By Roger Oakland (reporting from Kenya)
Understand the Times, International
This report is coming from Kenya. Tom Worthington and I arrived here a few days ago. This is my fifth trip since 2011. Tom is a pastor from Crown Point Indiana who has a tremendous heart for missions. Together we have been on several missions trips to various places in the world. He also helps UTT with the Bryce Homes ministry in the country of Myanmar.
After arriving in Nairobi and spending the night there, the following day we met our team and began our travel within the country of Kenya. While my reports will be mentioning various names, we have made a decision in these reports not to describe the locations where we are working. As a point of clarification, the Kenya Bryce Homes Program is not located in one particular area but is spread out through various communities. While initially the program began with five homes we now have expanded the number to twenty four.
It is our goal while we are here to visit all the Bryce Homes in Kenya. We have introduced a number of new programs since my last trip so it is important that we assess the progress first hand. Over the next several reports I will be sending photos of the Bryce Homes we have visited as well as providing information about the various programs. These include the Vitamin Project, the Small Business Opportunity Project, the Solar Light Project, the Water Collection and Water Purification Project and the construction of many new homes and latrines.
We will be visiting a remote area in Kenya where we have six Bryce Homes. This area has been transformed by the program. We are now in the process of constructing a church there and will be moving a pastor and his family there to serve in this community.
For now, let me say what we have seen so far shows God is being glorified in Kenya through the Bryce Homes Program Many lives are being changed. The following reports will document the details.
Report 2:
Report 2: Kenya March 2015
We have been in Kenya now for three days in one of the areas where we have Bryce Homes. We are distributing the March monthly support of food and other materials. While this is not a new experience for me, I am grateful that Tom Worthington is along and able to witness the great things God is doing here in Kenya.
At each home, I have been interviewing the widows on camera so that I am able to gather footage and documentation to verify that all our programs are working as planned. While we have learned there will be a few adjustments in the future, for the most part, the Bryce Homes Kenya Program has been a tremendous success. When the video documentaries are produced and posted on YouTube, our supporters will be able to see and hear for themselves how their resources have impacted so many needy lives.
With the slow Internet connection we have here, sending photos is very difficult. Later reports I send will include more photos.
I am including one photo of a Bryce Home we will be adding. This is Pastor Lucas and his family who will become Bryce Home 25 and will be moving to the location where we are constructing a church. This is the area where there are six Bryce Homes already located and the potential to reach the entire community with the gospel.
Pastor Lucas is presently living in an area that is far away from the area where he is pastoring and the location of the new church. He commutes on a weekly basis to attend the church work. Now that we will be building his family a new house they will be able to remain together in one place.
In a few days we will be visiting the church location to see the progress as well as to visit the Bryce Homes in this region. To read others reports on this trip in Kenya or to donate to this mission work that is supported by Lighthouse Trails reader, click here.
