29 KIDS - THE NEW LIFE BEGINS

Last week the Team at Made in the Streets brought 29 young teenagers off the streets to live at Kamulu, begin literacy training, learn to live in a new environment with the 40 students
already living in the dorms.

A large number of students reached 18 near the end of 2010 and moved out into shared apartments as they enter into internships and jobs.

Pictured are Amina Hama (13) and Brian Kweyu (12).

We need sponsors for all 29 of these kids, and we welcome your assistance. $75 a month covers most of the expenses for a student at Kamulu. A 12 year old will be with us at Kamulu for about 6 years. When they reach 18, we help them get a national identity card, find an apartment, a congregation and a job -- then we are ready to turn loose of them as they being to pay their own way.

When you are willing and able to sponsor a student, please begin sending $75 a month to

Made in the Streets

409 Franklin Road

Brentwood, TN 37o27.

Of course, you can donate online at this blog site or at the main web site at

made-in-the-streets.org

If you wish, you may send a full year's sponsorship, or even a full 4,5 or 6 year sponsorship in one donation.

Please also make it your task to pray for these kids and the Team that loves them.

When you send your first check, please email Charles Coulston at

charles.coulston@made-in-the-streets.org

and inform him of your decision. He will send you a picture and name of a student and see that the student writes you occasionally.

The 20 Acres

MITS has a 20 acre piece of land not far from the girls' and boys' centers at Kamulu. We have built our training center there and are already training students in cooking, hairdressing, woodworking and sewing there. A local government official, a few local citizens and some thugs invaded the land in 2009 and built a school on the other end of the property, taking about 8 1/2 acres from us. They also put a barbed-wire fence across the property. In order to keep them from seizing more land, which 4 local citizens were threatening to do, we have built a facility for teaching agriculture/welding and a staff house along their fence. Here is a picture of the almost completed staff house. One of our single Team members will move in when it is finished.

Process in court is very lengthy in Kenya and prone to many delays. The most recent court date was today, January 15, but it has been once again postponed, to Feb 24. The other side served an affidavit to our attorney just before going into court. In it they claim ownership of the land because it was "public property for community use" or something like that. They have no supporting documents, since we hold title to the land under a 99-year Certificate of Lease.

Here is a picture of the staff house. It is 13 x 21 with indoor toilet/shower and with electricity. When we are ready to have a married couple living there, we can easily expand the house to double the size, adding 2 small bedrooms or one large one. The school built by the invaders is in the background; you can also see the fence. We will build a sidewalk from the road, passing by the Ag/Weld building on out to the staff house.

Thank you to those who have made it possible for us to have nearby housing for our Team members, some of whom have been living several miles away from the campus.

Year End Note

We ended the year in style. The whole school saw Narnia (Voyage of the Dawn Treader) at the village market. It was the place to be. The kids were excited, especially since Darlene had read the book to them. Reepicheep was a favorite for all. We were happy to have gone and we give our gratitude to all who gave and made it such a happy time for us. In the picture is Priscah getting ready to watch the movie. Thanks much. We are having a "kesha" until 1 am today ("kesha" is a stay up late sing and pray time). Have a great blessed year in Jesus. We love you much.

Francis Mbuvi