Hunger

Yesterday I spent some time reading through monthly reports of our MDP Lay Pastors and Literacy Teachers. Each one from a particular area had the same message. Please pray that this drought will be over. In most of Kenya, the rains have come and yet there are still areas where drought is causing havoc. Let me share with you a few of our reports.

"....Nearly 3/4 of the people have migrated to the neighbouring country of Tanzania while others have gone to Kajiado South district. For those who were left back we are praying for all those who have lost their animals" Literacy Teacher, Christine

"I experienced that anything can affect peoples life, even drought. In our area there was a rich man having four hundred cows and then drought became higher and happens that his cows are dying all the time.

One morning the man met 20 cows dead, he wondered so much with many questions on his head and so surprised about it, that he thought the end of the world had come. The man fainted and was admitted for three days in the hospital without eating or drinking.

It was a lesson to me that we need a lot of prayer and to read the Word of God every day. To have strong faith in God and believe God and not our cattle." Literacy Teacher, Jacklyn

"Due to this drought it is affecting our adult classes. People are busy struggling for their animals and also food to eat because now days in most cases many people are fainting because they are too hungry"

"The situation is very difficult according to this month concerning the drought and famine that is affecting our people and animals. In fact most of the people were loosing hope because of this drought and it is becoming a national disaster.....Those who have not moved, it is very difficult to meet them because they are struggling for their food. In fact we are praying a lot so that our Lord may remember us." Lay Pastor Julius Mooke

"Natural calamity is a major problem at my place. Cattle are dead and people are going up and down looking for pasture and water. Most people are hungry" Lay Pastor, Justus Korinan

While the rain fail has delayed,, so many people lost hope and their trust to God. Therefore they began to offer sacrifices to God so that they will receive rain. If at all you tell them that they put their trust in God and not in sacrifices and they will still receive rain, they say, "Us Maasai are loosing some of these things just because we have left our culture and what we were doing before." I looked at them and wondered, where are we heading too?" Literacy Teacher, Nancy

I slept very little last night, I could not stop thinking about these people. We want to teach them about God, teach them to read and receive education. What do they learn from an empty stomach? Is the God we are teaching in theory only or is He a God of action? Did not Jesus first feed the hungry and heal the sick and then touch their hearts with his message of love? When Jesus was asked, "who is my neighbor", what did he say? Whoever is hungry, whoever is homeless, whoever is needy, these are your neighbors.

With this in mind, I am pledging to use the money I brought over to fix the shower in my bedroom and I will use it to feed my hungry brothers and sisters. I would like to challenge each of you to ask God what He wants you to do to help. One person alone cannot do very much but together we can change a community. Please send your tax deductible donation for "Feeding the Hungry", to Maasai Development Project, PO Box 394, Harvey, ND 58341 or make an online payment through this web site. Please pray for me and those who are in the field working to touch lives for Jesus.

Jan Meharry
Founder/Executive Director
Maasai Development Project - www.4mdp.org

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