As you travel throughout the Pokot tribe of northwest Kenya you see many children. They wave as you pass by, always with a smile, and are the first to greet the visitors when you arrive. They are always eager to laugh, play, and sing with you. In many ways they are like many children here in America, full of energy and life.

The sad reality is that many of the children you might see throughout Pokot are orphans. These are children orphaned by famine, lack of water, disease, tribal fighting, and a land so inhospitable that it is amazing anyone could survive there at all. These children often go hungry without anyone to care for them and don’t have the opportunity to attend school. As orphans they are deeply at risk.

A Project of Faith

In Chemolingot, East Pokot, Rev. Yusef Losute of Pokot Outreach Ministries is working diligently to give children like these a home. For years now Yusef has had a vision for a children’s home where children could live in a place of safety and be raised to know Jesus Christ. Without any resources Yusef and Chemolingot A.I.C. Church, which he pastors, set out in faith to build such a place. Through prayer and faithfulness God provided them all that they would need.

Now years later the orphanage is almost complete and efforts are being made to acquire government certifications and approval. In early August a Harvesters’ team from Kensington Community Church, made up of ten high school aged young adults and six leaders applied many of the final touches on the three orphanage buildings. The boy’s dorm and dining hall each got final coats of paint, while the team completed the cement work on the interior floor of the girl’s dorm.

The Chemolingot Children’s Home will house 120 children of all ages in two dorms, 60 boys and 60 girls. It will be home not just to Pokot orphans but also to children from neighboring tribes as well. This is in an effort to prove that warring tribes can live together and instill a new spirit of peace in the coming generation. Also, among a people who still practice female circumcision and early forced marriages, the home is a place of refuge for girls escaping from brutal and abusive home environments. In all the children’s home will be a safe haven and a place of growth. It will produce the next generation that will lead their communities. Most importantly, through teaching and worship, it will produce Godly young men and women with a heart to serve their own people. These will be the next pastors, evangelist, doctors, nurses, and teachers that will in turn go and take the Gospel to another generation so that they might have hope and a future in knowing Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

As the orphanage nears completion there is still much work to be done. The children are ready to move into the facility but there are beds, mattresses, and sheeting that need to be purchased to provide them with places to sleep. Metal trunks need to be bought to act as small closets, holding what few belongings they might have. Then there’s the dining hall that must be filled with tables, chairs, cups, plates, pots, pans, and a stove to prepare all of the food.

In addition to outfitting the orphanage to comfortably house children, staff is needed to look after them. A woman caretaker will live with and look after the girls in their dorm and likewise a man will be in charge of overseeing the boys. There are faithful men and women in line to fill these positions but the ministry is in need of financial support for these people. Then there is the on-going need of continued monthly support for feeding the children and keeping the orphanage running.

Chemolingot Children’s Home was built as a project of faith and by faith the church there will continue to seek God to provide for their needs and the needs of the orphans. God has shown his faithfulness in bringing their vision this far and they continue to have faith that He will see it through. At Harvesters, we ask that you would consider partnering with Pokot Outreach Ministries and Chemolingot Children’s Home. There is still much work to be done and then there is the issue of supporting the monthly operating expenses of the orphanage. There will be many mouths to feed and a staff to support to look after all of the children. We trust God that He will provide. Would you be apart of what He is doing?

It’s one thing to read a book about foreign missions, or even talk to missionaries about their experiences. Personally going to the field and seeing firsthand how God is working is an entirely different story. And it’s not just a story; it’s a life-changing event.

That’s how it was for me.

When my wife Glenda, and my youngest son Jeremiah, and I overnighted in Johannesburg en route to Nairobi in May 1997, we faced an immediate trial as we attempted to get our 12 suitcases loaded with tools and personal supplies back on the airplane for the final leg of our flight.

Harold Stevens, Harvesters board member and missionary to the Zulu people in South Africa for more than a quarter century, had assured me that South African Airways would accommodate the extra baggage, but the ticket agent was saying no, even though I presented a letter on Harvesters stationery and signed by Harold.

She was a young woman, probably late-30s, who spoke adequate but broken English. She was ‘all business’ and never cracked a smile. I felt intimidated, to say the least. I explained that we had dedicated three months of our lives to be in Kenya to build a mission station in East Pokot and without the tools in the suitcases, the project could not be done.

In the back of my mind, I argued with God. Surely He wouldn’t bring us halfway around the world and then allow the project to die before we even arrived at our destination.

I prayed silently and pleaded with the ticket agent to speak to a superior, which she eventually did. Soon after, we were allowed to check all 12 suitcases on the plane that would be taking us to Nairobi.

At the airport in Nairobi, we met other members of the Harvesters team, including Harold. It was heart-warming to see some friendly faces.

Three months later, the mission station was completed and we were back in Johannesburg, en route to the U.S. In 58 working days, we had miraculously managed to complete four structures — a church building, medical clinic, pastor’s house, and storage building. We were headed home with the same 12 suitcases. The tools had been left behind. In their places were gifts from Pokot men and women, even little children. These were priceless mementos of our time in Kenya.

I did not want a repeat of the earlier incident with our extra baggage. Jeremiah accompanied me to the airport about six hours before our flight was to depart. I wanted to make pre-arrangements so all 12 suitcases would leave with us.

As I walked into the nearly empty terminal, I observed only one ticket agent. As I approached the counter, I recognized the agent. It was the same woman who handled our case before without as much as a hint of a smile. I said to myself, “God, how can this be?” I dreaded talking to her again.

Suddenly, the agent looked up and beamed with a huge and disarming smile. “The man with the 12 suitcases,” she exclaimed.

I told her about the success of the mission trip and, if at all possible, I needed to get the 12 suitcases back home to America. She instructed me to arrive two hours early that afternoon. She would be there to personally expedite our boarding – two adults, one teenager, and 12 suitcases, two of which were definitely oversize and too heavy.

However, at the appointed hour, she was nowhere to be found. I prayed. Passengers began boarding the plane. Then there was the final boarding call. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she appeared and motioned me to the counter.

The 10 approved suitcases were checked. As I picked up the overweight suitcase #11 to set it on the scale, the electrical power in the airport went off. It quickly came back on at most ticket counters, but not the one where I was standing. A technician arrived momentarily and was unable to get power restored.

Again, I heard our flight’s final boarding call. The ticket agent summoned a worker who grabbed the two remaining suitcases, placed them on a four-wheel push cart, and motioned for us to follow him.

I was in awe at what had just happened.

It had taken two months to pack and repack our suitcases so that each one weighed a few ounces less than 70 pounds. When we left the U.S, I had packed two hardcover Gideon Bibles and 20 Gideon New Testaments. I had one New Testament left. It was in my jacket pocket. I told the woman that I wanted to give her a gift. I handed her the New Testament, and reminded her again that our trip was successful because she enabled us to get the necessary tools aboard the plane to Nairobi.

With tears streaming down her face, she related that her daughter had wanted a Bible for several years, but she did not have the money to buy one. “God bless you,” I said, and I rushed to catch up with my wife and son. As we stepped on the plane, the stewardess closed the door behind us.

I don’t know the woman’s name. My 16-year-old son was a witness to what happened. I am blessed every time I think about that incident. Others are blessed when I share the story, whether to an individual or to a church congregation. Our mission trip was filled with other miraculous, supernatural events.

Dear Prayer Partners
Greetings to you in the Name of our Lord.

We are doing fine with Rachel doing fine with her bible studies with the village woman on Saturdays and Tuesdays. The one on the weekends stays busy and well attended.

Josephine now 15 is growing to be a very responsible girl. We read comments from her teachers like she is a hard worker, disciplined, focused, teachable, responsible and many other positive comments. She just got her admission letter to attend Oakland Christian Academy in Detroit Michigan for a year.

A couple, Mr. & Mrs Shomer are so generous to home and finance Josephine’s education in the tenth grade. This will be a huge experience for her and joyfully looks forward to it. She will go in August to start school on August 24th.

Rebecca our second born is doing fine having recovered from chicken pox a week ago. She does very well academically in school and well liked. Both girls love the Lord and sing in a school group choir.

Miriam 8 years goes to R.V.A. Monday the 22 to attend entrance interview and exam so she can join her two sisters there.

Miriam and Jared get along well while the two older girls are away in boarding school, then sides take place as soon as the two older girls come home.

 Church Planting and Evangelism

God continues to give us strength to keep being focused and pushing on to the new frontiers. The new gospel target is Masol area north east and west of Lomut. This area is among those remaining yet to be reached with the gospel in our target.

There are challenges in these areas however just similar to the ones we are facing in Uganda. Taboos, animal sacrifices, elders dictatorial orders, persecution on our people and oppressive tribal prophets, ungodly directives among many are very strong challenges.

Some of the new congregations born spiritually in the middle of all the challenges include (Marich, Seker, Sirwack among many).

Pray that God will keep us focused and strong enough to face the challenges.

Orphanages

Our third orphanage, Chemolingot, is being finished and nearly ready to receive the kids that have been staying temporarily with people within the neighborhood while the dorms are getting ready. The final stages now are the toilet facilities, but the government paper preparations are very slow and bureaucratic, so much that it is really requiring a lot of prayer and patience. The other two older orphanages are going on well.

We are faced however with invasion of village children who are facing starvation in the villages. We do not know how to turn them away from the Institutions while we know for sure that they are facing death in the villages because of shortage of food which 3 million Kenyans are in desperate need of.

We are also faced with a challenge of being able to provide food for 350 kids every day in a starving nation. Just as I was writing this letter, several people have been reported to have starved to death including a young mother who just delivered twins and all three died.

Kodich Orphanage has been hit by shortage of water after the only source of water a borehole collapsed and caved in.

Urgently pray that God will intervene so we can drill another because the old one is not repairable.

Water Drilling

I have shared with some of you that as a member of parliament, I was able to free the new drilling machine from $110,000 that we would have paid for import duty.

This equipment is doing wonders in Pokot. The only hindrance or reasons for delay is the financial support the $21000 a hole and the other big problem is cutting roads to the specific spot to be drilled.

The new machine is long, high up and very heavy. So we ran into low laggers and high banks of dry rivers that make the hind of the truck hit the ground and rear wheels hang up.

But God is good, a church in Michigan gave us money for 10 holes and we have just finished drilling the fifth one. You cannot imagine and express the joy of the people on paper. There were celebrations after another as “God visited their villages.” May God continually bless you.

Please pray:

• That God will intervene for Josephine’s traveling papers and also for Miriam’s admission into the boarding school.
• That God will protect our people on the front line with the gospel and grow the new ones.
• That God will provide the $6000 we need a month to feed and keep the orphans.
• That God will continue to provide so we will keep drilling and provide water. We need $21000 a hole.

Sincerely Yours In Christ
Julius

The Pokot people live in the Rift Valley of Northern Kenya, an area that stretches for hundreds of miles. It is estimated that there are between 800,000 and 1 million Pokot people, 50% of which have had no contact with the outside world. Often going days without food, the Pokot are among the poorest people in the world. For many years, Pokot Outreach Ministries, led by Julius Murgor, has brought the Gospel to the Pokot, through evangelistic services, medical attention, food, water, and education.

In Kenya, primary education is supposedly provided by the government but is woefully underfunded and teachers that are willing to live in the often primitive condition found in Pokot are difficult to find. As a result, primary education is accessible to a minimal number of students in Pokot.

Secondary education is made available only to academically qualified students who may have to travel several hours to the nearest school and can only go if they can afford the room, board and expenses. As a result, the dreams of most Pokot children go unrealized as they return to herding cattle or agriculture upon completion of their primary education.

In 2006, the local community leadership gave Pokot Outreach Ministries 50 acres to start a secondary school in the area of Lomut, which is centrally located to East and West Pokot. At completion this school will accommodate more than 120 children. Many of these students will be orphans with the remaining students coming from the local area.

Also in 2006, Pokot Outreach Ministries received a donation to construct 3 classrooms, a dining hall and a single dormitory. In 2007, while this first wave of construction was at its early stages, the first class of 11 was formed; several of these students walked over 10 miles to the school.

At the Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference in Muskegon, Michigan, at which Harvesters was a featured participant, more than $60,000 was given toward the construction of 2 additional classrooms and several laboratories.

The total cost of the project is between $550,000 and $650,000. The worldwide increase in prices, the political unrest in Kenya and the fluctuation of the dollar make this estimate a moving target.

The Lomut secondary school will change the lives of many children of the Pokot tribe. This school will equip future leaders of Kenya to change a nation for Christ. Please consider financially supporting this project so that the future alumni of this school can be given the opportunity to reach their God-given potential.

Dear Prayer Partners,

Greetings to you in our Lord’s Name. We are all fine as a family, the “Murgorites”. Josephine is in ninth grade 15 years and doing well in school. She is well liked by both her teachers and peer group who swarm around her whenever I take her in from school breaks. We are trying to go to Michigan around Dec 15 for two weeks trying to see about the possibility of her going to school there for a year in the tenth grade.

Rebecca is in fourth grade and is doing very well in school. She is very bright in class work though she speaks very little. She is also well behaved and well liked. Both girls like memorizing scripture and singing.

Miriam 8, is still in the village school was thrilled to be moved up to the fourth grade, like her sister in boarding school. We are hoping she will join her sisters next year starting from third grade in boarding school.

“Jumboy”, or Jared, will be 5 in three weeks, will be in his final kindergarten year next year before joining the village school as a first grader. He is very hyper and does not really concentrate on his work. We thank God for our children and for good behavior.

Church Planting and Evangelism

Christmas time is usually a time that all of us have some anticipation both spiritual and physical in form of materials. Normally we would be feasting in some of the new places where we would be taking fellowships to, for our new ones to learn about Jesus.

But this year started with a lot of problems. It started with conflicts, chaos and even deaths that have haunted our country. Shortage of food has been reported all over the country and the Minister for Agriculture has ordered maize millers to avail the food commodity at an affordable price.

A bag of maize now goes for Ksh. 2,300 in Pokot, Ksh. 1,500 more than it usually is. Ed’s medical team planted a lot of seed for us in October. Siwa is already reporting a lot of abundance of fruit where the team distributed medicine.

We intend to follow up this seed with water projects by drilling boreholes in the generally dry area.

Water Drilling

We had a day of prayer in Kapenguria on November 15. Among the guests invited for the great occasion was the Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi.

There were nearly 10,000 Pokots who swarmed into the little town of Makutano in Kapenguria. They came on foot the previous day and through the night for one thing mainly. They heard that a new water drilling machine that drills very fast and will give water to Pokot people will be prayed for in Kapenguria.

It was an emotionally touching moment. People praised God for coming down to their aid. They called it an instant miracle. They expressed joy that stomach sicknesses from contaminated water, typhoid problems and bee stings which sting and kill children while they try to get sweat and even tears for water, will be a thing of the past.

Orphanages

Towards the end of every year, the orphans in 8th grade sit for a National Examination that allows them to go to high school. About 50 of them sat for the exam and we are hoping that they will pass it so they can progress on to the next level.

The ones in High Schools and Colleges bring us a lot of good and encouraging reports both academically and spiritually. Some of them have been made student leaders, which is a sign of leadership and responsibility in the making.

I would like to report here that between this year and next year August, it is going to be very difficult for us to feed these children because of scarcity of food in the country and the high cost when available. So we will be making appeals from time to time.

Please pray that:

• God will meet our needs for safety as Josephine and I will travel to USA.
• That God will provide so that the drilling machines will be kept busy – right now they are just in the yard.
• That God will provide for the needs that we have to keep the Orphanages.

Merry Christmas And Happy New Year.

Sincerely yours,
Julius Murgor

Dear Prayer Partners,

Greetings in the name of our Lord!

We are doing well as a family and the kids returned to school a few days ago after having a break from school from July 10.

Josephine is going to 9th grade! Unbelievable and will be 15 years old on September 26th. She is doing very well academically and we were very happy to read comments from her teachers about her humility, obedience, hard work and diligence helpfulness to her peers on her end year’s report. We are praying about the possibility of visiting the US with her in December and pray about her going to school in US for a year from next fall.

Rebecca who turned 10 in June is also doing fine and academically doing very well also. Miriam 8 continues to get along well with Jumboy, but only when the other older girls are not there. (Talk of relationship of convenience)

Church Planting and Evangelism

We thank God for the August Women Conference which was attended by about 700 women. Out of the total, 300 came from new and very remote areas where we have just started the work. Over 130 came forward to receive the Lord. Nyangayta, Takar and Marich are among our baby congregations to be planted.

We have had a great persecution in Uganda. The tribal prophet alleged that he has been put ‘out of network or coverage’ since Christians started planting churches in the district. That opened fire on the Christians since the tribe believes that their day to day activities are guided by the tribal prophet who is expected to foretell about the future welfare of the tribe.

Our people were rounded up and beaten all over wherever we have a congregation. Please pray about this situation. Another looming concern is about a food shortage for the lowlands. The rain did not fall in April for planting. Instead it came in July and now it is over. From now until next August, food will be a great concern and a matter of prayer in Pokot.

Water Drilling

For a long time we have been grounded because our old drilling machine broke down and the part was not available in the country. The part came in from the United States at the end of July. So now we are back on the job and pray that God will put water in the holes we are drilling. The other great news and praise to God’s hand for provision is that our new drilling truck is expected to get to the port of Mombasa any day. I know that some of you have been praying so much about its arrival and even the provision of it and God has done it all!

This instrument has been waited for very much by the Pokot people. Each area is hopeful that shortage of any water and of clean water for some areas will really be solved. It is also expected that water related diseases such as typhoid, abdominal problems will be greatly reduced, if not eliminated in these areas.

I have just received news that we hit water in a borehole we were drilling in Kapchok area. We praise the Lord for such a success because it means so much to so many people.

Pray that the Government will grant us a tax exemption so we that wont have to pay tax on this instrument.

Orphanages

The kids at Kodich always look forward to the teams coming in July from USA. There are several reasons for this occasion. The Great Kodich Chicken Race, where they award chicken to the winner, is an event that the children really look forward to in addition to fellowshipping with the visitors.

The Great Kodich Chicken Race however was not held. The group from Kensington Community Church that stayed in Kodich were particularly busy this July and did not hold it. The team did a great job building a girls dorm for us. They went to the nearby bushes to gather stones for the dorm. As they gathered stones and loaded to the tractor, we were becoming afraid that they might run into scorpions under the rocks as they try to turn every stone.

The orphan children are doing well and are academically leading in the district. We thank God for their devotion to God and high level of discipline which has brought the good academic results.

Another team from South Carolina headed to East Pokot and helped finish an orphanage home there that will house 100 kids. That will be such a relief and hope to the hopeless Pokot children in East Pokot.

Medical Services

Because of the delay of the rain, May- July malaria breakout that is normally such a killer and ‘a dark hour’, as I usually call it, was not as dangerous as it usually is.

As demand rises for medical supply, over need for drugs is increasing by the day. On the other hand the proposed Kapenguria Hospital that we hope to begin by the end of the year is greatly anticipated. The Government District Doctor met me about two weeks ago and asked if he could give part time service in our hospital when finished. He said the Government Hospital has a lot of problems from lack of drugs to lack of commitment on the part of services.

Thank you all and God bless you.

Sincerely,
Rev. Julius Murgor

Each day our news is filled with reports of rising fuel and food prices. For some of us, these increases have hit home, making it more expensive and, thus, more difficult to get to and from work and to feed our families. Some of you may have decided to go on vacation a little closer to home or, maybe, forego a vacation all together.

The increases that we are experiencing are being felt worldwide. In most parts of the world, food is difficult to come by in the first place and a small increase in the price of it often means the difference between having and not having food.

By all estimates, the world food situation will continue to deteriorate and relief agencies like the World Food Programme will continue to be strained to the breaking point as they respond to an increasing number of situations around the world.

Kenya is one of those places. The endemic food shortage has been exacerbated this year by inadequate rains and political unrest that disrupted distribution routes and forced farmers to watch their crops rot in the fields.

Pokot Outreach cares for more than 400 children at three orphanages throughout East and West Pokot. Providing food and clothing for the children has always been a challenge. The current prices on the world market have hit the people of Kenya hard, making it even more difficult to survive. The price of a bag of beans has risen nearly 300% in less than a year.

On a recent visit to the U.S., Pastor Julius Murgor reported of the ministry’s struggle to provide even basic food and clothing for the children. He reported this not as a means of garnering pity or inspiring guilt in his audience. Rather, he said it in his matter of fact way of recounting how the Lord continues to provide for the needs of the children and those involved in the ministry.

His account of the situation brings to light a need of utmost importance that we feel needs immediate attention. The need is for financial assistance for the purpose of caring for the basic needs of the children under the care of the Pokot Outreach Ministry in Kenya.

Please consider helping us respond to this situation. A situation that has been made more pressing by the economic and political environments far removed the Pokot. As you feel the impact of rising food and fuel costs, please think of and consider assisting those a world away in the name of a God that transcends countries, color and economics.

In 2007, a church in Hickory North Carolina heard from Julius Murgor that a farm tractor would be a tremendous help to the Pokot Outreach Ministry. Intrigued, they asked “if there is so little rain for raising crops, how could a tractor be of use to them.”

Julius described the twenty plus acre plot of land on which the ministry has grown corn (maize) for a number of years. A tractor would save the ministry money in the planting and harvesting of the crops because it will not have to rent equipment or pay someone to do the work for them.

In addition to helping with the farm project, a tractor would be helpful in many other ways. Poor road conditions in the remote areas where water wells are being drilled, mission stations being constructed and orphanages are located makes hiring vehicles to transport supplies to those areas very expensive.

In fact supplies are often delayed for lack of transportation and at times the cost to transport is more than the cost of the supplies being transported.

In late 2007, the Hickory North Carolina church graciously sent $28,000 towards the purchase of the new tractor. This money combined with funds from other donors, provided the $60,000 needed to purchase the tractor.

We are so thankful for each of you who are doing missions with Harvesters and the impact that we can have together in Christ.

Dear Prayer Partners,

Greetings from Pokot to you all in the precious Name of our Lord.

We are all doing fine as a family, and the Ministry too is doing great.

Josephine, 14, is doing well at school both academically and socially. She is well liked among her class and room mates. She moves to 9th grade this summer.

Rebecca, who will be 10 years old in June, has adjusted well to boarding school where she is learning with her sister. She hardly speaks much but she is more diligent in her school work than Josephine when she was her age.

Miriam the singer continues to sing. Now that the two older ones are not there, she and Jumboy continue to get along well.

Jumboy, now 4, seems to have been told by somebody somewhere that he is the baby and must just not grow but keep hanging on mama’s skirt. He is so different from the girls!

Church Planting and Evangelism

We had a very successful evangelistic campaign in the last week of February in Kalowani, Uganda. About 700 people came to hear the word preached and over 200 of them committed their lives to Christ. We praise the Lord for them and pray that God will bring them up spiritually. We faced challenges like witches, sorcerers, tribal prophets who are powerful and feared by the people in these areas.

For the young believers in the village, these demonic powers are a threat to them. Nomadic lifestyle is the other problem because they move from one area to another looking for food and pasture.

Our evangelist’s training started on the last week of March. We have 15 men training to help us to take the gospel to places we have not been to.

God has really used the simplicity of the presentation of these men as they share the gospel. In the villages, they are really ordinary people and God has used the ordinariness to show himself as extra ordinary in them.

This time seems to be challenging East, West, North for all of us because of shortage of food that is largely looming all over Kenya and already realized in some parts of Pokot, The East Pokot and Sigor near Lomut School.

We look forward to working with a team coming in July around the waterfall area, Kodich Orphanage, Kauriong and Chemolingot in East Pokot.

As teams work with our people physically, it really touches our people spiritually and sends a lot of messages about God’s love.

Our team to Sudan leaves in May to be established in Riwoto, Kapoeta district. Pray that God will have met a need of $18,000 for a used Suzuki or Toyota R4 because the road does not have public transport.

Orphanages

The beginning of this year was really challenging for us at these Institutions.

Supply of food and the situation of teachers became a problem when Kenya had skirmishes after the general election.

Many people in Kenya believed that they voted out the current President of Kenya and so when he was announced to have won the election, violence broke out and over 1,000 people were killed.

This made it impossible for teachers at the orphanages to report to schools, suppliers of food commodities and of building materials and even transportation and mobility became impossible.

The whole situation however made us more prayerful. Five more orphans passed their national 8th grade exam and joined high schools in various parts of Kenya.

Even though this is good for us as a Ministry but of financial troubles in paying school fees is also increased by five more and some more will go to Universities.

Water Drilling

We are very thankful for the sacrifice many of you have made to make it possible for Pokot to drink water.

We are drilling boreholes and God is giving us good success with the old drilling equipment on a new hope that will move our drilling work very fast. Vincent Onyango our main driller and mechanic will leave next week for India to try and bring in a new drilling machine.

Our people are very happy and are looking forward to a blessed time with a lot more boreholes! God is really good. When we first thought about the possibility of having a new machine, it was truly unrealistic and beyond reach. But by God’s grace, he has made the impossible with man to be possible.

Medical Services

While the country was been going through difficult times with skirmishes it has made it very difficult for us to operate too. Nurses could not move around easily and communication was generally difficult. But normalcy is returning slowly and we are particularly grateful that it’s returning before the months of May-July when malaria is normally very rampant and breaks out very strongly.

Dr. Josephine and her team are busy taking medical services to the people and requests for establishing clinics all over continues to be high.

The people also continue to press us for a hospital in Kapenguria so that some of the referral cases which are so pressing now can be solved in the facility yet to be constructed in Kapenguria.

Please pray for Kenya that God will restore our country to what it was before.

Pray that God will continue to call our people in the unreached places such as East

Uganda, Pokot Mountains and the far and difficult areas as our men go.

Pray that God will meet the need for $ 18,000 for Sudan by May.

•Looming starvation and shortage of food, a big threat. Pray that God will meet this need.

Thank you and God bless you,

Sincerely Yours In His Bonds,
Julius Murgor

In the early stages of their life, Pokot children are looked upon as the hope for the future. By the age of three or four, the girls generally stay at home and learn child care and cooking while the boys are sent to look after the cattle. Traditionally, education was not considered important to the nomadic Pokot. Less than four percent of the Pokot tribe of almost one million is literate. Only two percent of the tribe is gainfully employed.

The Kenyan government introduced free compulsory primary education, but there are not enough schools to handle the influx of students since 2003. Secondary school was not included in the government mandate. Only 10% of students are even eligible for secondary school based on National exams. For those who pass the exams the costs are prohibitive at around $1,200 per year per student without transportation. Children may be assigned to any secondary school in the country – most several hours from their homes and families and for the Pokot there is no public transportation.

Because of the Lord’s provision, the area of Lomut, which is centrally located, will now have a secondary school that eventually will accommodate our thirty plus eligible orphanage children as well as those from the local area. This school will facilitate sharing the Gospel and will stand as a testimony to the love of Christians around the world for those who are in need. The Lomut Secondary School project will change the lives of many children of the Pokot tribe. This school will help to train the future leaders of Kenya.

The school complex was designed and received government approval in 2006. The complex is scheduled to have eight classrooms, and administration block, library, two laboratories, a dining hall and kitchen, initially one dormitory for 120 students and ultimately three dormitories that size, staff housing and a sports field. Currently there are three buildings under construction on the fifty acre plot in Sigor Division of West Pokot. Students have been attending classes for the past year while construction is underway. These three buildings will provide the beginnings of a wonderful complex that will offer these young people a quality Christian education. We are praying for finances to be able to complete the entire complex in the Lord’s time.

Quality teachers are also needed for the school. Some of the former orphanage children who have attended University are returning to help to fill these positions. It is estimated that the school will initially require four teachers at $250 each per month in addition to salaries for the dorm parents and the cooks. As with any project, the people want to know that the school is going to be able to operate once it is completed. As with the additional finances to complete the complex, we would also ask that you would lift up the ongoing operating costs of the school to the Lord.