Saturday, August 30, 2014

A Week in Kenya

We visited Kapenguria Prisons seeing both the men and women. We shared our testimonies and encouraged their CR ministry. We visited Kitale Women’s prison and shared our CR stories and encouraged them. We brought some basic necessities for the women which they greatly appreciated and honored us with their singing.

We spoke at a Women’s Conference and laid the foundation for Deliverance Church Kitale to relaunch CR in September. It was a great time of fellowship.

We got to spend awesome time with my 5 God children. They are growing so much and doing great. We took them to visit their grandmother in a village in Western Kenya, a blessed time was had by all. We took them shopping for new shoes and got to ride on a moving sidewalk to the second floor. They were so excited and had many firsts during our visit, including their first hot showers. :-)

Three of my kid’s moms are serving their remaining sentences at Kitale Women’s prison and we were all able to have a great visit together. Nolaga (mother of 2 children) is serving a sentence for manslaughter, went through CR and is now the woman’s pastor at the prison and will be released in 2 years. Rose, the mom of Rosie gets out in 2019 and is going through CR.

We got to spend time with some long time friends while in Kenya too.

We are in Nairobi on our way to Rwanda and excited to see what God has in store for our time there.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Kenya & Rwanda Celebrate Recovery Mission Team Leaves Tomorrow

Isaiah 6:8 “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us? And I said,
‘Here I am. Send me!’”

Jana O’Guin from Preston Trail Community Church in Frisco, TX & Cyndi Crawford from The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson, TX will depart August 20 for Kenya and Rwanda and will return September 5. We will visit Celebrate Recovery ministries in churches and prisons in the Rift Valley, along with friends and our 5 beautiful Kenyan children. We will fly to Rwanda where we will visit & encourage existing CR ministries in Muhanga District and Karongi District and churches in Kigali that are just beginning Celebrate Recovery. Check back later to read about the trip and for prayer requests as they come up.

Wednesday, August 20 – Depart DFW midafternoon on a non-stop flight to Amsterdam. After a 3 hour layover, take an 8-hour flight to Nairobi, arriving the evening of the 21st.

Friday, August 22 – Meet with prison headquarters in Nairobi to about of CR ministries in the Kenya prisons.

Saturday, August 23 – Fly to Kitale.

Sunday- Friday, August 24 - 29 –Visit CR ministries in the Rift Valley and take our 5 children to visit their mothers who remain in prison there.

Saturday, August 30 – Fly from Kitale to Nairobi, then Nairobi to Kigali, Rwanda.

Sunday - Thursday, August 31 – September 4 – Visit existing CR groups and those just beginning to encourage them to the “next steps” to having strong CR ministries.

Thursday - Friday, September 4 & 5 – Depart Kigali in the afternoon for Nairobi, after a brief layover then on to Amsterdam, arriving in the early morning. After a 5 hour layover, take a non-stop flight on to DFW arriving home around noon on Friday.