Salem: Wednesday

Greetings from Kipkaren! The pastors and agricultural seminars were completed today with great success. Fred has been playing soccer with the staff and students – No injuries yet, there is a game with another training center on Friday so Injuries could be pending-please pray! Fred spoke at the children’s home today and led the children in singing "I’ve Got Peace Like A River". Fred and Jen have new friends from the children’s home, Bonyface, a five year old and Viola who is about 8. Here are some pictures and updates on the team.

Doug was able to help the farmers of Kipkaren to begin their new co-op. Thirty-one were in attendance and all signed up and 14 paid their membership fees! Tim was able to share a cost vs. return on Maize (corn) today and stirred up a number of good questions. Tim will look for options for new fertilizer uses after he pulls some soil samples from a number of farmers and gets the results from a USA lab.


The Pastor’s convention ended with 38 of them graduating and this will be celebrated at a service tonight after dinner. The pastor’s were greatly encouraged and empowered and given a great deal of encouragement through fellowship. Super Linguist H and Fred did a great job of sharing and teaching. God has really moved in a mighty way in the pastor’s conference. The pastor’s were so excited and encouraged by the seminars.


Vicky was invited to Miriam’s home for a nice visit and made chocolate chip cookies for lunch, yum. Vicky and Jenn taught Miriam how to make chili and banana bread. Most excellent feast for tonight.


Linda had an opportunity to go on her first home visit with a couple of woman from the home care team and went on an extended journey on foot over the river (literally) and through the banana patches to a young lady how has been suffering greatly from a bone and joint disease. The good news was the patient was definitely feeling better as the medication she was recently put on was helping. On her way home, Linda was blessed by seeing a number of lovely children at a school who gave her all their attention. The walk was 6 miles round trip but she had a great time seeing some of the back country and had the chance to greet many lovely Kenyans along the way.

Here are some pictures from our arrival.

Arriving at our destination in Kipkaren after two days of traveling!

Children's Home welcomes the team when we arrived.