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
25th February, 2010 - Posted by Helen Harrison - No Comments
2 years ago I submitted a small article about Open Arms international to the Christian Medical Fellowship website. It wasn’t done with any great fanfares, just quietly posted with regard to opportunities to serve overseas. One of the people that read that article about a year later was a doctor who is looking forward a couple » Read More
24th February, 2010 - Posted by Nancy Winn - No Comments
I find it hard to grasp the impact of economic conditions in Kenya and other east African countries. I started thinking about this yesterday when I looked up the currency exchange rates for Rwanda and Kenya. Today the currency exchange rate for the Kenyan Shillings is 78. So, in Kenya, 7800 KES equals » Read More
23rd February, 2010 - Posted by Dave Redelfs - 1 Comment
Yes, things really are growing at Open Arms Village. It’s not just that our children are growing up, or that the number of children in our custody is growing in number. We are also growing livestock and crops! In addition to cows, sheep, goats, and rabbits we have begun raising laying hens, and are now collecting » Read More
22nd February, 2010 - Posted by Helene Frost - No Comments
Last week our Founder Rachel was in Nairobi to source some furniture for our new children’s homes. Whilst she was rushing around the busy shops she received an amazing phone call. It was from the District Children’s Office to say that two little girls, sisters aged 4 and 6, had been abandoned by their Mother and needed » Read More
19th February, 2010 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
One of my favorite songs is “Albertine” by Brooke Fraser. She’s a Christian singer/songwriter from New Zealand and her stuff is amazing. The inspiration for this song came after a trip to Rwanda where she met a young orphan girl named Albertine. Here’s the chorus: Now that I have seen, I am responsible Faith without deeds is » Read More
18th February, 2010 - Posted by Camille McInerny - No Comments
I wrote this when I got back from my second trip to Kenya this past summer and thought I’d share it with you. Exactly one year ago, I walked the property at the Open Arms Village in Eldoret, Kenya, watching David Gallagher (OAI founder) point to sections of land and describe in detail the future buildings » Read More
