February at MITS

There is so much happening at MITS that we cannot report it all.  We are a whole life ministry and the church besides, so we have street ministry, a school, residence halls, skills training, cafeteria, shops, farm, orchard, playground...on and on -- and 80 teens living with us at Kamulu, with hundreds served regularly at Eastleigh.

Here woodworking students prepare new tables for the new computer rooms.

 Our Team goes to the streets daily.  Here the Kamulu Team has come to the bases with bread rolls cooked by the catering students at Kamulu.  The bread is received with joy.

 Baptisms are a regular event at MITS-Kamulu and the Kamulu Church.  This one is obviously a joy for the young woman giving herself in faith to Christ.  Francis Mbuvi - who preaches at Kamulu and administers MITS - especially enjoys these moments.

We always want to remember that our ministry begins and has its great impact on the streets, where young people languish on piles of garbage and eat from it as well.  Our Team at Eastleigh has great compassion and commitment to the streets.  Augustina loves to cook for these young people, cooking from scratch for 100 kids is a delight for her!

 Lucy B (we call her that because we have another girl with the exact same 3 names!) smiles constantly, even in class writing tests! She was baptized last June, has very good friends at MITS, and is happy to have been rescued from the streets.

 Great news in February is the wedding of Irene Akinyi (up to his time our girls' supervisor for 6 years) and Robin Ndunda (our woodworking instructor, with us since 1999).  Great wedding and a happy couple, who will live near the girls' compound and continue their ministry.

 We are happy to be friends with Janet Owana and those who work with her at the Mathare North Church.  They now have over 2,000 kids aged 2 to 14 each Saturday for their program.  This is just a few of the kids.  They call it "Change-A-Life."

Pius Musyoki came through MITS, finishing his skills study with us two years ago. He has been apprenticed at the Narcisse Salon in Nairobi since then, and the owner seconded him to the Revlon Institute last year.  He graduated the same day as the wedding and was immediately offered a job by the owner of Narcisse, who is a good friend to MITS.  We are proud of Pius, who often writes notes of faith and hope in Facebook.