I don't write often enough to be a good blogger, or to be someone a person would want to follow. And I have lots of excuses...here is what has been going on...
...we started the Legacy Campaign Fund this year...we want to find "the 99" - the ones who are safe at home with Jesus. But these 99 are not content to rest at home; they know Jesus is out there searching for the lost and hopeless one...and they want to be with Him and help. We want to raise $1 million for major projects at Made in the Streets, including reaching out with this ministry into another country. We want to show that it is possible and important for a church that sends out missionaries to have a street ministry component in the mission when they are in locations with large numbers of street kids. We are looking for 99 (individuals, families, home groups, classes) who will give $10,000 each to make it happen. Darlene and I gave our $10,000 at the beginning, so in total it will make a hundred. Please consider what gifts God has given you and whether He did so to enable you to give in this effort.
...new street kids have come out to Kamulu in 2015, and 8 more boys are expected here in a week or so. In addition the Eastleigh Team has 43 boys who are younger than our desired age, and a friend in California has given funds that can be used to help these boys get somewhere off the streets - back home with a relative, in another home of someone who cares, in an institution that will give them care - wherever they find people who will be kind to the boys.
...we are planning a Celebration for 20 years of street ministry on August 1 at Kamulu. A committee is busy making that a reality. In addition, there will be a Celebration at Otter Creek Church of Christ, Brentwood, Tennessee, in September. If you are interested in begin at either of those, write me at charles@madeinthestreeets.org for info.
...we have published a new coffee-table picture book that covers the 20 years of ministry. We plan to give a copy to each of the 99. If you are not one of the 99, but want a copy, please write me.
...our kids have been on a trip to Western Kenya, getting to see some of the country they never had a chance to see because they grew up in Nairobi slums. They have been thrilled with the hot springs, with Lake Victoria, with spending the night with various congregations, and begin together with some Team members on a trip...thanks to those who made this possible.
...I am so glad to be doing what I do, working with this Team and these kids from the streets. I'm getting old, but glad to be with the young.
Blessings, Charles
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