what is that among so many people?”

Please pray for these children that our Lord and our God will multiply these small resources and fill the bellies of the children so that they can begin their school term with bright eyes and alert minds.

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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!

THIRD TERM OF SCHOOLS TO BEGIN ON MONDAY

 

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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!

 

CLEANING OF BOREHOLE COMPLETE

 

WATER!

 Water! There is a new river flowing in the hills of Kisii

Site of the Borehole

NEW CHURCH AT NYAMIOBO

 This is the church at Nyamiobo. These believers meet in a home, but the way that people are coming to the Lord in these areas, they will very soon grow out of this. Please pray for the group of new believers

MORE OF NYAMIOBO

This is the same church at Nyamiobo. This looks like Pastor Vincent serving here. He also helps at the church in Nyakembene, another of the church plants. The staff at the church is very busy. Thanks for your prayers!

NEW CHURCH AT EGETUGI

This is the church at Egetugi. You can see that on this Sunday at least, they were meeting outside. I do not know what they do if it rains. Perhaps they are in a house.

Please pray for Pastor Joel and Pastor Duke as they rotate to minister to these beloved of the Lord.

GOING DEEP FOR CLEAN AND HEALTHY WATER

At last we are able to drill for clean water at the Log Church Orphanage of Kenya. We are very thankful to our God and to all who donated for this important project.

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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!

 

SECURITY FENCE

At the moment, there is a good deal happening at the Orphanage in Kenya. We were instructed by the chief of our local area that we needed to build a security wall around the orphanage for the protection of the children.

We are thankful to God that He has provided funding for beginning this task.

As you can see by the photos, we have gotten a good beginning of this wall.

Please continue to pray, as we still lack many bricks and also the gates and doors.

Also, today (Monday 12, 2024, the well drilling company is scheduled to begin the drilling of our borehole.

Please pray that it also all goes well and that fresh, clean water will be found.

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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!

DRILLING TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK

 

We have been informed that we can expect the drilling of our well to begin on the 14th of this month. Here are Pastors Joel and Vincent anointing the ground and praying for a successful drilling.

The Log Church Orphanage - Kenya

TWO NEW LOG CHURCHES IN KENYA

Perhaps you remember that there are two Log Churches now worshiping in Kenya. One in Matagaro, and the other in Nyakembene. Now, there are two other areas who are asking us about beginning churches where they are. The names of these areas are Nyamiobo and Egetugi.

Right now, they are meeting in homes, but please pray for the new believers in these two areas that they may have a roof where they can hold their worship meetings.

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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 NEED FOR WATER

This is how the children have fetched the water for use in the orphanage. We do have a water collection system from the roofs of the buildings, but it does not often provide enough for all of the needs.

You will notice that the water is not very clean, but we are in the final stages of being able to dig a well to get clean water.

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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!

SURGERY FOR YVONNE

Some time ago, one of our orphan children, Yvonne Nyabuto, received a small cut on her leg that did not seem to heal. The pain became so severe and persistent, and resistant to home treatment that the leaders decided that they must take Yvonne to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her as having a severe flesh-eating bacterium and advised immediate and aggressive surgery.

She had that surgery the past Friday and is now doing much better. Please pray for quick and complete healing. Here are the words from Pastor Joel:

Praise God, We are very much delighted to let you know that through your financial support and prayers, Yvonne received a very success surgery on her right leg and we wish her quick healing. You are wonderfully transforming the lives of these precious children  in all aspects of life. Your generosity and help have been an inspiration to the church of Kenya and orphanage too. God reward your sincere efforts and commitment in serving vulnerable children. Thanks once again. Much love

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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!

EVANGELISM VAN

The Log Churches in Kenya do extensive street evangelism as well as house-to-house evangelism. Because they sometimes travel quite far in doing this, they have always had to hire transport when traveling far. Of course, this begins to become expensive, but this has been their calling.

Some months ago, while the evangelism group was in a distant village, a man who owned a small transport company was saved as a result of their visit. He was so grateful for his new life in Christ that he gave the church a mini-van for their use in traveling. It was an
astounding gift! The only problem was its engine had blown and it needed an entirely new replacement engine. The cost would be something over $3000, actually, closer to $4000.

Meanwhile, the need for food and schooling continued in the orphanage, and there was no money left for an engine replacement. But we kept this request always before the Lord.

A few weeks ago, God put this situation on the hearts of a family here in the US to meet this need. The photos show that the work is now being done on the van to help the evangelism team. Of course the van will also be helpful in the orphanage when we need to transport the children.

We are so thankful for this and the many other ways in which God is showing us His love for these people of Kisii.

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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!

RECEIPTS BELOW

NEW BIBLES FOR OUR ORPHANAGE AND CHURCHES

 We praise God for the provision of 150 new Bibles to be given to the children, and also to many believers in our churches.

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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!

MILKING TIME AT THE ORPHANAGE

Rains continue here in the US and also in Kenya, but as anyone working with livestock knows, the daily work does not stop. Our cow that has freshened gives about 3 litres of milk/day, with the calf also getting some to drink.

Praise God for opening up this learning opportunity for the kids. It seems a basic type of training, but it is a beginning. The cow shed that the carpentry class put together also looks very functional and well-made.

Please continue to pray for our simple beginnings to our vocational school. Our encouraging verse in this is the same one that we have often thought of before with other projects, which we modify to our own current project:

“Who has despised the day of small things? But the eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see our beginnings.”

We work to please the Lord. We thank him for what He has provided for these kids in the past years.

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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!

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FLOODING, MALARIA, WARM CLOTHING AND GUM BOOTS

We have seen much flooding in some of our southern states, but it is not only the US that is
receiving heavy rains. In Kisii Kenya, they are also experiencing very heavy rainfall accompanied by cool and damp weather.

There have been several cases of malaria at the orphanage, and because of the damp weather, the kids have been fighting poor health. But praise God, we are so thankful for His provision so that we were able to buy some new and warm clothing for the kids, plus new gum boots to make their walk to school much better.

Thank you so much for the provision, and praise the Lord for answered prayer.

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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!

MORE ABOUT THE COWS AT THE ORPHANAGE

One of the projects that we are working on in the vocational school
for the orphanage in Kenya is husbandry for cattle. We presently have 4 cows, one of which just gave birth to a bull calf.

Cows in Africa always look so malnourished to me, and I suppose that they are. 

But my comparison is not fair, since I invariably compare all cows that I see to my Scottish Highland herd. Even here in the US, when I see a prize herd of Holstein cattle, they look so skinny. It looks to me like someone should feed those poor animals.

There is no pastureland for our cows at the vocational school at the orphanage, so food is scarce. Some food is purchased for them, but mostly someone daily needs to lead them out to graze on the greenery that grows on the edge of the roadways, and wherever

else there might be a blade of grass.

Milk production is one of the goals of this project. We will have to see how much milk these cows can actually produce, but there should at least be enough to put in their tea.

But it is also a learning experience, and I am excited to see how this work progresses.

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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!