West La Kairos team visits Turkana Kenya

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It was a great joy having a team from West Los Angeles visiting Turkana between 10th and 17th August. We had fun and we were able to be a blessing for one another. The team was led by Andrew Bleyer.
- The team were able to distribute some foodstuffs to Kangkukus village in the desert, one one of the villages that was hardly hit by the drought.
- the team was able to distribute some foodstuffs to the orphans in the village of Soweto in Lodwar.
-We had also time to visit Lake Turkana which is situated 70 Kms north of Lodwar town.


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Turkana Kairos Partnership

I would like to thank God for our Turkana Kairos Partnership. Since last year 2008 when I visited USA, I met with JR Woodward of the Kairos Hollywood neirgbourhood. So far I have been in touch with the Kairos churches. Right now Turkana district is experiencing a hard time brought in by the peristent long drought that has hit the district since last year. The whole of North Eastern and North Western part of the Country is hit.

Last week, The church bought some food stuffs for the orphans in the Soweto village. we bought maize flour,cooking oil, washing soap and some dried food. We still appeal for more food for the Vulnerable children in Turkana.

Christian Organisation Donates food stuffs

This week has been relief in some areas of Turkana community. Some christian organisations bought corn and beans for the elderly and children inlcuding the sick in the comminuty. Glory be to God. We still need some more food stuffs for the most affected and hit areas by drought.

Distributing Humanitariane Aid

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Today has been an hectic day for me and my wife Agnes in Light blue dress. After Sunday Service I met a group of women in the Soweto Village where I am pastoring a church. I was able to meet 25 women under a group called “ ATUKOR SELF HELP GROUP” These group was formed after realizing they were having common problems of starvation, and some of them are hailing from the HIV/AIDS.
I came to know about these ladies through one lady by the name Leah Ewesit in Red/brown dress who is their chair lady and a member of my church. Some of them do not go to church, others are catholics, others are baptists and others have loosed hope of living.
Some of this ladies stay with orphans whose parents have died due to hunger and HIV/AIDS.
I went and requested some food stuffs from local international organization here in Lodwar and they gave some dehydrated food stuff Imported from USA and I and my wife also bought some cooking oil and a couple of maize flour on top to distribute to this villagers languishing in trouble.
We were able to feed a total of about 100 people. About 30 adults and 70 children in small area of the Soweto Village in Lodwar town.
I therefore continue asking you to pray with us and let us trust God together for God`s providence towards this dire need of starvation.
After Sunday service, I do visit some of them who are very weak and wasted and encourage them from the word of God.
The trouble here in Turkana has been coupled by the rain which has taken long to come. Wes till trust God for the rain.

Hunger in Turkana, Kenya

A couple of months have passed with no signs of rain in Turkana and several parts of the Country. Life has become hard. The kids are getting hard time attending schools due to lack of food at school. The livestock have no grass and no water for the animals and for the people to quench thirst. Children in the interior have resorted to stay at home until there is porridge in school.
The Unembraced Ministry here in lodwar through the IPHC church in Soweto village in Lodwar town is preparing some meals for the day care centers so that the kids can have a fill for the night. for more information about the Unembraced ministry and what we are doing in Turkana, the norhtwest part Kenya you can visit http://www.unembraced.org/ or http://www.jrwoodward.net/ We need your prayers and financial support towards this need.
We need to support the christian families who are staying with orphans and also to support the families that can not get enough to feed on.

Drought

Hi!
This is just to inform you all that for a couple of months we have not experienced any sign of rain. Infact last week we experienced dry wind through out the week. We need your prayers towards Turkana Land at this particular period. The kids used get a meal in school for lunch but as from today the teachers have put down their teaching tools due to low pay and remuneration. This means that, all the kids in public schools all over the country never went to school. This is already doom for those who are in boarding schools and who does not have their parents or relatives arround who can take can take care of their immediate needs.
The president of kenya has also declared the country is hit by hunger menace. We therefore call friends, body of christ all ove the world to uphold Kenya in their prayers and also for financial support through the church so as to purchase food stuff and medical supplies.
For any financial support you can contact www.unembraced.org
You can also visit jr.woodward.net