Our Give Amore Team in Kenya, September 2019
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. ”
First off dear partners, we pray this newsletter finds you healthy and safe. In this unprecedented time for our globe, I think we can all agree that we are in this together. Something that has struck me long ago when I started working in Kenya was how what happens across the globe affects us all. We are seeing this clearly now (if there was ever any doubt). We are truly global citizens and how much our physical/emotional health, our faith, and our economies are all connected. We are one kingdom under God!
While, none of us were expecting what has occurred to happen, I’m thankful that God provided means for Give Amore prior to this pandemic. While we had hoped to build our 23rd clean water well, we instead used those funds to provide sanitation stations to almost 50 communities! While we had planned to train our next sewing graduates instead we are using the skills of our teachers (one is a graduate from our program) to make hundreds of masks for our team and our community. We hope to continue raising funds to make even more! And while our children are out of school, we are thankful for donations that have allowed us to purchase extra food for our families to offset this burden to the families.
Our newsletter this month is just a glimpse into our COVID-19 response so far. We are working hard to let our faith be stronger than our fear as this disease spreads, it leaves our communities in Kenya open to horrendous outcomes. There’s also a locust swarm (the size of the state of California) heading for Kenya. These two disasters are in God’s hands. All we can do is pray and continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus to our brothers and sisters across the globe. We are using the time, talents and treasures God has given us to do our part in stopping the spread and to give love, hope and joy!
We thank you for your support, prayers and partnership. We pray for God’s face to shine upon you and give you His supernatural peace.
Your Sister in Christ,
Christa Horst
Founding Director
Give Amore
