Pastor Alex and his ministry started the school in 2002 for children aged 3 to 2^nd grade.  140 children attend from the local rural area, 20 of them orphans.   A staff of 7 people run the school and are funded by a small fee of 200 ($3) Ksh per child per term and primarily goodwill donations.  The school is held in just two rooms in an unfinished brick building, a construction project in progress.  The walls and roof are good but the windows, door, and floor have not been placed yet when I visited in April, 2008.  Because the building can not be secured, there are only a few desks.  The children just sit on the dirt floor.  I know their hearts are in the right place and they are doing the best with what they have.  This is a great example of the Kenyan way of filling a need by starting with what you have then praying for God to provide enough to finish later.  We would call that silly and irresponsible in America but it truly is Faith in God.  We don’t use faith like this.  We have faith in credit and banks instead.  Mission Servants provided means to install doors and windows then for 70 desks for the children to work up off the ground.  A workshop from another ministry that trains recovering alcoholics in a trade was used.                              

                                                                                     Notes from my visit in April, 2008......I left them some school supplies and gave balloons and treats to the kids.  They sang some songs for me and honored me with a gift of a live chicken which they hoped that I would have for dinner that evening.  I thanked them, named it Stewy, and put it in the car (I gave it to a family in the refugee camp later in the day).  The Head Teacher, Pamela Wonyonyi, has a vision for the school but no resources.  In the rural area where the school is located, I don’t see any other options for young children to go to school.  This school is a blessing.  They take the orphan children in but collect no fees from them, I gave Alex an amount that would pay the orphans fees for the next 6 months.  Their immediate need is to fit steel window frames and doors to the building so they can secure it, then desks, tables, and benches can be added.  I contacted Pastor Dawson upon my return and asked him if the training group at his AA/NA recovery workshops can produce the windows and doors for the school if the materials are provided.  He enthusiastically said “absolutely Yes” and is preparing costs to review.  I will communicate the resource needs to people who have supported Alex in the US and pray about how God wants us involved.