Car Wash

July 11th
&
25th

Dairy Queen

on Bothell-Everett Hwy

10am - 4pm

We need hoses, buckets, soap and sponges.....

Let me know what you can bring!!
Please let me know what ones you are coming too!!
Bring friends to help... The more people there, the more cars we can wash!!

Movies to get you going....

These are some great movies that will give you insite to life in Africa....

This was a big hit a few years back. Very good movie.
It is a true story. Based in Rwanda.






Be ready for this one it is a true story and VERY powerful.
It takes place in Rwanda.
Don't miss the line the priest says when he tells us why he stays...




This is a story of a young boy learning about AIDS.
It takes place in South Africa.

What a great movie on how God can move on man to change many.

This is another true story. Watch the documentary on Special Features!!

Takes place in South Africa.

This is a wonderful family movie.

Takes place in Kenya.

Great scenery!! Wonderful Story!!

Only 88 More Days

Only 88 More Days!

Can you believe it....
We will be on the plane before you know it!!

We only have 3 more meetings before we leave!!

Don't forget our next meeting
July 5th at 1:30 - 4:30
We have a lot to cover so PLEASE be on time!!

Your first $2000 is due by July 15th.
The last $1500 by August 15th.

We have a car wash coming up on July 25th
DeeDee is also working on another one either July 11th or 12th. These are great ways to earn more funds.

More fun photos

Watoto Children's Choir

Here is an outstanding event you may wish to attend!

Watoto Children's Choir
Seattle First Presbyterian Church

1013 8th Avenue

Seattle , WA 98104

206-624-0644

This Friday, June 26 @ 7:30 pm

Free (love offering will be taken during the concert)

Who they are: The Watoto Children's Choir is an African choir that is dedicated to improving the way of life for children in Africa . The choir is based in Kampala, Uganda, at Kampala Pentecostal Church (KPC) dubbed " Home of Watoto "composed of about twenty children, mainly from Uganda. At any one time, there are several choirs touring all over the world ministering God's love to the nations.

Watoto means "Children" in Swahili language, and is made up of children who have lost both or one parent to the AIDS epidemic. The Choir has toured Canada , the United States , Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia with a team of adults.Their performances are a unique blend of native African rhythms, contemporary gospel music and ethnic dance. They have released four CDs. The ministry also comprises three villages, a primary school and a high school.

Reading.....

Have you done any of your reading yet?

Remember, Foreign to Familiar is a requirement. It is a short read and very informational.

Another book that is great is There is no me without you. It is a long read but with so much information. It will give you a great inside look at AIDS in Africa. It is a true story

The last book I am going to recommend is not a short or long read, but it is a hard one. If you want to know what life can be like for a child in Africa the book Say You're One of Them is a great in site. This is NOT a Christian book so there is some language but you will learn how 5 children dealt with the struggles of growing up in Africa through short stories.

Who are David and Jennifer Hatley

This will be my 4th 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 September...

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!"

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!"

Genesis 2:9
And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Here are some photos of some of the amazing trees in Kenya. I fell in love with the trees the first time I was there. Yes, you just might even see me huge one while we are there... :) The Baobab is my favorite. (the one with the elephant) It is known as the upside down tree. It looks as if God pulled it up but the roots and then replanted it on its head! If you look closely at the middle photo (the big green tree) you will see people sitting under that tree!! This one reminded me of the Tree of Life at DisneyWorld. Some believed that this area (East Africa) may just be where the Tree of Life was found that is talked about in Genesis....

A Brief History of Kenya

Cushitic-speaking people from what is now Sudan and Ethiopia moved into the area that is now Kenya beginning around 2000 BC. Arab traders began frequenting the Kenya coast around the first century AD. Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements sprouted along the coast by the eighth century. During the first millennium AD, Nilotic and Bantu peoples moved into the region, and the latter now comprise two thirds of Kenya's population. The Swahili language, a Bantu language with significant Arabic vocabulary, developed as a trade language for the region.
Arab dominance on the coast was interrupted for about 150 years following the arrival of the Portuguese in 1498. British exploration of East Africa in the mid-1800s eventually led to the establishment of Britain's East African Protectorate in 1895. The Protectorate promoted settlement of the fertile central highlands by Europeans, dispossessing the Kikuyu and others of their land. Some fertile and well watered parts of the Rift Valley inhabited by the Maasai and the western highlands inhabited by the Kalenjin were also handed over to European settlers.
For other Kenyan communities, the British presence was slight, especially in the arid northern half of the country. The settlers were allowed a voice in government even before Kenya was officially made a British colony in 1920, but Africans were prohibited from direct political participation until 1944 when a few appointed (but not elected) African representatives were permitted to sit in the legislature.
From 1952 to 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the "Mau Mau" insurgency against British colonial rule in general and its land policies in particular. This rebellion took place almost exclusively in the highlands of central Kenya among the Kikuyu people. Tens of thousands of Kikuyu died in the fighting or in the detention camps and restricted villages. British losses were about 650. During this period, African participation in the political process increased rapidly.
The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957. Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963, and the next year joined the Commonwealth. Jomo Kenyatta, an ethnic Kikuyu and head of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), became Kenya's first President. The minority party, Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), representing a coalition of small ethnic groups that had feared dominance by larger ones, dissolved itself in 1964 and joined KANU.
A small but significant leftist opposition party, the Kenya People's Union (KPU), was formed in 1966, led by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, a former Vice President and Luo elder. The KPU was banned shortly thereafter, however, and its leader detained. KANU became Kenya's sole political party. At Kenyatta's death in August 1978, Vice President Daniel arap Moi, a Kalenjin from Rift Valley province, became interim President. By October of that year, Moi became President formally after he was elected head of KANU and designated its sole nominee for the presidential election.
In June 1982, the National Assembly amended the constitution, making Kenya officially a one-party state. Two months later, young military officers in league with some opposition elements attempted to overthrow the government in a violent but ultimately unsuccessful coup. In response to street protests and donor pressure, Parliament repealed the one-party section of the constitution in December 1991. In 1992, independent Kenya's first multiparty elections were held. Divisions in the opposition contributed to Moi's retention of the presidency in 1992 and again in the 1997 election. Following the 1997 election Kenya experienced its first coalition government as KANU was forced to cobble together a majority by bringing into government a few minor parties.
In October 2002, a coalition of opposition parties formed the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC). In December 2002, the NARC candidate, Mwai Kibaki, was elected the country's third President. President Kibaki received 62% of the vote, and NARC also won 59% of the parliamentary seats. Kibaki, a Kikuyu from Central province, had served as a Member of Parliament since Kenya's independence in 1963. He served in senior posts in both the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including Vice President and Finance Minister. In 2003, internal conflicts disrupted the NARC government, culminating in its defeat in 2005 in a referendum over the government's draft constitution.
Two principal leaders of the movement to defeat the draft constitution, Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, who are both former Kibaki allies, are now presidential candidates for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party and the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) party, respectively. In September 2007, President Kibaki and his allies formed the coalition Party of National Unity (PNU). KANU joined the PNU coalition, although it serves in Parliament as the official opposition party. Kenya held controversial elections on presidential, parliamentary, and local government on December 27, 2007.
March 2008 – Kenya is about to embark on a new era and is working on a power-sharing agreement between Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga

A few photos for inspiration

Zebras in Love

Ruth and Brenda

Traci and Ruth

Swahili

Genesis 11:3-9
They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

1 Corinthians 14:10
Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

Kenya is a multilingual country. There are a total of 62 languages spoken in Kenya, most being African languages with a minority of Middle-Eastern and Asian languages spoken by descendants of settlers. Kenya's two main languages are English and Swahili. Unless you are hopelessly lost in the bush somewhere, you will probably be able to find someone who speaks English. Attempts to use Swahili are generally warmly received and can often help in conversations. Despite the widespread use of Swahili, most Kenyans have their own tribal language and view Swahili as a foreign language, as they do English.

Greetings (and other basics)

Hello Jambo

How are things? Habari?

Fine or Good Nzuri

Goodbye to one/goodbye to many Kwaheri/Kwaherini

Come in/welcome Karibu

Thank you Asante

Mr. Bwana (respectful -adult man)

Mrs., Miss Mama (respectful - adult woman)

youth/youths kijana/vijanachild

children mtoto/watoto

What is your name? Jina lako nani?

My name is... Jina langu...

Numbers

1 moja

2 mbili

3 tatu

4 nne

5 tano

6 sita

7 saba

8 nane

9 tisa

10 kumi

Useful words

Yes Ndiyo

No Hapana

Right kulia

Left kushoto

Up juu

Down chini

Friend rafiki

Where is? Wapi?

Here hapa

When? lini?

Now sasa

Soon sasa hivi

What you do for them you do for Me...

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'


"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'



"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.'

A few Saturdays ago, I woke up early and found myself flipping through channels on the TV. I came to a half hour plea for help from Feed the Children. Where were they pleading for help? Kenya, Africa. I saw hundreds of children in need of food. Children with out parents due to AIDS, desperate just to be loved and told it is going to be OK. Children way to young to be on their own yet they lived on the streets begging for food. According to the head of Feed the Children there are hundreds of thousand children in need of food in Kenya alone. In the years that I have been traveling to Kenya I have seen this up close. I began to cry. There are so many!! It was then that God reminded me that for the kids of CMIA there is hope EVERY DAY!! That hope comes from what God is doing through David and Jennifer Hatley. Through the many people who daily feed and love on these kids. And from those who take their vacation time to go and be with them... In a sea of hunger and pain, CMIA provides an island of hope. In only 92 more days you too will be a part of bringing that hope and love to the kids of CMIA.

Garage Sale

GOD IS SO GOOD!!

AND YOU GUYS ARE A GREAT TEAM!!

What a weekend!
Thank you all for your hard work!
Final total:
$1818.86
Minus expences grand total is
$1528.86!!

What to wear

For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which one of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life's span? And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these. But if God so arrays the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you? O men of little faith? ... Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. -Matthew 6:25-30,34

Many people are asking what do I get to wear in Kenya. So if you are shopping for Kenya here is the suggested list for packing:

The average temperature 80’s days/ 60’s nights

no military style clothing or backpacks

2 Pairs of LONG PANTS (Khakis/Cargos/Jeans) I recommend light weight No Capris·

2 LONG SKIRTS, OR SIMPLE LONG DRESS Long means down by your ankles·

2-4 short or long sleeved T-SHIRTS or BUTTON DOWN SHIRTS—Nothing Tight Fitting!

1-2 CASUAL TYPE SHIRTS No tank tops unless worn on safari·

SWIMSUIT – you may have a chance at a pool on the safari·

SHORTS – only appropriate on safari·

Dark SWEATER or LIGHT WINDBREAKER·

5+ pairs of SOCKS a couple pair of fast drying, or take lots of pair to wear and just leave there! 5+ pairs of UNDERWEAR cotton takes forever to dry!

Sun HAT (baseball caps are fine)

1 pair of SHOES to wear with Sunday clothes (Birkenstocks, sandals etc are totally appropriate
for the women – nylons not necessary!

1 pair of WALKING SHOES· SANDALS or flip-flops (flip flops are great for showering too!)

Many people are getting thier shots. Remember you can feel kind of tiered or even kind a sick after them. It normaly last only a day or so. They are worth it!! I recommend the Flu shot too if you have not gotten yours yet this year.

We leave in only 99 more days!!!!

Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal—two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. The subjects of As We Forgive speak for a nation still wracked by the grief of a genocide that killed one in eight Rwandans in 1994. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government has returned over 50,000 genocide perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution: Reconciliation. But can it be done? Can survivors truly forgive the killers who destroyed their families? Can the government expect this from its people? And can the church, which failed at moral leadership during the genocide, fit into the process of reconciliation today? In As We Forgive, director Laura Waters Hinson and narrator Mia Farrow explore these topics through the lives of four neighbors once caught in opposite tides of a genocidal bloodbath, and their extraordinary journey from death to life through forgiveness.

In Jan of 2008 Kenya faced its owe genocide or "The Clashes" as it is referred to. This film is real people dealing with the pain, anger and loss that the children we will meeting deal with everyday. Many of the children at GCC have seen family members be brutally murdered before their eyes. I would encourage you to watch this film on PBS and ask God to prepare your heart for the all the beautiful children you will meet.

Romans 12:10 "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves

"Watch or Set your DVR to PBS (KCTS 9) : 6/29/09 @ 10pmhttp://asweforgivemovie.com/index.htm

June Meeting Recap

To the right is one of the recent photos I told you about of my son Ondecka!! His smile can light up a room.

What a great meeting we had today. We went over so much... here is a recap.

We have a new member to our team: Raquel Naranjo! Karibu!! (Welcome)

The first date for our car wash is July 25. DeeDee is working on getting at least one more date.

We need to check and see what Zip Code was use on your support letters. Many went out with the wrong one. Send second letters to let people know about this and about where you are at with your support.

We went over our schedule day by day. We need to come up with something to do with the kids in Langata, songs for the school visits and gifts for the school kids and house moms & dads.

Talk to everyone you know in life groups to see if the life group would be willing to help with the supplies we need to get.

Amber G's sister Tiffany came in to talk about a drama we can do for the boys, girls and church. We chose the one we will do. 7 people will be needed for the drama. Amber B, Amber G, Scott, Robyn, and Sandy all volunteered. We still need 2 more people so if I missed you please let me know.

We covered the garage sale.... Be at Brad and Sandy's by 7am unless you are helping collect things from homes to bring over. We will each be working at different places through the day. Robyn will have a schedule. Amber, Raquel and Brad are working on the signs. Robyn and Tara are putting the display boards together. Robyn and DeeDee will go to Costco and get the muffins, cookies, things for coffee, juice and hot dogs. Scott and Donna will get coffee containers and juice containers. Jerilyn will bring her BBQ. Plan on being there till we are done. It will be a long day but a good one. If we have enough things left over, those who want to come back on Sunday to keep the sale going can.

We closed in prayer. It was a great time of prayer. Please remember to be getting in contact with you prayer partners!! It is so needed. Raquel you and Amber G will be prayer partners.

With so much to cover we ran out of time. So from now on our meetings will be from 1:30 to 4:30 to make sure we have the time to cover everything.

You guys are an amazing team and I really look forward to working beside you in Kenya!! WE WILL MAKE IT THERE!!

AIDS Quiz

HIV and AIDS has effected one out of every five people in Kenya. We will go over AIDS in our July meeting but I wanted to get you thinking about it.

Here is a quiz on AIDS. See if you can find the right answers. We will go over it in July, but do some research now....

1. Which of the following catastrophes has claimed more lives?

a. Vietnam war

b. Earthquakes of the past 100 years

c. AIDS pandemic

Every week, AIDS claims as many lives as American Fatalities in the Vietnam War. Since it was discovered, AIDS has killed nearly 30 million people - equal to the combined population of Texas and Arizona, and nearly 10 times the number of earthquake fatalities in the last century.

2. What makes AIDS so different from killer epidemics of the past?

a. AIDS kills the productive members of society, not predominantly the young and elderly

b. Men are particularly vulnerable to infection

c. Infections is totally avoidable based on personal choices

Unlike the Black Plaque of flu epidemics that largely spared the healthy, working-age population, AIDS is decimating the ranks of teachers, parents, doctors, and farmers - the very people a society relies upon to provide for basic needs. As a result, children and the elderly are left to fend for themselves.

3. Who said, "AIDS is the greatest weapon of mass destruction on earth"?

a. Bono

b. Colin Powell

C. Oprah

AIDS is devastating communities like no other weapon could, according to Colin Powell. Every minute, 10 more people are infected with HIV.

4. Why are women in developing countries contracting HIV at alarming rates?

a. They can't afford condoms

b. IV drug use is up among women

c. Women have few rights and choices in many cultures

In many developing countries, women have few rights and choices in life - including choices that protect them from HIV/AIDS. Women often do not have the power to decide whether or with whom they have sex; to negotiate condom use; to avoid sexual violence; or to feed their children without entering the sex trade.

5. How is AIDS affecting the food supplies in African countries?

a. There's more food because there are fewer people

b. Food is scarcer because so many farmers are sick or dying

c. AIDS is having no effect on Africa's food supplies

Food shortages are a big problem. By 2020 AIDS will have claimed the lives of at least one-fifth of southern Africa's agricultural workers. Food production is just one area in which AIDS threatens to reverse decades of development work in poor countries.

6. Why has Africa suffered the greatest number of AIDS deaths to date?

a. Africa has the greatest number of HIV-Infected people

b. Americans and Europeans can afford to be vaccinated against HIV

c. Stigma has prevented Africans from getting vaccinated

Sub-Sahara Africa has 64 percent of the worlds HIV cases - more then any other area of the world. But skyrocketing infections rates in Russia, China and India threaten similar or wars epidemics in these regions in the near future. Education and awareness could still change this. THERE IS NO VACCINE TO PROTECT AGAINST HIV/AIDS.

7. How many children are orphaned each day because of AIDS according to the United Nations?

a. 200

b. 1500

c. 6000

6,000 children are orphaned by AIDS every day. If all the children orphaned by AIDS held hands, they would stretch five and half times across the USA. By 2011, this virtual chain will reach around the world.

8. Imagine your parents have just died as a result of AIDS. As an orphan in Africa, what can you expect?

a. Neighbors will take care of you

b. You'll have to drop out of school

c. You will successfully farm your families land

You will likely have to drop out of school to care for younger siblings or because you can't afford the fees. Even if you had land, farming will be very difficult given your lack of experience. Neighbors might be willing to take you in, despite the stigma associated with AIDS - but resources may be so meager that you still can't get enough to eat.

9. Which of the followings is commonly accepted AIDS myth in developing countries?

a. Sex with a virgin cures AIDS

b. If you feel healthy, you can't be HIV-Positive

c. AIDS is caused by evil spirits

d. All of the above

All of these myths are popular in developing countries. Limited formal education, lake of access to reliable information, and inadequate health care all promote harmful myths about AIDS. World Vision is one organization helping to prevent the spread of HIV with proven education based on biblical principles.

10. Which country has the fastest growing HIV infection rate in the world?

a. Russia

b. South Africa

c. United States

African countries have suffered the most AIDS death to date. The virus that causes AIDS is currently spreading fastest in Russia - where the infection rate grew 257 percent in three years.

11. In which country has the HIV prevalence rate dropped in recent years?

a. Uganda

b. Botswana

c. Swaziland

Uganda offers the world hope that we can turn the tide on this pandemic. Thanks to aggressive awareness and prevention campaigns, the HIV prevalence rate in Uganda has dropped from 21 percent in 1991 to 7 percent in 2004. Botswana and Swaziland, on the other hand, both suffer from prevalence rates of nearly 40 percent, the highest in the world.

Quiz was created in 2004.