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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Bible clearly says that when we get to heaven our Lord will wipe off
all the tears from our eyes and we are eagerly longing for that day. But
it’s also nice to know that there are indeed friends here who are
concerned about others and wipe some tears from eyes of others. Thank
you very much for doing to others as if you were the others.
On
behalf of myself and the deaf here in Kenya, we wish to convey our
sincere thanks to White’s Ferry Road church of Christ for thinking of us
during the time of our need.
Tobias
Odhiambo and Peter Langat traveled with me to different places where
we met deaf IDPs and assisted where we would.
We went to Naivasha, Nakuru, Molo, Gianchere Oyugis and Homabay. Per the
advice of the deaf leaders, wedid not buy much of instant food as we
did last time. It seemed to us that each had a different need,
especially this time when the government was forcing them out of IDP
camps. Because cholera disease broke out in Nakuru IDP camp and killed
some people, most of them had already moved. Very few people were still
in the camp.
We gave
donations to a total of 24 deaf IDP's and one deaf school that had
accepted 33 deaf IDP children in their school. Others helped:
Naivasha 9
Nakuru 7
Oyugis 4
Homabay 2
Molo 2
Some of
these needed some capital to start small businesses which of course was
a good idea- (instead of giving a fish, give a fishing net to
enable catching more fish every day)
Wickliffe
Omondi - started a business of buying and selling chickens
Francis
Were - sheep business
Douglass
has became a hawker
Others
preferred to be given money to buy household items according per what
each person needed.
We donated
$400 to Gianchere School of the deaf due to a large number of IDP deaf
children who joined their school. They call them deaf Orphans because
they have no place to go when the school is closed or, they do not know
whether their parents are alive or dead.
There is
so much I wish to say about this, but my main idea is to say a very
big thank you for letting the deaf here know that you love them by
sharing what you have
I tell you
that the money has made a big difference amongst the deaf IDP's.
See the
pictures.
God bless
you and yours,
Servant to
Christ
Simeon
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