Where We will Visit

Jackton Omondi and Irene Akinyi - two great Team members of Made in the Streets - are coming to the USA! And Charles and Darlene will travel with them. Here's the itinerary - we hope to see you along the way!

March 10 Jackton and Irene arrive in San Francisco Bay Area

March 11 or 12 Visit with Campbell Christian Schools

March 12 Charles and Darlene fly to San Jose. Evening Dinner and Program at Campbell Church of Christ. Please RSVP to Gini Bortz chefginibee@yahoo.com or 408 379-9170 She will give you details

March 14 Conejo Valley Church of Christ, Thousand Oaks, CA. 5:00 PM Reception and Program. Contact Michelle Jack 805 496-4749 or michelle 1981@verizon.net

March 17 Coulstons, Jackton and Irene travel to Dallas/Fort Worth area

March 20 Legacy Church of Christ, 8801 Mid-Cities Blvd, No. Richland Hills, TX. 3:00 PM "Kenyan Tea" Contact: Matt Steidl 817 795-1566 or msteidl@swbell.net

March 21 Morning worship with Legacy Church, 10:00 AM

March 21 Fellowship hosted by South MacArthur Church at Tim and Ann Lewis' home, 433 Little John Dr, Irving, TX. RSVP to tim.lewis@southmac.org or 972 790-3538. Coulstons and Jackton and Irene are scheduled to share about the street ministry

March 24 Fellowship, dinner and program hosted by Aggies for Christ at A&M Church of Christ in College Station, TX, 6:00 PM. RSVP to Traci Wilson wherestraci@gmail.com

March 25-29 Coulstons and Team members travel to Cedar Rapids, IA, to have meetings with two Rotary Club groups and with the Central Church of Christ in Cedar Rapids. Worship on Sunday morning and a "Coffee and Poetry Night" in the evening at 1500 1st Ave, NW. 10 AM and 6 PM

March 31, Wednesday evening with Prestoncrest Church of Christ, 7:00 PM. Contact Gary Cochran gary@prestoncrest.org

April 6 Coulstons and Jackton and Irene travel to Nashville (Brentwood) TN. Fundraiser hosted by the Otter Creek Church of Christ on Thursday, April 8. Contact for INFO and RSVP is Suzette Wimpy suzette@kevinwimpy.com or 615 331-1235.

April 11 Jackton and Irene will be with the Otter Creek Church on Sunday.

April 11 Coulstons return to Nairobi

April 13 Jackton and Irene return to Nairobi

These visits are for sharing about street ministry, reporting on the work and fundraising. We hope that you have been blessed by God and will be able to assist us in redeeming the lives of street kids in 2010!

The New Girl at Kamulu

We have a new girl student who joined us on Saturday. Priscah Kerobu has both parents. The dad works as a night guard at a local company on the western part of Nairobi. Her mom work as a casual worker and does odd jobs at a place called Kangemi. She has an older brother who is in high school, a brother who is grade 3 and a younger sibling who is in nursery school.

She is 14 years old and a bit shy. She has a winning smile that brings her innocence out. She is a special child in that she has a case of being defiled twice in her teen life. We are so happy to have her here with us. We highly hope that MITS will be a haven for her to find hope, trust and gain more confidence to face tomorrow despite what has happened in her past life.

Priscah loves watching action packed movies. She says she has always had passion to be a hairdresser. With Gods' help this will come true as she has joined a family that has abundant love and is always preparing its children for life's struggles by training in life skills.

Prisca had been living on the streets and moved back and forth from home to the streets. She was living at the Liliput Base then back home, then to the streets and Mlango Kubwa base. She stayed there for a while then went back home and then back to Mlango Kubwa base. This is where Mama George (Jane Njeri) found her.

Because she was raped twice, she is now struggling with STI. She is already on antibiotics to treat this. She also has fear within her; she cannot trust easily and takes time before opening up, probably because of trauma that has happened to her. Irene is counseling with her. She never disclosed to us whether the person who did this to her is a close relative, but that is likely. She never wants to talk about the father that much.

She is so sweet and adorable, she has likable qualities. i think she fits perfectly in MITS, she deserves our help, and God has brought her to us at the right time.

by Moses Okoth

STREET MINISTRY - AT THE BASES

Visiting the bases today with me was Anthony, Kennedy, Evans, Jacqueline (a new volunteer) and Francis Cugia (one of our own who is working on streets as he waits for his national identity card).

We prayed before leaving the Eastliegh center then began the visits. I shared the gospel from Matthew 13: 44-48 about the Kingdom of Heaven. We encouraged them to repent and change their ways so that they would not miss out on the Kingdom of Heaven. Everyone at the bases was attentive today and appreciated the visit. One man at the Redeem base especially appreciated our visits saying that church leaders normally pass by and don't stop to pray with them or share the gospel with them. He thanks God for Made in the Streets. The bases we visited today were Lilliput, Mlango Kubwa, Redeem, Chicago and visited with other street boys who were playing soccer in the street.

We returned to the Eastliegh Center dusty, tired and hungry but thankful to have encouraged those on the streets to make the kind of changes God wants them to make. It is a joy to reach out to the street children. Thanks to all of you who make this ministry possible.

by Larry Conway