Outreaches
Evangelism is the heartbeat for Ray of Hope Village.
Our passion is to see people come to the Lord. Matthew 24:14 says “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations.”
Currently we are targeting various people groups in Kwale, Tana River, and doing urban evangelism in Mombasa.
The Kenyan coast has had very little missionary work in the rural areas where the majority of the people live. While visiting remote villages in Tana River and Kwale districts I have met individuals who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ nor are they aware of God’s love for them. Ray of Hope Ministry is committed to taking the gospel through various outreaches to these communities.
Outreach teams – both local and international – may come for a month to three months and work among these un-reached people. We will be doing friendship evangelism, community projects, church planting projects, reaching schools with the gospel, showing various evangelistic films, and having open-air meetings. All of these outreaches provide plenty of opportunity to share your faith with many people who are not believers.
There are ongoing outreaches in several Kenyan coastal communities. Mikameni is a village with a permanent missionary from Ray of Hope.
Here are a few possible options for outreach:
- Medical outreach in villages South and North of Mombasa
- City outreach in Mombasa, Malindi and Diani along the southern coast
- Working among unreached people along the Northern coast
- Working on construction for projects around the Ray of Hope Village
- Short term outreach is between two weeks to six months
- Mikameni Outreach
Recent Posts:
Shimba Hills
It's started to rain some around Shimba so John is working on getting some things planted now that they can grow. Mike (from North Carolina area) and Cece are back from their visit to the US. Amy Cigala Abiyu (from Harrisonburg area) was due to fly out last week however her flight was canceled due to the Iceland volcano that has interrupted most air travel in Europe. She's been in the US about 2 months and is very much eager to get back. Presently there is a YWAM team visiting that will do a week of outreaches in the villages around the center and then go into Mombasa to do outreaches in the city for a week. A team from North Carolina will be visiting to hopefully clean out the well they presently have, due to dirt,silt etc buildup over the years it hasn't been as useful. They also hope to install solar panels on several (up to 4) of the buildings!
Micameni/Tana River
Last month the gov't was working on repairing the roads that lead to the village - as folks who have been there know they get tremendously rutted and washed out in the rainy season. Actually, right now due to the rains, the area is now inaccessible. It's not that the Micameni area has had that much rain but that the Tana River is the catchment river for a much larger area in the higher elevations. There are times that the flooding can totally surround the villages
Kisamwa Family
Within the last month John has had several spells of rather severe back pain that has again required him to simply rest in bed for a number of days each time. He also had a bout of malaria from which he's recovered. Joshua (the oldest ) in South Africa at the YWAM training base, recently moved to a larger living space. Jonathan, double majoring in economics and accounting, has exams next week. Habona is staying very busy with her schooling to become certified as a teacher. She has already completed one set of studies and certification and is now taking another higher level. The present course has been greatly accelerated by the gov't in order to complete it this year (which is a semester early) so that more teachers will be available. She's committed herself to this work in order for the ministry to be gov't certified to continue running the preschool (another vision they are praying about is to also start elementary classes as the children progress and move up)
Prayer and Praise
In addition to all the above John always asks that we pray for their health - by which he means all the children and staff. There's a lot of preparation and planning that will need to be completed in anticipation for the teams that will be coming in the next months. After the above mentioned North Carolina team will be a Richmond team (of 10 people) who will be working at Shimba with the kids and construction and then a Harrisonburg team (of 14 people) who will be working in Shimba and then the Micameni area doing medical/dental work.
1/30/2010 Mark Bradshaw
12/31/2009 Mark Bradshaw
11/18/2009 Mark Bradshaw