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Children and Widows in Kenya with New Houses, New Stoves, and the Joy of the Lord

June 17, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The latest slideshow from the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya missions project. The project is supported solely from Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. To learn more, or to donate, visit www.missionsfortruth.com or www.understandthetimes.org.    

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, missions for truth, pastor achilla, poverty, Understand the Times

Update Report on Bryce Homes in Kenya – 4 New Homes!

April 9, 2013 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland Understand the Times, International It has been some time since we have sent out a report from Kenya sharing the progress that is being made with the Bryce Homes Program there. After our last trip to Kenya in December of 2012, we reported that if support funds were available we would like … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: africa, bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, poverty, Roger Oakland

Roger Oakland Visits Bryce Homes in Kenya!

December 7, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

This week, Roger Oakland, director of Understand the Times and the Bryce Homes for Children, is in Kenya, visiting all 16 Bryce Homes and spending time with Pastors Achilla and Nelson who run the program in Kenya. The picture you see to the right here was taken yesterday while Roger and the pastors were visiting Widow … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: bryce homes, bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, orphans, pastor achilla, poverty, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times

A LETTER FROM WIDOW AT BRYCE HOME # 14 IN KENYA – How My Life and My Children’s Lives Have Changed

November 14, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: The following letter is sent to us from Mereza, one of the widows who is part of the Bryce Homes for Children that is supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. You might also like to read two other testimonial letters that we previously posted: Two Testimonial Letters From Widows in … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, mission work, orphans, pastor achilla, poverty, Understand the Times

Plaster, Uniforms, Soccer Shoes, and Baskets – The blessings and the work in Kenya

November 11, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The latest news in from our mission work in Kenya. Check out the slideshow below.  If you would like to help support the 15 Bryce Homes (over 110 children), please visit Understand the Times. The project is being supported solely by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. To see a photo of all the … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, orphans, poverty, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times, widows

New Slideshow from Kenyan Bryce Homes for Children

October 17, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Hope you enjoy this latest slideshow from Kenya from Understand the Times’ Bryce Homes for Children missions project. Click here to read more information. This free slideshow design customized with Smilebox

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, orphans, pastor achilla, poverty, Understand the Times

Two Testimonial Letters From Widows in Kenya – How Their Lives Have Changed

October 11, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: The following is two letters from two of the Christian widows in Kenya who are part of the Bryce Homes for Children missions project that is supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. We launched this project in Kenya in 2011, and because of the donations from our readers and from Understand … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, CHILDREN AT RISK!, donations, kenya, missions for truth, pastor achilla, poverty, Understand the Times

A Special Testimonial Letter from the Orphan Girls in Kenya

September 29, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

LTRP Note: The following is a letter from the 12 orphaned girls who live in Kenya at the Bryce Home #12. The homes are supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. Many of you have donated, and we thought you would want to read this letter that we just received from Pastor Achilla, … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: africa, bryce homes, bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, orphans, pastor achilla, poverty, Roger Oakland

Missions Picture of the Day – Food Distributed in Kenya

June 18, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

This just in from Kenya. Pastor Achilla and Pastor Nelson stand with widow Florence and some of her children on food distribution day, June 2012. The Missions for Truth (Lighthouse Trails missions arm) project, working in conjunction with Understand the Times, is continuing on. Currently, there are 15 homes that Lighthouse Trails readers and Understand the … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, pastor achilla, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times

Sickness, Struggles, and Blessings in Kenya

June 11, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The following slideshow portrays some of the struggles as well as some of the blessings that happen to our Bryce Home women and children in Kenya. Life is not easy there, with sickness, disease, poverty, low employment opportunities, drought, and flooding. But we are very blessed to be working with a group of people there … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: africa, bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, missionaries, missions for truth, poverty, Understand the Times, widows

An Answer to Prayer – The Right Stove Found For Bryce Homes in Kenya

May 14, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

As Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails have pressed forward with the development of 15 Bryce Homes for children  in Kenya(supported by UTT and LT readers), new challenges seem to be par for the course. Last week, we told our readers that one of the Bryce Homes burnt down. This was the home of widow … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, Missions Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, children, CHILDREN AT RISK!, health, kenya, orphans, pastor achilla, Roger Oakland, safety, Understand the Times

What is Happening at Mission Project in Kenya

May 8, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

There has been quite a bit going on in Kenya at the Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails sponsored mission project. Since Roger returned from his second trip to meet with Pastor Achilla and his pastoral team, 15 Bryce Homes for Children have now been started. Donations coming from both UTT and LT readers are … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes, bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, orphans, pastor achilla, poverty, Roger Oakland

Videos from Roger Oakland’s Trip to Kenya – The Hand of God at Work

April 2, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

These are three videos from Roger Oakland’s recent trip to Kenya.If you would like more information about the mission work in Kenya that is being supported by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers, visit: www.missionsfortruth.com (a Lighthouse Trails website) or www.understandthetimes.org.

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, CHILDREN AT RISK!, kenya, orphans, poverty, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times, widows and orphans

Roger Oakland’s 2nd Trip to Kenya: “What is happening here is historical!”

March 18, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Today, we received an e-mail from Roger Oakland (Understand the Times), whom Lighthouse Trails and its readers have partnered with in the mission project in Kenya. In his e-mail, Roger said, “What is happening here is historical!” While many of the large evangelical mission organizations (World Vision, YWAM, etc) are becoming influenced by what we call the … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, missionaries, missions for truth, orphans, pastor achilla, the gospel, widows

New Video from Understand the Times – Bryce Orphan Homes in Kenya

February 28, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The following video was taken when Roger Oakland of Understand the Times made his first visit to Kenya to meet with Pastor Achilla and see the needs of the orphans in Kenya. You can read more about our part in this at www.missionsfortruth.com, or visit Understand the Times at www.understandthetimes.org.

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL, CHILDREN AT RISK! Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, Missions, orphans, pastor achilla, Roger Oakland, suna

Bryce Orphan Home #12 in Kenya – Orphan Girls Find a Home

February 20, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

 For more information about the Bryce Orphan Home Project and Missions for Truth, visit our website, www.missionsfortruth.com. ALSO SEE OUR PDF REPORT SHOWING PHOTOS OF ALL 12 BRYCE ORPHAN HOMES IN KENYA  

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, bryce orphan homes, kenya, pastor achilla, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times

UTT UPDATE ON MISSION IN KENYA

January 19, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails author

By Roger Oakland and Understand the Times (source for this update) We received a report [on November 18th] from Pastor Achilla in Kenya bringing us up to date with regard to progress with the Bryce Orphan Home Project. Pastor Nelson has moved with his entire family where he will be establishing Bryce Home One. Along with his … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, orphans, pastor pius achilla, Roger Oakland, Understand the Times, widows

Photos of Widow and Orphan Families in Kenya

January 18, 2012 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

Kenya Orphans and Widows Receive Blankets, Mattresses, Food, and Clothing – A Picture Says a Thousand Words Below are 7 of the widow and orphan families helped with the special December offering given by Lighthouse Trails readers. You can see how blessed they are by the smiles on their faces. There were two at least … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, missions for truth, orphans, Understand the Times, UTT, widows

New Roofs, Blankets, Mattresses, Clothes, and Food to Widows and Orphans in Kenya

December 28, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

The widows and orphans in Kenya are beginning to receive help. Thank you Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers for your wonderful generosity to these brothers and sisters.     These photos show that materials for the construction for the widows new roofs (and a new house for at least one) are being gathered: … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, missions for truth, orphans, widows

Report on the “December Offering for Widows and Children” – Thank you Lighthouse Trails Readers!

December 12, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

In December of 2009, Lighthouse Trails became aware of a mission work in Kenya with Pastor Achilla. We learned that this area in Kenya is highly impoverished, but at the same time, the pastors of this region are very hungry for the truth. Too often, in third-world countries, rather than being benefited by missionary outreaches, they … [Read more…]

Posted in: BRYCE HOMES FOR WIDOWS & CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL Tagged: bryce homes for children & widows in kenya, kenya, orphans, pastor achilla, Roger Oakland

Roger Oakland in Kenya: “I have never heard a group of pastors so hungry for the truth.”

November 17, 2011 by Lighthouse Trails Editors

November 15, 2011 My first full day in Kenya was a full one. After having breakfast at the hotel we headed off to a meeting hall somewhere in Kisimu where a number of local pastors gathered to hear me speak. After hearing them introduce themselves and their zeal for Jesus Christ and His Word I … [Read more…]

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