Jambo from Kenya! I have only been in Kenya two days now, but we’ve already had such great conversations. I am so excited about how God is using David’s Hope, Pastor Steve, Mary, and their Camp Brethren Ministries to impact so many people in Eburru. A couple of the key themes are that the funds from DHI have accelerated the work of CBM far in excess of their imaginations! God is good and it’s so cool the DHI can have such a tangible and real impact for the Lord! In addition, it’s clear that the funds we’re sending are going very very far.
One important founding principle for David’s Hope is that anything we do is sustainable – financially and in terms of leadership. So it was cool to talk through many of the sustainability ideas they have and to hear just how much they are really thinking about sustainability beyond DHI. Jonathon, the school administrator, and George, the nurse and farmer, have both given a great deal of thought to sustainability and have prepared numbers to speak about with me. It looks like there may be opportunities to open a private school alongside our existing school and help subsidize the cost of educating the neediest students. The reason such a business would work so well is due to the high quality of the education they are providing and the physical school grounds. The school is really beautiful, and everyone that sees it is amazed at how high a quality they have built!
Here is a great quote from Steve on this: “One of the biggest things missing in Kenya is quality education….when they come to CBM school they get quality education and quality food that I and my family would eat….I cannot build a school for anyone unless I know that my own son could go to school here and be happy! I could live in that orphanage and be happy and I am very comfortable knowing that when we have children living there they will be very satisfied. Where the children are coming from is terrible and when they come to this orphanage they will praise God for how nice this is and how great they have it.”
This is great stuff and there is more to come!
Scott
Scott – Keep up the great work. It would be really cool to get live video to see the school and everything that is happening there, but I am sure you have limited resources. It’s exciting to hear all that is going on there.