Kenya Matters

07/17/2026

Earlier today, we sent $101 to Kenya so a young mom can get her two kids into school. The public school system in Kenya isn’t exactly free. There are fees for everything…. not so unlike our public schools. With them in school, being able to leave for work will be much less stressful for her.

We sent another $297, too. This is for a struggling mom to start a small business. In reality, she had already started it. She needs some capital so she can sell enough to hopefully feed her family. She is a single-mom, too.

We invite you to share in the goodness - and help fund these things. This is what goodness can look like 🙂

Link to GiveButter, our fundraising partner, is in the comments. We appreciate all support.

05/27/2026

Our plant sale continues… we still have more than 40 varieties of tomatoes that are available for your West Michigan garden!
[3275 Bauer Rd. Jenison MI] Self-Serve, Open 24-7.

We want to extend a heartfelt Thank You to the Allendale High School Robotics Team for helping us transplant a bunch of the baby tomatoes & peppers in early May. The energy they brought to the greenhouses to help, along with doing a fantastic job, is much appreciated!

05/17/2026

Spring Plant Sale is now LIVE!
~ West Michigan Gardeners! All sales go to support at-risk kids in Kenya.
~ Get your plants from us, & help the cause.
~ 6 pots for $25 donation or $5/pot.
~ Plants can be found at 3275 Bauer Rd. Jenison MI 49428
* Self-Serve. So, you can get them whenever it works best for you!

Here is a link to our varieties available via Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cnCfv9SlLHKEi4m4LJI37GuwDCm0thRAm_ndI6drpGk/edit?usp=sharing

05/14/2026

2026 Garden Starter Plant Sale!

Welcome to our 6th annual garden starter plants sale!
~ Beginning Saturday, May 16 @ 1:00 pm.
~ More than 50 heirloom & hybrid tomato varieties.
~ Peppers. Herbs, Cucumbers. Squash. Melons. Broccoli & other greens.

*If you are looking for starter plants, we have enough varieties for every corner of your garden.

~ 6 plants for $25 (5” & 6” pots) or $5 per pot.
~ 100% of sales go to support the kids in Kenya.
~ The veggies are available 24/7. So, help yourself.
~ The plants can be found at 3275 Bauer Rd., Jenison,
~ Cash, Check & Venmo is available for donations

Updated List of Varieties for 2026:

2026 Kenya Matters Garden Starter Plant Sale Sale Begins Saturday, May 16 @ 1:00pm Plants are located at 3275 Bauer Rd. Jenison MI 49428 Self-Serve. Venmo, Cash, Paypal, & Check are all accepted. ~ We will attempt to update this list daily. Some varieties are more available than others. ~ Upda...

04/20/2026

Dear Good People.
This was posted shortly after our event, but we want to share it again with the hope MORE of you watch it or re-watch it. This is the work Kenya Matters supports in rural Kenya!

If you are so moved, we would be honored to have you join in support of Kenya Matters. Here’s our official secure link: https://givebutter.com/SupportTheKids...

04/05/2026

We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.
We don’t just believe that the resurrection happened. We don’t just believe things about the resurrection of Jesus.'

We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.
In a world where it appears that death wins, where violence, murder, disease, and terrorists might cause us to fear and lose heart, we say that we believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.

We say that there is a power beyond our understanding that is able to give life back to those who’ve lost it. And not metaphorical life, but real, actual, fish eating, hand touching, word speaking, bread breaking, sitting down at the table life.

We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.
In a world that teaches and trains us to protect and secure ourselves, we say there is a power at work now in this world that exposes the fragility and short sightedness of such so called securities, and offers, no, promises and has proven the ability to deliver us through, not merely from, danger and death.

We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.
And so we refuse to accommodate ourselves to the fear, despair, and cynicism all around us. We choose, instead, to give words and expression to the groaning of the creation. We say that a new day has begun, and the darkness all around us will find no more safe quarter, for the light of life has dawned. Death’s teeth have been pulled; it holds no threat any longer.

So we live our lives with abandon.
We stand up for and alongside those who are most at risk, and we say in word and in action that we believe in the Resurrection of Jesus. God has begun His good revolution, and change is on the way. Oppression, violence, deception, rejection, selfishness, apathy, brutality, manipulation, malice, murder, hatred and all their kind are living on borrowed time.

We believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.
So we refuse to be seduced or coerced into sharing in the behavior of that which will be removed and replaced. Instead, we love rather than hate, we share rather than steel, we give rather than take, we show kindness rather than brutality, we tell the truth rather than deceive, we hope rather than despair, we believe rather than doubt, we help rather than oppress, we heal rather than destroy, we embrace rather than strike, we lose rather than win at any cost.

Because we believe in the Resurrection of Jesus.

~ Joel McClure