June 6th Meeting

Thank you so much for hanging in there
on such a long meeting.
We had a lot to cover....

• We went over packing... what is OK to bring and not OK. Check the list I sent you. We need to each pack all our belongings in our carry on. The two checked bags will be ministry supplies only.
  
• Funds: They are all do in by June 15th. This date can not be pushed back.
  
• We went over the Do's and Dont's while in Kenya. It is a lot to remember so please read them over again and follow my lead.
  
• We looked at what a day would be like for us in Kenya..
  
• We saw the gifts for the house mums and dads and teachers. Great job Lisa!!
  
• Then we went over our projects....

1. Makindu: Face Painting and Temporary Tattoos. Collage Quilt. Letter writing. Prayer boxes. Service Project with Girls: Hospital.
   
2. Nakuru: Face Painting and Temporary Tattoos. Treasure Hunt. Letter writing. Service Project with Boys to be announced.
   
3. Langata: Face Painting. Giraffe Park. Beach Balls and Bop-it. Decorate Hats.
4. Schools: Makindu & Kisingo... Photos and Frames. Pencils. Songs. Langata: Songs and skits.
   

We need to get our shopping done. Each of you has a list of what you need to pick up before our next meeting.
We need to have all our projects together and ready to go for our next meeting.
Vicki and Robyn need to know the out lines of their talks.

Next meeting is June 27th...
This is our last meeting before we pack and go!!!
Please be at Lisa's by 2pm and plan on staying till we are done.

Who are David and Jennifer

Who are David and Jennifer Hatley

This will be my 5th time going over to Kenya to work with CMIA. God put a deep desire to work in this ministry after I heard David Hatley speak in Snohomish. I will never forget that afternoon, God spoke straight into my heart. Now 6 years later that desire and calling is only stronger. That is in part due to the amazing people the Hatleys are. They let God use them and have the faith of Moses!! I look forward to each of you meeting them in July...

25 years ago David and Jennifer felt the call of God to go to Kenya. They sold all they had and packed up their two very young children and headed to Kenya. Once there, they were told they could not enter the country. David said "you don't understand, God told us to come!" For hours this went on till finally the officials said, "Fine. Go!!" Knowing only one person in Kenya they went out. Now 23 years latter they have been God's hands in starting 4 children's homes, 7 schools for children who can afford to go to school and countless churches. It is their ministry we will be going to Kenya to support. Working in the children's home they helped start. They know each child by name. They spend time with each child in all 4 homes loving on them and encouraging them. Over the years David and Jennifer raised their three children (Penny came after they arrived in Kenya) and have adopted 3 Kenyan girls.

My favorite story of David and Jennifer was the trip I was on in 2006 to Kenya. We were asked to attend a wedding. At the wedding many of the kids came along. I was in the row of chairs in front of David and Jennifer. When I looked back behind me I found both David and Jennifer had ribbon all over them. The kids had gotten bored and gathered the ribbons around them and began putting them on David and Jennifer. They were such great sports!! (see photo above)

David and Jennifer will be in Kenya while we are there. You will get to meet David and Jennifer, along with their three adopted children. It will be a great time to ask any questions about CMIA and get to know two amazing people who followed God's call and have changed the lives of thousand!!

Matthew 25:21 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"

Kenya Slums

Kenya Slum needs more than promises

We will be in the slums of Kenya on our trip. We will visit one of two feeding stations set up by CMIA while we are there... Here is an article I found on the Slums of Kenya last year...

Slum in Kenya needs more than promises
By MIRIAM PEPPER

Before entering one of the world’s largest slums, a dozen American journalists are directed toward a row of knee-high rubber boots. The instruction is to swap your shoes for boots and keep your pants tucked inside the boot tops.

The message: Whatever we’d step through inside the narrow, muddy alleys of the shanty town would be bad to take back to a hotel or suitcase.

If we looked out of place clomping around in boots on a warm June day, the barefoot and sandal-wearing locals didn’t seem to notice. Visitors now are fairly common in Kibera, much to the dismay of some Kenyan political leaders who would prefer that the area that “pricks our conscience” not be on so many must-see lists.

One million people — one-third of Nairobi’s population — live in Kibera, a tin-roof maze of living spaces that lack clean running water and basic sanitation. The “better” dwellings can count on only erratic electricity. Water must be purchased and hauled, and “container” gardens (a bag of dirt for growing vegetables) is a step forward. An outhouse is a limited luxury. Come nightfall, many resort to tossing out “flying toilets,” plastic bags filled with human waste. Rain turns dirt walkways into streams of sewage, both human and animal.

Kibera, approaching 60 years old, remains a humanitarian disgrace.

“Why do people move from beautiful rural areas to Dante-like urban areas?” asked Robert

Breiman, Kenyan coordinator for the Global Disease Detection Network.

It’s important to understand. Urbanization is increasing rapidly throughout Africa.
Breiman has some hypotheses. People come to cities for cash, educational opportunities and as a way to break from tribal bounds. But unskilled urban immigrants find few jobs and overcrowded schools. Sanitation, water supplies and health systems are all lacking.

Now sections of Kibera are study pools for emerging pathogens. Thousands of residents are under intense surveillance, visited every two weeks by health workers for major research efforts led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kenyan Medical Research Institute.

Armed with hand-held PDAs, health workers zip through questions about recent illnesses.
Families, familiar with the routine, have ready answers.

Those who participate get free clinic care. Childhood mortality among study families is down.
Yet preventable illness is everywhere.

Just soap and clean water (if families can afford them) could reduce pneumonia and diarrhea, both common and deadly, by 50 percent.

Malaria in rural Kenya is far worse than in the higher elevations of Nairobi. But that safety is slipping. Malaria is appearing more frequently, particularly among the young.

Alice Ouma, one of dozens of community health interviewers, strides through twisting pathways, greeting neighbors, certain she is making a difference. She has helped parents seek clinic care for ailing children and themselves, and encourages good follow-through with medicines.

In one recent home-health visit, the mother of the family had been sick for three days, the father had active malaria and their 10-year-old daughter was out of school with a fever. The nearby clinic provided anti-malaria medicine, analgesics and antibiotics for the ill family members. Ouma checked temperatures and breathing rates. Two other children weren’t home, but the parents reported no problems for them.

Ouma stops by 60 such households each day, hoping to find enough families at home to complete 35 interviews. For this slice of Kibera, health care is improving. But the sprawling settlement has far more needs than health projects.

The tragedy is how little government help is available. It was Kenya’s vice president, Kalonzo Musyoka, who recently said Kibera pricks the conscience. Ten years from now, he suggests, the nation should be able to say, “The Kibera that was.”

Indeed it should. But Kibera has heard promises before, and few hold out such hope

Mark 10:13-16

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.When Jesus saw what was happening, he was angry with his disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.” Then he took the children in his arms and placed his hands on their heads and blessed them.

I was thinking last night as I tried to fall asleep how Blessed I am
to have the people we have on our Team.

Each person brings Gifts,
Each person brings Joy,
Each person brings Laughter,
Each person brings Hope!!

I look forward to serving in Kenya along side
Each and Every one of you!!

I am also looking forward to the friendship that will form
from these two weeks together.
Friendships formed on the mission field are life long,
I am still in contact with people I first went to Kenya with 10 years ago!!

THE BEST PART IS WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER IN GOD'S KINGDOM
SURROUNDED BY THE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
WHO'S LIVES WE WILL TOUCH IN KENYA!!

Matthew 25:21

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!"

We have our Flights...

It is going to be a long haul to Kenya and back but it will be more then worth it... Here is our Flight Schedule...

Place Leaves Arrives Place Flight Time Layover

Seattle 10:53pm 6:50am Wash. DC 5 hours 3 hours

Wash DC 10:05am 8:20am Ethiopia 15 hours 1 1/2 hr

Ethiopia 10:00am 12:00pm Kenya 2 hours

Place Leaves Arrives Place Flight Time Layover

Kenya 6:00pm 8:00pm Ethiopia 2 hours 2 hours

Ethiopia 10:15pm 7:55am Wash DC 17 hours 7 hours

Wash DC 2:47pm 5:28pm California 6 hours 1 hour

California 6:24pm 8:29pm Seattle 2 hours

I asked God to take away My habit..

God said, No.

It is not for me to take away, But for you to give it up.

I asked God to make my han di capped child whole.

God said, No.

His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.

I asked God to grant me patience.

God said, No.

Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; It isn't granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness.

God said, No.

I give you blessings; Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare me pain..

God said, No.

Suffering draws you apart from Worldly cares and brings you closer to me .

I asked God to make my spirit grow.

God said, No.

You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things That I might enjoy life.

God said, No.

I will give you life, So that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me LOVE others, as much as He loves me ..

God said...Ahhhh, Finally you have the idea.

1 John 3:1

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Staying Healthy During Your Trip

Prevent Insect Bites
Many diseases, like malaria and dengue, are spread through insect bites. One of the best protections is to prevent insect bites by:

1. Using insect repellent (bug spray) with 30%-50% DEET. Picaridin, available in 7% and 15% concentrations, needs more frequent application. There is less information available on how effective picaridin is at protecting against all of the types of mosquitoes that transmit malaria.
2. Wearing long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and a hat outdoors.
3. Remaining indoors in a screened area during the peak biting period for malaria (dusk and dawn).
4. Sleeping in beds covered by nets treated with permethrin, well-screened room.
5. Spraying rooms with products effective against flying insects, such as those containing pyrethroid.
6. For detailed information about insect repellent use, see Insect and Arthropod Protection.
   

Prevent Animal Bites and Scratches

Direct contact with animals can spread diseases like rabies or cause serious injury or illness. It is important to prevent animal bites and scratches.

1. Be sure you are up to date with tetanus vaccination.
2. Do not touch or feed any animals, including dogs and cats. Even animals that look like healthy pets can have rabies or other diseases.
3. If you are bitten or scratched, wash the wound well with soap and water and go to a doctor right away.
4. After your trip, be sure to tell your doctor or state health department if you were bitten or scratched during travel.
5. For more information about rabies and travel, see the

Rabies chapter of the Yellow Book or CDC's Rabies homepage. For more information about how to protect yourself from other risks related to animals, see Animal-Associated Hazards.

Be Careful about Food and Water

Diseases from food and water are the leading cause of illness in travelers. Follow these tips for safe eating and drinking:

1. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially before eating. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel (with at least 60% alcohol).
2. Drink only bottled or boiled water, or carbonated (bubbly) drinks in cans or bottles. Avoid tap water, fountain drinks, and ice cubes.
3. 
   

Do not eat food purchased from street vendors.

Make sure food is fully cooked.

Avoid dairy products, unless you know they have been pasteurized.Diseases from food and water often cause vomiting and diarrhea. Make sure to bring diarrhea medicine with you so that you can treat mild cases yourself.