Edwin Angote getting married this week

Our East Africa coordinator is getting married to Christine Menuve this weekend. Edwin Angote has been working for Lahash since January of 2007. He and Christine will live in Nairobi Kenya for the next couple of years. Edwin's email address is EAngote@lahash.net - if you'd like to email him and Christine your note!

Berean Baptist team traveling Oct 13 to Nov 3

On Tuesday Leisha led the second team meeting for the Berean Baptist team that will be serving in Uganda and Sudan. The team will visit the Sudanese orphanages through our partnership with IWASSRU.

From Berean Team T...

Healing Kenya's Wounds

Several individuals in Kenya were asked about the healing of the nation since the post-election violence earlier this year.
Rev Peter Ngule is a pastor from the Kamba tribe.
"I am very sad of what happened 8 months ago. That was not the real Kenya that I had known for the past many years. I have to say that there is healing but at a very slow rate. If you look at the government there is still tribalism despite the fact that we are working together. Bitterness is still there and the sad thing is that these things also exist in the church. We should definitely continue praying for our country that such a thing will never appear again and that we will have peace."
Rebecca is 34 years old and is from the Kalenjin tribe.
"The healing process has been a hard nut to crack since the community that I am in right now was one of the most hit tribes in the post-election crisis. When one goes to the Kalenjin land they are asked to identify his or her tribe. The most severe incident which so far we have experienced was some of the tribes were not allowed to marry some ladies in our community. It has been hard though we are still praying for total reconciliation in the entire country so that the communities will stay together as one again."
The man above is a 36 year old matatu (bus) driver from the Kikuyu tribe.
"Even though we have peace at the moment we are not sure if the incident will once again re-occur. Although I am praying that what I saw in Kenya will not to happen again it is an incident that I will not forget since I was one of the victims that was forced to move out of a certain area and I lost about everything that I had in the fracas.

Esther in the office - Video blog

Our partner Esther will be spending the next several weeks with us in Portland. We'll get some video updates of her time here. If you have any questions for Esther or would like to set up a meeting with her - email her at ghmdodoma@gmail.com

Esther attends the 17th Annual AIDS Conference

Esther arrives in Portland!

Our Tanzanian partner, Esther Muhagachi, has arrived in Portland, Oregon. She'll be in the area for three weeks meeting partners, advocates, staff, and board members. She'll also speak at several churches in the area.