There are two reasons for going which are key in all our work in Africa:-

1. Evangelism is hugely successful in Kenya (as it is in many other parts of Africa). The number of born-again Christians in the country is exciting and encouraging, but a changed lifestyle - to walk each day in the teaching of Jesus - is another matter.

We are keen to see people saved, and then move on together into a committed walk with Jesus as Lord that builds one another up in faith and obedience to Him. We put a lot of time into teaching how to live as the Lord Jesus told us to.

Bringing the good news to the poor - at the start of the week the crusade attracted hundreds of people; on its final day it drew perhaps four or five thousand.

2. There are opportunities to provide medical, educational and farming resources for people who live in great need and poverty. We're in a position to help provide some of these resources (see the story of our containers to Rwanda here). However, sending aid over to Africa is hindered by a shortage of responsible stewards to oversee the storage and distribution of aid, to limit pilfering and make sure it gets to where it's needed.

We trust and pray that a focus on discipling as we describe above will give rise to more and more good stewards, so that the aid that comes into Africa will be used to build self-sufficiency rather than dependency.

Why Nairobi in particular for this visit?
In December last year, Pastor Colin Bond went to Nairobi to help at a conference run by Pastor Peter Davey of Revival Life Centre in Totnes. During his time there, Colin met Bishop John Bosco Muchanga, who invited him to speak at a Christian crusade and conference in the slum area of Soweto on the outskirts of Nairobi.