The Most Incredible Things are Happening Here
We are so privileged and humbled to witness all that God is doing in and through He is the Remedy. He is raising up leaders, evangelists, and lovers of Jesus. Our hope is that you will take the time to really look into the faces captured in these pictures and get a feel of the impact your prayers and financial support are making. Like everyone we have good days and bad days. Victories are celebrated and losses are mourned. We miss family and loved ones in the US and embrace and deeply love our Kenya family. God has been faithful. We live in His provision for today and trust that tomorrows provision will come. We are learning to trust more and worry less. Relationships are valued above all else. Discipleship making is key to Kingdom growth. Forgiveness is a command, and peace is a promise. Enjoy this update! With love and gratitude, Russ and Maria and the He is the Remedy team.
Farming is a BIG part of our ministry on many levels. It creates jobs, provides food for our own ministry, sales that can be reinvested, and food stored up for outreach.
Picture #1 is our 11 acres of maize, (on leased land), #2 and 3 is our our beans, sweet potatoes, and bananas on our farms. This is the first year our bananas are producing fruit:. Picture #4 is a section of the farm that we are implementing the "Farming Gods Way" system. Two of the techniques are not plowing the land and using a deep mulch called God's blanket to retain water and protect from heat.
This year we set aside one full acre for the guys who work on the farms. They formed their own committee and are learning how to run their own project. They are free to plant what they want and harvest and use as they wish. We are excited to see them take ownership and step into more personal responsibility and leadership roles.
Culturally and for many reasons, getting married can be a challenging and costly endeavor. Unfortunately if the groom cannot afford to pay the dowry the couple often ends up living together for years even having children but not entering into a covenant marriage. We were so proud of Victor, (our office admin.), who wanted to honor God and Judith by entering into a covenant and legal marriage. Even though he could not afford the dowry at this time, he had the courage to speak to his future in-laws and explain to them why it was important to him to marry their daughter and not simply move in together. He vowed to pay the dowry as he could afford and the family so touched by his honesty and good intentions for their daughter agreed. We were blessed to stand in as "parents" at their ceremony in the Magistrates office. We hope to see more of this shift to real covenant marriages while honoring the culture and families involved. It was a blessed day for sure.
We had an AMAZING visit from our Water of Life family. Although we only had one day with them, their presence was like a burst of oxygen into our lungs. They participated in a home welfare check, visited one of our farms, greeted the farmers and then spent the day at kids camp serving with our BLAST team. We had an opportunity in the evening to share a meal, sing, worship and pray together. We hope next time the WOL team will stay with us for a longer time. We LOVED having them.
MEET OUR BLAST EVANGELICAL TEAM!
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Our BLAST team hosted three separate week long kids camps during school break. More than 600 kids attended with more than 100 decisions for Christ or re-commitments. Our BLAST team have a gift for sharing the gospel with youth. These kids are going home and sharing their encounter with Jesus with their families. God is using these children in some cases to show their own parents the way to Jesus.
Meet miss Hazel Elena Avinaiywa, my sweet little namesake.
Making disciples. This is our mission!
ON TARGET!
Three of our 11 homes in 11 months have been completed in three months. This project has literally been life changing for the recipients. Thank you to our generous donors. We have funding for a several more homes but haven't yet reached our goal of 11. Even though costs for materials is increasing in Kenya, you can still build a two room home with glass windows and concrete floors for about 1000.00.
Loving on our team through teachings, support and encouragement. Loving on our neighbors by showing up in times of need, and loving on our growing He is the Remedy family. Celebrating the first place position and working hard to maintain it. We are so incredibly blessed to be used by God in these ways. DISCIPLESHIP is our core value, focus and endeavor. Please consider partnering with us so that we can continue the work, expand our boarders and grow the Kingdom of God.
PRAYER POINTS
Please pray for good health for us and our ministry team. Water brings mosquitos and mosquitos carry malaria.
Pray for continued financial support. As the ministry grows so does our monthly budgets.
Pray for the country of Kenya. The death toll is rising as the flood waters continue to devastate villages and communities.
Visitors! We would love to host visitors and teams. There is more than enough work to share.
Pray that God will extend our tent pegs. We are praying for people who are willing to share the work and service of He is the Remedy with others. Churches, groups, organizations.
Pray for our scholars. Pray for a successful education and high exam marks and opportunities for employment post graduation.
Will you partner with us financially...
Donate by check: He is the Remedy 8780 19th St. #453 Alta Loma, Ca. 91701 (directly to our ministry).
Donate by check: Water of Life Community Church 14418 Miller Ave. Suite K, Fontana, Ca. 92336. Please include BAKER MISSIONAIRIES in memo section.
Donate online via WOL by following this link.
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