Immediate Needs - A Prayerful Reminder

A prayerful reminder of the immediate needs of the Orphanage for the school fees of $800 as well as a larger battery of $340 for their solar system. The Orphanage has been without electricity and lights for several weeks now, and the children have missed the first week of school until the full fees are met. Please seek the Lord for your support with these urgent needs. We are blessed to be a blessing. Every seed sown will be multiplied by the Lord to provide the supernatural supply. God bless you!!
We PRAISE Him for His GOODNESS and great GRACE!!

Donate at:
gofund.me/KisiiOrphanage

December 2016 Report by the Orphanage Director

BRIDGE OF LOVE KISII ORPHANAGE- KENYA

December 2016 Report.

“Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!” –1 Corinthians 9:24

How many of us have had unfinished tasks lying around—like a book half-read, a project half-done, a meal half-eaten, or a letter half-written? It's always easy to start something, but the challenge is in completing it. 

To finish anything worthwhile takes sacrifices. Every marathoner can testify to that. Anyone can start a race, but only a champion runs to the finish line. In any endeavor, finishing strong requires something from us including time, perseverance, patience, endurance, and discipline. 

In 1 Corinthians 9:24, Paul states that while all runners run, only one gets the prize. Many will start a journey towards the plan of God, but not everyone will finish the race. Few will obtain the prize of victory. However, if you’re reading this, you’re not like everyone! You’re not a victim to the status quo. God has uniquely designed you to excel beyond the norm. 

The Christian life is a picture of a marathon, not a sprint. We are called to run with patience and endurance. Unfortunately, many today have already stopped running. They have stopped serving God and being faithful to their callings. Some have even stopped pursuing their dreams and passions. But if we are going to be ones who finish our race in Christ, we must keep running until we reach the finish line.

God didn’t save and call us to simply start the race; He called us to finish! At times, our race may be filled with pain and challenges, but God's grace enables us to run through every obstacle. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize and finish strong in victory!

Orphanage updates:

The orphanage work is going on well and we thank God for your love, prayers and support. Your contributions  through financial donations has given our  orphaned and highly vulnerable children a chance of  life based on care and love, full bellies, healthy bodies, and minds crammed full with new ideas, knowledge and excitement.

Christmas is a special time that should be filled with joy, traditions, family, & celebrating the birth of Jesus! But for orphaned children, Christmas could easily be a reminder of abuse, abandonment and a depressing time where they feel forgotten. We thank you so much for showing them that they are not forgotten and they are loved by sending finances to help purchase clothes, new shoes and taking them to our nearest restaurant to enjoy with other children.

The story of Jesus' birth was shared and the true meaning of Christmas celebrated. Jesus came to save, to heal the hurting, to feed the hungry and to bring JOY to the world!

Schools open on 3^rd January and the school management said last time that the children will only be allowed in school after clearing the school fees. We request our supporters to consider in helping with the $800 needed for school fees payment.

Your sacrifice to help take these children to school, feed them, clothe them and give them good health is precious before the eyes of the Lord.

We are urgently trusting God for better battery to use in provision of light for the orphanage. At the moment we have no lights in the orphanage which is insecure for the children. They can’t do their homework without lights and pumping water from the well. The battery we had was smaller than the solar panel which led to the burning of the battery cells. And this has indeed led to most orphanage operation paralyzed.

Blessings and Love

Orphanage Director

 Enjoying their meals at the nearest restaurant.   

And playing and celebrating their Christmas day together.

Children Dancing at Revival Service

The children love to sing and dance and rejoice with expressions of praise to Jesus, the one that has given them new life and a new family with the orphanage and Kisii church there. Here is a video of them dancing at a revival service in early December of this year.

Video of Some of God's Blessings

Here's a short video compilation of some of the many things God has done for these children and this orphanage over the last two years through the generous hearts of those like you that hear His voice and respond to the needs. God is SO GOOD!
Bless these children and this orphanage ministry, Lord. Bring more hearts and hands alongside to bless and help these children grow into who You've created them to be. Help us to grow in and be an extension of Your love as we give from our hearts and from our resources. Amen

We invite you to join your heart with ours to help these children.

The River is Flowing!!!

The River is flowing with LIFE and JOY in this Kisii church!

Lives are being touched, changed and filled with the Spirit of the living God......GLORY!!

Prayer Request:
Join your hearts of faith with us as we take the hand of this pastor with the orphanage in a prayer of agreement for his prayer request for some sound equipment and a public address system. It is a desire and vision of their church body to reach beyond their church walls into their community to the unreached peoples through crusades, seminars, outreaches and house to house evangelism. He is asking and believing God for $3000 for this equipment (4 box speakers and channel mixers, 3 wireless microphones, a silent generator, and a keyboard).
God is well able, and He is able to make ALL GRACE abound to him that always having sufficiency he would have an abundance for every good work. (2 Cor 9:8)

God BLESS you as you consider your support in this Kingdom work.
Advancing the Kingdom together!

Praise Reports of Great Things God Has Done!

We rejoice over the great things that God has done in this orphanage ministry recently. Once again He has faithfully met the school fee needs for the children this fall term, and in addition to that God has brought alongside a friend of the pastor that lives in the U.S. After a recent visit to his hometown of Kisii his friend returned to the U.S. and shared with his church about the orphanage. The church has since sent finances to complete the new dormitory, and the children hopefully will be able to move into their new home in the next few days.

The children love to sing and it is their passion and joy and they have sent a video of them singing at this last weeks Sunday service. Our hearts sing with them as we praise God for all that He is doing here. God is SO GOOD!

The Miracle Well

God is SO Good!!  What the enemy meant for evil God uses for good.

Testimony:
During this last month of March soon after the dormitory roof was complete we had a mishap with one of the children. Joshua, one of the 10 yr old boys, was hit by a careless motorcyclist and was admitted to the hospital and required surgery for a broken leg. Although he is recovering well after the surgery and the casting, and we thank God for his healing and that it wasn't more serious, we were concerned for the children's safety as this is the second child that has required hospital treatment within the last 4 months for a broken leg due to being hit by a careless motorcylist.  Lilliana also was hit in November and broke her leg. Both children were fetching water from the river to bring back to the orphanage. With this concern the pastor of the orphanage began to pray and seek the Lord who directed him to begin digging a well by faith on the orphanage property. This would keep the children off the road, out of traffic, and give them safety as they brought water from the well to the purification bottles. The pastor knew this well would be a very costly project and had not felt led to tackle it before, however because of the recent accidents and by the Lord's prompting he stepped out in faith.

We praise God that as the pastor began this work and before the men had finished digging the well a local company that supplied the orphanage with the water purification bottles and also supplies water and digs wells passed through the orphanage and made a plea. The company offered to donate a $1200 water pump that pumps water from the well by the use of solar energy and give it to the orphanage for $430. We began to pray and believe God for the provision. Over the next couple weeks the Lord provided through the pastor and his wife, the orphanage church members, and through us and our generous supporters enough to cover this pump and complete the well. We praise God for this! He is always faithful to provide. God continues to show His faithfulness in this ministry to the children.

Initial digging of well.

 Laying pipes to supply the orphanage.





Men working on the pump.
 

                           Water pumping into tank on the pastors roof that will supply all
                                                         areas of the orphanage.

Smiling faces, happy children, running water!

Praise God!

We thank God for the grace and faith He gave the pastor to step out in this faith work for the safety of the children. It is truly a work of faith working by love. LOVE is the motivation for all that we are doing for these children. The pastor and his wife love these children dearly and have committed their lives to the Lord and to care for these orphans who are precious to the Lord. We support them with our prayers and our love and the provision that the Lord flows through us to them. It is a faith work for all of us. Many of you have given sacrificially to help these children, and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We want you to know that your love and seeds of support have changed their lives forever. Every dollar you sow is a seed into their future and into their God given purpose to unfold in their lives.
We all have SO much to be thankful for, and we are blessed to be a blessing. Know that you are fulfilling your purpose and call as you obey the Lord in your giving. It has eternal rewards. This is a Kingdom work and we are advancing the Kingdom together as we serve these children. They are  generation of world changers!
God bless you!            

                 The children planting blue gum trees for future firewood for the orphanage.
                                              Smiling faces as they work together.

                  The children enjoying a treat and drink together......precious in His sight.

Love gifts and donations can be made at:

https://gofund.me/196ebfb3a