January 18, 2012

We received a report earlier today from Pastor Achilla in Kenya bringing us up to date with regard to progress with the Bryce Orphan Home Project. Pastor Nelson has moved with his entire family from Kisumu to Rongo where he will be establishing Bryce Home One. Along with his wife and seven children of their own, they have seven additional adopted children they are looking after.

Understand The Times has rented a home in the Rongo area for Pastor Nelson and his family. Understand The Times will be providing support for food, clothing, and education. He and his wife will help to administer the Bryce Orphan Home program with Pastor Achilla and be responsible for reporting to us.

We are able to announce at this time that Pastor Vitalis and his family will also be a part of the Bryce Home Project in Kenya. Pastor Vitalis lives in the slums of Nairobi. You may recall that I met Pastor Vitalis in Nairobi when I was in Kenya in November and was impressed with his vision and his desire to help the poor and needy as well as proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We are presently in the process of putting together a board of directors made up of Kenyan pastors and headed by Pastor Achilla in Rongo. In March of this year, I will be making another trip back to Kenya, along with my friend Byron Hardy from Canada, to meet Pastor Achilla and his pastoral team in order to discuss the Bryce Orphan Home project and set up a long-term Bible teaching program that will promote the teaching of biblical truth in these Last Days.

While I did not expect to go back to Kenya this soon, it became obvious that it was important to come along side the Kenyan pastors at this time to make sure the foundation we establish is sound and biblically based. Byron is the President of a Bible school and is well grounded in sound biblical doctrine and will bring important input and expertise with regard to the training of pastors to stand for the gospel according to the Scriptures.

As per our previous reports, a number of widows and orphans have already been helped through support provided for basic needs from Lighthouse Trails readers. These funds were sent recently and have been distributed by Pastor Achilla and his support staff, which have provided immediate relief for many. Understand The Times, through the support we have received for orphans and widows will now come along side and continue to maintain these homes as the Lord provides.

The purpose of these reports is to keep you informed of what we are doing to invest the support we have received in a wise manner and with accountability.

Sincerely,

Roger Oakland

Year End Missions Report from Kenya
 

Readers of the Understand The Times reports from Kenya this past November will recall the reports we sent out on a daily basis outlining the needs and how we felt we could meet some of those needs. It was, and still is our vision to establish a minimum of 10 homes in Kenya for orphans and widows in memory of our son Bryce.
 

The reason that I felt I should go to Kenya in the first place was because of the partnership that my publisher Lighthouse Trails had with Pastor Achilla of Rongo. A ministry discipleship facility is being established in the community of Suna through the support of Lighthouse Trails readers.
 

Many of the orphans and widows we met were also from the Rongo- Suna area. Westerners who have never traveled to places like this have no idea what it is like. However, as we share these needs when I returned to the USA people who I have never met (who read the reports sent from Kenya) sent funds to Understand The Times for the Kenya ministry.

As well, Dave and Debra Dombrowski from Lighthouse Trails were touched by the reports. They set up a special year end fund to immediately help these orphans and their caregivers with improved shelters, food, blankets and clothes.

The process is now underway.

If you have donated to the Kenya ministry through either Lighthouse Trails or Understand The Times you can see the actual evidence where your financial gifts have gone. This is not hype or manipulation. This is Christianity the way Christianity is supposed to operate.
 

As 2011 comes to an end, I believe this report is the best way Understand The Times can present how we feel God is leading us in these Last Days. The churches that once supported our missions efforts told us they could not afford to support orphans and widows anymore because of their financial difficulties. The are now firing staff so they can maintain their programs and property investments. They are now compromising with the world in order to find ways to pull their businesses out of the mud. This is a clear sign their time has come and gone. Crystal Cathedral is a good example of what is coming to the megachurch model.
 

Understand The Times will continue to expose deception but we will balance this out with missionary outreach programs that spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thank you, if you have partnered with us.
 

Sincerely,

I just wanted to greet you this morning. I was to send to you the pictures from Suna where I went, but it was raining so much I couldn't get to the families. I will send the picture of the one widow I did get near the discipleship center with her grandchildren that she cares for. We will go next week. We will take a long mission so we can go to some other areas as well to see the widows and orphans there also.
 

I appreciate and thank God for the video that you made. It made the tears come out from my eyes. If I can look back to where I have come from it is a miracle. May God bless you. I am praying for UTT for people to catch the vision for the Bryce homes in Kenya.
 

May God bless you and pass our greetings to your lovely wife and family. Many people are praying for your return because the Word that you have given has stirred their hearts and they are very HUNGRY to hear your teachings and to know more. We are looking forward to receiving the books and the dvds also.
 

Achilla