Mathare Slums

As you drive into the slums and look down the ravine to the right you can see these people making illegal moonshine. They saw us looking and taking pictures (we didn't see them at first) and started yelling and throwing rocks at the van...not fun.

Here is a picture of what I talk about below...can't really describe the smell except to say that it is a combination of trash and sewage.

Mathare Slums: These were probably some of the worst conditions I have seen yet. Every time we travel into the slums I have some difficulty emotionally. I have a hard time when I see children in such poor conditions. When we were driving in one side of the road was covered with trash, where goats and other animals were feeding and wandering around. As I was looking that direction I noticed that a young boy about 3 years old was squatting down. What I saw next was something I will never forget. He starting going to the bathroom right there in the open, next to the road.

One of the encouraging things for me was walking around the slum with a young man, one of the teachers named Ephent. He grew up in the slums, went away to college and now is back helping the young people of Mathare. He talked about transforming people and the area one child and youth at a time.

At the worship concert about 35 youth and children came forward during the alter call to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
At Comido School in South B slums about 25 and at our worship time after our dental/food outreach another 15 youth/children came forward. So the total number of commitments was around 75 or so. It is amazing to see people give their lives to Jesus Christ. Each and every member of our team has contributed in big and smalls ways to the eternal decisions that were made. I praise God for the privilege of serving God in this way and watching Him work so powerfully in and through our team.

Missing everyone, especially the kids.

In Christ,

Trenton