Pot luck In Joska .... we'll bring the goats

Wow what an incredible few days we have had. Due to some power surges we were unable to have uploaded information. So we are excited to update you all on what God has been doing. On Tuesday we finished phase one of the Joska water project and God began to work in a way none of us expected. We finished early and while sitting down for lunch we began to brain storm and what else we can do. Well we came up with the idea of fixing the beds at the Boys home. Well as we toured and inspected we found the bunks to be destroyed or non existent. So as a group we collected an offering and we were able to purchase 20 beds and fix the remaining beds at CCRC. We then came up with the idea of throwing a party for the community and so we had Wallace, the head of Joska’s city council, invite the community out. We then went and bought three goats and a ton of rice. This morning Frank Paul Jamie and Ed left for CCRC and hour early where we along with our friends from Joska butchered three goats and we began to repair for a party at CCRC. At about 1:00 about 100 community folks joined us as well as a few of the council members and we hosted a party for the community. We served them and it was incredible. People began to share with one another and we really connected with the community. After dinner all of the people joined us in digging pipe trenches. We made HUGE progress. We finished the beds today as well as we replace a broken oven at ccrc and man it was so cool to see their face light up with joy. We are all doing well and God is moving in mighty ways. Typed words can not express. We miss you all! GOD IS good.
Jamie

sunday

Hey all! what a day we had today. We spread out into groups of 4 and participated in 6 different church services. each service had a unique blend and was a blessing to be at. Paul, joe, don, and jeff all had a portion of the service to share their tesimony. The Kenyans loved to hear from us and the were blessed. we had an amazing 6 hour day of church we had sevice and then participated in a family meeting that consisted of all of the churches and folks from the communitty. they served us all a meal and we had a race right after dinner,........we lost lol Kenyans can run. God is doing some very cool things here and we appreciate your prayers. we Love you all

Day 1 Experience in Kenya

Hey all! I'm completely excited to have the opportunity to connect with you while I'm in Kenya! Today has been an absolute God day and I will forever be changed. It's only been one day!! God has blessed these children at CCRC and continues to do so. I pray that our group connected with you at home joined into one body through Christ will be able to leave an impact. I know this is so short, but my heart is full of lots--I'll share more when I get back to the States. I love you. I miss you. And Happy Birthday my favoritest sister ever! Holls Alysa and whinee Don and Robert

Hi Everyone! A note from me to you while I'm in Kenya. The country is beautiful and the people are amazing. Today we visited the school in Joska supported by 410 Bridge. The students sang and did a traditional African dance for us. We are digging a ditch for the water pipe and they helped us dig--they sang praise songs for us while we dug. Some of them have beautiful voices. Mercy, from 410 Bridge, is our guide and she is able to answer our questions and help us understand the culture better. Everyone on the team has such an amazing camraderie; it must be our shared love to serve in His name.

Beth G.

greetings from Kenya

well, we have all arrived safe! Kenya is a warm 70 right now and we are preparing to head to joska for our first visit! From the team... we love you all and thanks for your prayers. check back later this afternoon for some pics from joska

Welcome

Welcome to Grace In Kenya on august 28th We will be sending out our first missions team to Joska! Check back during the ten days following, to see pictures and testimonies of our trip.