DAY-8:15/08/10 (Sondu Church Founded)

On the way to Church.

Morning: We inaugurated (Peter) Wilson Welbon Church at Sondu town today, the glory of the Lord was all over us all as we sang and danced before the newly rented church hall.

The Church was named after Brother Peter Wilson, for his works and service to the people of Sondu, The next church that will be opened after we are gone will be called The Agnieszka Welbon Church, named after “Dr”Agnieszka, the Church is named after the dentist who had worked each day with Jagoda, Cecilia and the Peter and Mercy (Kenyans) to treat people with all kinds of diseases ranging from minor sores to cancerous growths.

The more serious conditions she refers to hospitals and we pay for them to be diagnosed and treated as we go.

Inaugural Church Service

I do not believe in coincidence and when it turned out that we had set our Crusade equipment right in front of an empty shop which later would become the only Church at Sondu. Glory to God!

We (ICB team) are still going through a lot of difficulties and cultural adaptation issues, some of us were not happy that the local leaders showed up each day for breakfast and that we had to take care of their costs, but the Lord helped us to deal with the complaints that arose from that situation.



The good thing is that God has blessed our team with a very high level of understanding and openness, understanding and love that makes it possible for us to trash out any discord before it grows wings-that was how we all dealt with this situation and resolved the misunderstanding before it turned into bitterness and resentment.



On the other hand I had to explain to the local team the cultural differences and help them understand the need to be sensitive to some of the issues at stake.

Our meals have been late and this was a constant source of disappointments but I tried to help our team to get more Hakuna Matata (I told them to throw away their watches and forget their time tables at home)

Joan and I were somewhat sad because our efforts to “adopt” a teenage daughter has caused some problems for the local leadership.

We found this sweet teenage girl of about 11 that we had picked out right from the crowd and we just loved her and she connected with us right away,

Children Sunday School.

We later found out that she is a straight A kid who had lost her Dad and may not be able to have further education. We asked to meet with her mother and eventually realized that her mother had issues with the Church leadership because she had been accused of disrespectful behaviors towards the general overseer.



Joan and I have no intention to judge this people but we also cannot forgo such a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the life of this brilliant girl-we do not want to be caught in the crossfire of local politics and power play but we are set to Make A Difference some how to the glory of God

KISUMU: Visit to the Proposed Site for Our Learning Center.

Team @Kisumu Land.

Noon: We went to the Lake Victoria water front-this is the largest Lake in the whole of Africa and the fish here is great!!

Jagoda said that her dad did not like fish but he ate the whole lot to the bones, and so did I and Joan, well everybody else as well.



The fresh fish was deep fried in oil and served with Ugali (wheat meal dough) and some cooked vegetables and we all ate with heart warming zest.

Someone suggested going on a boat ride but when I tried to negotiate with the boat men I realized that it would take more time than we had so I waved them away but when they persisted some members of out team figured that they could do some 15 min, drive around in near waters so I walked them to the boat to make sure all is ok and that I got the details of the people responsible for their safety and that all health and safety measures were in place (as much as the environment would allow) they had the life jacket and two boats men. I could not go because my wife Joan was scare of water and there was no way on earth I can leave her by herself which was a shame because I craved the kick of that adventure but anyways I can always do it next time if Jesus allows it.



Robert (Jagoda's Dad was ill and very restless,so we prayed silently for his speedy recovery, I wanted us to get going so we can go see the 2acre land we intend to buy for the project-The girls were all grouped together somewhere down the dirt road and I wondered why they were not in a hurry to board the van until someone told me some of them were “answering natures call” in the bush around the water front



The land is 15 min from city center and a Tursky shopping mall, and 4 min from the main road and bus transport. Ultra flat land that overlooked a mountain range, in one word it was celestial out there

There was a government school siting right across the plot and a sub station (electricity) nearby.

We held hands and prayed over the land and claimed it to the glory of God.



It was almost 2hr later when we returned to our hotels at Sondu, the van was loosing compression and he ride was slow. (The driver would later find out that the rings were bad and would send to have it fixed. God had helped us because we were not stranded though the van stopped on our way to Kisumu but we got out the tools and fixed the problem.