Kenya Projects
Huruma Update: April 2020
Huruma Children's HomeThe first quarter of this year has been an extremely difficult time at Huruma. There has been more sickness with malaria than I remember in the last 10 years. Many of the…
Christmas at Huruma
Huruma Children's HomeThe orphans all received new personal Bibles and Bible cases. The group that attended the December meeting thoughtfully filled the cases with all sorts of goodies and…
Huruma Update: January 2020
Huruma Children's HomeThe work is never done at Huruma Dolor orphanage. It is a labor of love, caring and providing for 80 orphans on a daily basis. Children need to be fed and clothed, the…
Huruma Dolor Orphanage Spring 2019
A Month at Huruma Rene, Ethan, Vanessa and I traveled to Kenya for an extended mission trip. We left home on February 3 and arrived back on March 8, 2019. While much gospel work was…
Journal Excerpts from Kenya Mission Trip 2019 (author Rene Smith)
January 28, Monday Michael is really sick with head cold/flu symptoms since coming home from Ghana. Please pray for his healing and protection for the rest of us. He pressed out to service…
Huruma Dolor Orphanage Trip—July 2018
In conjunction with a mission trip in July 2018 to Kenya (read more), I was at Huruma for many days. During this time, two groups, numbering eleven, traveled to Huruma from Germany under the…
Army Worm Report
The fall army worm is threatening Kenya's food security. In two seasons, the pest has destroyed thousands of hectors of maize plantations in the north. Bro. Peter says they had some of the worms…
Huruma Dolor Orphanage Update
Feb 5— What a blessing the new tables will be. Sitting in chairs for dinner! Step by step great change occurs. Feb 21— A drastic loss occurred when disease killed all the pigs but one and all…
Huruma Primary School Update
In October, we began construction on a new primary school building for Huruma. The old one was very dilapidated with poor lighting and many of the rooms were temporary structures where quality is…
Huruma Primary School Project
Construction of a new primary school began this fall at Huruma. Due to dilapidation and unsanitary conditions of the old school, the government has been pressing hard for a new structure. The cost…
Huruma Orphanage/ Build a School
This month, we have begun the planning stage of the primary school construction project. An architect has been hired and funds supplied to pay for the many different government approvals. Shortly,…
Huruma Orphanage Update
Dear friends and sponsors of Huruma Orphanage, I trust that this letter finds you well and most of all encouraged in the Lord. I am frequently reminded of when Jesus looked on the multitude and was…