Its been a while since I last wrote on this page.
Well this year my focus will be mainly on missions and ministry reporting.
Hope you find this march ministry report worthwhile reading through.
ROHI GIRLS :4th-6thMarch
The month of March started with a bang as it brought with it many opportunities for ministry. This first weekend was for a weekend challenge at Rohi girls’ school. A weekend challenge as it’s known in Kenya is a weekend dedicated for ministry among high schools, colleges and other institutions. These weekends are full of activities like praise and worship, prayers, small interactive group sessions, games among many other activities. We planned for this mission as Kenya youth for Christ , youth group in which am a volunteer in conjunction with a band called ‘heart of worship’. We ere 10 in number.
We arrived at rohi Girls on a Friday night where we had an explosive session of praise and worship and a sermon to bring out the theme of our weekend which was “oh what a great salvation!” from heb 2:3a”How shall we escape if we neglect such great salvation?” Our passion and prayer was that the young girls would grasp and understand the manner with which Christ has accomplished for us such a great salvation and what it means in their lives.
On Friday night we emphasized on our theme for the weekend as Kevin preached from the book of Luke 15 about the three parables; the parable of the lost sheep, the parable of the lost coin and the story of the prodigal son. The aim was to paint a picture how by such a great salvation we who were lost have now been brought back home. It was important to instill value and dignity to these young souls by understanding that even though you are lost and troubled in the world you never lost value that you still belong to your father.
The Group sessions
On Saturday we spiced up the sessions with a group session where we sought to tackle various issues affecting these teenagers in high school. This is where we engaged in discussions which centered on self significance, self acceptance, relationship and boundaries and sex. These sessions were so instrumental in helping the girls open up about issues of life. we divided the girls into four groups of form one’s up to form four. The groups were further divided into two smaller groups per class for the purpose of making the sessions be more up-close and candid.
Each group had three discussions questions to tackle which were uniform across all the groups. Its in these sessions that we found the need to affirm and instill value and dignity in this generation. A lot of young people are having self esteem issues. They need to be affirmed and encouraged to be the best they can be and the best that God created them to be. We were encouraged by the mature manner in which the young girls maneuvered through relationship related questions and case studies. These were girls who proved to be responsible and we urged them on to be confident and to know that their sexuality is a gift from God and something very priceless.
Praise and Worship Celebration
The group sessions did wonders to open these girls up as it was apparent in the way the praise and worship sessions were explosive ,done with passion and youthly zeal. Saturday night was awesome as the girls showcased their talents in singing and dancing.
The Sermons and Response
The first sermon on Friday By Kevin Gitonga did well to introduce the theme for the weekend challenge .The three parables from the book of Luke 15 brought the theme of salvation in a clear and precise manner. On Saturday night Kevin shakes Tuwei shared about his life and the far that God has brought him. From just a young person after high school in the Lord to being a lecturer in Chuka university. On Sunday Ruth Nekura brought the the theme of salvation from Creation story to redemption. She also spoke about the young ladies from Numbers 27 who refused to back down from the oppression of the culture that was surrounding them.
Sunday afternoon was the climax session with high powered praise nd worship and prayer sessions thanks to heart of worship band which took us through this .
We thank God for the 39 young souls that God brought to himself. We also thank God for many girls who were delivered from their pasts and many whose confidence were restored. All honor and glory goes back to God for such a successful weekend.
MARCH 7TH-19TH :RAKAI UGANDA
Immediately after the Weekend challenge at Rohi girls High school, there was no time to rest for me personally. I Was to join the ‘team operation Power purpose and plenty’ and together we set on a journey to Uganda where were to minister for the following two weeks .
The journey for me started on Monday night 10pm from nakuru. The rest of the team had connected from Nairobi, Kenya’s capital and so we met in Kampala the following morning 8am Where a further 200km journey to South Western Uganda awaited us. After three Hours drive we arrived in Rakai district, tired but ecstatic and fired for what would be two weeks of great ministry.
Our program included ministering in three venues through church conference s , praise and worship extravaganza and movie sessions in the night.
We mqnouvered successfully through the four venues as we ministered the message of life and hope to the community.
What couldn't escape our hearts and minds is the dire level of poverty and orphaned families we saw.
In this particular church in Buyamba ,the pastor singlehandedly cares for 150 orphaned kids in his church and has gone ahead to initiate a school and a feeding program with his limited resources.
I saw firsthand how during the weekend the wooden structure which served as the church Hall being converted into classrooms for pre school kids through to grade three.
If you hail from urban places here in Kenya and more posh and lush neighborhoods of the west am sure these scenes must be equally shocking and encouraging to you.
After we came personally committed to do something to turn around and give this great initiative a great lease of life. I.prepared a small story calling it project rakai as well as creating an online fundraising platform with M-changa to engage my friends and the little connections I have to raise support that will be dedicatee to change the lives of these little ones.
I would love to invite you to join me in raising funds towards these little kids in rakqi south Uganda .
Kindly visit . https://secure.changa.co.ke/myweb/share/6510 and get to see our profile. Incase ur touched to donate all the guidelines and platform to donate are provided in the link.
For more inquiries contact Isaac Remi 0726454527
Kevin Gitonga 0723433352
A big God bless you
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