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Message from Arlene

The team arrived safely last night and everybody from the various places in the US all connected together.  The bags arrived with no issues. They had a meeting today with pastors and elders and a great prayer meeting and are ready to go to Kirasha tomorrow. Dr. Thompson and her team are ready to do the ultrasound training tomorrow with the staff. The clinic looks beautiful and they've really spruced it up a lot since last summer when it opened. Everybody is well and in good spirits and appreciates everybody's prayers.

Only 5 days left before the team leaves for Kenya.  We are finalizing the supplies packing and working on packaging the vitamins for distribution.  A Big Thank You to all who have contributed to this trip with finances, prayers and support as your loved ones go. Thanks to all of you, we have collected enough funds to buy all needed medicines, tests, vitamins, blankets, food, children's sweater & hats and Bibles to be distributed in Kirasha and Keini Forest refugee camp. Our Kenyan friends have been working hard to collect all the items and prepare for our time in Kenya and with God's grace and guidance everything is on-track as planned. We appreciate your prayers while we are away, please see our prayer letter in the post of "April 2008 Kenya Team Prayer" and our schedule below while we are in Kenya.

Most of the time we are away we will not have access to email and phones, but will send txt message to post when possible.  Thanks again for your support and prayers while we are away.

Key Prayer Items:
For the Refugee Camp: Salvation of hearts and souls, healing of broken and wounded bodies, deliverance from hunger and oppression, freedom, peace and joy in the Lord Jesus Christ

For the US and Kenyan team: Physical protection, health and safety, unity in purpose and fellowship, rooted relationships with our Kenyan brothers and sisters, freedom, peace and joy in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We would especially like you to join us in prayer on April 21 as we first go into the refugee camp.  We will walk around the camp in prayer and praise before starting our work, we believe this is a critical breakthrough time for the camp and appreciate you praying with us at this time.

Team members to pray for:
Dr. Marietta Thompson                  Dr. Sandy Shepherd
Dr. Lori Warzecki                          Dr. Joan Shu
PA Michele Miles                           Phrm Jennifer Boyd
Jim Bunn                                      Kay Anderson
Jeanette Johnson                          Laurie Bloomquist
Pam Peterson                               Rick Carter
John Moceri                                  Danielle Moceri
Arlene Hardy 

Kenya in-country Schedule:
Sat Apr 12        leave for Kenya
Sun Apr 13        arrive in Kenya 7pm
Mon Apr 14       morning: meet with Kenya team
                        afternoon: Providers to work & teach at clinic; others prepare for Kirasha
Tues Apr 15      Providers to work & teach at clinic; All others to Kirasha for set-up
Wed Apr 16      Providers to Kirasha ; Full clinic day in Kirasha/children's ministry
Thu Apr 17        Full Clinic Day/children's ministry
Fri Apr 18         Clinic Day/ pack up and store supplies/ leave for Brackenhurst
Sat Apr 19        Excursion or rest day at Brackenhurst
Sun Apr 20       Church in Kaimbu Region churches/Brackenhurst rest day
Mon Apr 21       Return to Kirasha, meet with camp leaders, pray in camp, prelim set-up
Tues Apr 22      Full clinic day in camp/children's ministry
Wed Apr 23       Full Clinic day in camp/children's ministry
Thur Apr 24       Partial clinic day in camp/distribution
                        packup/ return to Ndumberi mission house
Fri Apr 25          Shoppingday /leave for US
Sat Apr26         Arrive in Boise

Dear Friends;

On April 12, 2008, our team will take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Kirasha, Kenya and the Kenei Forest Refugee Camp. 15 team members are responding to the call of our Lord and His promises as stated in Isaiah 58:6-9.  Many of you have contributed to this work with your encouragement, prayers and financial assistance. 

Please accept this letter as our invitation to pray and intercede on behalf of this ministry to Kenya. Pray for our Kenyan Leadership, for team members and for our Kenyan brothers and sisters living in the Refugee Camp.

The following points are listed to help guide your prayers and petitions on our behalf:

Refugee Camp:

• Salvation of hearts and souls
• Healing of broken and wounded bodies
• Deliverance from oppression

  Freedom, peace and joy in our Lord Jesus Christ

Kenyan and US Team:

• Physical protection, health and safety
• Unity in purpose and fellowship
• Rooted relationships with our Kenyan

Brothers and sisters.

  Freedom, peace, and joy in our Lord Jesus Christ

We desire to see multiplication in God’s handiwork, and to place His will up and above of our own understanding or thoughts and we look forward to His wonders and miracles.  Call them forth in Jesus Name!

“Is this not the fast which I choose, to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke?

Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry, and to bring the homeless poor into the house;

When you see the naked, to cover him; and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then your light will break out like the dawn, and your recovery will speedily spring forth; and your righteousness will go before you;

The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry and He will say, “Here I am.”

If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, and if you give yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will become like midday.”         Isaiah 58

If you've been watching the news you know that there is a lot of unrest in Kenya right now over election results. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=kenya+election+violence&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title

In fact, dozens of people died taking refuge in a church admist the violence, when the building was burned to the ground.

Please pray for the PEFA Mercy Medical Clinic staff and patients in Ndumberi for safety and to be peacemakers amidst the violence in their country.

This months report from Kenya was so compelling, I thought it was worth getting the word out:

Mercy Ministry’s Ndumberi Clinic

November Monthly Report to Genesis World Mission

1. What triumphs and successes have you had this month at the clinic. This can include    patient stories, staffing, financial, operational, etc.

l  A 24 yr old lady first visited our clinic in August 2007 immediately we opened. Her problem was that she has been married for 5 yrs and had not conceived. The clinical officer and the nurse prayed for her and advised her on safe days. She came back this month and was confirmed pregnant. It was very exciting and Glory to GOD.

l  A neighbor to our lab technologist  shared with her how she took her child to the district hospital and instead of the baby improving she got worse. She decided to bring the kid to PMMC and after treatment the child recovered well. She was very grateful for the work  and services in the clinic.

l  Most of the hypertensive and diabetic  patients we started off with are  much improved and stable.

2. What short-term challenges have you faced this month? What long term challenges   are you currently confronting?

Short term

u  Had to handle an emergency  of two patients with Asthmatic attacks who did not have money and could not wait for the eligibility procedure.

u  Our clinical officer faced a difficult challenge when she came across a patient who was on and off with Diarrhea. She counsel led and asked him to be tested for HIV which turned positive. His wife and three year old kid were also tested after a lot of counsel ling and the worst fear was confirmed when they all turned positive. It was very heartbreaking for her and the whole family. She referred them to Nazareth Hospital for follow up.

Long term.

u  We have a lot of cases with dental problems that we cannot handle. The best we are able to do is give them painkillers and refer. Our prayer is that the dental unit may start soon.

u  Community members are asking for family planning and immunization which we cant start before registration of the clinic by ministry of Health. It is taking time and we pray that the process will be faster.

3.   What new projects are you starting this month? This may include building and property improvements, programs, activities, services, etc.

l  No New building projects, but glad to report that the 110 volts power line is complete and working well. We are able to use the auto clave and the other machines that we need.

l  We offered a circumcision service to 17 boys from the community and we had to hire a male clinical officer to perform the surgery. This is mainly due to cultural orientation. 7 of the boys circumcised were from the project. We charged about $15 dollars each for this service. This is not reflected in the operation statistics as it is a one time undertaking. The Nurse and the clinical officer assisted him.

4.  How are you using church or community volunteers or donated materials to provide more cost-effective services?

l  We have not used community or  church volunteers but the donated materials have helped us a lot in offering cost effective and good services. Donated materials have also contributed to the cutting down of our monthly budget on supplies and patient consumables.

6.  What kinds of promotional efforts or clinical outreach into the community have taken place this month?   We put an announcement to the churches when we were informing them about the service to the boys.

7. Please share anything else you think is important for us to know.

l  We identified a person from the district hospital who can operate and show us how to use the ultra sound machine. We shall try it out in Dec.

l   December is a busy month with a lot of holidays which may interfere with our day to day operations but we shall try to balance between our patients and our staff as they need rest too and time to be with their families.

8. How can we pray for you?

u  For God's care and protection during this campaign period as we go into elections on 27^th Dec.

u  For continued strength and power

u  For faster process in getting the clinic registered.

u  For a word that is effective as we share with our patients

Genesis World Mission announced today that it will be sending a team of over 30 people for a two week medical outreach to Ndumberi, Kenya. The team includes members of several Treasure Valley churches and will conduct medical clinics with 60 bags (120 cubic feet) full of medical supplies and medications. The team will be leaving the Boise airport Saturday July 14^th 2007 at 8:05 a.m.

While in Kenya the team will be providing medical services in Ndumberi from July 16^th through the 20^th and will travel to Kirasha refugee children’s clinic to set up a clinic there on July 21^st and 22^nd. This will be the 5^th medical outreach trip performed by the partnership between Genesis World Mission, Capital Christian Center, Eagle Nazarene Church and other medical professionals since 2003.

As part of the trip the team will be taking part in the opening celebrations of a medical established as a result of this partnership. Ground was broken last summer on the 7,200 square foot, two story building, by a team from Eagle Nazarene and construction has continued under Kenyan direction since then. With an anticipated opening date of August 6^th, 2007 the clinic will operate 5 days a week offering primary health care, HIV/AIDS education, training and counseling, and other services. The first year goal is to treat 600 patients a month.

The clinic was built to give the citizens of Ndumberi access to health care that was unavailable to them before because of cost or accessibility reasons. The rural town located about 10 KM north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, has a population of about 18,000 people and has an estimated physician to patient ratio of one physician for every 33,000 patients.

 “We are just absolutely thrilled that this clinic will finally become operational,” said Dr. Karl Watts, President of Genesis World Mission. “We’ve been working to establish this clinic for just 2 years. The establishment of this clinic has moved far faster than any of us could have ever thought possible. It truly is to God’s glory!”

Genesis World Mission was started in 1997 and became a non-profit corporation in 2001. It is a non-denominational Christian organization whose goal is to convey the love of Jesus Christ by meeting the physical, medical, and spiritual needs of the less fortunate, both globally and locally. In addition to involvement in multiple international humanitarian relief projects, since 2003 it has operated the Garden City Community Clinic, which provides free medical care to eligible patients without access to insurance. It does this through volunteer health care providers.

Genesis World Mission announced today that it will be sending a container of medical equipment and supplies Monday to Kenya as part of its support for a medical clinic there. “We are just absolutely thrilled that this container is finally going,” said Dr. Karl Watts, President of Genesis World Mission. “We’ve been working in Kenya for three years and the establishment of this clinic has moved far faster than any of us could have ever thought possible. It truly is to God’s glory!”

Genesis World Mission has been investigating the possibility of a sustainable medical clinic in Ndumberi Kenya in partnership with Kenya Mercy Ministries (KMM). Ndumberi is a rural town about 10 KM north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. KMM also provides a women’s work center, children’s center, and pastoral training as part of its local outreach. The medical clinic will provide primary and prenatal health care, dental services, HIV/AIDS education, training and counseling, and other services. The goal is for 50 people a day to be served five days a week. Because the clinic will provide very high quality services, they will be able to charge service fees on a sliding scale basis, which will help provide long term sustainability.

The clinic project is a partnership between Genesis World Mission, Capital Christian Center and Eagle Nazarene Church. Ground was broken last summer by a team from Eagle Nazarene and construction has continued under Kenyan direction since then with the building being nearly complete this spring.

The 40’ container is being prepared for shipping by Nampa-based Hands of Hope, a Christian organization which collects, refurbishes and ships medical equipment and supplies worldwide. The estimated arrival date in Nairobi is June 30^th.

Genesis World Mission was started in 1997 and became a non-profit corporation in 2001. It is a non-denominational Christian organization whose goal is to convey the love of Jesus Christ by meeting the physical, medical, and spiritual needs of the less fortunate, both globally and locally. In addition to involvement in multiple international humanitarian relief projects, since 2003 it has operated the Garden City Community Clinic, which provides free medical care to eligible patients without access to insurance. It does this through volunteer health care providers.

The public is invited to attend a prayer commissioning service at 11:30 AM on Monday April 23^rd at the Hands of Hope Warehouse, located at 1201 S Powerline Road in Nampa. For more information about Genesis World Mission, see www.genesisworldmission.org or call Steven Reames at 384-5200 x 19 or sreames@genesisworldmission.org