May 28, 2021

Greetings Brethren,

In Proverbs 21:13 we are told: “Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.” And in Psalm 41:1 it says: “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.” We know from the many end time prophesies that trouble is ahead for the inhabitants of the earth. But thanks to your compassionate hearts and the assistance you donors have given to our poor impoverished Brethren, our Lord will deliver each and every one of you from the coming trouble.

Let me start today by updating you on Nehemiah and Haron. We sent out a prayer request earlier this week because Nehemiah (our eldest orphan at Sengera House) was bitten by a rabies dog as he arrived to school early Monday morning. He neglected to go directly to clinic after being bitten and later that day his leg became swollen and infected by the fatal viral disease. The doctor first informed that he waited too long for treatment, and that he was in danger of dying. BUT our prayers were answered, and he improved dramatically quite quickly. He is now doing well and very thankful for your prayers.

Now Haron (Sengera House administrator) has been suffering from Leukemia, and on Friday was unconscious and bleeding from nose and mouth. His condition also quickly improved after prayers were requested. Haron is not cured of his leukemia, but feeling much better. He sends the following: “I have been suffering from leukemia, and it is so complicated. But after your prayers I came to and began feeling much better. I feel that God will one day heal me totally. Thank you for your prayers. Haron.”

Next I want to share with you some thank you letters from some of the orphans at Sengera House. The first one is from Timothy:

“I want to thank you. I remember when the banana tree fell on me. I woke up in hospital after three day of sleep. Thank you for helping me. And thank you for helping my cousin, buying for him some food he was starve and clothes and a lot of things. I’m appreciating May God bless you and take care of you we are praying for all of you who help us. God is good. My prayer is for him to reward you for caring us like our parent before they died.

Your son Timothy.”

Francis on left – Patrick middle – and Timothy on right.

“Hello Donors! It is another high time that we thank our heavenly Father and you Donors for the gift of life that has been given to us all. My name is Jemimah, I’m sitting here with the other girls from Sengera House. There are nine of us in all living here. Before we came to this orphanage, life was very difficult. At that time we didn’t have good clothes to wear instead we had the clothes which had the holes and tear in one side. Getting food was another miracle since we were managing sometimes to drink strong tea without sugar and even sometimes we were eating only sugarcane for supper, really life was tough until we came to sengera orphanage. We have different stories, but we all were really suffering. In our country orphans are considered worthless, so no one would help us only our church family but they too were very poor and not enough food or clothes. Thank God our church arranged for us to move into Sengera house where our life changed in a good way as we were not expected, we can eat daily, wear nice clothes, assess education well, and even learning the word of God from every Bible study. Donors we really appreciate your good work that you’re conducting here in Kenya by helping us with good Hearts let our Almighty God continue blessing you in every steps thanks very much. Jemimah and the girls.”

Front left is Margaret, Lucy, Naomi, Rebecca. Back left Jemimah, Anita, Mildred, Faith, and Maureen.

 

Widow Ann (caring two orphans) new House built by KHOFH funds.

 

Matara’s new House. Just completed and soon to be painted.

 

Nyatike Group just outside of Rongo

Nyatike is a new group. (Started about one year ago.) They send their thanks to you donors for assisting them with Bibles.

In Kenya in order to legally congregate and not be arrested, you have to register a church name. So we use “Voice in the Wilderness COG.” BUT we use the name only for that purpose. We never try to draw people to our organization. Instead, we do our best to point people to our heavenly Father and His Son. We consider ourselves “Church of God.” We know that God’s church is a Spiritual organization, and Most Importantly we know that the true head of the church is our Lord and Savior who is alive and well, and quite capable of leading us.

Another project we are currently involved in is the building of two toilets. Pictured above is the one for Thomas, Kevin and their five siblings. It should be completed next week.

Pictured below is the one for Benjamin and his family. They were some of our Brethren who were forced off their land back in the Mau Forest Eviction. A number of our Brethren were living in that forest and had to flee for their lives one morning, as soldiers attacked them, forcing them off their land. They fled (with about 30 other brethren and their families) into the forest and tried to shelter under the trees for almost one week before we were able to help them reach the Town of Narok. Two church children died from the elements and were buried there in the woods. (If you scroll back on this update page you can read about it in detail.)

 

Our next project will be to assist this church widow with a new metal roof. As you can see her current roof is quite rotted. She struggles to stay dry when it’s raining.

We have two featured articles this week: One is by Christina Rothwell titled: “Be Ye warmed and Filled.” https://vwcog.org/Be_Ye_Warmed_And_Filled.htm

The other is an open letter to the Brethren in all branches of the church of God.” by: Bonnie Bell. https://vwcog.org/Update_on_open_letter.htm

Below is Sengera House children hard at work in the garden:

Sengera House children hard at work in the garden: