For the past ten days I have been living in a small community outside of Garissa called Sombo. Sombo is way out in the desert (it was incredibly hot), and the only people who live there are small villages of the Watta tribe, living in grass huts. Garissa and the surrounding villages are much more heavily influenced by Islam than Nairobi.
The Sombo project was started by a man named David, who we stayed with while there. The muslims allowed them to settle right in the middle of the villages because they can offer what they would not get in any other way; free education and medical treatment. Obviously this presents a huge opportunities, as the Kingdom of heaven has settled right in the center of all the villages and the children who go to school there are presented with Christ's love and the gospel.
Much of our work in Sombo was practical. Clearing a plot of land and putting up and fence for a camping ground for visitors, and working in the Garden which provides food for the school kids.
We also felt we were really there to pray, so while there we had a 48 hour prayer time. Just asking God what His thoughts are for the place, getting words of encouragement for the staff, and asking Him to provide for Sombo's many needs.
Some of Sombo's needs that you can pray for are a new water pump and pipes, finances for a new secondary school building, enough food to feed the students for free ( when they run out of food the kids stop coming since some of them walk miles to get there every day and cannot walk home on an empty stomache in such heat.)
we are in Nairobi for the day, but in a few hours we will head out again for a nine hour bus ride to Kapenguria. We will be working a lot with local tribes there as well. We will be there for three weeks before heading back to Athi River for debriefing.
Please continue praying for us in these last weeks of outreach. Sorry this blog is not really detailed, but It seems I never have very much time on the internet these days. Also, you can read the team blog at for more details and what not.
Thanks for your prayers and love!
