Presentation
We will be giving a presentation tonight at 6:30 at Christ the King in Selma, AL. Hope to see you there.
Integrity’s children’s missions
April 14, 2009
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Tags: children's mission, children's missions, Integrity Worldwide, kids missions
Always wanted to get your children involved in missions? Here is the answer: we just started Integrity Worldwide’s Kids Missions project for youth groups, schools, students, teens, or who ever wants to get involved.
It’s pretty easy, too. There is more information on our website and you can download or order a flyer.
Mareike
New children's missions project
New pictures on flickr.com: Meto, Kenya
April 8, 2009
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Hey everybody,
we just uploaded new Integrity Worldwide pictures to flickr.com. You can check out pictures from our last mission trip in Meto Kenya! Click here to view the pictures.
Enjoy,
Mareike for Integrity Worldwide
Board Meeting
Integrity Worldwide Board meeting in progress….
God is doing some amazing things in Meto Kenya.
We should have updates for current projects and news about some new projects for you in the near future. Keep and eye out for the monthly newsletter. Click here to sign up the newsletter.
While you’re here check out the Integrity Worldwide website.
Thank you so much for your prayer and support!
Maasai Worship
February 19, 2009
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Tags: Arden Richards, Integrity Worldwide, Integrity Worldwide Mission Trip Kenya, Integrity Worldwide trip 2009, Maasai choir, Maasai choir Kenya, Maasai video, Meto Kenya
Arden Richards just send the link to her first youtube attempt. Click on the button in the middle of the video to see the Meto Maasai choir in action.
Thanks Arden!
Finally, fresh water in Meto!
Finally, fresh water in Meto!
I can’t tell you how exciting it is to be a part of the Africa Water Project, from selling Boston butts and homemade cakes to help raise some of the money, to actually standing there in Meto, Kenya when the water from the new well shot into the air! How blessed am I and how great is God to allow me to be a partner in this awesome, life giving, life sustaining project. As the water puddled in a shallow hole a few feet from the drilling site, a herd of goats broke from their shepherd, came running over to it, dropped to their knees and started drinking the pooled water. My heart dropped to its knees with them, thanking the Lord for His wonderful love and provisions for His people in Meto and for allowing me to experience the joy with Him.
This is just a “drop in the bucket” to what we would like to do in Africa. We need to put the finishing touches on the Meto well and another one is already in the works! Thank you to all who have sown into Integrity Worldwide, and especially the Africa Water Project!
Donna Long
Click on the pictures to see it enlarged.
The water came shooting out of the bore hole
Water Man Drilling Africa
Water Man in action
Goats fighting for the first drops of well water
Don, always up to something...
...and here he goes
Maize and seeds for more than 700 families
February 10, 2009
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Tags: Massai women, medical missions, prayer ministry Massai, Seeds of Hope
Maize and seeds for more than 700 families
One of the projects that we barely even realized that it happened, was the distribution of 5 tons of seed etc…
While Alan Sr., Averee, Leila, Sarah, Taylor, Spears, and Arden were running the medical clinic and saw tons of patients, the other half of the team (Donna, Nancy, Shelby, Alan Jr., and me) were praying for the people coming out of the clinic. And guess what: the Lord showed up. Like crazy. Massai women that don’t really show emotions like we do, started crying. Touched by the Lord. Prophetic words were flowing and more than 30 people gave their life to Jesus. Thanks to “Shelby’s one-man salvation team”. Amazing.
But while all of us were busy either treating people or praying for them, something else was going on: 5 tons of seed, maize, oil, and sugar got distributed! After going through the clinic and the prayer tent, every patient went to a group of Massai guys to get their portion of seeds. Tons of seed bags and oil buckets were stacked up on the ground. Waiting for families to take them home. Each family would get a bag of flour, a bucket of oil, sugar, and maize seed. Dosen’t sound like a lot to us. That’s what we would buy every week at Walmart. But to all these families it was a big time blessing. The mums could finally feed their way too skinny kids. And all the maize seeds are probably being planted right this moment, because the growing season just started.
And the best thing: not only a few people received a portion. Over 700 families got stacks of different bags to take home. Amazing! Thank you so much to everyone that supported the Seeds of Hope program!
Mareike
Taylor treating Massai girls
Alan, Nancy, and Donna praying for little guy
5 tons of seed, maize, flour, sugar, and oil
Buckets of cooking oil handed to Massai woman
Sunday Worship…Maasai Style
We had been looking forward to the Sunday service because some of the people on our team had been two years earlier and couldn’t stop talking about how good it would be. I was worried it might be like a movie that everybody talks up and then when you see it, it just doesn’t live up to your expectations. But It was everything I thought it would be and more.
The Lord showed up in a huge way! First, there was the Maasai choir who walked from Tanzania. The way they sang and danced just blew us away. Second, was the worship. Once we started to worship we were all dancing, jumping up and down, singing, sweating, and kicking up dust. I don’t normally talk about feeling God’s presence but I could feel God. He was there with us and I know that worship moved Him because He was moving us.
After the dust kicked up from all the dancing settled, we listened to the different choirs sing again, each one with a unique sound. Then Alan Sr. and Don shared a little bit about the trip and how grateful we were to be there with them. Moses, the pastor, asked me to share something too. I was pretty nervous about speaking because I felt like it would be really hard to put into words what was making our hearts so full. But the Lord showed up and got the message across.
At the end of the message I got to read them a scripture that we felt like God gave us for Meto which is Isaiah 35. If you haven’t read it you should check it out…
Anyway, here are some pics from the service, the first pic is of the choir from Tanzania.
Peace,
Alan
New Friends
Some of the guys my age could speak English, so we got the chance to ask each other questions. One of them asked me, “In America how do you slaughter your goats?” Simple question, but how do you explain to them that we just go to the store and buy it? So we told them that in our village in America, there is a guy who is really good at it and he does it for everybody. (the butcher)
Over the course of the week I learned that they all have the same hopes and dreams that we do. Gary, on the top left of the photo, wants to be a pilot. Phillip on my right, wants to get a driver’s license so one day he can work in the city; he also wants to learn french and german. On our last night there Phillip asked me if he could have a leftover newspaper that he found. When I asked him why, he said that he loves reading english and that Meto is so remote that it is really hard to get one.
The only way these guys will achieve there goal is through education and from what we’ve seen that doesn’t come easy in Kenya. There is only one elementary school in Meto and the nearest high school is hours away (they are in the process of building a high school). So for kids to go to high school they have to live at a boarding school. And its even harder to go to college which costs around $1,500.00 per year. Not expensive by our standards but when the average Kenyan household only makes around $400.00 per year it seems almost impossible.
I’m just glad we know the God of the impossible!
Alan
Meto – we miss you
February 8, 2009
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Meto – we miss you
We are glad to be back home, but I think I can speak for the team when I say I miss Kenya and all the new friends we made in Meto. The Massai are some of the most incredible people I have met so far. They seem to have a smile on their faces all the time, they make you feel so very welcome, and they always want to hold your hand, touch your hair, or just follow you around. I have traveled to many different places, but I have never had a 150 person choir waiting for me upon arrival. It was amazing. Amazing to hear them sing, amazing to feel God’s presence after 48 hours of traveling, amazing to be welcomed in such a unique way. The Massai don’t have much. The clothes they wear, some plastic beads, and livestock. That’s pretty much all they have. But when they sing it feels like it is them and God and that’s all they need for that moment. It is incredible that we had the honor to be part of it for a couple of days.
Their life is so different than ours. No paved roads, no electricity, no running water, no grocery stores, internet access, TV shows, movie theaters, restaurants, or all you can eat buffets. But somehow God made it possible for us to become friends and to make us one big family! And even more than that, without all the amenities we have and just to be honest, that I enjoy a lot, God met us in the middle of nowhere. He touched me in a way that I would have probably not been touched with the TV running in my living room or the music blarring from the radio. It was amazing to be among people far away from home, far away from civilization, that love God with all their hearts. It was truly contagious. We will definitely be back – hopefully soon!
Mareike
PS. If you click on the pictures you can see them enlarged…
