Let the building begin.....

Bret just returned a couple weeks ago from a 10 day

visit to Uganda & Kenya.  He was on official "business" for our

new non-profit, EQUIP1 Ministries.

The task... 

to determine WHAT, WHERE & HOW we would

be partnering with orphanages in both

countries to 'EQUIP' orphans

to KNOW, LOVE & SERVE

the Lord.

That mission looks different depending

on the age, location, condition and

current needs of the orphans God has placed...

in our path.

EQUIP1 was born out of a burning passion that only God

could have placed in the heart of both Bret & I after we returned to the States

last summer from Kenya.  We spent several weeks working side by side

with some amazing teens at an orphanage near

the Great Rift Valley.  God confirmed to BOTH of us that HE was 

CALLING us to look away from ALL we once

PURSUED to assist in the WORK

HE was doing on the ground in KENYA. 

We listened to these orphans share from their hearts.

They talked of the desire that God has given

them to SERVE Him by using their gifts

and abilities to make an IMPACT 

on the lives of their fellow orphans and Kenyans
in their community.

Many of these children have lived on the street struggling to survive.

They have watched their parents suffer and die, or have been

abandoned by the only parents they knew.

Yet God, in His amazing LOVE & MERCY has seen fit to

RESCUE them from the streets and ADOPT them as His own.

He has PROVIDED for their basic needs by giving 

them a home with Pastor Benson & Florence Nganga
at the Fiwagoh Mission Orphanage & School.
An earthly "father" to be an extension of the LOVE of their 

heavenly FATHER.

What we have seen is such a model of how God in His LOVE &
MERCY has ADOPTED each of us...

He RESCUED us from a life of destruction & mere survival, 

to LIVE in the FULLNESS of His 

LOVE & GRACE
by SERVING and LOVING
the 'least of these'.

Many times we feel we are INADEQUATE...
not skilled or trained to be able to make a DIFFERENCE
in this WORLD full of NEED,
BUT

God doesn't CALL the EQUIPPED...

He EQUIPS the CALLED!

HE looks at us in our SELF-absorbed lives and...

LOVES us,

CALLS us

and EQUIPS us

to SERVE HIM.

That is where we feel our lives intersect with the lives of 

these orphans HE calls HIS OWN.

He is in the business of EQUIPPING them to

fulfill the CALLING He has placed on their lives.

And we are HUMBLED to be CALLED to

PARTICIPATE in His PLAN 

for each of them.

As I type this,

a VOCATIONAL school is being

constructed on the grounds of the

FIWAGOH Mission Orphanage & School

near Nakuru, Kenya.

This school is an answer to the PRAYERS of many

of these teenage orphans who have wondered

HOW they would be able to provide

for themselves after life

in the orphanage.

GOD is PROVIDING a WAY!

Each orphan will be trained in a trade...

skilled in an area of their interest:

DRESS MAKING/TAILORING

FABRIC DESIGNS

KNITTING & WEAVING

LEATHER WORK - SHOES & BELTS

CULINARY

MEDICAL CLINIC

ELECTRICAL

CONSTRUCTION

CARPENTRY/JOINERY

They will be EQUIPPED to not only 

make a living for themselves and their

future families, but also to SHARE

the GOOD NEWS of JESUS

in the MARKETPLACE.

EQUIP1 Ministries is partnering with

FIWAGOH in the construction of this school.

As walls are going up,

each brick being made by hand... GOD is

continuing to REMIND these orphans

that He LOVES them and has a PLAN 

for their LIVES.

Our focus for EQUIP1 for 2013 is to RAISE FUNDS for the

NEXT PHASE of the construction...

ROOF SHEETING,

DOORS and WINDOWS

will cost approximately

$17,000USD.

In Kenya...
you PRAY, and BUILD with the $$ you have.

When the $$ run out, you continue to PRAY
that GOD will PROVIDE enough

for the NEXT phase.

So, we are letting you KNOW of the NEED...

Please PRAY about HOW God might be CALLING

YOU to have a part in the PLAN

HE is laying out for HIS CHILDREN.

You can DONATE directly to

this PROJECT by using our

DONATION tab on our website: www.EQUIP1.org

OR

you can DONATE by sending a CHECK to:

EQUIP1 Ministries

PO Box 494, Springboro, OH  45066

YOU can ALSO participate by HOSTING

a fundraiser DESSERT in your HOME.

Set up a time with your HOUSE CHURCH,

SMALL GROUP, BIBLE STUDY, etc.

where EQUIP1 can share our

MISSION to build a vocational SCHOOL

to help EQUIP orphans in Kenya.

We would LOVE to PARTNER with YOU!

Contact us for more information at: info@equip1.org

Serving HIM......