KENYA HOUSE CHURCH MISSION TRIP TO OLASI

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Mission Trip to Olasi market in Nyatike, a sub-county of Migori where Charles the leader of the KHC movement lives.

TRIP REPORT by Pastor Charles Otieno Owino: 

Arrival:     Sunday, October 9th.

Departure:  Thursday, October 13th.

Purpose of visit: Discipleship.

Host:  Mr. Walter Ogwati.

Guests: KHC Discipleship team.

We safely arrived at OLASI on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 9th. The KHC team was welcomed by Mr. Walter Ogwati and several other Christian brothers. In the evening upon arrival, we conducted opening prayers for the Mission Trip before proceeding with a house meeting at his home which was well attended.

Marketplace evangelism in Olasi

Many people turned up for our marketplace meetings as this picture shows. God did some mighty works through us. Many people believed and surrendered their lives to Christ.

We erected our tent for afternoon and evening meetings.

Men and women who were demon possed were healed and delivered from demonic oppression. The Holy Spirit gave many people the power to understand our gospel message on repentance, salvation, and “end times” signs of Jesus’ second coming. Many of which are being manifested in our day. We even preached on the soon coming Millennium rule and reign of Jesus Christ and the Saints when His Kingdom will be established here on earth.

On the second day of our meeting in the home of Mr. Walter Ogwati, a good number of people turned up to hear our gospel message. The hearts of many were touched. Nine people repented of their sins and gave their hearts to Jesus Christ.

No facility was available for baptism but the new Olasi KHC group will ensure the new converts are baptised.

The picture on the left shows Pastor Charles praying for Mr Cleophas Odhiambo (wearing a blue shirt ). He was a former chief of the county who was interdicted for abuse of the office (corruption), and also for being deeply involved in alcoholic drinking. This conversion should significantly impact the community for good.

Three women stepped forward and knelt down to receive prayers We prayed for them and all three women believed and repented of their sins. 

It was such a wonderful time watching the Lord move and touch so many lives every day in our meetings, with many miracles taking place and people giving their testimonies on their past deeds and on the goodness of God.

This picture shows Pastor Charles with Mr Gedion Onyango (wearing a white shirt), this young man was healed from sickle-cell anemia. He is giving his testimony on how he had struggled with the disease for many years. Pastor Charles saw potential in this young man and spent time with him going through foundational biblical teachings particularly verses on salvation and church as described in the Book of Acts.

As a result of the work done through us by God in this region of OLASI, a new house church with nine members was birthed. 

This new young house church will be under elder Walter Ogwati who invited us to come to Olasi and was our host. He will be helped and supported by pastor Daniel of  Lidha House Church.  Lidha is a beachside town on the shores of Lake Victoria in Nyatike which is a sub-county within the region of Migori. This will continue until brother Walter becomes strong and fully built up and mature in the faith such that he can stand alone with his house church.

The picture below should encourage you as it shows young male Christians singing praise songs before young people and those assembled in the KHC tent behind them.

If you believe God would like to use you to help support the KHC next Mission Trip in November to Lwala Giribe then you can donate on my Home Page just click on Donations. The link was established, just to help grow the KHC movement. Two projects I would like to see completed are

  1. vehicle for Pastor Charles
  2. Funds for Bibles in Swahili

I took this photo of Charles’s vehicle during my visit in April of this year. It had not been functional for many months. The gearbox needs replacing and probably the motor as well. The best option is probably a replacement low-mileage Toyota wagon.

UPCOMING KENYA MISSION TRIP

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EMAIL FROM CHARLES OTIENO OWINO

Sad to learn that no one has responded positively to your two LEN posts on your recent trip to Africa. We were hoping that others would join you in supporting our mission trips to grow the House Church Movement in Kenya (KHC) and Tanzania.

It is difficult to understand why in almost 3 years of working together God has not prompted others to help you support the growth of the KHC movement. However, we must trust God regardless and press on in prayer, believing He is able to provide in whatever manner He chooses.

KHC UPCOMING MISSION TRIP:

As I had previously mentioned to you, KHC from May 14th to 20th will be going on a discipleship and evangelism mission trip to ALURU Island on Lake Victoria. Because of the higher cost of living on the island due to the transport costs, our budget for the trip is 80,000 Kshs. At the time of my writing, this report only 28,000 Kshs has been raised.

REQUEST: We are appealing and requesting brother Ron, LEN followers, brothers and sisters who may be reading this post to help support the KHC movement upcoming mission trip with Au$ 400.00

Your support/donations will be highly appreciated.

Praying for you ALL!

Donations can be made on this website. Click on the Donations icon on the Home Page. or money can be transferred directly to Charles Orieno Owino preferably using Western Union and for Charles to pick up at a W.U. Local Agent.

Name: Charles Otieno Owino Address: Isibania Road, Migori Kenya Email: otienochrls@yahoo.com

If you do transfer money directly please let me know so I know what is still needed to fund the Mission Trip.

baptism in Lake Victoris
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KHC MISSION TRIP TO RODI KOPANY, KENYA:

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REPORT ON KENYA HOUSE CHURCH  MISSION TRIP TO RODI KOPANY, KENYA:

ARRIVAL DATE: FEB. 9th, DEPARTURE FEB. 14th

KHC discipleship team have arrived back home from the trip this evening. We thank God for having given us safe travel and favour with the people of Rodi Kopany. Again, I want to give our thanks to all our discipleship partners and LEN followers, and friends for your prayers and support which has greatly contributed to the success of this mission trip.

We held several indoor and outdoor meetings in the Kopany region, and all were well attended and successful to a degree.

We pitched our tent of meeting at the home of our host Mr. Silvanus Onyango. We met in the tent during the day. and in his home at night. Many people turned up every day to hear the gospel message.

In one of our meetings, we prayed for deliverance for some school children who were being tormented by demonic spirits which gave them sleepless nights. Demons were cast out and the children were noticeably set free.

In the same meeting, a man confessed he was a practicing homosexual. and had been involved in this sin for many years. We prayed for him and he repented from his sins and accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour.

 Outdoor and Home meetings:

The Holy Spirit was present enabling our evangelism team to minister in many homes and in the villages sharing the Gospel and distributing bible tracts.

In one of our outdoor meetings, the Holy Spirit touched the life of a young girl who had lived a life of sin for many years. She heard the gospel message gladly and her repentance was genuine. Her heart was touched and she was convicted of her sin. She fell down on her knees and gave her life to Jesus. Subsequently, she was baptized. and prayed over.

In the home of Mrs. Grace Onyango, our team was able to minister healing to her sick child. Grace told us how she had previously visited different hospitals seeking medical help, but the child’s condition continued deteriorating. Pastor Charles prayed for the sick child and upon placing his hand on her, the child nodded her head, coughed, and was instantly healed.

Many miracles of healing were performed by God through us and many people gave powerful testimonies after having seen what God had done in their lives.

A new house church was established at Rodi Kopany: 10 people out of the large number we ministered to accepted the reality and biblical validity of our gospel message and agreed to join and become part of a Rodi Kopany house church group. 

KHC UPCOMING MISSION TRIP:

We have changed the date, after much consultation with our host and  KHC leaders. Our next discipleship and evangelism mission trip will be to the OSIRI gold mine, within Nyatike sub-county on March 9th to 13th We kindly request Au$ 300/ to help with this upcoming mission trip.

If you would like to support the growing Kenya House Church group you can by clicking on the Donations icon on my Home Page. We have several projects under consideration as well as this upcoming Missions Trip.

  1. Charles motor vehicle needs a new transmission.
  2. I would like to get a computer for Charles so we can hold regular Zoom meetings.
  3. KHC needs a budget for tracts and bibles in Swahili.

I am planning a trip to Kenya in April to spend at least three days with the KHC leadership team. It would be good to be able to personally give them funds to support some of these projects.

KENYA HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT UPDATE

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For those interested in supporting the Kenya House Church Movement, I am putting up this interim report Charles had given me on their very successful mission trip to Londiani in 2021. It has a lot of images that speak volumes. It was in my LEN Draft Posts area that I had overlooked.

Dear Ron,

Gladly, our mission to Londiani is progressing well. Interestingly, unlike many of the places we have visited, quite a big number have been turning up to hear our gospel massage. The big number in attendance has forced us to hire one more tent which has blown our budget,. I will share more on this tomorrow. Today we visited a nearby hospital and prayed for a young boy who has been bedridden for a period of time. In the pictures, you will be able to see a young sick boy, and our Londiani hosts. More on the progress of our mission trip here will be given to you tomorrow.

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Tent ministry
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Mission and local leaders discussing trip

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People needing prayer
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Men’s ministry

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Mission leaders hearing from a local leader
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Home Group

KENYA HOUSE CHURCH MISSION TRIP

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MISSION TRIP  TO  LONDIANI, KENYA NOVEMBER 2nd – 9th.

Report by Pastor Charles Owino:

We safely arrived Londiani Tuesday afternoon November 2nd. We were welcomed by Pastor Omwenga and the eight members of the house church. In the evening, after opening prayers, we held our first market place meeting.

PREACHING & TEACHING MEETINGS:
We were  able to conduct indoor and outdoor meetings at different locations ministering to many people. God did mighty works through us in all our meetings, many people believed and surrendered their lives to Christ, and were baptized.
INDOOR MEETINGS:
Many people turned up to our house meetings to hear the gospel message. Many were moved by the Gospel message and nine people opened their hearts to Jesus Christ, believed and repented from their sins and were baptised. One of these was a young man who gave his life to Lord Jesus Christ, he repented and later testified of his past sinful deeds as a thug. He is pictured both being prayed for and giving his testimony to the group.

Two women who admitted to being prostitutes upon hearing our gospel message, stepped forward, knelt down to receive prayer, the two women believed and repented from their sins, and later gave their testimonies.

Testimony given by Dorcas Awino:
“After completion of secondary school, I walked out of my family and moved to Kericho to get a job, after six months of failing to get a job, I was persuaded by my closest girl friend to  join her in prostitution. We would stay in the house all day, but at night, we would stand along the streets, half naked in bikkini shorts. Men took us to large bars, there we would  drink beer and dance discos and later these men would take us to the lodgings for all night sex. I thank God today for touching my life, I decided to surrender my life to Jesus Christ, and start living my life for Him. I now believe I’m his child forever, loved, washed clean by his shed blood. And His joy and strength is now in my life forever.

Healings and Deliverance:

Men and women who were demon possed we’re healed and delivered. As pictured Mrs Odhiambo with elephantiasis was not healed immediately but two weeks after we got a report from her husband who is a village elder and from the daughter that she is healed and pain free. (I will ask Charles to get a picture of her healed leg.)

A NEW HOUSE CHURCH FOUNDED:
As a result of the work done through us by God in this region of Londiani, a new house church of eight members was birthed. This new young house church will be under elder Gedion, but he will  be helped and strengthened by pastor Omwenga of Ogembo House Church, and this will continue until brother Gedion become strong and fully built up and mature in the faith such that he can stand alone with the church.

FORTHCOMING KHC MISSION TRIP,  NOVEMBER 26TH – 30TH:

Our next mission trip will be to  LIDHA, BUEMBU, NYAROMBO AND BONDO house churches.
As I have mentioned, we have held 20 mission trips and all these trips have been solely funded  by brother Ron. We kindly request well wishers, friends and believers in Jesus Christ to help join hands with brother Ron in supporting KHC movement to go on this planned mission trip.

BACKGROUND:

KHC began in 2010, and our main calling and mission is making disciples,and planting house churches.Thankfully, your closeness and daily prayers and support have helped us reach and win many souls back for Christ, with many house churches planted in different regions of Kenya, and  one in  Nyamuzi in the republic of Tanzania.
To-date, we have planted  fourteen house churches, with thirteen in Kenya and one in Tanzania.
Thankfully to brother Ron and all his  closest friends and family, for their effort to help and ensure KHC becomes strongly established here in Kenya.

KENYA: Londiani, Ogembo, Lidha, Nyarombo, Kokendi, Opapo, Ndhiwa, Mubachi, Buembu, Kogaja,     Ong’er, Karungu, Bondo.

TANZANIA: Nyamuzi.

DONATIONS: For the proposed KHC Mission Trip in November and for equipment to hold Zoom Meetings with Charles I would like raise $1000 so would appreciate your support. Donations can be made by clicking on the Donations icon on my Home Page. All donations will be acknowledged on the website unless you choose to remain anonymous.


KENYA HOUSE CHURCH MOVEMENT

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EMAIL FROM PASTOR CHARLES OTIENO OWINO CONCERNING A MISSION TRIP TO LONDIANI

We are on the way travelling to Londiani, and we have almost covered 3kms away from Migori. I pray and trust God to lead us on the trip and go ahead of us.
It is very difficult for me and my team financially, poor contributions were realized from our house churches, and therefore we do have not enough budget for the trip.
We thought of cancelling our trip because of lack of funds, but I had hope of your funding our trip, knowing full well you sometimes make a transfer of funds at the last hour. I’m discouraged that you lack funds to send, but strongly encouraged because it is God’s work, and He never disappoints his disciples.
I strongly put my trust in Him, despite the financial lack for the trip, believing He is still able to provide to support this mission. I will keep focused on Him and keep praying for the success of this mission trip to this far region.
God willing, you will be able to transfer some funds when money comes in your hand.
It seems to be going very difficult for us, but kindly put us in your prayers for a successful trip and a positive outcome to be realized.
 I will keep you posted.
Let us keep in touch,
Blessings, Charles

I felt led to put this post up. Perhaps God wants to use you to support Charles and his team. If you feel led, you can donate on my Home Page by clicking on the DONATION icon