With every project, Serving in Jesus’ Name holds fast to our mission of demonstrating the love of God by sharing the Good News of the Gospel. We delight in sending toys, games, books, clothes, shoes, and so many other wonderful things to Kenyan orphans and other impoverished people in the regions we serve. It warms our hearts to see the smile on the face of a parentless little girl snuggling with her first teddy bear or a little boy with his first ball. We are excited to think that the goats we purchase in Haiti are raising the living standard of schoolchildren and their families, but our greatest joy is in giving those the Lord puts in our path the Holy Scripture. While fresh goats’ milk nourishes a child’s body, helping him to grow strong, the Word of God leads him to the Living Water, so he will never thirst again.
Whether it be including a packet of Creole Scripture cards in the Health Bags sent to Haitian children or shipping personally-inscribed Bibles to orphans in Kenyan, we are committed to sending out the immutable, flawless, righteous message of God’s love written in the Bible. Our greatest joy is in leading people to the Light, Jesus Christ, and giving them The Living Word that it may dwell richly in their hearts, teaching, training, transforming, convicting, and restoring them.
We are ever thankful to the Lord for His provision, always giving Him the glory for we know without Him, we can do nothing (John 15:5). We praise Him for the dozens of friends, neighbors, and family members who contribute the items we send. We do not take lightly the blessing of His putting this ministry on the hearts of others to help in so many ways, as they adhere stickers to books, post the need for items on social media, assemble Scripture card packets, take photographs, help pack, and provide financial support. We are grateful and in awe as we say, “But who am I, Lord, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.” (1 Chronicles 29:14)
January 2026 Newsletter Dear Friends, In 2026, we plan to build on the foundation we have laid in Western Kenya. It is a fertile field, where teachers are eager to learn how to lead children to Christ and...
December 2025 Newsletter Dear Friends, As Serving in Jesus’ Name enters its 10th year of ministry, we are amazed at all the Lord has enabled us to accomplish for His Kingdom. We are grateful to you and the...
November 2025 Newsletter Dear Friends, November was a busy month for us in Kenya. We trained new teachers on leading Bible Clubs, held a Christmas Party Club training session, sent teens to Nairobi for continuing Christian Youth in...
October 2025 Newsletter
September 2025 Newsletter Dear Friends, The Lord is moving mightily among His people in Kenya, and we rejoice for the abundant fruit from our investment in Mary Kithuure’s CEF ministry. In December, Mary used our Christmas gift...
July/August 2025 Newsletter Dear Friends, Recently, I heard the testimony of a couple who had returned to the US after serving as missionaries in an African country for 30 years. Although the indigenous people were steeped in...
June 2025 Newsletter Dear Friends, “The best laid plans of mice and men”[1] comes to mind as we reflect on our plans to pack the container destined for Kenya in June. With record-breaking temperatures we...
May 2025 Dear Friends, We are well into our second batch of 2025 water and latrine projects. We had decided to limit these projects to the schools and orphanages within our current network, deepening our relationship and opening the...
March/April 2025 Dear Friends, March was a month of preparation for the Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) training. Mary Kithuure, CEF Kenyan Training Director, traveled to Western Kenya in April with 3 other instructors for 10 days of training. The...
February 2025 Dear Friends, In February, we hosted our second Mother and Daughter Missions Event at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. With the help of sweet Ashley and Josie Ledford, we set up tables with over 200 hundred dolls...
January 2025 Dear Friends, We are in awe at what the Lord is doing! Serving in Jesus’ Name, which started in 2016 by sending 800 stuffed animals to Kenyan orphans, is having a spiritual impact in a large...
December 2024 Dear Friends, When King David was building the temple and saw the generosity of his people, he said, “Who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this?...
November 2024 Dear Friends, In 2018, we converted a run-down, unused space into a library at Lumino Secondary School in Western Kenya. We painted Acts 16:31 on the wall separating the study area from the bookshelves, praying the...
October 2024 Dear Friends, With so much of our ministry focused on Kenyan orphans and schoolchildren, we always appreciate opportunities to share the Gospel locally. We love participating in the Fall Festivals at Mount Vernon and Berea Baptist Churches...
September 2024 Dear Friends, In September, we finished our 2024 building projects, which included 13 five-stall latrines and 11 rainwater catchment systems. Our goal was 21 projects, but recently our dear friends at Lumino requested a much-needed water project. We...
August 2024 Dear Friends, In August, we sponsored our second one-day introductory seminar on Child Evangelism Fellowship’s training program to equip teachers to lead Bible clubs for children. Twenty-one people attended, and all of them enrolled for the 8-day Evangelizing...
July 2024 Dear Friends, Caitlin Terry, a WASH (water, sewer, and hygiene) engineer with Hydromissions International, spent 5 days with our Kenyan Team inspecting the water and latrine projects we built in 2024. They visited 11 facilities. Caitlin provided...
June 2024 Dear Friends, In June, we had the joy of meeting via Zoom with Millicent Awour and Prisca Nthenya, who have decided to become fulltime missionaries with Child Evangelism Fellowship in Kenya. We believe so strongly in the...
May 2024 Dear Friends, By God’s grace, we are ahead of schedule in our plans to complete 20 building projects in 2024. Victor Mulati dedicated the new latrines and rainwater catchment system at the Great Hope Academy by sharing a...
April 2024 Dear Friends, We have already given Bibles to all the children and staff at the orphanages and charity schools in our Kenyan network, so we only need a few to give to newcomers on our facility visits. ...
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