| Greetings Brethren,
I hope all is well with you, as we patiently await the return of our Lord and Savior. We here at Sengera House are doing okay. School has closed for the Month of August (the second term has ended.) below you will find some of the children’s report cards. They will now have a much needed break from the very busy schedule and routine of getting up at 5:30 and preparing to be in class by 7am (even earlier for the two boys in High School.) We have much to report on today, because there is much transpiring here in Kenya. This past Sabbath (8/4/2018) We traveled to the Massai border to visit the church group there. They greeted us with a very warm welcome. Services lasted about three hours including songs by the children’s choir. Afterwards we all shared a bowl of rice and a cup of tea. This group has been suffering a lot. You may recall they had no access to water, and we funded the digging of a well. The brethren have been drawing water form that well and are so appreciative of the help you have given them. In the past, they had to walk a total of three kilometers to fetch and carry back every drop of water needed to wash they’re clothes, cook they’re food, bathe etc. etc. what a blessing to have access to water nearby. We are now hoping to assist them with another project. They are congregating on Sabbath under some trees for shade. This is the last group that I know of who is still in need of a meeting hall where they can meet every Sabbath rain or shine, and be protected from the elements.
Also want to update you on Margaret, the young Ogembo Widow. She is the one you donors funded the building of a Mud house for. (Previously, after her husband died, Margaret and her four children were forced to live on the street for a while.) These 3rd world countries are rough places to live. Many of our brethren are often in survival mode. They are all peasant farmers, struggling to grow food to eat, struggling to find water to drink. Often times struggling from the time they wake in the morning to the time they go to sleep at night. O they survive, our Heavenly Father provides for them. But the poor are poor. Rich in faith? Yes, but they spend most of their lives suffering. They’re the ones our Lord says we will always have among us. And they’re the ones you donors have been assisting, as you practice that “pure” religion of James 1:27. I hope you brethren who have been donating know that you have eased they’re pain significantly. Even for this Ogembo widow, the house project was a big success. Her and her family are very thankful to all of you. But her house is now in need of plastering. We weren’t able to plaster during the time of construction, and it was okay to wait a while. But the mud has now completely dried, leaving some open gaps In the walls and allowing the cold night air to penetrate the inside. So we have moved that project to the top of the list. We have also begun a fundraiser on “go fund me” to try and raise funds to teach the children how to sew. We have already purchased the two sewing machines needed, but need to hire a sewing teacher to instruct therm. I want to mention a scripture here, it’s found in Galatians 6:9 “let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” And in verse 10: “As we therefore have opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” These brethren whom you donors have been helping are of the household of faith. And I want you to know that they appreciate your help very very much. I know I have been slow in sending out donation receipts, and hope to get them out soon as I return to the States. But please realize that your donations are going to a very worthy cause, and we are doing our best to try and be good stewards with the funds. We have also been trying to make others aware of the needs here because so many of our brethren here are suffering.
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