Mikko in Mombasa

February 27, 2005

Hello diary! Here I am!

It seems like a while since I've last written something - at least it feels like it. Things at Camp David Centre are still running: there are those who get support, there are those who are still looking for support, book-keeping, correspondence, the making of soap, having meetings and discussions, taking walks, home visits... and the like.

The Hope For Tomorrow family here in Mombasa has increased by two members as Mari and Elina, two Finnish students studying the practice of nursing, arrived here some two weeks ago. They will be in Camp David in Chaani for four weeks and another four in the Zion clinic in Mtwapa, but in between they will probably have a few days off as well. We pray that they will be blessed coming in and blessed going out!

Last Sunday JCC Bamburi had a guest speaker, a pastor from Alton Beech, Boston. Originally from Jamaica, he testified to having been in jail for a number of times for drug trafficking, and having suicidal tendencies before God transformed his life.

Now he's a pastor in Boston, U.S.A. and helps feed the poor in the slums of Kenya. He began his message with the Scripture from Ephesians 3:19-20 (NKJV) "...To know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 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..."

He expressed his gratitude to the Africans for the intense way they praise and worship the Lord. Then he exhorted the congregation to hold on to big dreams, dreams that will get them out of the slums, out of their problems on onwards with life!

Read the introduction: Why is Mikko in Mombasa?