Request for Prayer and Funding for Adventist Orphanage Project in Kenya

African and American Adventist Alliance

I have great admiration for those engaged in active and aggressive work of evangelism and mercy ministries in locations of the world where funding for the same is minimal. I believe we who minister here in America must learn from those who minister in such countries the lessons of faith, tenacity in doing God's work, organization, training, and economy before we will be able to complete the still-unfinished work here in North America.

I received the following request for funding from one such worker, Kenedy Oramat, a few days ago. Kenedy is engaged in working with a project to support needy children and orphans through an Adventist program for those not of our faith in an area where 42 tribal groups live there in Kenya. He seeks whatever aid people may be able to give him to this end.

I have not met Kenedy Oramat personally, and would suggest any with the ability and interest in giving aid contact him on his Facebook page under his name: Kenedy Oramat. You can find further details and make your own informed decisions through direct contact. The rest of us can pray for work being done under most difficult circumstances by fellow Seventh-day Adventist Christians, both Kenedy's work in Kenya, as well as thousands like him in various places of the world.

I am in contact with a fellow pastor in another country in Africa who has a district of 21 congregations, whom he visited often weekly on a five day motor cycle tour. We are working together on a project we're calling “African and America Adventist Alliance”, which looks to match up pastors/districts and principals/schools in Africa and America in “sister churches” and “sister schools” alliances for the purposes of:

1. Mutual prayer for each other's success in ministry

2. The sharing of stories of success and ministry and challenges in ministry

3. Cultural exchange by members/students and pastors/principals through pictures, letter writing, and the like

4. Rendering of mutual aid in tangible form through the pastors or principles, as such resources may become available

If you're interested in learning more, check out the Facebook page my African associate on this project has put up: African and American Adventist Alliance.

Here is the specific details of the Adventist needy children and orphans project in Kenya that Kenedy Oramat is working with from a message he sent from his mobile phone, I believe. I have not altered the text, which is a bit difficult to read due to language issues and also the limited means available to Kenedy for communication.

Keep looking up.

Pastor Skip Johnson, with “African and American Adventist Alliance”

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from Kenedy Oramat

Helo,pst Skip J.true im from Africa.and im very hapy to be among of your friends in this continent and hope to visit me in person.my Country Is Kenya.im in a project that sponsering children and madication Foundation From Germany.working as staff writting children letters to sponsors.my Life Goals Is to serve the lord and supporting needy childrens and ophans Childrens In Community Under Our Church.CHALLENGES:im working With People Who are not my fellowship in church.i have the plot and i haved introduce the group to work with childrens and we're Capitol and we need brothers and sisters for blessing donation from adventist.as im working they can not consider sabath and we need children to grow up and meet the true worshing and serving the lord.i Live In Kenya Rift valley Province.we have 42 tribes and im a masaa.we are pastrolism keeping cows,sheep and goats.arround The Maasai Lands We have fertile soil good for growing maise,beans,bananas and all crops.i live near the park and there are many wilds animals

Our Truorist There Is Elephants Giraffs,lions,zebras,cheaters,hynas,antalops,black $ White Rhinos ,hippopotomus and crocodile and soo more. IM aventist from south kenya conferance and a youth leader in our district churches I Thank God for the talent of singing He is the good shapherd my parent got seperated whe is was a 4yrs old and i passed dificulities and love children when they enjoy paretal care with love.may God Bless You And Remember Me In Prayer One Faithfuk Man Can Shake The World Amen!

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P.S. from Pastor Skip Johnson: Our three church district in Connecticut entered into a relationship with a pastor and his 21 congregations in Africa a few years back, as we were beginning to work with this idea of the “African and American Adventist Alliance” of sister church districts and schools. We learned a great deal from their ministry approaches, their faith, and benefited greatly from the prayers of the 4,300 members in those congregations who held our work here up to the Lord of us all. We were also able to send them two boxes of our “God's Dollar” leaflets, enough for one for each of their church members, as well as full sets for their elders which would allow them to have a short eight night reaping session.

That project has been delayed a bit on the American end of things due to a pastoral move to the opposite side of the country, and my own recent round of cancer treatments (successful, thank God!). Those interested in learning more of this initiative, feel free to contact me directly, or go to the “African and American Adventist Alliance” Facebook page. We believe this is an idea that stands to greatly benefit those engaged in ministry on both of our continents by closer links for mutual benefit.