HungryForLifeInternational

Greetings from Kenya! It is hard to believe that just over 2 weeks ago we embarked on an adventure that has changed our lives forever! Today was our last day in Boro with our newly made partners, it was a hard day of saying good bye to people we have grown to know and love.

The women's group from Hillside Community Church purchased 50 plastic chairs, two large cooking pots and 120 plates for a rental business to help the women of Boro church to make extra income. Also donated were two bikes for two of the pastors who have been with us these last two weeks, clothing, shoes, feminine hygiene products, tarps Lou bibles and of course a soccer ball. The gifts were warmly received.


We are happy to report that God granted our team amazing progress on the school room we are adding to the Kochieng primary school. All the walls are up, the roof is on and all that remains is the windows, doors and finishing of the walls. More importantly our goals of making contacts, building relationships and making an impact on the lives of the community were also met.

The remaining items include finishing the brick walls, installing the doors, and hanging the chalk board up inside the classroom.

2 of the team members had the opportunity to visit "common grounds" which educate the poor in farming methods that grow 2 to 6 times more food per unit while using a fraction of farm inputs. This has given the team idea's for future development projects.

This is a photo of the team attending the Church service in Boro

The team remains healthy and diligent in their use of the bounce sheets to keep the mosquito's away. Thanks for praying for them!

Jackie

- HFL Team Leader -

Here is a quick update as per a phone conversation with the HFL team leader, Jackie.

The team is doing really well and have gotten off to a quick start. Everyone's health is doing well as the team is going through the bounce sheets very quickly in order to keep the mosquitos away.

Monday: The team had the chance to go to see the orphans is Siaya, which Jackie says was an emotional eye-opening day for them. They had a chance to visit with the children and give a stuffed toy away.

Tuesday & Wednesday: Beginning of the work project (school) as team spent the day laying bricks.

Thursday: Spent the day preparing the forms and rebar for school classroom.

(partially finished gov't school room) (Not the school room the team is working on)

The contractor responsible for the gov't school room had only completed half of the building but since the arrival of the team and seeing the work they are doing on their own school room has prompted him to complete it.

I asked Jackie about any instances of God helping the team on the trip. She said the team was praying that when they checked into the domestic flight in Nairobi that they would not be charged for all the extra baggage they had. The team was able to get all of their oversized luggage on the plane without being charged, which was a big lift to the team to see God's provision.


HFL Staff