"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27

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Monday, June 9, 2008

EMPOWERING WIDOWS


Eight widows remain in the Tunamai church located in the Gituamba slums of Nairobi KENYA. Many others have died of AIDS. With little food, open sewage trenches, sheet metal proped to make a one room tent home these ladies had little to hope for. Until Pastor George came. He moved his family to live nearby and started the Tunamai Church in the slums. Today eight widows have been loved well and led to a new relationship with Jesus Christ. Their circmstances remain desperate, BUT GOD has given them hope. Pastor George is starting a new training program to help these ladies learn to make clothes to sell.

IF WE DON'T GO WHO WILL...THE MUSLIMS
Tunamai Church is committed to give a pre-school education to young children living in the Gituama slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Their building is made of rusty sheet metal over dirt floors. They have no school desks, black board or text books. Teachers Ann and Paul teach from large posters attached to the walls. Their challenge is intensified by a new neighbor moving into the slums. The Muslim church building is made of stone brightly painted with tile floors and glass windows. The Muslims placed this attractive building next door, just 25 yards away. Which building would you choose to attend church and school?

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