On May 10, 2010, eight members of the Lifepoint Church at Incline Village and Minden, Nevada, embark on a 2 week mission trip to the Makuru Kwa Njenga slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Our mission is to work with our sister church, the Tumaini City Mission and the school on the church grounds, the Mwangaza Academy. We will work alongside our brothers and sisters to improve the restroom facilities, paint the inside of the church, plant a living fence around the property, and spread a covering of quarry gravel on the grounds to eliminate the ever present mud that makes walking nearly impossible from one building to another during rainy season.
Additionally, Pastor Craig Fuller, from the Incline Campus will be teaching John Maxwell's leadership principles to more than 200 pastors and lay leaders from central Kenya. This is Pastor Craig's third time teaching in Nairobi. His classes are much anticipated and provide greatly needed leadership skills to so many.
We will also work closely with the staff of the Mwangaza Academy in the classrooms. We have initiated a sponsorship program that helps educate over 300 children from the surrounding slum. Lifepoint congregations, through individual sponsorships, help provide better teacher salaries, 2 healthy meals per day for the students and staff, medical attention, books, and supplies. Our aim is to broaden their horizons by providing a solid God based curriculum. Education is the only true way out of the slum.
We will post pictures and thoughts as we travel the path that God will lead us down.
Blessings
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ReplyDeleteWe will keep you guys and your work in our prayers. Hope that you will be able to accomplish all that the Lord has desired for your team and the community. "For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints."~ Hebrews 6:10
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Mike
Love you guys, praying for you guys. Can wait to see the updates.
ReplyDeleteGary and Diane Pepka
Know you're en-route John, but we're praying from this side and also looking forward to Skyping you back for the weekend services. we need specific times for the connection when possible. The plan is to capture Saturday night on video and send it up to the LifePoint Incline family with Pastor Roy for their Sunday morning service...
ReplyDeleteYou guys are definitely in our prayers. Looking forward to hearing all about it, both through your updates as well as when you get back. God bless.
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