Dear Praying Friends and Family!

On May 2nd I arrived home in Miami after completing four months of mission training in NW Montana at the Potter’s Field Ranch, and I am excited to share news about my summer mission practicum to KENYA on June 8- July 28, 2010.

Ruthie with REC students at the morning assembly.

I will be flying into Nairobi, KENYA and will be living with a local family as I spend five weeks serving at a nearby school of 380 students located in the Kibera slums. Here I will serve as a tutor from 7AM to 8 AM and 2 -5 PM, and teach the students during the school hours of 8 AM to 2 PM. I am also excited to labor together with the local pastor and the teaching staff as we meet with, encourage and pray for the many parents and families scattered throughout the Kibera slums whose lives are often a daily struggle for survival.

The Global Letter Exchange Program was a big hit in the Standard Four class.

The remaining weeks of my practicum will be spent in a more remote area in a village near Kakamega, where members of a US team will be assisting the residents through teaching the process of water purification and how to make and use biofuel briquettes for heating and cooking. Cottage crafts and other skills will also be taught to the women. I will be leading the children's ministry and teaching Bible stories, activities and games, through which I hope to build connections with local families while I am there.

Students in my Standard One class are happy learners!

Thank you in advance for your prayers for the Kenyan people and the ministry while I am away.

His for the nations,
Ruthie  :-)   
PSALM 96:3

ONE STEP INTERNATIONAL exists to:

• transform cultures with the knowledge of Christ
• network resources and skills
• mobilize Christ-centered believers
• provide training and assistance to unreached tribal peoples in restricted areas of the world