Now what?

This past weekend we sent Nice View Academy/Orphanage, Mercy Child Foundation and Eldama Ravine Children's Village funds to pay for food, school fees, back salaries and building a chicken coop (among a couple of other items). Doing so prevented us from purchasing our return tickets back to Kenya. We agonized and prayed over this, but in the end it was no decision...the kids must eat...our tickets to be back on-site have to wait.

I say this not as a guilt trip but as a way of letting you know what is happening. Our hearts are always in Kenya because God has called us there and we (Chuck and I) would love to be there 11 months out of the year but funding and fundraising are always issues.

Building a foundation for Saved By God's Grace is part of having us be the hands and feet of Jesus in Kenya while also providing for the children's basic needs. We trust God to always be faithful and provide but we also know we are directed to tell others about this ministry and He will move hearts and bring providence through those whose hearts He touches. We look for His providence through you so we can carry His love to the kids in Kenya.

As the Apostle James says:

"Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? For instance, you come upon an old friend dressed in rags and half-starved and say, "Good morning, friend! Be clothed in Christ! Be filled with the Holy Spirit!" and walk off without providing so much as a coat or a cup of soup—where does that get you? Isn't it obvious that God-talk without God-acts is outrageous nonsense?" (James 2:14-17 The Message)

Please consider what you can do to help the least of our brothers and sisters and their children.