Kamulu Reports from Francis Mbuvi

The Legacy Church of Christ from the Fort Worth area are visiting MITS with a group of 15. The Team reports that they have done a wonderful work, beyond what we envisioned. A group from the Golf Course Road Church in Midland, TX, came for a short visit along with their visit to the World Bible School projects in Kenya. They also gave great encouragement to the students and Team. Francis Mbuvi reports:

ON AUTO MECHANICS

Another visitor from Golf Course Road Church was named Jeff. He is a mechanic and panel beater, and he helped Charles and the boys revive our pickup. He had a lot of things to teach them, and he said he wants to come back.

ON HOME VISITS AT KAMULU

During Wednesday's home visits, Wambugu, Samantha, Hudson and I visited Jenifer and her family. One of her cousins, whom she is taking care of, had triplets. After the caesarean she was paralysed on her left side and can hardly do anything. We encouraged them

to remain faithful and hope in Christ to take care of their needs. We also visited another lady called Mweni. Sam and Hudson did great.

ON SALON TRAINING

Pam hicks is from Golf Course Road Church. She was here with a group, and they spent some time looking at what we do. She had hoped to see the Coulstons. She got a chance to do manicure and pedicure and also braid her hair!!!

ON TEA HOUSE CONVERSION

Painting has been going on at our cafe. Kayla, George and Blake from Legacy Church have been doing great. Magdalene and the catering students have been learning one new thing every day. Here Hudson is painting Red on one side of the cafe wall. (NOTE: we are converting the Tea House into a “Cracker Barrel” type of store, with one room dedicated to selling what is made at MITS and an opening into the cafe from that room.)

ON Sunday AND JAMES MWANGI

Our class went well today. We had 14 people; after a small introduction, they discovered what the Bible had to say from Acts 10. James Mwangi led us in Lord’s table and giving and he gave a bit of his life story and how Jesus had saved him through MITS. I think the training at Leadership Training Institute is helping him. After the sermon, Agnes and the praise team had a song. We praise God for his word today that everyone belongs to him and that he has no boundaries to his love.

Visitors at MITS

We said goodbye to visitors Matt and Nikki Wallace from the Denver area yesterday. Matt was with us in Nairobi 10 years ago with WorldWide Youth Camps (now YouthReach), and he brought a few pics with him this time. This one he took when here, and a couple of these young guys have been in our program.

Matt and Nikki work with Dry Bones Denver, which seeks out young people on the streets. They are now in Ethiopia working on the adoption of a baby boy named Kai.

Matt spoke one day to our Team for about 25 minutes and had an uplifting and encouraging message for them. He told them how being at MITS in 2000 changed his life. It was the inspiration for doing Dry Bones Denver. It led to their thinking of adopting an African baby. All through the years he has told Nikki about MITS, and she also wanted to come and see what meant so much to him.

So...thanks WWYC and its leaders, thanks to supporters of Matt and Nikki - he has returned the good that he received in his excellent message to our Team.

The Streets are Alive

The streets are alive with the sounds of kindness, with words of comfort and encouragement, because Made in the Streets is there.  These kids sleep against a wall, or scrounge for edible throwaways, or seek entertainment where it can be found.  

Now and then they settle back and listen, and question, and comment, and the gracious and kind Word of God that stimulates all that is good within a person is heard, as Kennedy and Anthony and Larry and Joel

 and visitors from USA churches speak and listen and love.  And buy a meal for those who stay to take part in worship and learning.  

South MacArthur Church from Irving, Texas, sent a group of 15 for two weeks, and they went to the streets and expressed their love and solidarity with the kids there.  And it made a difference as young people listened and took new courage.  

Thanks, South Mac, and thanks, Team members who do this day after day.