The Sudanese Group: Christmas 2008

Here are Pastor John's Sudanese children just after their Christmas meal this past December. About 90 children came from Sudan to Kenya to live and go to school. Since their are so many children, it is a major endeavor to send them all to school. Each quarter the cost is about $2200. Three quarters per year = $6600. That is a lot of money! (I shouldn't have added those up.)

Most children are in Kenyan public schools, but the older students attend an academy in nearby Kitale to get the courses they need for high school. In 2008 all children went paid in full, but this year we need more help. If you or someone you know would love to give to this purpose, please pass on this information.

Pastor Peter Njenga

Pastor Peter became a street boy at the age of ten when he was rejected by his stepfather.
For two years he lived on the streets until a servant of God, Mr. Michael, took him to his orphanage. It was there that he came to accept Christ and lived there for nine years.

In 2003 he heard the Lord tell him to “Go to the Bible School.” He fought God at first, but soon relented and said, “Lord, let your will be done.” During the evenings while attending the Bible school, he began ministering to street children. Since he once lived on the streets himself, he was able to pray with them, love them and give them hope in Jesus.

God has given Pastor Peter a vision to care for the children and teach them life skills to become self-supporting.

Pastor John Garang: A Lost Boy of Sudan

John was taken to Ethopia from his village in Sudan when he was about 14 years old. He thought he was going to school, but it was a military camp. He served in the Sudanese Army until Jesus found him when he met a couple of missionaries while serving in Uganda. This Jesus changed his heart and mission forever.

In 2004 when we met Pastor John at Bungoma Bible School in northwestern Kenya, he was a young man studying for the ministry, but with one vision...to rescue his people from starvation and deplorable conditions.

He soon married Tabitha and together they headed back to Sudan only to find such poor conditions that life could not be sustained. He returned to Kenya bringing children and their caregivers with him to find a better life for the children. The picture above shows many of the children in front of Pastor John’s church. He now has 90 children in Kenya with many more waiting to come from the village in Sudan. "With God all things are possible" is written on the pulpit of his church and the tablet of his heart.

Thanks to our contributors, we are helping to provide food, shelter, education and health care needs for all of these refugee children. The Kenya schools beg John to enroll his children in their schools because they are role models of good character and academic progress. This is quite a testimony for children who came to Kenya having never attended a school.