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We've been New Yorkers for over a week and it is quite a new experience. To top that, we went to an Episcopal service for church today. We attended St. Mark's which is just a couple blocks away. We could have walked but today a wind came up and it was only about 32 degrees. My puppies were terrified all night and I was met with an icy gust of wind when I took them out for potty time--so no

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We have movers here taking our furniture for us and I am on my last functioning brain cell. I probably rambled a bit below but you can skip it and move to our Kenya photos! :-)

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My gift is Exhortation, although I would love to teach and I DO love when I teach. But discipline. Oh discipline. and writing logical coherent statements where the next thought follows the one that proceeds it and expands it. I used to be a very good teacher. That was before I went to college. Before I was a Christian. Something about Jesus just takes me to the heights and although I can

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Our Kenyan Leadership Team is working against illiteracy by providing books to our children and their schools. READ THIS! (someone gave you books...) Here is a quote from a New York Times article: I wondered how villages in Africa could come up with books when there are very few published children’s books, especially in indigenous languages and there is no money to buy books if they did exist.

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I am very glad to release this report to you on behave of the beneficiaries. First, when I got that I was one of those given an opportunity to get some money and use it on charitable ground, I was so happy because I knew that God has a purpose in life to use me as a vessel to help others. I took my time to pray and think about what to use the money for, (50 dollars) but God led and directed

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I think we look cute here. It was Christmas 2010, I think. Maybe 2009. Time flies. Soon we will be before the Great White Throne!

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Kevin took some amazing photos. I sent Christmas cards with pictures of the animals we saw on safari. Have you taken a look? http://www.riversstudios.com/f743943281 I'm not sure if it works as a link, but try cutting and pasting into your web browser if you can't just click.

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The man is known as Ezekiel Waka and he comes from Emusanda area. He is a 25-year old young man that stays with his mother. His dad died in 1992 in a road accident when Ezekiel was still at a tender age. Ezekiel was then forced to stay with his aunt because the mother was not in a position to provide for him and his two young siblings as she was a mere house wife with no job. His schooling ended

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This week was busy with Fridah, her guardian and I visiting various health facilities and performing a number of tests on her. We started with Dr. Kennedy’s colleague who provided the consultancy and after taking her specifics such as body weight, blood pressure and so on, made requests for a number of tests to be carried out. We did malaria, typhoid, sickle cell anemia and HIV among others. Most

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Fridah Pastor recieving for Jane Pastor Joseph's wife Everlyn Pastor Stanley's wife Everlyn Pastor Steve's wife Melab Sharon Trophosa Silas (who does not have a sponsor)

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Brendah Daisy Dianah Elizabeth Evangeline

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Cynthia Daisy Emmanuel Eunice recieving to share with Cornerstone School students Fredrick

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Benjamin Crispinus Ben Fredrick

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Last week was to say the least, very busy for all of us back in Kenya as we made preparations and purchases of items for distribution on Friday the 2nd of December. The entire leadership team went round doing the purchases. We included Christabel in the team to help with the girly stuff and David was also present to take pictures. This marked one year of service in the orphan program. We began in

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As we see the rising of the sun and the falling of the same is a great reason to thank the almighty God. He has been faithful. The sponsored children have experienced a season of total transformation in their life this year; God has remembered them in every angle. As we marked the Friday events with great joy, some of the children have a reason to smile because they are getting to study computer.

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Ben is so happy! Praying with thankfulness Ed loves the toys, too! Reading letters from sponsors! Joseph translating to Grace. Trophosa life has improved tremendously! Vivian gets her gifts. Zainibu looking so pretty in her new dress from sponsor funding! Yeah! AND GIFTS! Giving is such a joy!!!THANK YOU DONORS!More Christmas gift photos coming in January!

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You have given so much to these children and they are getting an excellent CHRISTMAS! There is still time to give for Christmas because the team can purchase gifts and take them to children's homes on visitation days and take pictures of what you have given. For now, with the several gifts given already, You have given a dream day!  I authorized all children to be covered because I could not bear

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And I have been having another whirlwind month. Thank you Jesus for sustaining me! In Mississippi, my niece who is a daughter to me gave birth on 11-22-11. Nicole Alicia Bates Freeman delivered Rayner Bates Freeman at 5:35 pm in a birthing pool. We are in LOVE! I am a Grandmother! Grandma! Yes! I love you, Nicole! More about everything soon.......

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I am so sad that http://www.tgdonline.com/ is down right now. My son hosts our webserver and he is in transition right now. He's moving to another address and then coming to visit us for a week for Thanksgiving. It should be up by Dec.1st, God willing. Please pray with me that donors persevere if they desire to give to the children for Christmas, in the name of Jesus. Several have asked about how

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Hi mum Stephanie, Greetings’ hoping you and your family is doing great and fine. Here in Kenya, am pleased to inform you that we are doing well. How about the weather there? Here in Kakamega, it’s raining a lot but we are quite pleased with that because we are assured of good harvest in the long run. I know mum Stephanie it’s late to share with you my personal story but am pleased to get this

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okay, i got these from a site that seemed a little fearful for being a Christian, but these are the WORD OF GOD and so I copied the text and I am pasting it here for you. Number 2 is a personal fave memory verse and number five is something that I consider often....part of my natural thinking. I do not (in general) mind dying because I am no longer afraid. However, I DID scream when Steve ran a

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I'd like to write a book on Spiritual Disciplines, but I wonder if I truly am following the Holy Spirit.....or do I want to do something great? I am tired of the sin of Pride. Just today the Lord unvieled a whole new level. Honestly, I don't want to think about it. So that's why I decided I would make myself write about it. First, I am always embarrassed to confess pride because I am sure that I

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Psalm 23 The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You annoint my

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On the 4thof November, David and I attended Vivian’s prayer day at Bumamu primary school. Henry also accompanied us. They were glad to see us and gave us a warm welcome. We arrived on time, as it did not take long before the ceremony began. There were orations from various teachers and parents. They also acknowledged our presence and Henry introduced us and gave a speech on behalf of TGD. Most

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Lord, we thank you for providing for Vivian and we ask that she excel in her exam. Help her to remember all You have taught her. Help her to answer every question correctly. Thank you that You are making a way for her where there was no way. Thank you for letting us take the burden of her education upon us, Lord. Thank you for letting us come alongside her guardian and extended family. Thank you

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Donors and Sponsors: We LOVE YOU! Thank you so much for caring for our Kenyan friends and family. You cannot imagine the gratitude that is poured out to God for the things you are doing. I am a bit behind on some thing I'd love to do for you. I went down to see Anita and Titus last week and had a great time! I got to meet some sponsors and SOME LOVELY SAINTS WANTED TO BECOME SPONSORS OR INCREASE

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Lydia ElizabethThe eleventh distribution took place today. We thank the lord for the far He has brought us. He has been faithful enough. Hope has risen to many and we pray more is to come. The day was great. Most of the guardians were present together with their children. Diana, Vivian, Chrispinus and Evangeline are busy preparing for the national exams and therefore were not present at the

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Fridah's issue was was also handled. We held a very long discussion with her guardian with Frank asking the guardian all the possible question. We finally concluded that she will be coming to kakamega next week for a checkup. The doctors report will give us direction on how we can handle the whole situation.

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Here is some news cut from an email from Frank:Joseph has been working on the website to make it meet the specifications you requested.Lawrence has been in charge of the newsletters and contents therein and has been collecting articles and other pieces of information from all team members so that he can put it all together. I requested him to also collect information we will put in the special

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I had a great time in Southern Illinois this week. I drove down to see Titus and Rose. How exciting to see them in the USA! I had been planning to go see Anita ever since I've moved up here in April. But my personal travel schedule has been full and I've had a lot of wonderful visitors to my home. So it was God's timing and I rejoiced to make the 6+ hour drive with the beautiful changing tree

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It is great joy to see the gospel spreading to more people. People getting to understand the true picture of the bible. The bible materials you left is a great boost to the spreading of the gospel in this community. Most people in this community don’t know how to read and write and only a quarter of the Christian population owns bibles. This means that Pastors have a great task to make people

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Am Erick, I was born in a very small and pour family within Kakamega District, western province part of Kenya. I lost my father and mother at the age of 4 and 5 consecutively and therefore I did not enjoy the parental love and care. My dad was polygamous, He had three wives and my mother happened to be the small woman and I was the only child from my mom. I stayed with my step mother who did some

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All praise to God for the opportunity He gave our churches! Through Trinity Global Development, God used Willow Creek Community Church to supply Cornerstone Church Kenya with Bible Study Materials. You may have seen earlier pictures of Jackson teaching pastors (scroll down.) Here Jackson is attending Ituti and Ishisitswe (not sure how to spell that one! but that is how I say it.) where Pastor

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FRANK WRITES: Yesterday,  I accompanied Sharon and her guardian, Mary Salasia to the Kakamega General Hospital where she underwent x-ray, ultra sound and malaria tests. Sharon has been complaining of chest pains every now and then with excruciating pain that has made her school attendance erratic. The doctors examined her, gave her medication and scheduled another appointment should the attacks

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oh my goodness these came out so small!  This is Gladys. Here is Cynthia. Sharon and me. I am with Abednego here. I've got Vivian on the left and Lillian on the right and they both need sponsor renewal or new sponsors. They are precious girls! Then Gladys is on my left and Fridah on my right.

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Special thanks to Dan Lovaglia, Teaching and Content Director at Willow Creek Community Church for giving Bible resources to the Pastors of Cornerstone Ministries in Western Kenya. Our Orphan Team Lead, Jack, reviewed the materials with several pastors across three hours. Many pastors traveled long distances to access these materials for their congregations after serving in their churches that

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These are pictures taken by the TGD Kenyan team photo lead, David Okedi last month, but I didn't have time to put them up. I wanted to add them now because I have seen such a tremendous transformation in these programming students, Christabel and Erick. Truly when I met them, they were as young people although very eager to learn and very quiet. When I met with them privately on my recent visit

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Kevin took his cool camera and took pictures of the children, the staff/students, and the safari. We saw LIONS! It was overwhelming and cool. There they were, giant cats, snoozing just so close to us. And even a hyena in the trail--we were going up a steep hill and the mist was obscuring our vision but as we approached, we could just make him out there--and Kevin managed to pop his head out of

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Morning we greeted students- Kevin taught about various programming languages. Then read storybooks to preschool and passed out toothbrushes. One child was gashed on his knee, i bumbled to clean and tape it shut. He needed stitches but I waited for the parent. We got permission to take him to the doctor. Then I had 1x1 with Senior and Junior Staff. Then dinner with Titus and Rose. Stephanie

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I am in Kenya at long last. The flights were amazing. I had a three row to myself and the other flight had a seat between me and a very quiet woman. I slept three times on each flight! We had a hotel room instead of waiting through a 12 hr layover. When I was getting my luggage, a man came up asking to see inside a bag. He questioned me, " what do you have inside- show me, Do you have drugs in

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Pray with me:Lord, i come before you through the blood of Jesus. Thank You for Your cleansing blood. Thank You for Your Holy Name! Blessed be the name of the Lord! Lead us by the Holy Spirit. Illuminate Your Word. Let there be Light!I ask that Your Will be done on this trip in Jesus name. I pray I have Kingdom eyes and a heart of Gods Love. Help us dwell in unity and adore You! Help us glorify

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Can you imagine 300-500 lives changed by the presence of a well? (I'll check on those numbers when I get there and be more certain!) Hallelujah that God Gave and HE gives US hearts to Give! Special thanks to those Christians moved to consider the poor. Thanks to all of you who find your joy in giving! When Christ fills you up, you overflow with thankfulness and beautiful event occur through your

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By the grace of God (because I am a terrible mailer,) Julien received my gift of a talking book. I read him a Hallmark recordable book that is a prayer to God. You turn the page and when it senses the light, it activates the voice recording for that page. Pretty cool! It was one way I could be with him while I am far away. You can see on the left side of this photo that I also sent a printout

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These computer students are in the community and paying a very small fee in order to cover the costs of printing and such. Here is a report from Oscar, one of the students-turned-instructor, a very gifted programming student: The community training program continues and there have been a number of activities that have taken effect in the last few couple of days and it is important to bring to

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Hi Mama Stephanie Joseph got the report about the delivering of the cow that belongs to Sharon Mukoya. He requested Jackson and i to dash there and take the pictures of the cow with its new born calf. It is joy to see the cow at last with the calf, we are now counting two instead of one. I think the Lord is blessing the area through TGD because the cow seems to be a breed that produces a lot

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Here is a quote from the newsletter of Heidi Baker and her husband: https://www.irismin.org/news/newsletters/view/core-values-at-iris#jump-losing-one-airplane-gaining-a-better-one 4) We understand the value of suffering in the Christian life. Learning to love requires willingness to suffer for the sake of righteousness. Discipline and testing make saints out of us, and produce in us the holiness

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Hi Stephanie, Today the junior staff spent the day packing the items ahead of tomorrow’s’ visit. The distribution of this month is very significant to these needy children. The price of essential commodities continues to rise and many families have been going without some. I know they have been waiting eagerly for this day and God is visiting them tomorrow. There is a great meaning in this

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Brenda and her mother Brenda and Shaline---that is a precious countenance on Shaline!!! TGD Kenya new staff behind four new students These are actually PAYING students! That helps with materials they use and need. Jackson, newly working as the team lead over orphans under Frank's supervision along with Lawrence at his side. Here he is with Zanaibu and her guardian.

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Please check out http://www.tgdonline.com/ and see the new orphan profiles!! PLUS the September Newsletter is also posted. I am so thankful for the TGD Kenya staff, specifically Joseph Omuto and anyone who helped him! Thank you to Jesus that we now are getting the website updated! check it out!

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Thank you so much for reading the blog here. I am grateful for those who check in and live this precious life with me and/or for the Lord.....or even for curiousity. A special thanks to those who honor the friends and the children who benefit from the donations in Kenya. God bless all of you. I pray He reveal Himself to You and give the the Joy of Giving and the unity of our humanity on this

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This is the second one----listen to the other sermon (of the same name) FIRST The Love of Human Praise as the Root of Unbelief

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The Love of Human Praise As the Root of Unbelief

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No One Ever Spoke Like This Man! on Desiring God

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The Common Root of Unbelief in the Brothers of Jesus and the Jewish Crowds on Desiring God

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Your sponsorship purchased these books and learning aids! They will be circulated amongst the sponsored children AND their schools---which are sorely lacking in any addition reading materials. Now the children are learning that the blessing coming to them can spread to others as well. Let God be their glory and the lifter of their head. Let Him crown them with honor and life. Benjamin Our

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Jackson leads with Frank's guidance. I wanted to share the letter I received this morning regarding Grace and Everlyn. Note that they would like storybooks. I can suggest some solid type of reading of a classic sort if you would like to send them or any of the other children some books. Lawrence and I visited two orphans on Sunday. That is Everline and Grace. We really wanted to worship together

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Not much time to sort things out yet, but it was so good to have Sarah and Nicole pick us up at the airport! And Nicole's little belly is growing with Raynor inside. I took a look online hoping to find some midwives in the Jackson, MS area, but to no avail. Well, I did find SOME things, but it was terribly hard to really get information. I don't think there are just stand alone birthing clinics

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http://tribeza.com/myblog/behind-scenes-caterer%E2%80%99s-view-wedding It's all about the fabulous caterer, but if you click on the link where "Laura and Garson" are first mentioned, it takes you to their engagement photos by Forever Photography and you can scroll down to see them if you haven't seen them before.

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Illuminated manuscript - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections

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Now i have so many things on my mind. I wrote Frank in Kenya and wrote Sarah/Brenda about precious Lily cat needs to have her final nap. I am in the room by myself while Steve does Very Important Things. and then I found that Susan had taken a fabulous photo of me and Steve kissing at Laura's wedding. (THANK YOU SUSAN!!) I saved it off to Steve's computer and loaded it up here. Happy Me! Then,

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Thanks to Susan for taking this great photo!

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Today we started out early. Skipped the pricey room service and stopped at a local outdoor cafe for breakfast. Kind of an Italian place, we'd eaten there before. They had a full English breakfast for 7 pounds. I had scrambled eggs and cheese bread. The real food to mention, though, was our late lunch back again near our hotel---Steve got the roast beef and yorkshire pudding. A family favorite.

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It has been strange to be unconnected to the general populace. My phone stays off and we rarely have internet connectivity as we are out and about. Germany was another new country and we drove along the Rheine seeing castle after castle on the high hilltops on either side. Quaint little towns below with adorable old buildings lining the river banks. Barges and boats floating by. The weather was

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I won't have any pictures of Laura's wedding for a while. When some friends send them to me, I will try to post a couple of good ones here. For those on facebook, it is much easier to see a variety of photos that people have already posted. Plus, I am tagged in some of those photos. I wasted all of today in Germany by sleeping. We came into the city on Saturday morning and we went straight to

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Here's just two of my favorite pictures among many. Congratulations to Frank and Cynthia, already married by African Tradition, but sealing their covenant before God through a ceremony acknowledging Christ. Amen.

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Getting close. Garson Skelton will marry our baby Laura on July 16. This Friday is Kevin's birthday-27! This Saturday, Frank in Kenya officially marries his wife in a Christian ceremony. They were married by the African 3 cow method originally. I'm so happy that they are making vows before God! But there is no prescribed wedding instructions in the Bible, so the cow method works, too. Garson

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Repha needs $1200 for a complete high school education. We disburse funds monthly across four years. Vitalis is nearly finished! He needs $600 total to complete his education. He hasn't paid this year and is in danger of being kicked out, but his dedication allows him to attend. He has half of this year and all of next year to finish.We hope that God provides the funds so this young man can go

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It is such a joy to see that Lydia has a new full sponsorship for the year! She's been given the gift of $600 for the year which pays for her uniform/school fees/school supplies plus a monthly allotment of goods such as water purification drops, toilet paper, rice, beans, oil, flour, oranges and more. Our Kenyan team stays on top of the current needs. One month they provided extra clothing and on

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You can read more about these two in the upcoming July Newsletter! These children do not have to pay school fees to Cornerstone Preschool due to their dire poverty, so their homes will see a larger amount of food and water treatment.

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Here are the TGD links NEWSLETTERS!!!! Seriously, these really work. My guys in Kenya got these on the TGD web server! Now they will be able to usdate the TGDonline web site remotely. THAT IS SO COOL. I am blessed to have such hard workers together with me for the Lord. All Thanks to Jesus for His Glorious Mercies! now check these out: June Newsletter http://www.tgdonline.com/newsletters/

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Beautiful lace purchased by her sponsor TGD Kenya served her well Thank you to Gail Reed for providing a glorious funeral Titus honored her with his full robes and acquiring tents for the gatherers Mama Anita and Team honored our precious child, one of our own Frank shared his memories Mama Florence, Sharon's guardian, and her brother and not sure who on the right Surely

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Watch our video: http://www.youtube.com/user/stephanietexasrivers?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/Qfjyk5IuoSQ Orphan Day Out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFBEAY6tn_Y

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Jane proudly poses in her offical Butere Girls School uniform. THANK YOU SPONSORS and thank you for her extra donor who made this happen!

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Both girls were devasted by the loss of their precious grandfather who loved them and kept up with their schooling--he was so proud of them. When he passed, their situation turned bleak, but God had the Trinity Global Development team in place to watch over them. We added Grace to the sponsored children list and brought some hope back into their life!

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After the guardian/grandfather died, Frank and Team went to visit the extended family of Everline and Grace. There were four of the grandfather's children still alive, but all in such dire straits. Very sad situations and this woman's was among them. Still, she seemed the best suited to care for the children. She was married with children when her son developed Cerebral Palsy (or muscular

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Here is a great link for a fabulous radio show about "NO MORE MR CHRISTIAN NICE GUY" https://www.homeword.com/dangers-being-christian-nice-rb-a-1553-t-4_40.html God calls us to be GOOD not NICE. Seems the world is all about "nice" and anything they don't like they call "not nice" but good people have to stand for what is RIGHT and take the criticism from the world. Let God judge our actions

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Just in case.....have you seen THIS video? oh I watched it afresh and I gotta say.....You can make a difference! You can take people from sad to glad by helping them in their desperate circumstances!!! When we see the people in the flooding here in the USA, we see them lose everything they have. Well, Americans can rebuild. Our Kenyan orphan children???? They NEVER had any of that to begin with--

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFBEAY6tn_Y Here is a great short video (2 minutes!) with our children, students, staff, and some guardians celebrating a day of togetherness for the sake of the children. Paul, Daisy, Elizabeth, Everline, Grace, Brenda, Emmanuel, Benjamin, Ben, Noel, and others all spent the day in various activities finishing up at the grocery store. The children had never been

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Nothing is more basic to life than air and water. God has provided for the needs of about 200 people to give them access to clean water. How generous is the Lord through the hearts of His Children! We rejoice with this giver who feels the joy of the Lord in sharing from their blessings!!

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Today all our students spent the day at Catherine's home splitting firewood, fetching water and doing other chores. That's the solidarity within the TGD family. As from tomorrow, it will be in turns; We are splitting them into two groups. One in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Spending the night at the funeral is on voluntary basis, at least for today, tomorrow and Thursday. Friday

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No more living off my phone--hallelujah! It's been difficult, but I am SO thankful for the Iphone, which has made moving to another state more of a blessed experience. I can type something into the MAP application using my "current location" and it will give me directions to nearly anything. I can access my EMAIL and facebook. I can get texts and calls from friends. I have music and sermons by

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Ok, so we are really not in Texas anymore. I still have no computer set up - so I am texting on steves iPad. Tap tap tap with my pointer finger. Penelope pooped on the rug again. I try to tell myself that God wants to mold my character yet I have a very hard time with poop in the house. At least the weather is nice and she can go out many times a day. We have a giant yard-- like an acre of lush

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Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu, Mtakatifu ni Bwana mwenye Nguvu on Desiring God

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Last Sunday, I had the privilege of fellowshiping at Emukhalari Church. It was a Holy Communion service. This is is always the case when it comes to all Easter celebrations, at least according to the presiding pastor, Henry Juma. This time round, Evangeline was present. She actually goes to church with he guardian. The advantage she has is that the church is in their compound therefore

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I couldn't be more pleased with the way the Orphan Program has progressed. The happy pictures I get each month and the testimonials. I have posted some here and I have sent some out to the TGD family through newsletters. What a great blessing to be part of changing the lives of these young ones. Who can they depend upon? Even their relatives are struggling in poverty. Frank and Joseph have

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I posted a photo to facebook. It was snow on the building roofs. That's just wrong. And as I walked to my hair appt, the little pansies freshly planted were surrounded by ice. There were signs out on the sidewalk saying "Caution: Falling Ice" What?? I looked up and the building had so many stories. I could not imagine ice falling down on my head from up there. It seems like it could kill you. I

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What is God up to?? Blessings! One of Gods servants is giving a well anonymously!! But Jesus sees everything and oh people ard going to give Him Glory!!

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It's a mixture of joy and sorrow for TGD. Joy for the new kid on the block aka Fredrick and sorrow for the Owaga family. Just as you heard from Frank, the Owaga family story is a distressing account. Each of William's children has a challenge to tackle. The first born (Mr. Otieno) has a problem with the leg, the last born (Mr. Omondi) has a big tumour on the forehead, kidney problem and lung

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The remaining four children of the late Mr. Owaga sat and discussed the future of the orphans and when Joseph and I visited them today, they had agreed on who was to be the guardian of the orphans. The home actually has a total of four orphans all of whom were under the care of the late. The eldest is in grade seven while the youngest is in grade two. Mr. Owaga's daughter will be the guardian

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