Building on the Kenya Vision of an Apostolic Center

The Lord has begun to move and provide for the vision that He has placed in Pst John Omondi's heart, an Apostolic Center to minister first to the local village people in Nyarombe, Kenya. It has been a long time coming as Pst John continued to trust the Lord through the trials and testing of his faith. "Delayance is not denial." Learning from the story about Hannah and Pennina in the book of 1 Samuel Pst John realized that "the Lord knows how to fulfill the desires of His children irrespective of how someone has been mocked or laughed at. The baby delayed, but finally came. God's perfect timing is the best. And when the appointed time comes, things begin to work for our good. Appointed Time is called the Fulness of Time; Fulness of Time is also called Set Time; Set Time is also called the Fulfilled Time. That time is Now. It's the Hour of Visitation for our village. Already the stakes are high and people are looking forward to the church."

"We are taking this journey one step at a time." The ultimate vision is "to have a kindergarten which will turn out to be a place for taking care of and feeding the vulnerable chldren and people in the community. There are lots of vulnerable children/orphans who go without food. So we will be inviting them for meals and then they go back to their caregivers until such a time that the Lord will bless us with a little house for a dormitory then we will have them board with us within the center."

The Lord blessed him first by an elderly widow that donated this parcel of land that she lives adjacent to. It was her seed of faith towards the vision and the need for her village. Then began the fencing off of the property in mid July. The construction of the church building and beginning of the latrine digging and construction began the 3rd week of August. Construction is continuing as the Lord continues to provide.

The immediate needs before the opening ceremony which Pst John is believing the Lord for on the 3rd Sunday of September is for 5 glass windows for the church building, muram and plastering for the church floor and 50-100 plastic chairs. After the opening of the church they will want to include electricity that will service both the church and the kindergarten, and also be able to purchase instruments as the Lord provides.

Pst John's Apostolic journey in mnistry involved many nations including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burudi, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Liberia and Portugal. He completed his ministry training and received his degree through the Rhema Bible Training College in Kenya in 2019. He was ordained as an Apostle in Zimbabwe in 2017. His wife, Evelyn, has just recently returned from a 4 month children's ministry training in New Zealand at CBM-Children's Bible Ministry. She was delayed in her return for 5 months due to no flights because of Covid but that allowed her even more time and experience with the ministry there.

God has been preparing them for this time and now He is beginning to provide for His heart and vision with them for these people in the village of Nyarombe. God has a way of giving us everything we need to make His love a complete picture to the people. We rejoice with them and praise God for His goodness and faithfulness to provide and answer prayer. God's timing IS perfect and He is moving in this hour and desires for us to move with Him. Isaac sowed in the time of famine and reaped a hundred fold in return in that same year. If you are looking for a place to sow into good ground and see a blessed harvest from your sowing here it is. 

If you have questions or the Lord puts it on your heart to send support for the work, you may reach Pst John Omondi at:

jonomondi@yahoo.com

PRAYER NEEDS:  5 Windows @ $50 each, Muram for floor @ $300, Plastering for floor $350, 100 Chairs @ $10 each.

Progression of current building project:

Church Building completed:

.....needs muram and plastering for floors. The 2 entrance and pastor's doors are being made now and will be placed this week.

                                      5 windows still needed

Latrine under constructoin        

Completed model of finished view of Latrine except it will have a green roof to match the church building.

        Added Barbwire fencing of the property 

to increase security

To know Pst John's heart better there is a wonderful story that we were able to piece together many years ago on a previous blog that showed how God turned what the enemy meant for evil around for Pst John's good, giving him beauty for ashes as he sowed a seed of metal sheets into a woman pastor's church. It was through this faith seed given from his heart that he knew when the appointed time came that the Lord would build him a house for His glory....and THAT is what He is doing Now, Glory!!

Would like to share this story with you. 

http://reachingnationsthroughprayer.blogspot.com/2011/05/

 

UPDATE   9-11-20:

Pastor John was reflecting on this short clip of a word the Lord was speaking through him several years ago that are becoming a reality to him this year. Thank You Lord that You are a wonder working God and You remember us!! Our God is a God of motion. He is about to do something!!

PRAYERS NEEDED FOR THE ROADS THAT PROVIDE ACCESS TO BRING SUPPLIES INTO THIS VILLAGE:

    

This is how serious and difficult things are with them to transport these 2 truck loads of muram to construct the floor of the church. They had been stuck for 3 hours and still waiting and working to be able to move forward.

Lord, we reach for Your mercy and grace and provision to build and improve this road infrastructure to this village. You are Provider and Source, so we look to You and bring our supplication to You. We thank You that You shall supply all of our needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. We call forth those finances and all that is needed to improve these roads in order to supply good transport to this village and those around them in Jesus mighty name!

The young men work to open up the furrows so that the waters can move and clear the way....all seemed in vain, but as we continued to pray and they continued to work they received a breakthrough and was able to move the trucks of muram to its destination. We thank You Lord for Your grace, the perseverance of these men, and for Your power to make a way. You are the Way Maker! 

Continued construction of church floor and latrine:

There are 3 stages to the floor: muram, concrete, plastering. This is stage 2.

Latrine construction progressing and near completion:

Construction continues on the latrine as well as on the flooring of the church and the window construction and their placement as Pst John prepares to order chairs and supplies for the official opening ceremony that he has scheduled for September 20th. Invitations have gone out and many are looking forward to this event and celebration. Continue to pray with us for this Kingdom project and celebratioin. God is working and we are working with Him! Hallelujia!

 

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