By Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails WATER FILTRATION We are happy to report that all of the twenty-four Bryce Homes in Kenya now have water filtration systems. Understand the Times began to place water filtration units in each Bryce Home in June after Roger Oakland, founder and director of Understand the Times, returned from … [Read more…]
We are happy to present a new slideshow of photos from the Bryce Homes for Christian Widows and Children in Kenya, but first here are the answers to five things you might be wondering about the Bryce missions project that is supported solely by UTT and Lighthouse Trails readers. 1. Does the Bryce Home project … [Read more…]
From Understand the Times While visiting our Bryce Homes in Kenya in March of 2014, it became apparent that one of the greatest needs for our widows and their families was water—both uncontaminated drinking water and water for other basic needs (bathing, washing clothing, etc.). Where our families live in a remote area, they are … [Read more…]
For more information and to donate, visit Understand the Times, International. You can also read many mission reports at the Understand the Times site. We hope you will consider being a part of this special missions project. There are now 24 Bryce Homes in Kenya, supported solely by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers.
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times and Bryce Homes The Bryce Homes in Kenya are not all located in one concentrated area. At present, there are twenty of them scattered in a region that lies towards Lake _______ and covers an area that is over 500 square miles. As you can understand administering a program … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times | Bryce Homes Program International I have never been enthusiastic about short-term missionary work that uses the “drop and run” method of handing someone a gospel tract then heading home never to be seen again. While God can use any method or technique to plant seeds of truth that … [Read more…]
Kenya Report 6 By Roger Oakland (returning from his mission trip in Kenya) Bryce Homes Kenya: Past, Present and Future The reports we have been posting on our website about our March 2014 Bryce Homes Kenya tour until this point have been brief and centered on specific events. For the ones remaining, my plan is … [Read more…]
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times and Bryce Homes Founder and Director Report 5 Kenya A couple of days have passed since my last report from Kenya was posted on our Understand The Times website. The reason has not been related to the lack of material to write about. The fact is that the days … [Read more…]
Check out this new “scrapbook” of photos sent over last week from the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya. The new latrines (which were paid for by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers) are continuing to go up. Also in here, you will see some photos of how some of the widows … [Read more…]
The latest from the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya. Supported solely by Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. We hope you will consider becoming part of the support for these 20+ Christian fatherless families (including the three overseeing pastors’ families) in Kenya where these families are being given support to live … [Read more…]
We hope you love this new slideshow from the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya as much as we do. First, you will see most of the new homes that have been built for these Christian families in Kenya, solely from the donations of Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. This project, which began just … [Read more…]
The music being played in this week’s Bryce Home slideshow is by Canadian singer Trevor Baker (used by permission). The song is called “He Wrote How Great Thou Art” from his It’s All in Place CD. You can visit Trevor’s website at www.trevorbaker.ca. He’s a wonderful brother in the Lord who travels around North America … [Read more…]
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.
LTRP Note: Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times have been working together in the Bryce Homes for Widows and Children in Kenya program for two and a half years now. If you would like to donate to this mission project, you can do so at the Understand the Times website. You can also visit the Missions … [Read more…]
The latest in from our Bryce Homes in Kenya, an Understand the Times mission work which is supported by both Understand the Times and Lighthouse Trails readers. If you would like to learn more or donate to this mission project, please visit Missions for Truth (the Lighthouse Trails mission site).
A Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times reader gave a donation for the Bryce Home children in Kenya and asked that each child receive a new outfit. The donation was also used to buy school books for each child as well as 3 new cook stoves. One of those stoves will go into Mary’s new house … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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
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…]
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…]
The orphan girls at Bryce Home #12 (a Lighthouse Trails and Understand the Times sponsored mission work) have just harvested their first crop of Maize. This is going to provide quite a bit of food for the girls. We hope you will consider becoming a part of the support for the 15 Bryce Homes in … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
By Roger Oakland Understand the Times International I am writing this as I travel back home from Nairobi to John Wayne Airport in Southern California. As I have 23 hours of flying time, I am able to process my thoughts with regard to the seven days spent on the ground in Kenya. While I was … [Read more…]
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…]
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.
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
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…]
