Oasis of Hope & Geoffrey's Email

Please be sure to visit www.myspace.com/oasisofhope and web.mac.com/oasisofhope. Lydia, Geoffrey and all of the people at O.O.H. are amazing servants of our Lord. God bless them richly for the compassion that overflows from their hearts. Brothers and sisters I urge you to remain steadfast in your prayers for this incredible organization that reaches out to the forgotten ones of Kitale, Kenya. Support them in any way you can!


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When I first heard that Steve was coming to Kenya , the first thing I thought was, Steve is becoming crazier! But NO, Steve is not crazy as you think too, he is just responding to the call he received many years ago. He has been coming to Kenya every year this time and nothing was going to stop him from doing the same this year. Coming to Kenya when every other person was struggling to get a seat on the next plane out of Kenya made me feel how much Steve loves Kenya...he loves us.

As I told you, I thought Steve was crazy when he decided to come to Kitale but NO, he became more crazy when he said to me “………Geoffrey, we are going to spend the night tomorrow at the Cherangany refugee camp…..” Well, at that moment, I thought about where the camp is situated and its risk as I had visited sometime that same week. This is the same refugee camp that was invaded by armed gangs and stole hundreds of cattle and disappeared in the neighboring forest besides the camp being at the police station. I was thinking all this things but there was no way I was going to convince Steve otherwise. So I said “…..it's okay Steve.” So that night when they were at the refugee camp, I spoke to him and he seemed okay despite the flare that went over the camp. I just prayed that nothing bad would happen there.

There is so much that I can say about Steve’s trip now that he is ‘safe’ in ‘ RWANDA ’. But I just want to send so many thanks to this great man of God. He has surely proved that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. God bless you Pastor Steve. I also want to send my many thanks to Dan Hamer. Not many would have loved to do what you did, with all those road blocks from Eldoret. Bravo too to Jeff, his first time in Kenya but went through hell. Hi Jeff, it is not always like that here, Kenya had just lost its mind a little, please come back again when things are cool!

And to all those prayer warriors from Saddleback and all over the world, thanks for your continued prayers. Those are the real prayers of the righteous, God bless you abundantly. Thanks again to all those who kept in touch with Steve and us, thanks Lydia, thanks Megan for the incredible job, thanks Juliet and many thanks to all. You are all heroes and heroines through Christ Jesus, keep up the good job.

Back to Steve, you know we just parted unceremoniously, after that urgent call, you left Kitale in hurry and we had a schedule the same day, otherwise, I am glad that you are safe and healthy and we can do that another day.

In Christ,
Geoffrey- Oasis of Hope.