PRAY, GIVE & HELP REBUILD THIS $650 SCHOOL
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Stan, Crossroads team member living in Nairobi, Kenya, sent us an email today about a situation that needs IMMEDIATE prayer. It concerns Joshephat, a young African man who has been a good friend to Stan and indispensable in helping Crossroads. He and his wife, Nelly, operate a small school in Kayole, one of Nairobi's slums. They have been gracious in allowing Stan to use the classroom for Crossroads Bible College classes and by acting as his translator. Additionally, this little slum school, known as the Kayole Christian Academy, is a beacon of hope in the lives of hundreds of children who would otherwise not be able to attend school. Recently, the owners of the property sold it and gave Joshephat two weeks to get out. If this school goes-so does the education of these children. Joshephat has rented another piece of ground but must construct four classroom areas to legally operate a school. He used every penny to secure a small plot and now needs funds to buy the building materials.
Please understand, we are not talking about constructing a school with cement floors and hinged doors, but rather a school made of wooden poles and tin with dirt floors. However, even the cheapest building materials have become very expensive in Kenya. Joshephat he needs 53,000KSH (Kenyan shillings) or $650.
While Stan's Bible students, who are very poor, are not able to give money they said they would be honored to help with the building. Stan relates, "even after being in Kenya for over two years, the level of poverty here in Kayole still amazes me. For example, just the other day, a young man I know came by my house and asked if he could cut off branches from my Aloe Vera plant to make shampoo". We can only imagine such poverty.
PRAYERS DO GET ANSWERED
Stan writes: In closing, I would like to say that "prayers do get answered. In my last email I asked for prayer for a young street boy named Kazi. I met Kazi while shopping at a market near a dump; he and several other street boys actually live there. Something about Kazi stood out. He didn't appear to be addicted to glue, like most of the boys and when I asked him if he knew Jesus, he said yes. One day I asked Kazi if he would like to make some money doing my laundry (I do laundry outside by a water pump). He answered, "Oh yes. I will do a good job." For months each time he would leave to go back to the dump he asked me to pray that the Lord would send someone to help him go to school. I explained to him how our Heavenly Father care for us no mater how desperate our situation my appear. He waited and waited for his prayer to be answered and finally it came-Monday Kazi attended to his first day of boarding school, sponsored by a local charity. Not only will he receive the education he so faithfully prayed for but will also have a safe to live and plenty of food to eat. His Heavenly Father answered his prayer above and beyond anything he could have imagined.
Ephesians 3: 20-21 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
So please pray that Joshephat will have the funds to buy the building supplies and for my continued wisdom and strength in dealing with the daily challenges of living and ministering in Kenya.
God Bless,
Stan
God Bless,
Stan
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16
