I am so excited to share this post with you!!! A few months ago Drummond and I visited Kenya, a country which has grown so close to our hearts. We have been working with Benjaline and Julius Akenga for years, establishing a Family Transformation Center there. They run all of our courses and oversee the Family Center in Kenya. On this particular visit, we were thrilled to see the opening of new and exciting doors. They planted their first church linked in with Family Transformation and God miraculously opened another new door ... into the prisons! Just before we had to leave, we met a wonderful, God fearing Christian woman who is a top warden in one of the prisons who expressed her desire to see the wardens trained up to begin running "Woman of Peace" in the Prisons! Benjaline was onto it as soon as we left to come back home. The wardens have now been trained and the first group has begun. God continues to work the miraculous. The wife of the vice-president of Kenya will be attending the graduation of this first "Woman of Peace" group. Each prisoner who has completed the course will be receiving a graduation certificate. For the first time, the families of these women will be allowed to attend the graduation ceremony and the dinner that we will provide for them making it a historic and family-building event.
It is my prayer that as you look at these pictures, you would commit yourself to be praying for these women. Hebrews 13:3 exhorts us to "Remember the prisoners as if chained with them - those who are mistreated - since you yourselves are in the body also." What a joy to know that our God is sending His daughters into the prisons to bring hope, truth and peace to these, His children who He knows by name. He is causing the lost to be found in Him!
Precious smiles and excitement as the course begins!
Pray for these precious mothers as they are finding the path to peace in Jesus!
Open hearts ready to receive!
These wonderful women are the wardens who are giving of their time to be trained to minister to the women in prison.
"Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
Who executes justice for the oppressed,
Who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners."
Psalm 146:5-7
As you pray for these women, join with me in believing that His truth will bring peace and freedom, not only to these women, but to their children and families too! What a MIGHTY God we serve. He is able to redeem all things!
Much love,
Lindah
How exciting! This is what being His hands and feet really looks like! I just love God's heart to reach us all with His freedom and love. Much love, Janine
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