The clean water wells and farms provided by CMF donors in the Turkana, Kenya, desert are thriving and transforming their communities, even in the midst of a long-time drought, according to CMF team member Eric Pitts.
When a devastating drought hit Kenya in 2017 and spilled over into 2018, the region of Kajiado experienced overwhelming losses.
When the African Children’s Choir performed at his college during his senior year, Joel Brock had no idea that it would lead him to his career as a missionary in Kenya and to his future wife!
In June 2017, Ekiru Lokwawi was running an errand for his dad on a motorbike when he seriously burned his leg, and his life became filled with constant pain.
Do you love being around kids? Lots of kids?
CMF’s ministry partner, Missions of Hope International, has openings for several married couples to serve as dorm parents in their girls’ and boys’ dorms at two boarding schools outside Nairobi. There are 1,300 middle school and high school students living at these two schools.
In 1976, they were two kids from rural Oregon who wanted to serve God in Africa but didn’t have any idea how to set up and get started.
Fortunately for all, they connected with CMF as their support organization, and Garry and Linda Brock’s 44 years of ground-breaking mission work in Ethiopia, Kenya, the CMF office and Asia Marketplace Ministries took off.
Rachel Williams and Caitlin Pitts, CMF team members in Turkana, Kenya, have launched a ministry that helps young women stay in school and avoid sexual predators, while starting small businesses that help other women, too!