12th March, 2010 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
One of the requirements for children to be admitted into our feeding program at the Kambi Teso slums is that their mothers have to participate in a mentoring program through Open Arms. We teach these mothers simple skills such as how to save their money and to start small businesses in order to provide for » Read More
10th March, 2010 - Posted by Dave Redelfs - No Comments
NICK VUJICIC TO SPEAK AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL PORTLAND GOOD FRIDAY BREAKFAST A handsome young man who surfs, swims, fishes, golfs and plays soccer for fun. Sounds busy but not all that unusual, right? Well, not until you consider that Nick Vujicic does those things with no arms or legs and also maintains a speaking » Read More
10th March, 2010 - Posted by Nancy Winn - No Comments
Too much rain? Too little rain? Just the right amount of rain? Farmers all over the world must contend with the unpredictability of the weather. Today, it is sunny and cool here in Portland but our local weather forecasters are predicting snow for tomorrow morning down as low as the valley » Read More
5th March, 2010 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
Read a really interesting article today in the Daily Nation, a newspaper from Kenya, about the need to incorporate the youth into the workforce. With those aged 14-30 making up more than 36 percent of the population and over 750,000 of them joining the labor market each year, it’s becoming a capacity problem in Kenya. There aren’t enough jobs for » Read More
3rd March, 2010 - Posted by Nancy Winn - No Comments
One of the challenges we have working here in the US for this international ministry is to know what time it is in Kenya or the UK. I thought I had it figured out and then in November we changed our clocks here in Oregon and returned to Pacific Standard Time(PST). Prior to » Read More
