AT LAST, a photo of Lizzie Green, flanked by Dad and Mum.   We were sitting in front of a Wall Carpet of some praying Kenyan children in our sitting room.     SUCH a great JOY to have her home with us, if only for such a short time; she was with us for only two weeks, and left last Thursday - the 14th July.    The weather was COLD and cheerless, and we had to stay inside a great deal.      Also she found us both a little preoccupied with problems.    We felt that we did not give her a lot of joy and gladness, but she sure gave US plenty, and her presence with us at this particular time was a wonderful comfort, and did much to settle our own minds and spirits where we had been unsettled and a little 'lonely'.
SURELY NOT!   I mean we have been full of news of the Tyndale Team Projects and activities among us, and surely we could not have been still warding off the fiery darts of the wicked one?
Well... but Yes, we still had our problems circling around.    There are times we just cannot share what is touching our heart and upsetting our spirits.    We bury them out of sight under the lighter and less disturbing elements of daily life.     We do not mean to 'hide' our trials, but we do not wish to unload every trying triviality on you.     He walks with us at such times, and brings, in time, out of gloom into light.    He used our lovely and beloved daughter to help us through this time.    We do thank the LORD for her, and for all our children.

Well, after writing last week at such length about unemployment I felt I must have gone on a bit too much, and felt a little guilty in pouring out my concerns upon you all.     And indeed not one person commented upon my lamentations concerning unemployment;   I guess you all know about it yourselves; after all it is a world wide issue.
OPPOSITE is a photo of David, one of the two your men I mentioned last week as those currently seeking employment after leaving College almost a year ago.    He has a Diploma in I.T. ( Business ).  He has a sharp mind.   Having walked up and down tirelessly in this extensive Town he has found nothing to provide him with work.   David was born in 1990 and came to be with us when he was just seven years of age.   He and two other brothers came to be with us after his parents were burnt to death in their homestead during tribal unrest and violence.    At 26 he still looks just a teenager and is of a short stature.   This seems to work against him since to a prospective employer he just does not appear as old as his age.      He is a very inovative young person, inelligent and inventive.   Please pray with us for him as we seriously seek to see him started on his own independent life.

TO THE LEFT is Jotham, aged 24.  He came to us when he was 14 having lost his mother who was unmarried, and when needing to join his last year in Primary School.    He did very well and proceeded on to Secondary School with us, completing his 4th Form in 2012.    He is a bright and serious young man.     He has a Diploma in Management (Project Management Option) which he completed well in September 2015. Once again he has found no opportunity to earn a living so far.    We would also ask you to join us in our prayers for him to find employment, as we are now doing our best to assist him find some definate open door.
BOTH these young men have been with in a way that has earned them our good will and encouragement as we have seen them live peaceful and careful lives as part of their respective 'families' in the Homes.   They have not been lazy or irresponsible, but they are beginning to feel frustrated and depressed as days go by.....
YOU MAY WONDER how young men in their twenties have come to be part of a Children's Home where eighteen year olds are supposed to be adults and about their own business.     When DAVID joined us aged 7 he had not been to school at all.    Starting with 2 years of basic in Nursary School he still had 12 more years in Primary and Secondary plus a further 3 in College.  He has had tenacity as well as a will to learn.      JOTHAM was 15 when he joined us, but had 5 years of Primary and  Secondary in front of him as well as a further 3 of College.       Children do not always come to us early, and often have little or no education..    THUS some stay longer than others.

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THE WEATHER has continued WET and COLD, and through it all our young friends from Tyndale School, and their teachers plus some parents, a Team of 34 have laboured strenuously on.   Some suffered setbacks physically, but were not long held back, and it is true to say that everyone put their back into what had to be done.    Both here and at Neema Homes, FENCING has been the most engaging occupation.     At Neema some were putting up a huge part of their Boundary Fence.
With US they were putting up a wire Fence at the Dairy AND a Securuty Fence around our School Boarding GIRLS Hostel to keep them safe and sound from undue inquisitiveness.     The Poultry Houses have been refurbished and other matters put in hand.    Actually the Poultry Unit is still being refurbished, but all will be completed, God Willing by next week, before they leave on Friday.    It has been a lot of work for which we are more than graceful.   God is SO good to us.

AND TOMORROW will be our Baptism Sunday, and many will go through the Waters of Baptism in the shallow end of the School (unheated) Swimming Pool.     Rather COLD  it will be!!      Normally we have had Baptisms in our old Baptistry near the School Office, but with the advent of the Pool, we have moved away to the larger venue.    BUT it is colder there, and of course the water being a much larger expanse IT is colder as well - especially at this time of year.
THIS is just a photo of some of the school children during a school swimming lesson.

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We also had our SCHOOL INTERVIEW INTERVIEW to day - for the post  HEADMASTER for the PRIMARY SECTION OF THE SCHOOL.   There had been more than 30 applicants, and these had been shortlisted to TEN.     The School Heads, and Daryl, myself and Esther sat on the Interviewing panel, and although it was quite a difficult matter - they were all so qualified and worthy- we finally chose a brother in Christ named Benjamin Emojong.      We all felt that the Holy Spirit pointed him out in the particular, and we hope to see him take up his post almost immediately.   Anthony Ndungu, who has been standing in as H/master for some while, will now return to being Principle of the School overall.

God Bless you all.    My apologies for delay in sending an Update.    Hope to get one out shortly.

Love from us all, 

John, Esther, and Daryl Green