Greetings Brethren,
Happy Sabbath, hope all of you are well?
Your Kenyan brethren want to thank you again for all the help you have given them. They were so happy and appreciative for being able to attend the Feast of Tabernacles. It was also wonderful that we were able to send them home with little extra funds which they used to purchase ingredients to make some solid food like chapatti bread, and beans.
You donors are a wonderful help to our impoverished brethren. Even this past week a few donations came in and we forwarded to the remote orphans and widows funds to buy soap for washing clothes, and washing themselves. (They also bought some much needed clothes.) But now they are back to struggling to survive from starvation.
Daniel and his children in front of their house.
Two of the children are Daniel’s (he had four children, but two died from starvation along with his wife.) The other two are orphans of Agnes, the young church widow from the Itongo congregation who also died from starvation over one year ago. Daniel was quick to take them in after their Mother died. Thanks to your support, none of our brethren have died of starvation in over seven Months now, although they have been surviving mostly on porridge.
You donors have been helping so many of our widows, orphans, and impoverished brethren. Pictured below is Francis, he lives with his widowed Grandmother. This past week your donations purchased him a mattress and a plastic container to catch some rain water off of his roof. Catching some rain water is a big blessing because the only other source of water is what he fetches from a river which is a ½ hour walk each way. He carries the water home in a 20 leader plastic container.
We also thank you for your prayers. Last Friday after returning home from school, Francis was busy collecting some fire wood, and water from the river in preparation for Sabbath. Then he hurried to the village shop to purchase some small kerosene for their lamp just before sunset (They have no electricity.) On his way home he was robbed, hit in the neck with a wooden club. They stole his kerosene, but thankfully he is healing up okay. These 3rd world countries are very dangerous, so Please continue to pray for our brethren, for their safety and protection.
We also thank the “Church of God Sabbath Day” located in North Carolina for funding the building of a toilet for the Getionko congregation. The digging started earlier this week, and the construction will be completed very soon. That group of about 25 members will be so happy to have a toilet. We here in the USA take soooo much for granted.
And as you probably know, we try our best to send all the struggling groups some little funds each week to prepare a Sabbath meal for our brethren to partake of together. For most, it is the best meal they eat all week. So Please don’t get weary in well doing. I don’t thank you donors enough, but the funds you send continue to make a big impact on our poor brethren. (Many in the surrounding villages are still dying from starvation.) (Galatians 6:9-10)
The digging is a two man operation.
One man at the top pulling up the dirt.
The other man at the bottom digging and filling up the bucket.
Nehemiah also plans to resume: “Nehemiah’s Daily Bread” as he continues to visit the remote orphan children, bringing them a hot meal, and a study from the Scriptures. This ministry of his is wonderful, the children get so excited when he arrives.
Manley is also doing very well at University. He was rewarded by the school with a table and chair for studying, due to his good performance and high grades. He also sends his heartfelt thanks to those supporting him.
Manley at his table & chair for studying.
Thomas busy teaching his siblings how to sew.
Your support for these orphans and widows continues to accomplish much. Pictured below is Matara, Kemunto and Brian (Wako) sitting in front of their Grain Borer, used to store maize when they get a harvest.
Matara and two of the orphans he cares for.
So Brethren, we thank you from the bottom of our heart for continuing to support our widows, orphans, and impoverished brethren. All the funds you send help them so much. Even now we are looking funds to send food for this week’s Sabbath meal to those who have been suffering and are hungry.
May our Almighty Father bless each and every one of you!
Bill Goff
Web site: www.khofh.org
E-mail: goffb50@aol.com
Phone: +1-843-447-0140