to Kakamega (western Kenya). We left the main road in Ahero, not far from Kisumu, the town on Lake Victoria, to view a house raising/church start – all happening in one day! In June 2008, with the help of special gifts from Southern Baptists which provided the needed mbati (tin) roof, nails and one day’s pay for a skilled carpenter, a local village built a home of twigs, sticks and mud in the traditional manner for a family who had lost their home in the Post-Election Crisis. The two room home we watched being built yesterday was the 50th home built in the area in the same way – this one for a young widow with three 
small children. Her home had been the thatched hut beside the building project which had two special features – you could see the stars at night and unlike other homes in her village, she had running water in the house, but only when it rained – not the piped kind of water, but straight through the holes in your ceiling! House churches have begun in most of these new homes and yesterday’s house was no exception – a local pastor taught choruses and Bible verses to the children of the neighbourhood as the house was built – then 
prayers were held in the old house, followed by the first worship service in the new house while it was being built! EXCITING!
I will send more information later when I return home to unlimited internet – I’m recuperating today from getting sick yesterday, a combination of allergies and dehydration – but for a few pictures which I promise will leave you wanting more, go to: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=190303&id=685050129&l=de74a3d192
BERT YATES
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