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M I N I S T R Y U P D A T E
August 22, 2008'
Time goes by so fast and it seems as though I do not
get ministry updates out as often as I should. It has been a very busy
month so far with so many changes in the air for the NLGH and Reclaimed
Ministries. Since we started looking at doing more youth oriented events,
the interest has exploded wide open with our area young people. Many ideas
have been offered by the youth such as using the NLGH as a safe
Christian environment to "hang out" after school where they can do
homework, fellowship with peers, receiving counseling, etc. They
definitely want lots of Christian youth concerts, over night "lock ins"
and just plain fellowship nights. As it stands right now we are doing one
youth concert per month and one Sunday evening each month where the youth
do their own style of praise and worship. It is exciting to see our young
people taking charge of their own spiritual growth and having such a
strong desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with kids their own age.
We shall see where God takes this all!
Our ministry in Kenya Africa is going strong with many new
things on the horizon. We finally got the rest of
the 2.7 acres of land paid for in full! This amount of land is required by
Kenya law in order for us to legally run and orphanage and school. Praise
the Lord!! A huge thank you to ALL donors who helped make this
possible! Kenya law is kind of strange, as it can change sometimes with
who you talk to, and also with who even gets "paid off". There is so much
corruption in Kenya that it can become very frustrating at times knowing
just what is truth and what is based on the corruption of some of the
government leaders. The next project now will be to diligently work on
raising enough money to start building and completing all of the housing
units. Five in total is the goal right now. This will supply safe and
clean housing for around 240 of the children. Right now many of the orphan
children are being farmed out to "foster care" housing which basically
consists of a mattress (of sorts) on a dung floor and one meal a
day. It is not a very good situation and is causing a lot of sickness
right now, such as malaria because of the rainy season that is upon them.
Because we focused so much on paying for the land, we were forced to scale
back on the feeding program for the children. We desperately want to start
implementing it back up as soon as funds will allow. Also, since the
December 07' election uprising food has been at a shortage and many of the
children are now malnourished and sick. This is something that we want to
start focusing on as a priority over the next few months. It is a big job
caring for this many children and seems almost impossible at time. But
with God .. all things are possible!
Claudia and I, plus Nate Cooper from Campbell, NY will be
heading back to Kenya October 15th through November 3rd. Our tickets are
bought, but we still need to raise money to fly from Nairobi to our final
destination in the Kitale area (about $275.00 usd each round trip)
and also other travel and food cost while there. We are very excited about
the freedom to show the Jesus Film this time because of the peace that has
been restored in Kenya. Our goal is to show it to 10,000 people throughout
the interior regions of the Great Rift Valley. We would also like to
travel to Lodwar which is almost to the Ethiopian border and show the film
to the Turkana tribe. You can type them in your web browser to read and
see pictures of this tribe. I am told that they can be a wild bunch and we
will need to bring rice with us as kind of a peace offering. We have
wanted to travel there the last two time we have been to Kenya but
finances or safety has prevented it. We will need around $1,000.00 usd in
order to make the trip. Once again ..God is able!!
I was just informed yesterday that the generator that we
have been using has died. We have been trying desperately to keep it alive
but it has finally taken it's last breath. This presents another challenge
for us. We need a generator in order to show the Jesus Film and do other
ministry work while there. In around 90 % of the areas that we will be
ministering in there is no electricity at all. In the areas that do have
electric, it is sporadic at best. Please pray!!
Back here in the good ol' USA .. Claudia and I are planning
to start doing more evangelism work throughout NY, CT, RI, Pa, and
further down the eastern sea board as God opens doors. We have kind of
backed off doing concerts, church services and speaking engagements over
the past year because of other ministry things that have seemed to take
precedence. If your church or someone you know would like us to come and
minister we would love to do so. Claudia is also booking ladies events
such as workshops, mother daughter banquet, conferences, etc. We would
also like to speak to churches about implementing us into their mission's
budget. We would love to come to your church and show a presentation and
speak. If you would like a copy of our new mission video, it can be
obtained through our web site or by calling the office. It is truly
powerful!!!
Well, that's the news as I am able to report at this time.
Please keep us in prayer. Prayer is the single most powerful tool and way
that you can be a part of this ministry. If each of you will commit to
praying once every day for our ministry efforts, God will open doors of
finances and opportunities to spread the gospel like never before. If you
chose, and are able to help financially, you can send your tax deductible
gift to the address on the top of this news letter or you can give via
Paypal on our web site. Please be aware that if you chose to give using
Paypal that they take out their commission from each amount given before
we see it.
Thank you all for all that you continue to do and your
commitment to us and this ministry over that past 11 years. We love you
all very much!
God bless!
Ron & Claudia
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