Missions

A second update from Nancy Price, Director: One of the goals of For the Children’s Sake Foundation is to train up nationals in the countries where we work to offer teacher professional development courses. I am so happy to have Violet Malongo and David Acellam here this week beginning their training to do just that.

An initial updated from Nancy Price, Director: The Nairobi Council Education Officer visited our training today! I always ask the local organizers to be in touch with the local Ministry of Education (if they were not the ones requesting) so that the education officials know what is going on and are supportive rather than suspicious. If they support the training, then the…

From Laura Lanser: Hello Church, I have a little catching up to do! We finished out our week in Korr with no more rains but plenty more discussion. Please continue to pray for rain in Korr. Pray, too, for the Christian leadership there. The missionaries that retired were amazing people and their retirement has left quite a vacuum. It’s time to sink or swim for the…

From Laura Lanser: As I am typing this the skies are brooding. We can hear thunder in the distance and see occasional strikes of lightening. Rain has just passed through, brief but vigorous. Our companions were freezing but Nancy and I found the change in temperature most welcome. One day of very heavy rain can fill the wells for many months. They still need more but this…

From Laura Lanser: Greetings from Korr!  Nancy and I spent the better part of yesterday in a small plane over northern Kenya and have just woken, after a much needed night of rest, to our first full day in Korr. Here’s a quick update: