As I reflect over the past few months since our last news letter I am struck by God’s faithfulness. His faithfulness to this project and to the prayers of his people. In our last letter we had voiced several concerns. One was regarding our electrician and if he would be able to hook up a [...]
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Heavy Pounding Early April Rains In Kenya Impacting Mully Children’s Family Programs
The year started well with a lot of work that has seen us move forward in our endeavors within MCF. The continued growth of our target groups physically, mentally, economically, socially, and spiritually always gives my wife and I joy. Indeed, the present generation continues to search for the face of God and fulfillment in [...]
CFPC Vocational Training Centre Presentation & Luncheon
You’re Invited! We’re excited to announce that Roger and Chris Bast, our CFPC Vocational Training Centre program leaders, will be visiting Canada this spring. We will be hosting a luncheon for them on May 28 in at Golf’s Steakhouse in Kitchener. In addition to a delicious meal, attendees will be able to hear the Basts [...]
Nabraboogo News #3: Final Update on Food Crisis & Harvest
The harvest has gone well this year. The peanuts, beans, corn, sesame and chick peas are all harvested. In our little area of peanuts that we grew we probably got 4 or 5 times what we did last year. The millet and the sorghum harvest has begun and is almost completed in some places but [...]
Nabraboogo News #2 from Roger & Chris Bast
Here the local drink is made by boiling sorghum to get the goodness out. What’s left of the sorghum is normally fed to pigs but now things are so desperate that the people eat this to help fill their aching stomachs even though there is little if any nutrition left. We are doing what we [...]
Nabrabogo News #1 from Roger and Chris Bast
Determined to get the food there. The truck broke down again last week, thankfully after we had completed out of town food distributions. So for the local deliveries we used what we could get. So far we have distributed over 30000 lbs of food and plan to purchase 36 – 100 kgs sacs with the [...]
“Food Crisis” – Canadian Government Announce Major Funding Initiative
“We need to act now to prevent a major humanitarian crisis.” These are the words of parliamentary secretary Lois Brown, who made a major funding announcement on behalf of Canada’s Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino. “A severe drought last year, poor harvests and rising food costs have helped contribute to a food crisis in [...]
West Africa Food Crisis
What do Olympic athletes know about nutrition? Without good nutrition, it doesn’t matter how talented they are, they’re not going to win any medals. DID YOU KNOW? If a child doesn’t get the right nutrients in their first 1,000 days of life, the damage to their brain and body cannot be undone. Right now, there [...]