Thursday, August 2, 2012

"Start Small" giving YASHA Mission Academy a 'face lift"

A group of young people from the UK came to YASHA to paint our 2 temporary buildings ... This has been a dream of mine as it always used to look like a police station or something ;-)


































Friday, June 1, 2012

Lessons from our hiking trip ... Life is a JOURNEY


Make sure you are equipped for the journey ...

Make sure you follow the right crowd ...

Make sure you don't chase after wind ...
Make sure you play by the rules ...
 
Make sure you take time to smell the flowers ...

Make sure you stay in touch with those you love ...

Make sure your vision is wide enough ...

Make sure you look at life from all angles ...
Make sure you avoid the muddy pools in life ...

Make sure you rest enough ...

Make sure you always strive for higher heights ...
 
Make sure you act like no chicken (be bold and courageous) ...


Make sure you're heading in the right direction ...

Jer 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

YASHA Hope Centre - 6 new boys rescued from the Streets - Wed, 30 MAY 2012


DAY 1 WITH THE NEW BOYS


 Joseph & Martin standing at my car window in town ... begging me to take them to school.
At that moment one is confronted with this thought : 
What potential is locked up in this kid that is standing in front of me. Can the emptiness in their eyes be replaced with hope and dreams of a better tomorrow?

Here they are at our home ... 6 street kids whom the Lord had appointed for a time like this ...

Kemboi cutting his long nails.

Eating a good plate of "ugali and secuma" (maize porridge and kales).

Oscar (appr 7yrs old) has stolen my heart ... He is definitely the most traumatized of them all.

Sharing some wisdom around the table.

The very 1st evening in our home ... We had to burn some of their clothes as they literally had millions of mites on them. Can you imagine a kid on the street getting bitten every day and every night?
Question : What are we going to do about it ...


Saturday, May 19, 2012

Etrisia sharing the Heart Chart with our kids at YASHA

Students gathering together during morning devotions.

Our friend, Etrisia Lilly, sharing the heart chart with our kids. Funny how great children respond to pictures.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Puppets, Puppets, Puppets!!

Maggie came all the way from the States to come and teach the kids from YASHA on HOW to make puppets.

Maggie showing some kids how to put the face on a Hand Puppet

This little Mouse is just too cute!

Lydia cutting out Felt animals.
Maki and Tr Dorothy helping too.


It's just good to 'read' the newspaper before cutting it in strips, or?? :-)
The head has to be just the right shape!

All the kids participated during different times so that ALL students could help in their specific age groups.

How proud they were when a head was finally ready to be painted.


Tuesday, January 31, 2012

YASHA HOPE CENTRE (Street Children Project)

Here Lydia is standing with Michael, Imann & Joseph - 3 kids from the JWHS Home for Street Kids, (Directed by Beverley Gilbert Stone - Expanding Opportunities) together with all their stuff to board at YASHA Mission Academy in Njoro, Kenya.

The kids had to do an ACE Assessment Test - although they are were between the ages of 9-11, they couldn't really read or write properly. We are excited to see how they will develop in YASHA :-)

Monday, December 12, 2011

OUTREACH TO OUR CHURCH IN SUGUTEK - DEC 2011

The 2hour drive to Sugutek was marked with places that were almost impossible to go through.




 Sharing the Word of God is a huge privilege ... These people have so many challenges ... so many obstacles to cross in their daily lives ... so many children to raise (their own as well as those who had lost their parent(s), that the Lord truly become their Refuge and Strength. Seeing their child-like faith has many times been a source of encouragement to us.

This little girl intrigued me ... so beautiful and yet ... those eyes tell a story of it's own.
 Teday, our son!!
 with me in the background :-)

Past Jane ... she's pastoring the church in Kalyet.

Isn't this just beautiful

This is the structure of the new school we are starting in January 2012.
We had to go up, up, up to Past Sammy's house.

We had to take a group picture of those who gathered together for lunch.

Past Sammy and his wife, Anne.

A meal in the forest is always a wonderful experience because the main ingredient is LOVE.