We arrived back in Nairobi on Tuesday, after 10 days of ministry in the Tana River and Lamu Districts, where over 60 women leaders and pastors attended one of two Leadership Conferences. God met each one of them, as well as each one of us! There is much we can write about, but we want to share with you about the brick making machine, purchased in Nairobi and shipped to Itsowi in Tana River, and about one of the women leader's shamba (garden).

Brick Making Machine . . .

The women leaders and the pastors were given hands on teaching on how to make a brick, including mixing the dirt, cement, and water and then putting the mix in the machine and making a brick! (See pictures below.) This machine will allow them to make bricks for the new conference center (to be built on land being donated near Itsowe), for schools, for churches, for homes, as well as brick to sell . . . and they are ready to begin NOW! The first bricks will be made for the new conference center. This conference center will be called, “Basket of Hope Mission Center!”

Near Garsen, we visited a shamba of one of the women leaders. A Living Water Pump, aka KickStart Pump, is used to water the garden from the Tana River. The Living Water Pump allows easy and abundant water to each plant, producing food for her family and food to sell. In her garden, she grows rice, tomatoes, green beans, watermelon, and sugar cane. The severe drought the past 3 years had dried up the Tana River. But thanks to January rains, the Tana River now has a skeleton of water in it.

We ask for your continued prayers for the team . . . for health and safety and for God's plan to be accomplished!

Love to all,
Ken and Arlene and Sharoni!