Building a community, growing a church

Daniel Lemadada works in demanding situations in northern Kenya and the photo below shows a fellowship he has established that is made up of Rendille and Samburu people. Daniel shares that:

"These people originally tried to settle around our village but shifted to different parts of the nearby mountain. When I came to the area I met no community and no church. I encouraged these people to come and settle.

"We began a nursery school with four children and now thirty are enrolled and their parents decided to settle. We now have about three hundred people living around the church - still keeping animals. The past two years were a struggle: settling a community where they can access water, agriculture and the word of God.

"At the moment there are no elders in this local congregation, however I am recruiting two local leaders who are assisting me. The plan for the church is to continue to nurture her, to train local church elders and to prepare an evangelist."

Rendille and Samburu people worshipping together