On June 1st, Blue Valley Baptist Church commissioned 11 students and 9 sponsors for a mission trip to Kenya, June 3-15, 2011. I let the team along with my wife Phyllis and JWes Crockett, our Minister to Students.
The team of twenty people spent nearly two weeks working with a number of projects. One of the projects included working at Limuru Children’s Center, an orphanage for boys and girls ages preschool – 18-years old. The team provided a respite to the orphanage staff as they chopped wood, painted, cooked, cleaned, and helped feed the kids. The Cheshire Home for Handicapped Girls was another project where the team taught exercise classes to help with physical therapy, conducted physical exams, painted, and taught life skills such as sewing to the residents. The Jikazi IDP camp in the Great Rift Valley was another ministry opportunity where the team was able to conduct an Awana’s day for nearly 200 children and also went into the camp homes for evangelism and prayer where God blessed the team when 5 people accepted Christ. Additionally, the team was able to help an organization called the Power Women’s Group of Kibera Slums in Nairobi. This group is a support group to HIV positive single mothers. The Elevate Kenya 2011 team was able to transport the ladies to a park in Nairobi where they fed them a meal, conducted Bible studies, and worshiped with the women. The team also did various engineering studies for Brackenhurst International Center in Tigoni, where the team was based. They worshipped on Sundays at Tigoni Baptist Church, a Swahili congregation associated with the Baptist Convention of Kenya.
This was a great trip where God was visibly at work in a number of different venues. It gave the entire team a fresh perspective on God’s provision for His people around the world. The team looks forward to a time in the very near future when they will be able to share with the church family in greater depth. If you are interested in knowing more about the work BVBC has in Kenya or would like to be a part of a future team, please let Pastor David Neely know.
Peru Mission Team (International Commission)
Three individuals from BVBC participateed the the IC Peru Mission trip: Jack Wallace, Keith Hanneman, and Erica Gonnerman. The team worked with 18 churches, 48 participants from the US, 32 from other SA countries, and 1699 prayed to receive Christ into their lives. Praise God for working in their hearts and allowing us to be apart of the harvest team. Scott Mayse was the IC Coordinator.
Janae - South Africa 2010 report.pdf
BVBC Women on a Mission - Holt International Project.pdf
Kenya-07 Mission Trip.pdf
Nicaragua Mission Trip 2009.pdf
Portugal Library Team (April 24 - May 1, 2010)
This mission team was led by Summer Roberson, and consisted of 3 women from our church and 2 others from other churches in the SBC. They were able to install a new library sofware program in the seminary library. Be looking for a more in-depth team report in the near future.
BGR In-Home Care Kit Project (May - August 2010)
Churches from Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri brought hundreds of specially packed buckets to Blue Valley Baptist Church as part of a national effort coordinated by Baptist Global Response (BGR). Individuals, families, and classes in our church worked with this hands-on human needs project by raising support and purchasing the items necessary to make an In-Home Care Kit for 55 buckets. The kits included medical and hygiene supplies to ease the suffering of terminally ill patients and make the care-giving tasks easier.
A transport company arrived September 20th to transfer a total of 155 kits collected at BVBC from around the three-state region to Richmond, Virginia, where they are being consolidated into a shipping container and sent to Baptist partner locations in Eastern and Southern Africa. Last year's In-Home Care Kit Project ended successfully with 3,200 kits sent to South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Lesotho and Mozambique.