AIDS Orphan in Kenya

On Saturday, Dec. 1st, the world acknowledges World AIDS Day.  We, at His Arms also observe this day with much respect.  You see we are one of the ministries within Western Kenya who will work with these children that are HIV+.  In fact, we advocate for them, pay so they can get to the clinic to get medication, and do what we can to improve their immune systems so they can fight this disease.  Some ministries, even ones that call themselves Christian, will not deal with them. Some absolutely refuse to allow them to stay in their orphanages.  Their comments "well we have to protect our other children".  How ignorant!  By simply protecting others should blood occur as in an injury, you have very much safely helped handle risk.  But for the most part, it is very safe to interact.  One can hug, kiss, share food, play, and surely worship with someone affected or infected with HIV.  The virus is passed thru blood contact, mothers breast feeding and of course, sex.  So we bring gloves for our volunteers in case one of our kids, fall and get cut.  But we also kiss them, hug them, eat with them, dance with them, praise with them, and surely love them!!

If you are considering helping a ministry that serves Orphans in Kenya or anywhere for that matter, please make sure they reach out to children that are orphaned but may also be positive for HIV.  Their immune systems need love and support more then anyone.  And that is why www.hisarmskenya.org surely ministers to all children orphaned in Maseno/Ekwanda area that we are able to, regardless of their HIV status. Please join me in praying for these precious children. Please pray also that funding continues for the medications they need to help be more healthy. Please pray with me that they have a loving, supportive community around them to booster those affected immune systems. Thank you to all of our supporters, sponsors and donors who have huge hearts, and genuinely care for all of God's precious children, especially these kids in Kenya, and especially those affected or infected by HIV.

Helping Kenya Orphans

Anytime you donate to any of our Ebenezer projects which you can find on our website, or any of our programs in general, you have definitely helped a struggling orphan in Kenya. We now are registered as a non-profit organization in Kenya listed as "His Arms Children's Project".  The country of Kenya has officially reviewed what we do, and supports us as doing so in a legal way. That was an important to us as so many "made up" organizations do exist in many of the African countries, including Kenya in order for some crooked person to just gain some funds. We have looked into "orphanages" where people from the USA have been donating to them, only to find they do not exist in Kenya. So today, on "Give back Tuesday" please be sure your organization is legitimate.   Ask about administrative cost. We keep ZERO money within the USA and instead transfer all of our donations to Kenya. Within Kenya, we keep less then 10% of our donations to use for transfer cost, transporting cost of items, and similar items that the volunteers in Kenya lack funds otherwise to perform.  We have NO salaried personnel working within our ministry.  Only volunteers are doing all the work.  We are very proud of our USA and Kenya volunteer workers. How blessed we are. So if you feel driven on "Give back Tuesday" to donate to our ministry, we would love to hear from you.  Check out our website for ways you can donate.  www.hisarmskenya.org     May you be blessed for being a blessing!  "Like" us on our facebook page www.facebook.com/HisArmsKenya  by clicking the "like" button on the top.  Asante Sana/Thank YOU!  Pass the word around!

Kenya Orphan Project Registration complete!

This morning I received word that we are officially a registered non-profit in Kenya!  Our Official name in Kenya is His Arms Children's Project, I believe it is.  We operated before legally under a CBO (community based organization) in Maseno, which was the overseer of several great projects including the literacy program for the community.  However, with us seeking to purchase land, and after talking with legal counseling, we realized we did need to become a separate Entity.  We needed to make sure no one could undermine the work we are trying so hard to do, without any corruption or any person benefiting from our ministry personally!   SO IT IS OFFICIAL!  We jumped thru all the hoops, paid our fees, worked on all the paperwork, sent runners back and forth with all the legal papers, and it is official today!  PRAISE THE LORD!  I am so happy. Cannot believe God has blessed this ministry so much. Who would have ever thought in 2005 when Elaine Sorensen and I visited in Maseno, Kenya with this social worker, Florence Oyosi, that in 2012 we would be running an official ministry that reaches out to hundreds of people. YOU KNOW, THAT IS GOD AND ONLY GOD DOING THAT!  We surely were not smart enough to figure this all out.

SO thanks to all of our sponsors and donors who continue in 9 different states in the USA to help this ministry half way around the world, in Africa, make a difference!  Mungu Awabarkie, may God bless you all!

Kenya Orphans Donations Made Easy!

Just in time for the holiday season, and prior to end of year charitable tax deductions needed, you may now donate on our site thru Paypal. We are so excited to have it up and running. It is simple. Takes just seconds and you can make your tax deductible donation to His Arms Orphan Project!  Visit our website at www.hisarmskenya.org and you will see the "donate" button.  Merely click on that, and it will allow you to either make a contribution from your own paypal account.  Or you may also use your credit card and make your tax deductible donation. In the summary sections you will be permitted to list what you wish it to be used for. In other words, if you want to buy a family a chicken, just tell us so.  Some of our current His Arms sponsors are even making their monthly sponsorship payments this way. We want to make it as easy as possible.  Questions, contact me via ndrowes@yahoo.com   Thanks so much for considering our ministry. As always, we keep no administrative fees here in US other then what paypal charges us, and less then 10% administrative fees are used in Kenya.  Check out other charities, few have that low of administrative fees. We want the money to go directly to these orphans and people trying to lovingly care for them.!  ASANTE SANA!  Thank you.

Gift Cards to benefit His Arms!

Did you know that for the Holiday season you can purchase gift cards from us, that will benefit His Arms Ministry?  Yes, you pay the face value of the card, just as if you had walked into the store and bought one. But for everyone sold, we get part of that money back for the ministry!  If you want to order some, email me at ndrowes@yahoo.com and let me know which ones, and how many. Send me off the check for that amount, and I will mail them back to you. Need not be gifts.  If you want to shop these places over holidays anyways, buy one. Remember the ministry then gets back a portion of that amount!  WIN-WIN!!  Here is list:  Thanks from Nancy Rowe and all the Kenya Kids.
Gift Cards Available
Amazon
ACE Hardware
Aeropostale
American Girl
Applebees
Arbys  ($10)
Bass Pro
Baja Fresh
BP Gas  ($50)
Bath & Body Works ($10 you pay, but worth $10.50)
Best Buy
Burger King  ($10)
Cabella’s
Champs Americana
Caribou Coffee
Cubs
CVS
Cold Stone creamery
Chipotle  ($10)
Dunn Bro Coffee
Dicks Sporting Goods
Herbergers/Carson Pierre Scott/Etc
Hardees
I- Tunes  ($15)
Holiday Gas
J C Pennney
Kwik Trip
Macys
Old Navy/Gap/Banana Republic
Panera  ($10)
Papa Murphy’s($10)
Roundy’s/Rainbow Foods
Red Lobster/Olive Garden
Shell Gas
Starbucks  ($10)
Super America Gas
Target
TJ Maxx/Marshalls/Homegoods
Walmart
Walgreens
Wendy’s   ($10)

Kenya Children's Project

It is hard to believe it has been two weeks already since we left beautiful Kenya.  But our work in Maseno/Ekwanda area of Kenya continues. What great volunteers we have especially our Kenya Coordinator Florence Oyosi.   She is so remarkable, works so hard for our children and their families. And all without a salary.  If you are involved in other ministries, please check their administrative cost out, both on the USA end and on the receiving end. We pray they will be honest with you. We know one that operates between large USA denomination and a Kenya one, that operates with 50% administrative fees.  So please be aware of this. Ask questions, and of course, the best way, is to check it out in person.

We continue to offer this Holiday season the "perfect gift for the person who has everything!"   You can gift him a goat, chicken, malaria net, mattress, water system, Emergency Medical Community Fund donation, educational fee donation, etc.  Go to our website at www.hisarmskenya.org and check the Ebenezer area out. It is simple. We can even mail you out a card to include for the person that states you donated in his honor, but the struggling orphan in Kenya actually benefited. Again, there is no middle man to take a cut. Our prices for these items are what the store owner charges us, or that we purchase for in the local market. Then these gifts go directly to the struggling family.  You cannot believe the difference this gift makes for this family. In many ways, there whole life is turned around because of this small gift.

We continue to rejoice over the great time we had in Kenya checking on our kids, playing with them, hugging them and auditing our books.  Such blessings!  We loved seeing the healthy happy, energetic kids!  That is a sign they are getting protein and nutrition!   Thank you so much!  Asanate Sana to all who help sponsor or donate to these cost.

Pastor Joe Atwater continues to struggle to make it all the way to his home in San Diego, CA.  He arrived on Oct. 27th in New York to see his kids, just in time for Hurricane Sandy. His daughter's house is one of the casualties.  We are thankful that their family did not loose loved ones, though.  But Pastor Joe has been trying to get back to CA since then, and is due to get on a flight, finally today we pray! 

Thanks for following our blog. Continue to pray for our ministry please. Thank God for our great volunteers. And ask the Holy Spirit to guard, protect and lead our volunteers in the way the Lord would have them go every single day.  Asante Sana!  Mungu Awabarikie!