Every year we host a community health and prayer outreach day in Mathare, and this year was the biggest one yet. We had almost 300 people come through over the course of the day, more than we have ever seen.
A team of Kenyan doctors and nurses from partner churches volunteered their time to do basic health checks, blood pressure screenings, and simple treatments for common ailments. While people waited in line, our church planting team and several Kenyan pastors had the chance to sit with them, pray with them, and invite them to hear more about the gospel.
By the end of the day, eleven people had prayed to receive Christ for the first time. Three families asked about visiting one of our churches the following Sunday, and two of them, the Mutua family and the Achieng family, actually showed up, which always feels like its own small miracle.
Events like this take a lot of coordination, and honestly there were moments leading up to it where we wondered if it would all come together. The generator we borrowed broke down two days before. One of our volunteer doctors got sick and had to cancel. But God provided in small ways right up to the last minute, and the day went better than we could have planned ourselves.
Thank you to everyone who gave toward this event and prayed for it.