Showing posts with label Life Stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life Stories. Show all posts

Friday, December 19, 2008

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.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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.