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All but ten of the fifty-five people who attended our Worldcomp Retreat yesterday were residents of one of the slums here in Nairobi. They are people who, by the grace of God, have risen from the ash heap of poverty and are now living their lives with the express purpose […]
For the last few days I have been preparing for our weekend retreat with 50 people who are Worldcomp’s Network Partners from all over Kenya. They are doctor’s nurses, heads of NGO’s, pastors and many professional people who have joined the “Worldcomp Family”. Here in Kenya, Worldcomp is a “Membership […]
Worldcomp’s “Way Forward” Conference Hello Friends in America: This Saturday March 29th I will be hosting an all day conference for 50 of Worldcomp’s key leaders and volunteers. We will be meeting in the Salvenburg Conference Center, which is located next door to our apartment here in Nairobi. In this […]
Guest Post from Laurra McGregor What you ingest while in Kenya can make or break your time here. Water and water based products like coffee and tea are generally not safe to drink–unless they come from an unopened bottle or are boiled. Restaurant eating is tricky…if you’re at a “known” […]
Today was a very moving day for us. We spoke today in our little church in the Kibera Slums. In the last 2 1/2 months I have spoken in 10 churches. Some of them had over 3000 members and were very grand. But today this little church located in the […]
GOD’S FAVOR FOR WORLDCOMP In the last 24 hours a number of things have happened that we feel are evidences of God’s favor and blessing for Worldcomp. First of all we received our Certificate of Registration as an NGO in Kenya. When the new constitution took effect several years ago […]
Visiting Lenana School with Deborah and Laurra was a total riot. You just can’t believe how those two girls can light up a group of kids. They taught them songs, they danced for them, told them stories and became their best friends. How we love the 300 children of this […]
Guest Post: Laurra McGregor Imagine traveling up an old timber road in the mountains, or down an abandoned dirt road to a secret fishing spot. It’s dusty, dirty & bumpy. Now add a pothole every foot or two and two speed bumps every mile or so, and you have half […]
Guest Post by: Laurra McGregor This morning after breakfast we visited a cash machine so I could withdraw funds to buy candy to give out to all the kids I run into everywhere we go. Cash machines in Kenya are better than in the states–they’re located inside a closed off […]
Several months ago we visited the Shikusa Boys Detention Center. One of our donors had given us $1000 and asked us to use it for the sports program at the Center. We asked what their greatest need was in the area of sports. They immediately took us to the sports […]