Tumaini---Hope

Tumaini is the name of a camp we visited on  Tuesday. In Swahili, Tumaini means hope. Yet, we soon found that Tumaini is a place that is drowning in hopelesness. Tucked away behind the main Maai Mahiu camps such as Eldoret and Narok, Tumaini has had little attnetion or aide. The camp is made up of 50 households, many of which are single mother families because their husbands have either been killed or are working far away trying to eek out a living. The first thing you notice when you enter the camp is that no one is living in houses. Everyone is living in the same tents thew occupied 2 or more years ago...nothing has changed since we were last here in 2009. The people are quiet, and the air is almost literally thik with shame and hopelessness. As a team, we were quite disappointed that we hadnt visited this camp yet this summer. Today we had one of the single mothers from Tumaini come to Kijabe to get a needed ultrasound for an infection she has had for some time. The news was good-Praise God! We sent her home on a piki (motor bike) taxi with some food for her 6 children. This mother had AIDs, as does her some of her children. This is not an uncommon situation in Tumaini camp. We already had the opportunity of praying with some of the women in Tumaini and we are praying in the Name of Jesus for HOPE! Please join with us in praying for HOPE CAMP to fully receive  with faith, what God has for them. Please pray for us as we seek to build relationships in this camp with the intention of starting some small businesses that will provide these people with their daily bread. PLEASE PRAY for TUMAINI!