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Lakewood UMC Kenya Mission Trip July 2005

Lakewood UMC Kenya Mission Trip July 2005. Dedicated to all LUMC local and international Mission Teams. Contains less than 15% material recycled from the Kenya 2004 DVD. We thank our families, prayer partners, friends and LUMC members for their incredible support!. The Mission. The Tasks

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Lakewood UMC Kenya Mission Trip July 2005

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  1. Lakewood UMCKenya Mission TripJuly 2005

  2. Dedicated to all LUMC local and international Mission Teams

  3. Contains less than 15% material recycled from the Kenya 2004 DVD

  4. We thank our families, prayer partners, friends and LUMC members for their incredible support!

  5. The Mission The Tasks • Build homes for AIDS orphans • Construct clothes drying area for Maua Methodist Hospital The Purpose • Joyfully share the love of Jesus

  6. Worship – Nairobi Methodist

  7. Worship – morning services at the hospital

  8. Worship – Maua Methodist

  9. Worship - Daily Team Devotionals

  10. Partners In Mission trips aren’t one time events. The partnership of Texas Conference churches provides continuity and sustained love and support.

  11. The first time you visit is wonderful, but the second time you visit we know you really love us.Full time missionary

  12. The Missionary Beatitude: Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape

  13. Things we learned in Kenya: • Be ready for culture shock – going and coming back • Just show them Jesus; don’t try to change their culture • Take bug spray, and use it • Don’t forget everything you learned in “missionary school”

  14. Facts about Africa • Over one million AIDS orphans, many without housing

  15. Facts about Africa • Over one million AIDS orphans, many without housing • Substandard or non-existent medical care in most areas

  16. Facts about Africa • Over one million AIDS orphans, many without housing • Substandard or non-existent medical care in most areas • Tens of millions suffering from HIV/AIDS

  17. Facts about Africa • Over one million AIDS orphans, many without housing • Substandard or non-existent medical care in most areas • Tens of millions suffering from HIV/AIDS • Africans are doing a lot themselves, but they need help

  18. One story . . . Mwenda, 14 Karimi, 12 Jennifer, 86 (grandmother)

  19. The parents of Karimi and Mwenda died of AIDS.Nearly all of their land had been sold to pay debts.This was their house and only bed.

  20. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

  21. Romans 5:3-5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

  22. New bed  Keys to new house 

  23. Maua Methodist HospitalHIV/AIDS programs help adults live longer and prevent more children from becoming orphans

  24. “I am Margaret and I have AIDS. I am alive because of the love of God, the kindness of Machungulu Methodist Church, and the wisdom of Maua Methodist Hospital”Margaret, caregiver for 11 children

  25. Good news . . . The Maua church & hospital helped change laws so the children will not lose their homes if their caregivers die.

  26. Travel, Fellowship & Fun

  27. We praise God forsafe travels and few problems

  28. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28

  29. Christian Symbols for your Car U.S. Version

  30. Christian Symbols for your Car U.S. Version Kenya Version See Jim Robertson for details

  31. Mmmmmm . . . missionaries

  32. The Partners In Mission“National Anthem”Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

  33. Our motto Measure twice, cut once. (Home Depot is thousands of miles away)

  34. Antibiotic instructionsAvoid prolonged exposure to sunlightUh, would all day under clear skies at 5,000’ at the equator qualify as “prolonged?”

  35. Our bus. Make your own punch line.

  36. Bad news: Hippos kill more humans than any other animal. Good news: Hippos are herbivores, so they won’t eat you after they kill you.

  37. On Safari, you can get close to the animals . . .

  38. Or even closer . . .

  39. Or a little too close . . .

  40. Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

  41. The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Matthew 9:37-38

  42. Vacation Bible School! 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.

  43. How housing helps the orphans • Safety / shelter • Helps them go to school • Less chances of: • Abuse • HIV / AIDS • Turning to crime, drugs or prostitution • Pneumonia • Sickness & death from contaminated water

  44. Money goes a long way in Africa $1,200 builds a home for AIDS orphans $15 per month buys food and a uniform so a child can attend school

  45. Money goes a long way in Africa $14 per month provides medicine to keep HIV/AIDS patients alive (ART = Anti-retroviral therapy)

  46. Money goes a long way in Africa Most of all, it buys hope.

  47. All Christians are missionaries.What is your mission field?School? Work? Neighborhood? Friends? Family? Local? International?All of the above?

  48. You don’t give tomissions, you give through missions, to . . .

  49. You don’t give tomissions, you give through missions, to . . .

  50. and to Him.. . . The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:37-40

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