Home

We have been home for a week now. My mind goes back to our debriefing time at Chris and Lisa Moore's house right before we headed to the air port. Bruce O'neal made this statement, "we will get on an air plane and go home but the missionaries will remain here." I am so very thankful for all of the missionaries that have answered God's call to go to a foreign field.

God had a divine appointment set for the Moores and Hayes' when we met 2 years ago. Our focus changed, our life was changed, now our friends and families lives are being changed through God's work that is going on 9,000 miles away in Kenya. We are really excited to see what God has for us in the future. Kim and I want to return to Kenya with another team or two next year.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in going on a short term missions trip to Kenya please contact us. God is really using these trips to reach the lost and touch the hearts of His people.

God Bless,

David Hayes

Coming Home Today!

This has been such a wonderful trip!!! The thing that has stood out the most to me, has been what a difference that we can and have been making here in Kenya. Through the support of Hallmark, there is a new school with over a hundred smiling, happy children, and a new feeding center currently being built! Thank you for all of your prayers and support. We are looking forward to seeing you soon:)

If you would like to see more pics from the trip go to:

http://www.facebook.com/kimhayes11?v=photos

See you soon!

Kim

Day 8 & 9 Mtepeni

Wow! we are at the end. It is difficult to put into words the feelings in my heart. I am so thankful for the MANNA ministries, Real 4 Christ and the work they are doing here. The Lord touched my heart unbelievably on Tuesday when we saw Mercy and Paul who was the liaison between the states and Kenya during her surgery. My heart was filled when I saw her running, jumping and smiling. Another highlight was buying drums for past Allen's work. They were so excited to be able to enhance their music program. The clinic day was also a bonus when we gave all the children and workers tetanus shots. Even though we couldn't explain the process to the kids, they did fairly well. It is unthinkable that these kids have never had any inoculations. In the sates, we would be appalled. We are so blessed!!! Thank you church for your prayers and support while we have been here.

Kelly Wagner

It’s our last night in Africa. As I look back on the week, I am thankful for the many blessings we have received from our Kenyan brothers and sisters and grateful to our Mungu (God) for this opportunity. The gospel of Jesus Christ is spreading across this region and the Kenyan believers are very passionate and real in their worship. I love listening to the little children sing praises to God in English and Swahili. The greatness of God came to life this week. The same God we worship, serve, turn to in times of need, etc. in America is the same God that the Kenyans worship, serve, and turn to in their times of need. He is so big that he cares for each of us and hears us in our own language. Greg Wagner was leading a lady through the sinner’s prayer on Saturday and needed two interpreters due to the different tribal dialects. I could not get close to the door where they were gathered due to the amount of mud/puddles and small amount of dry area around the door so I stood back a little ways and prayed for Greg and the woman hearing the gospel. At one time God heard each of the English, two variations of Swahili, and knew the heart of each of us and cared deeply for each person there and we were just a small part of everything going on in the world. Our Mungu is truly a GREAT and MIGHTY GOD and I am thankful for the opportunity to be a small part of what He is doing here in Kenya. We love you all and we are looking forward to arriving back in Texas on Tuesday. Thank y’all for your prayers. God Bless.

Sean Willeford

Safari!!!

Day 5 & 6- Vipingo, Mtepeni and Parani

Hello everyone!

Sorry for not blogging sooner. We have been so busy and are having a great time! First we visited Vipingo and got to see Mercy! She is doing well. For those of you who don't know Mercy, she had a health condition that caused her head to become enlarged. Because of her condition, she was having trouble with balance, seizures and migraines. When we came back from Kenya last year, we presented to the church the opportunity to help her by giving the funds to have surgery. In one morning, the people of Hallmark donated all the funds needed!

After going to Vipingo, we visted MBEWAU (the school that hallmark funded to be built last year). It was amazing to see the progress that has been made in just a year. We played with the kids and had a medical clinic where we gave all the kids and teachers tetnus shots. Hopefully the kids won't hate us too much.

Day 6 we visited Parani school and feeding center. It was about a 2 hour drive south of Mombasa, almost to the Tanzia border. The kids there especially loved the balloon animals that we made for them. After doing classroom activities, the school hosted a soccer and volleyball tournament for the community.

Day 3 and 4- Injili and Vipingo

Where do I begin... God is doing amazing things here in Kenya. This has been one of the most humbling experiences I have ever had. Monday, we went to the Gospel feeding center. After spending the whole day singing to the kids, I asked them to sing me a song. What they started singing was the most touching songs. "Thank you for the food you gave me. Thank you for clothing me. Thank you for sending someone to teach me." WOW!!!!

How can kids that have so little be so thankful? This trip has really opened my eyes to how "spoiled" I am. I can't wait to come home and share everything God has done on this trip... In the lives of Kenyan people and in my own life. God is awesome!

Justin Tomasi

Janelle Willeford

Thank you to everyone that is praying for all of us on this Africa trip. God is amazing and we are seeing HIM at work all of the time. The trip over was long and sometimes complicated with large number of people and all of our luggage. After a good night sleep I look back and think, it wasn’t so bad. I say that because of the amazing experiences we have had. I wish I could give all of you a chance to experience this trip through our eyes.

We have visited the 2nd largest slum in the world and you just can’t believe that people actually live like this. After walking through part of the slum we arrived at the Manna feeding center and school. The children were so excited to have all of us there. Watching them sing about Jesus and the smiles on their faces really humbled me. Our society takes so much for granted.

We have spent the last two days at the Gospel Center. We celebrated the building of a high school and were able to have church service there. Pastor Allen is doing great things for the people of the area. Spending time with the kids has been so much fun. I only wish Ashton and Aaron could have the opportunity. They would love it. Today we were able to play games, face paint, make bracelets, sing, and make balloon hats, swords, and animals. We served lunch and helped hand out shoes for all of the kids from the center. I believe, that groups visiting is one of the highlights of these kids life.

If I were to pick the coolest experience so far it would be singing songs, worshiping our Lord together.

Today was an amazing day. We went out to visit Vipingo MANNA Center and were able to see Mercy run around and play without pain. She has the most beautiful smile. God is good all the time, and all the time God is good! God is doing so many great things through the MANNA ministry in Kenya.

Matt. 13:19-15

Greg Wagner

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Day 2- Injili

Hey everyone! We had a great day at Injili Baptist Church and school. The church service was full of singing and joy. The choirs were amazing and we really felt God's presence there. After the service, the people of Injili hosted a dedication service for the new high school in memory of Valerie McMillan. We were the guest of honor. They made a beautiful cake and had a feast prepared for us:) We made many new friends and it was great to be able to connect with them because of the love that we all share through having a relationship with Christ!

Thank you for all your prayers!

Kim Hayes

For more pics visit:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=443388&id=536100130&ref=mf

Things are busy in Kenya

Hotel Info

Severin Sea Lodge. Bamburi Beach

Emergency Number + 245 712293743....David

Today is Monday. Sorry that we haven't written.

Saturday, we arrived in Nairobi and visited the Kibera Slums. Afterwards we went to the Connerups school about an hour and a half outside of Niarobi.

Sunday we had a wonderful time at Injili Baptist Church. The service was very exciting. The African music was so inspiring to just let go and let God move. I have decided to get out of the way and just let God work. I will not stand in the way of His moving in my life.

The internet is very slow. We are working on loading pics.

God Bless,

David Hayes

For more photos go to:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=442859&id=536100130

Today we fly!!!

Last night we had a wonderful time with family and friends at our send off service. Thank You to all who came.

Please pray that our flights are on time and no bags get lost. We have so much stuff for the kids in the feeding centers. God is so good!

Here is the hotels contact info. Once in Kenya I will have a Kenyan phone for emergencies and will post that number.

Severin Sea Lodge:

P.O. Box 82169 Mombasa 80100 - Kenya

Telephone +254 (0)41 5485001-5

God Bless,

David

5 days left

Mission Mombasa 2010 will be taking flight in five days. Ministry bags are packed, fundraisers are complete, training sessions are over and now we are waiting to see what God has for us in Kenya. We have a large team from Hallmark and more people coming from Kentucky. Please keep us in your prayers as we take care of all the little things here at home as we prepare to take flight on Thursday. God has some wonderful things planned for us. We trust Him to take care of all of the flights, luggage and family back home. Thank you to those that have donated financially, school and medical supplies. You are truly laying up treasures in Heaven. Have a great worship service tomorrow and GOD BLESS!!!