Kamulu is the site of our “Farm”. Here the new congregation is meeting in the ministry compound that we built on one of the plots. We have 4 plots already purchased which total 15 acres. About a 30 minute walk away are 19.5 more acres that we have an agreement to purchase at about 25% of current market value. The church has more than 40 in attendance, including the street girls who live there. Check this also https://www.minimallstorage.com/
Kamulu Church of Christ on December 10, 2000. There were 28 adults/teens and 14 children. The children were taught by Pamela, the woman who lives with our street girls, and Advellah, one of the girls. James Kamau preached on Luke 24, encouraging a faith that never gives up, and Charles Coulston led the Lord’s Supper and collection. The Coulstons enjoyed being “home again” singing Swahili worship songs.
We often have large groups of street kids and youth at the
Center in Eastleigh. This is our inner courtyard, and the youth are
gathered with World Wide Youth Camp members who lead day camps and
leadership camps each summer. We encourage you to support and join WWYC
in their works. They have been very good for us.
Darlene Coulston hugs one of the girls who comes regularly to the
ministry. We are so pleased to be doing girls’ ministry, though we did
not choose to focus on girls. The Lord leads through his people and
through the hearts of the girls themselves. We now have a close
relationship with more than 40 girls and the number will grow. Darlene
and Charles have now been in Kenya for 9 years!!!
Send the Coulstons some email — crc@made-in-the-streets.org
Aggies for Christ come each summer to work with street youth.
Above, Bob Davidson and Aggies prepare to go out to the “bases” where
street kids and youth sleep. Some of the street girls stand in the
background. We are pleased to have visitors – they have much to teach
and inspire the youth. This year the Aggies baptized 9 young men and
taught many others.
Construction is almost finished now at the Kamulu Center’s facility for
street girls. This “upper room” will serve as an office, storeroom and
sometimes residence for interns who visit. Michele McFarland of Redwood
City, CA, is currently staying here for 6 weeks as she works with the
street girls in the boarding program. Below the office is the apartment
the Coulstons stay in when they are at the Center. Pictured from the
right are Darlene Coulston, John Wambu, Genelle and Sid Pennington.
John Wambu lives on an acreage nearby and oversees the construction,
maintenance and general work of the Kamulu Center. He is also the
founder of the congregation that meets in the building and one of its
leaders.
These young women are part of the Made in the Streets program for street girls. Sometimes a few of these girls have a home to sleep in, for several have mothers or grandmothers living in Mathare Valley slums. Their life on the streets is sad; they are used and abused and often hungry. And yet they are so sweet when they are with us. Like any group, they are varied in their attitudes. Some are wishing for whatever they can get from us in food or clothing and have no real desire to make something of their lives. Others are just waiting for an opportunity to do good and to learn and succeed. Wisdom is needed to know the difference and to inspire them all to love the Lord and to show it in their actions. Please pray for them, that they might be dedicated to doing what is right, that they might prove themselves to us, and that they might find a way to success in this life and in the world to come.
This
young lady is Naomi Waithera. She is sitting in a classroom at Made in
the Streets reading a book in English. She is 14 years old and went to
school for four years when she was younger. Her mother is alive and
living in Kiambu, north of Nairobi. She dreams that she can train as a
teacher some day and would like to return to school. She says that
after she gets a job, she would like to buy her mother a farm to live
on. Naomi was baptized into Jesus on Sunday, July 23, with four other
girls from the streets. When asking about joining our program, she told
Darlene, “I’ll be good. I won’t run away.”
Advellah
was baptized into Jesus Christ on Sunday, July 23, along with four
other young women who have been sleeping on the streets. Since that day
she and two of the others have been staying with Mama Sammy. Sammy was
the first person from the streets that we met back in 1992, and he has
been instrumental in developing street ministries from that time. She
has lived with a grandmother in the past, but life was very difficult
there. The grandmother has many children for whom she is responsible.
Advellah has lived on the streets since we met her in 1999. After a
short stay with Mama Sammy, Advellah will either return to her
grandmother, or she will be given a place in our housing at the Farm.
Advellah wants to do well in her studies, and she already has good
English speaking skills. She is one of the kids who wants to please and
has never caused any trouble among us.
