In light of the world wide pandemic we ask that you join us in praying for our students, staff, partners, and missionaries in both Kenya and Nicaragua. We really are, all in this together!
Read below to hear from O’Neal and Jenna as they give us the inside scoop on what is happening on their side of the world right now and how we can best pray and support them…
Faith, Love and Hope from Kenya
We wanted to share from our hearts how we are coping and give an accurate picture of what life has been like for our schools and our community.
Since the COVID-19 news broke we have been watching intently and waiting to hear from our leaders in the Kenyan government just how we need to respond.
On March 15th, the president addressed the nation and gave a directive to close all learning institutions for the sake of keeping physical interactions as low as possible. This has also reached to our places of worship. It is in the best interest of us all to individually steer on the side of caution and be responsible on our part - being quarantined.
Early Monday morning (March 16th) we sent the children home as some of them still came to school. It's not always easy to send mass communication easily with the region we are in. We have prayed over our students asking the Lord to watch over them. We have encouraged them to be hopeful and be helpful at home for whatever span of time we won’t be gathering.
Some of our students highly depend on the meals that they are getting at the school... our feeding program is such a big part of our ministry. We are working hard to make sure those families get the food that they WOULD have eaten during school for individual cooking. This takes a lot of wisdom and thought on how to distribute. Our intention is to meet the need... not cause any alarm.
We are so hopeful and have great peace in our hearts that the same God who has been sustaining us for so long has not forgotten about us. And will be the Rock upon which we stand on no mater what is down the road. We trust Him.
As for now, our students and staff will be at home. We pray for when we can resume back to our studies and see our students faces every day!
Let’s keep each other in prayer and ask God to grant us all peace of mind and heart that surpasses all understanding. May He meet all of us at our points of need and grant our leaders wisdom worldwide on how to lead during these hard and difficult times. May He also help our medical practitioners by giving them strength and wisdom to find an antidote for this ailment. May we keep the faith and not forget that God is in control even when things are not going as we know and expect.
We are praying for you!
As they mentioned, our God is bigger than this! We believe that He has gone before us and is in this with us! Let this be an encouragement to you as we walk through this together!
Fox River is praying for our World!!
Because their faces make our days brighter!
