Welcome

Welcome to the International Migori Kenya Alliance. The IMKA was birthed during a recent meeting in Ohio where about 15 people representing different churches, ministries and countries met to discuss something we all had in common -- a burden to help Bishop John Okinda meet the spiritual and physical needs of the people in Migori, Kenya. For close to 10 years, Bishop Okinda has been sharing the vision that the Lord gave Him to plant churches, train pastors, and minister to the needs of people in his community and beyond. These needs include cleanwater, an adequate food supply, and caring for orphans who have lost their parents due in large part to the spread of AIDS. In helping John over the years, we have found ourselves as supporters sharing the same heart, but not always the same information needed to make decisions. Consequently, it has fallen on Bishop Okinda to micro-manage all the different projects and keep it all running. As we met, it became obvious that we needed to band together, share information, and unify our efforts to support Bishop Okinda's vision, putting all of our individual visions underneath his. And so, the IMKA was born.

The first thing that God allowed us to accomplish was to agree upon the "3 Phase Initiative". This plan, developed by pastor and engineer Scott Lomaster, will bring first adequate electricity (subject to the local grid), then a commercial grade water well, and finally a septic system to the entire campus in Migori. This campus includes the church, the ministry training center, the orphanage, and the canning building. Some of these are still under construction, you can find individual updates elsewhere on this site.

It is our hope that Rev. David and Elese Cosgrove from Cross Over Global Outreach (COGO) will be on the ground in Migori this coming February(2008), to oversee at least the first two stages of this plan and follow them through to completion. We have estimated the cost of the 3 Phase Initiative to be about $50,000 US dollars (a very realistic, well researched figure depending upon exchange rates). If the Lord would lead you to help underwrite this life changing project, you can send
your tax-deductable donation to:

In the United States make checks payable to:
"COGO Projects"
c/o Cross Over Global Outreach
P.O. Box 272
Elmira, NY 14902

In Canada make checks payable to:

"Ambassador Ministries In Covenant" (or AMIC)
c/o AMIC
208 Forced Road
Russell Ontario
K4R-1A1
Canada
add "Three Phase Project" on the memo line


Thank you for your interest in this work for God's kingdom. Please
spread the word.
In Christ,
Rev. Ron Silver
Coordinator - IMKA
Pastor - Christ Community Church
Dellroy, Ohio.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Feb 7/8 Stories from a friend living in Kenya

Posted 7 February, 2008 in Falling Apart

This email came to me from a friend (Leah) in Kenya.
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Today,i have been serving evacuated people from Nakuru
and Naivasha,and they had sad stories to tell,and
non-verbal messages to send.These are the comments
that accompany the pictures.

1)I,trying to get the evacuated kids organized to
drink water and food.

2)This boy is all in tears,is traumatised,and has to
take the responsibility of caring for his few weeks
old sister.

3)I,carrying the baby and trying to comfort the boy.He
doesn’t trust anybody!

4)My daughter Leila,helping out with the baby.

5)Some of the children,a number of them were
unacompanied.

6)The people being packed into a lorry to be
transported home.Comfort is not an issue here,life
comes first.

7)I and Leila,contemplating on where to get more water
from.The people are complaining of thirst and the
weather is extremely hot!

8)This woman is pondering her next move.She doesn’t
know what to do.

9)Coffins that the people have contributed to
buy,packed in a lorry to go and get dead bodies.

10)The Migori District Hospital ambulance,giving its
services.

There are many stories to tell,now.

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