Samro School

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THE NATION OF KENYA.  Here is a recent note from the Teimuges during May of 2008: "Samro School is considered excellent with 250 children and next month we go boarding for 40 to 80 children.  There is much pressure from Missionaries, Christians and Civil Servants who are transferred often.  Education here they say is among the best in the region and for that we thank God.  We are so excited to be able to serve God in this way and to touch many lives.  This past week we trained 56 Missionaries from 9 Districts of Kenya.  There are good demonstrations in our Kitchen Garden: two fish bonds and chicken coups above the waters with 19 chickens.  They are feeding the fish very well.  We are growing Oyster Mushrooms for food, sale, and Training our earthworms are in thousands and are making wonderful compost for us.  We have wonderful orchard with 8 types of fruits.  We have about 10 thousands of trees and tree seedlings ready for sale.  We are bringing in Rabbits soon.  Dairy goats are very good but we sill have a long way to produce the mild we want.  God supplies.  Thank you so much, Samuel."

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Here is Samuel's answer to "How are you?" as of 02/26/08.  

"Dear Jim and Barbe,  Beloved, yes rejoice with us that finally there is a peace agreement and power sharing between the two leaders and the main political parties.  There is cellebration everywhere in kenya.  The agreement will be through parliament as a law.

When we were at the crossroad, there was no strength to even write an email.  A lot of issues have now been unlocked.
There are so many around us who were displaced and would need some assistance to settle.  None of us has done any business for the last two months and it is planting season now.  Farm inputs almost tripled and not many of us will afford.

We appeal to all of our friends to help save the food situation in months to come.  Pulling together would help at least one soul.  We are safe and we trust the Lord that the peace from the Prince of peace will now prevail in Kenya.  Also we need help to create a boarding facility especially for those whose houses were burnt and these would remain boarding henceforth for better learning for our children.  Boarding in Kenya is good and accepted by everybody.

May you also share this with all our friends to assist us rise from the dust.  Whatever help would be appreciated.  We are visiting Kakamega very soon and would visit Kadenge's.  Now that there is peace, the roads are safe.  We love you and look forward to coming to your country again to greet you and fellowship with you.  We are praying that may be towards the end of this year. 

God bless you, Samuel and Rhoda."

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I first met Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge in 1980 when we had  our first CFO Camp at Hill School in Eldoret.  They were newly married and richly blessed Barbe and I in the way they received us and their evident commitment to the Lord Jesus.  This year we had them in our home for a visit and again we were deeply impressed with their commitment to the Lord and their commitment to their own needy people in Kenya.  After 14 years working with World Vision they have now started their  own new work.  The mailing address of their Samro School is PO Box 1968, Eldoret, Kenya E.A. phone # 0722636307 or 0720931340 email teimuge@yahoo.com. 

Here you can learn of their wonderful ministry in Samuel's own words as of May 2007!  "Samro School is a private Christian School which education is based on Biblical foundation.  Located 11 kilometers off Eldoret-Iten road, north east of Eldoret City in a village of Ilula next to their Ukweli Training and Development Center and Ilula Children's Home.  It has 262 kids from pre-school to standard 6.  91 of these are the orphans from the Children's home.  Currently, they have 11 teachers and 5 support staff.  The school is owned and managed by the Teimuge family with Rhoda as director and Samuel as Manager. 

Eldoret City is 350 kilometers west of Nairobi.  The people around the school are small scale farmers who live below the poverty level and is characterized by illicit brewing, alcoholism, drug abuse and HIV/AIDS pandemic.  Many people and especially young people have lost hope. 

Samro is trying to bring a positive change through our children.  The moral walls of our society is broken down.  We are called to bind up the broken hearted, proclaim freedom for captives and release from darkness for prisoners.

Faith Statement:

~~ Raise up a new generation after God's own heart. 

~~ Grow roots and develop wings for these kids. 

~~ Putting faith, hope and love together, so that we raise positive kids in a negative world. 

~~ Building godly families.

Objectives:

~~ To develop a whole round child both spiritually and mentally. 

~~ To develop talents useful to the building of Kenya nation and beyond.

~~ To provide curriculum programs for pre-school, primary, secondary and middle college.  Proverbs 22:6: Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.  We must teach our children how to dream with their eyes open.  They are long term investments.

Chapel: We started a Chapel which has over 60 members excluding the orphans.  It is also growing very fast.  Ukweli Training And Development Center (UTDC) is a project where the area farmers are learning in bio-intensive gardening and business skills."

Jim Brunner Ministries will transfer 100% of all gifts donated for this ministry to their bank account in Eldoret, Kenya!  Do pray for them and thanks for your help. 

It is the Lord's work - Jim Brunner