I got this the other day from our friends in Kenya, and they wanted me to pass it on to you:
On behalf of International Gospel Equipping Ministries (IGEM), we would like to express our deepest gratitude and heartfelt appreciation for your unwavering partnership and support, which has spanned over fifteen years. Your love, sacrifices, and faithfulness in the mission of Christ have brought transformation to countless lives and communities across Kenya and East Africa.Through your generous support, we have witnessed God’s hand move powerfully through numerous projects and outreaches, including:
- Installation of irrigation systems in Pokot, ensuring food security and sustainable agriculture, through planting of maize, cassava, and arrow roots.
- Medical dispensary in Pokot, offering access to essential healthcare.
- School in Pokot, bringing education to children in remote areas. Now many children are in school and they help their parents to know how to read the Bible, which is a significant transformation.
- Grain Enterprise has helped support the school feeding program in North Pokot and continues to bless the community. Likewise, the bottled water company continues to benefit the Forkland community and school in numerous ways.
- Petrol station in Bungoma to generate income that sustains Living Loved Children Care center and the needy families in Mount Elgon.
- The Forkland Community water project, giving hundreds access to clean and safe water.
- Installation of a solar system to boost the water project’s efficiency and sustainability, resulting in electricity savings.
In addition, we are especially grateful for your continued support of children pursuing higher education at the university and college level. Many, such as Nelly, Faith, Ochieng, Brian, and Edu, have graduated and are now working, with some already supporting others in their home villages. This ripple effect of kindness and opportunity is a testimony of God’s grace working through you.May the Lord bless all brothers and sisters who have sacrificially stood with Kenyan families, even while facing needs of your own. Your example of love is inspiring. We thank God for using you to stand with communities here, and we are humbled by your quick responses and spiritual encouragement.“God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10Brother Wayne, we are grateful for your inspiring books—“So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore”, “He Loves Me”, “Authentic Relationships”, and many others. These writings have touched lives and transformed hearts across the African continent.With love and sincere appreciation,Brother Michael and Thomas
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
As it is written:
“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever.”Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us, your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
I know those verses are often used to cajole people into making donations, but how much better to celebrate with them the generosity you’ve already shared?
