Exiting Students

Joel Njue has provided a short update on students who are in process of exiting Made in the Streets for their own lives "in the world and in Christ." These are great young people whom we love very much; we feel like parents watching their kids leave home.

Moses Kung’u - finished his attachment at end of 2009 and was able to get a good job in a restaurant in town as a waiter. Currently he is living in Baba Ndogo (a suburb located within Nairobi city).

Mary Wanjiku: - finished her attachment in 2009 too and got a job in a small bakery in Mwiki; it did not work out for her permanently. She opted to open a small business with some of the savings she had from selling second hand clothing. Recently we learned that she was re-called to her previous place of employment, the bakery in Mwiki.

Susan Wambui - graduated in November 2009 from L'oreal College and ready to hit the job market this year. She is on an attachment (internship) basis with MITS waiting for a job offer. We continue support.

Joseph Mburu - got a job downtown in a shop called Ibrahim’s Electronics. He is dealing in computers sales and other electronic devices. He is ready to move out and look for a place this month. Currently we provide his fare which ends soon, but we will provide his housing for 3 months.

Francis Cugia - just finished his attachment in woodworking in a company called Rosewood Furniture and has a job offer in the sister company of Rosewood. He is however having problems getting an identity card which means he has to wait before he can enjoy having a job until he gets the card. Today I went to see the Registrar of IDs; she said I should forward all the documents I have so that she can help with getting IDs in Kayole. Cugia is in that group.

Ken Wambugu - finished his attachment downtown last year. He is ready to go to driving school and then a job. Currently he is the assistant to Charles Odonyi in teaching auto mechanics at MITS. Mbuvi tells me we will take him for driving school next month - February 2010.

Joseph Wambua and Joseph Wahome - they both have just finished their attachments at 4 Wheel Drive and downtown respectively. This month we started them on looking for a house. By the end of Janury they will be living outside the ministry and ready to starting looking for jobs. We will continue support until they are settled.

Anastacia Njoki - she is very excited that she has finished her first year in college; she told me that it was tough for her but she is tougher. She still has half a year to go before she finishes her studies. This month we will look for an attachment place for her so that she can have a three month internship at a media place in town.

Grace Wahu, Brenda Odhiambo and Mercy Wanja - they all just finished their attachments. Grace is going to a restaurant downtown that she has high hopes that she will get a job, but her problem is getting IDs. Currently we are sponsoring the house where she stays near her relatives. For Brenda, we are planning for her to go and live near relatives as we get her ID and help find a job for her. Mercy Wanja has already started working at the MITS cafeteria, and we planned that this will help her get more experience. She will be turning 18 this year November 2010.

Morris Gitonga - is to finish his studies in computers in February 2010. Currently he is staying with his aunt in Mwiki, which is located 30 minutes from our Kamulu farm. From December he has not returned to MITS, and we don’t know his status exactly for finishing his studies. I intend to do a follow-up once I finish with the work load this month. We sponsor his education and fare.

Halima Nguvu: She was able to get a job at Nargis and still works there. We are not supporting her in any way.

Patricia Wanjiru - she got a job downtown in a salon called Tender Care. She stays in Dandora near her aunt’s place. We are not supporting her currently.

Stephen Omondi: He got another jot in a garage near Wilson airport and the last time I talked with him he was doing fine.

Millicent Adhiambo - Millicent (mama Brian) finished her training last year. Currently she is in the list of those students having problems with her ID. One of my friends has a job offer that she wants to organize for us and I was thinking of having Millie get that job. We will see how it works out/ she will be living by herself around Huruma, and we will support her as she gets started.

Sarah Aono - she just turned 18. She has completed work at our Catering school with Laurent. I am working on her ID too, and then we will see how we can help her.

Email from Laurent Mogambi

(Laurent was a student in the early days of Made in the Streets when we began at the campus of Kenya Christian Industrial Training Institute. He did well in our informal school, and our team enrolled him in a local elementary school in the 7th grade -- he had never been to school -- and he graduated the next year and took the National 8th Grade Exam. He then went to a cooking school in Eastleigh, got an internship at the cafeteria at Nairobi University and ended up with a job there for 5 years. He is now becoming our full-time cooking instructor at MITS. He married one of our girls -- Elizabeth Wangare -- and they have a little boy named Raymond. A side note is that all workers at the cafeteria were given jobs because they were related to University employees, with the exception of Laurent. When others would ask him who brought him, he would say "God brought me." When he would tell them he was a street kid, they disbelieved until he showed them a picture we took of him on the streets. I thought you might like to

read his latest email to us). peace, charles

Hi, Thanks for writing to and asking about how I am doing.

Everything is doing fine here and busy as usual.

About the girls at Nargis' shop - I only met with Caro; she came to our house and we talked a lot.

About Christ Jesus - I can't say anything less than to confess that He is still working in our liv

es and everything is good becouse he died for my sins and rose from dead and now He lives.

About the 20 acres - everything is going well though we don't have much time to be there the whole day, since I am still working at the University part-time. The kids are learning to cook.

About the shops and Jackton plans. I don't know much about Jack's plans. But about the shops, everything is doing fine, including the tea house.

Linda (nb: Benthall, intern from Otter Creek church) is doing fine and she came to our house and I shared a little about my life story.

About my catering students - Grace Wahu started her attachment last week at my boss' Restaurant. Brenda Adhiambo and Mercy Wanja are going for an interview this coming Tuesday at Carnivore Restaurant.

Ryan (nb: Matthews, intern from New Mexico) is already gone to USA.

And the Eastleigh program is doing good including work at the bases.

Finally I don't have much to add apart from saying that the LORD is good all the time GOD is always great for me and the MITS people. Praise His Name.