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My experience in Kenya, earlier this year, will be something I never forget. It’s an event that has marked my life forever. Our church will be sending another team to work in the Mathare slums in 2010 and I am certain they will return to the U.S. with similar feelings plus that priveledge of knowing [...]

Next week we will be rolling out Child Sponsorship at CCV. So many people asked how we can help the children we met in the slums of Nairobi and this is the first way. Over 500 kids are waiting on the list to be enrolled in the school. A school that will connect with Jesus, [...]

Easter Sunday we will be rolling out child sponsorship through our partnership with CMF in Nairobi Kenya. What we give will (without exaggeration) change the lives of children in the Mathare slum in Nairobi. Kids like Sophia. Take a look at her story below…

Below is a quick clip of the slum in Kenya that we visited. Mathare is one of the oldest slums in the world. I look forward to seeing how God uses our church to help the people of Mathare and how they change us… To read more about our trip to Kenya visit www.ccvinkenya.com

The need in Mathare is huge. There was no greater moment that I realized this than when we visited another school that this team has started in Village 2 of the Mathare slum, they call it Kosovo. It was the last thing we saw on our trip before heading back to the US. Our van [...]

Kenya is beautiful but the slum in Nairobi is hard to see. I don’t even know how to put words to the poverty that exists here. In front of a small shop I had a man approach me. He asked where we were from and wanted me to show him on the map in his [...]

Joska is a 20 acre property outside of the city of Nairobi where they have amazing vision to start a middle school and high school for the children in the Mathare slum. They already have temporary facilities and are teaching almost 300 kids on this land. However, with having over 500 children on the waiting [...]

I can not even begin to write everything I’m feeling about our experiences in the Mathare slum today. The smell of raw sewage still hasn’t left my nostrils. It was extremely challenging to see children the same age as my two toddlers. With every step through the trash, tin houses, and filth – we saw [...]

The day started off Great with our Sunday morning worship services at CCV. Ben’s vocals were spot on, Brian’s sermon was heartfelt. Shortly after church was over for the morning I grabbed a few last minute items from the store and made my way home to share what little time I had left with Shelli [...]