Ladies Singing at monthly Study in Kaile

Yusta and Clement

This is Yusta we learned of her in December from a support group leader. She is 3 and her mother died a few months ago. Her father is not interested in taking care of her. She is HIV positive and needs good nutrition and anti viral drugs which the government will provide. We have taken her and her brother to an orphanage that is able to handle this situation and she is doing much better.

Yusta and Clement

This is a picture of Yusta about 3 weeks after taking her to the orphanage and you can see she
is gaining a bit of weight and behind her is Clement. He too is doing well. We hope someday
they will be placed back with family that will miss them and want them. They now are safe and well cared for in this place.

Steven going back to school after the holidays at Amani Orphanage. He is always glad to see us because he thinks it means a ride in the car. Steven is doing well. He still tears his clothes so John got permission for him not to have a uniform for awhile until they can get that stopped. He seems happy at the boarding school and they continue to try to find out more about his family and maybe someday he will be reunited with someone from his home. We will continue to support him as long as we need to do so.

Manyatta Support Group

Wednesday mornings at 10 we meet with these ladies under a tree and teach the word of God. This a diverse group of ladies that we started in a house and now we are outdoors so new faces join us each week. The children gather for a story while the ladies are spreading the word that we have arrived. This week we gave the ladies the opportunity to do a Bible Study and bring it back next week and we will present them with a new Bible. Twelve ladies paid 10 shillings for the booklet and are looking forward to their new Bible. We have committed to put the word of God in as many hands as the budget allows and teach them how to read and understand it. Pray for this area of our ministry. We have found a place here in Kisumu to purchase these Bibles in various languages for very reasonable prices. Many people say they are believers in Jesus and yet they do not have a Bible to learn how to live for Jesus.

This Rose a widow and mother of 9 children. She is 35 and sells charcoal to support her family in Dunga Beach. This picture was taken in her one room house. She is wanting sponsors to help send her children to school. We met Rose the first time we went to Dunga in July.

Dunga Beach on Lake Victoria

The Ladies at Dunga Beach gathering for Bible teaching time before they begin their days work at cleaning and selling fish. The Lady in charge has given us permission to come early while they are waiting for the fishermen and we can teach. These ladies look for us each Friday morning and if for some reason we have to miss. They let us know they noticed we were not there.

Usually we get several opportunities to teach on Friday mornings here. John will go off and find men sitting around and I will go to the ladies. In the orange shirt is Helen a community health worker at the Ring Road VCT and she translates for me. She is very expressive and good at sharing the Word to the Ladies. She also knows the right way to ask for permission everywhere we go.

Ring Road Day School

Ring Road School Children lining up for Food Sacks to take home for Christmas

December at Ring Road

George and Jared getting prepared to give out food sacks for Christmas

Christmas Wishes

Merry Christmas


As we approach Christmas I am thinking about the chaos of Christmas,,,,(you might call me Eb or you might call me Scrooge) but here comes the chaos anyway,,,,,the debt we get into,,, the over eating,,,,the over drinking,,,, the presents we give and receive that do not glorify God,,,,,, the stress that it creates,,,,,,the thought that we just want Christmas to be over with,,,,,, if this is our focus our attention at Christmas then we are worshipping idols and we have a jealous God. Matt 4:10 Chaos doesn’t come from God but from Satan and at this time of year Satan is rubbing his hands with glee as we are distracted from the true purpose of Christmas,,,,,worshipping God

Here in Kenya there are people who are too poor to get into further debt but there are many who will sell a cow, a goat a chicken to pay for Christmas,

This is the worst time to sell a cow and you will receive only half of its value after you have taken care of it for maybe one or two years, at this point you enter into debt,,,,,, then you buys food and presents that have an inflated price and you go deeper into debt.

After Christmas ,,,the food is gone and you are left with a present that you don’t really want or need ,,,,,you realize that you have school fees to find for the new year,,,,,so if you have a cow or a goat or a chicken you go to the market and sell them once again for less than half its value and you slide even further into debt and chaos,,,,,,God doesn’t want this for us he wants us to have peace and order that only comes from him 2Chron 14:1-7

How true this is for people all over the world.

We listened to a teaching recently about the traditions of Christmas as opposed to the purpose of Christmas and picked up this little snippet.

Instead of a Christmas tree place a rock in your home this year,,,,,in the Bible there is no mention of a Christmas tree but listen to what it says about a rock (stone)



“And on this rock I will build my church” matt 16;18



“see I lay in Zion a stone (Jesus) that causes men to stumble and a rock(Jesus) that makes them fall and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame”,,,,,,,,”Rom 9:33



“The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone” Luke20:17,,,,,,,,and there are more

So when people come into your home and say what a lovely tree you have ,,,,,there’s nothing more to say,,,,,,,,but when people come into your home and say,,,,why the rock????,,,,you have a wonderful opportunity to tell about Jesus and what he means to you ,

People won’t remember your tree but they will remember your rock

Merry Christmas