Kenya, Again?
Posted by Dennis Chitwood Tue, 23 May 2006 10:32:00 GMT
Dear Friends,
We have been praying and seeking God’s direction about returning to Africa. We believe that we are to return to Kenya to teach the catechists in Nairobi with Renewal Ministries. We have also been asked by Fr. Simon Njorge to teach at his parish and twenty outposts coinciding with our visit to Nairobi.
Genesis Ministry has also adopted a woman, Yvonne Ndamu who is working on her law degree. Her mother, Tecla was our interpreter during our trip to Mombasa, Kenya last December. Polygamy is not an unusual situation in Kenya. In the past most men had more than one wife. In order to follow the teaching of the Church, Tecla told her husband that he had to chose one wife and no longer have two wives and two families. Tecla’s husband chose to leave Tecla and her children. In Kenya women work very hard but receive very little for their effort.
Tecla’s daughter, Yvonne is a first year law student attending Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi, who plans, with her education, to assist the homeless and abandoned children. Tecla has made a very heartfelt plea to our ministry to support her daughter in completing her law degree. The annual tuition of $1,715.00 is beyond the family’s means.
We will visit the Eastlands Youth Project, which is an after-school and vacation program targeting about 20, 12-14 years old boys of the slums in Nairobi. The brightest are taken through a program tutoring them in academics and economics showing them how to market a small business. They are also instructed in good physical training and hygiene and good morality. During our last visit we inquired about the young women and at that time there was no program for them. We encouraged them to consider starting a similar project for the young women. We are in contact with those in Kenya about the status of the women’s program and as of this writing nothing has moved forward. With your help and our presence we hope to get this initiative going. We could get it going with $5,000 for the first year.
We are seeking funding to enter into the mission fields of Kenya. All donations will go toward our travel expenses, to help Yvonne with her education and the Eastlands Youth Project.
Please pray for the success of this mission trip and if you can assist please make your tax-deductible donation to Genesis Ministry for Kenya Mission.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration.
Deacon Dennis & Elizabeth Chitwood
