09/03/2026
From our founder, Sonny Ouma
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Today, our discipleship team and I walked through Kangemi for community mapping.
Before we started, we prayed and asked God to lead us to where He wants us to serve Him and His people.
As we walked, I found myself walking through the same streets I once walked as a hungry, hurting and hopeless boy.
The memories came rushing back.
I remembered the places where I used to steal food because I was hungry. The places where I would go to watch movies to escape school. The streets where I once wondered what my future would look like.
Even the smells brought back memories I had buried deep inside.
I felt like crying.
But I kept walking.
This time, I wasn’t walking as that hopeless boy.
I was walking back as someone God had rescued carrying hope for children who are walking the same streets.
Then we encountered three young boys fighting.
As we talked to them, we discovered that they were not attending school and each was carrying a different story.
One of them had been reported missing. His family had even promised a reward for whoever found him. The boys were fighting over the money.
We took him back to his aunt and discovered that he had previously attended a school that holds a very special place in my own story.
It was the same school where I studied when I was young the school whose owner gave my siblings and me an opportunity to learn when our family could not afford normal school fees.
And there I met my former preschool teacher.
What a full-circle moment.
Later, our team took the three boys for lunch. We listened to them, talked with them and tried to understand what was beneath their struggles.
As we walked through Kangemi, we saw many more children who were not in school.
And honestly, it left us with many questions.
Why is there such a huge gap between the rich and the poor?
Why do some children grow up surrounded by opportunities while others are simply trying to survive?
I don’t have all the answers.
But I believe God is reminding us that we don’t need to have all the answers before we say YES.
Jesus saw the crowds and had compassion on them because they were “harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Matthew 9:36
And Isaiah 6:8 says:
“Here am I. Send me!”
I don’t know how God will provide.
I don’t know exactly what the next chapter will look like.
But I know that the children of Kangemi need hope.
They need mentors.
They need someone to listen.
They need people who will not judge them but embrace them.
They need someone to remind them that their circumstances do not determine their future.
And they need to know the love of Jesus.
Maybe this is what it means to be the hands and feet of Christ.
Sometimes it starts with something as simple as saying:
“I see you. I care about you. You matter.”
Please pray with us as we seek God’s direction for our next steps in Kangemi.
Pray for the three boys we met today that God would protect them, restore them, reconnect them with their families and lead them to Christ.
Pray for our team.
And pray for God’s provision as we explore how Giving Back Hope Together can serve this community.
We don’t know exactly where this journey will lead, but we know the One who is leading us.
Will you pray with us?
More hope. More love.
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