DORM PROGRESS AND OCCUPATIONS FOR GRADUATES

The work on the room for the boys to have for sleeping is progressing. The video shows an electrician installing the wiring, but it also shows the walls, ceiling and floor almost completed. The rocks outside are intended as a drainage system, but will later be covered with concrete.

We now have four orphans who have graduated from High School, and we are praying about the next step in their lives. There are two types of occupations that we are focusing on: animal husbandry involving both cattle and chickens, and sewing. I will be writing more about that in the future.

Some of the graduates would like to study for ministry, but we do not have the money for that at the moment. We will see what God has in mind for the future. We have always prayed that these orphans whom we have cared for over the past years will be future servants of God for Kenya. Please pray with us in this.

This past week I sent out all of the donor receipts for 2023. We are so thankful for all of you who have donated and continue to do so. If you do not receive yours, please contact me.

Please remember that I am only able to give an IRS tax deductible receipt for the checks made out to the Log Church, with "Kenya orphans" written on the memo line. We are not allowed to make out a tax-deductible receipt for money given to me personally or for checks made out in my name.

However, for all moneys given, you can be assured that it is used 100% directly for the needs of the children of the orphanage. It is with a great sense of responsibility that I accept this money from you, and I assure you that it is all being used for the kids. We take nothing for office expense, wages, travel, or any other thing.

Thank you all so much and may God continue to bring blessing!

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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!

WHY THE BOYS NEED A NEW DORMITORY

Here is the reason that we are working at finishing one of the rooms of the school to use as a temporary dormitory for the boys:

1.  When I first went to Kenya in 2017, one of the first needs that I saw as we were talking about when beginning an orphanage was the need for a healthy place for the children to sleep. Most of the kids were sleeping on dirt floors and constantly fighting soil-borne sicknesses.

2.  Because of this, the first major building project that we undertook was to build a dormitory. God provided so that we were able to see a very nice building with all of the girls sleeping on one end of building and the boys on the other with a room separating them in the middle. We had to get special permission from the Ministry of Children’s Affairs to do this.

3.  In 2020, two things occurred which caused us to move the boys out of the dormitory. First of all, it was the year of lock-downs. The health department of Kenya required “social distancing.”

Secondly, the boys and girls were now getting a little older, so in any regard, it was better to have them to have more room.

4.  We moved the boys into a borrowed room owned by one of the members of the church. The room we next to the orphanage property, so we have been very thankful to the owner for letting us use it without cost.

5.  But the room is quite small for our 25 (now older) boys. It measures 17ft X 10ft and has almost no ventilation (no windows, only a doorway). It is not as an unhealthy situation for the kinds as I saw when I first went to Kenya, but definitely not sustainable as it is presently.

The work of finishing the school building and beginning a school is a years-long project, but we do have the first part completed. The floor is still dirt, there are no windows or doors in the openings, and it is unfinished, but before we move on with continuing the building, we are working on finishing this one room for the boys to use as a dormitory.

Thanks be to God, we are now working on it.

Thanks to all of you as well. You have prayed and given of your resources for this. Very soon, hopefully we will be able to report that the boys are moving in.

The short video is of the work that is currently being done on the interior of the room. Check out the guy in the middle of the screen, using his wheelbarrow as a ladder to plaster the ceiling.

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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!

"THANK YOU" NOTES FROM THE KIDS OF THE ORPHANAGE

Dear pastor Donald, The church and all friends,

Praise God, My name is Maryjane Nyandwaro. On behalf of other girls we want to thank the Lord for this far He has brought us. Thanks for the gifts and donations of all kinds you usually send to us. You have helped us with school fees, food and clothing in the past years and we pray God to bless your families too.

We equally thank you the recent provision of Christmas gifts that you gave through our pastor. Actually we enjoyed here in the orphanage the way other children enjoyed with their parents at their homes. Indeed, it was awesome! 

 We request for your prayers again this New Year 2024. We will pray for you, your families and the church there as well. May God bless you abundantly. Amen.

 

Thanksgiving to Log Church in USA on Behalf of Boys

Log Church here in Kenya. Yours: Moffat Miruka

Dear Donald Rhody, Vivian Rhody, Marquis Family and Friends

I take this opportunity to thank God because of you and all your family members and the church for your generous giving to ensure that we are taken care here at log orphanage located in Kisii-Kenya. You have hearts of helping and we shall keep mentioning you before God almighty that He may shower you with all blessings in the heavenly realms as Ephesians 1:3 says.

I thank you for the provision of all our necessities over years. We celebrate you all. We pray God to open you more doors as satisfy you too. May God bless you for what you are doing to us through Pastor Joel. Your reward in heaven is great.

 

Dear Donald Rhody, Vivian Rhody, Marquis family, and Log Church Family

Praise the name of the Lord. My names are Brian Mouti. I hereby write this letter to thank each and every one of you for your prayers and support which you send here at our Log Orphanage Kisii- Kenya.

We have received all the basic needs through your love and giving. Surely you have changed our lives positively and it is God who can reward you for this great commitment. Surely goodness and Mercy shall follow your lives and your families too.

Let His grace be sufficient to you all. I also thank Pastor Joel for teaching us on how to grow spiritually in the house of the Lord. May God continue to empower all of you and enable you to meet all your needs and desires of your hearts. The Bible says in 1^st Thessalonians 5:18; that we give thanks to God in all circumstances, as we keep praying for each other.

Thanks again   and God bless you our beloved donors.

 

This is Ibrahim Onduso From Log Orphanage Kenya

Praise the name of the living God.

Dear beloved spiritual parents. We praise God because of your prayers, support towards our Log orphanage Kenya. We thank God for your support towards the church, Orphanage and the ongoing school building. We praise God for his faithfulness in the year 2023 and we trust Him this New Year 2024.

Through your prayers and support, the Log church Kenya has nutured our God our gifts and God-given talents. We can compose songs and preach through singing to many souls.

I always get empowered by Psalms 100:4 that says “Enter into his gates with a password of thanksgiving; we thank God because of you have stood with the ministry in Kenya. We trust God will continue using you so that you can enable us fulfill His purposes on earth. Hope God will provide fund of finishing the school project too. Glory and honor to His name.