Kindfund

# 2022 Update

In the week before Christmas let me begin by praying for a joyful Christmas for each one. Despite our circumstances, whether we are challenged in spirit or on top of life we can know that deep sense of joy in our spirit as we abide in Christ.

We give thanks to our Heavenly Father for each one of you as you continue to support the Kindfund children and indeed the whole family of Kindfund as it has grown during the past year to meet the very basic needs of children under pressure from the famine conditions in the Horn of Africa.
Life is difficult for many here at home and we therefore appreciate all the more the support you are providing for those living in life threatening conditions in NE Kenya.

For those of us who have travelled to Kindfund Kenya in 2022 those conditions have been starkly obvious and our hearts have gone out to the people suffering on the verge of malnutrition. We have where we are able increased the numbers of children we are supporting and followed through with medical and hospital support where it has been required in the more serious cases. (In the case of one 9 yr old girl this involved arranging for a stay at a hospital 600kms from the village along with a mother and an uncle, because the mother could not speak Swahili or English). There is more we can do and we are actively looking for opportunities to reach out with God’s love, to new communities in need. On our last visit, just returning in early December, Jonathan and I met the senior Government official and some of his senior officers in Moyale to inform them of the work we are doing supporting children in his area. He warmly welcomed us and suggested another village in the hinterland where children are in great need because of the famine conditions. We undertook to see if we could start a relief programme there and have been discussing this with our team at Dabel where we are supporting 60 children with porridge breakfast and a cooked lunch. The key for us is identifying someone, called by God, with the right heart and trustworthy spirit to head up a new programme in this remote village. Please make this a subject for your prayer. ‘Unless the Lord builds a house they labour in vain that build it.’ Ps 127:1.

In 2022 Gillian, Pamela, Jonathan and I visited the programmes twice and our Austrian team, Lea along with her sister Miriam and friend Fiona once. There are earlier reports in this News section from Gillian and Lea in which you can read about their experiences.

All of you are set in families and you will have experienced the ups and downs of life in the past 12 months. In Kindfund we are committed to a large family of some 65 staff and c.200+ children of which 120 of the children live in our homes and depend fully upon us. This is a serious and demanding responsibility which requires our regular presence on the ground in Kenya to ensure we maintain the standards of care and support we have set. This year we have had the reality of life and death, happy times and sad, proud moments and disappointments which are associated with life. We thank God for his wisdom and grace in handling the many and varied situations we face. Please continue to pray that God will meet our every need as we respond to the challenges of such a large family and deal with the regulatory framework in which we are set.

As 2022 passes and 2023 arrives please uphold the children, staff and the Trustees in your prayer as we seek to be obedient to God’s call on our lives

uphold the children, staff and the Trustees in your prayer

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