The Rogers' Family Neighborhood

Tomorrow as the sun rises Isaac Ruto (ELI Trainer) and Don will begin a 10 hour drive from Eldoret, Kenya to Bunda Tanzania to follow up with special trainings taking place that are reaching over 6,000 families in this needy area.

Flying kites that we made today with the kids brought many smiles! We want to send our love to each of you tonight as we come to the end of 2010. Thank you so much for all your love, encouragement and prayers for our family. We look forward with hope and anticipation to all that God has ahead this new year. Have a wonderful New Year!

After taking Christmas week off the boys have started their schoolwork again. Thank you so much for your prayers for us as we have navigated homeschooling over the last several months. The boys are doing great and are making great progress on their work!

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A hail storm this afternoon surprised us all in Ilula! It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Over 70 young people have converged daily this week for a very special ELI youth camp here in Ilula, Kenya. Things wrap up tomorrow but we have seen the hand of God helping strengthen the lives of these young people. Over 30 of the youth are from our children’s home. Tomorrow we make the 1 ½ hour drive to Kipkaren Children’s Home for a special Guardians Day!

Today (Friday Dec 10) a dozen people will be coming to the Ilula Training Center to celebrate the new course their lives have taken. These are all men and women from various areas of Kenya who at one point were totally addicted to alcohol and their lives were in ruins. Today these friends are celebrating months and in many cases – years of sobriety! Testimonies – food – prayers – songs – fellowship – celebration for what God has done!

Today – Friend of ELI /Volunteer – Linda Brownell made it safely from So. California (Hillside Community Church) to the children’s home in Ilula!

Today – John Busienei – ELI Children’s Home Director – Kipkaren, Kenya is in Nairobi on behalf of the ELI Children’s Home receiving a special award for excellence. More details to come.

Tomorrow (Saturday) here in Ilula is the Guardians Day. This is a unique time where siblings – aunts and uncles – grandparents of the orphans in our care come to fellowship with their loved ones and see the “Home”. There will be a very special program that the Children will present and many speeches and songs.