WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

One of the key operating principles of the Jubilee Village Project is "people-to-people partnerships" -- at the foundation of this principle are the 8 Champions that live and serve in Kager Village. Without these champions, there would be no Project.

The role of a Champion is to serve as the local leader in one of the 8 solution areas:

- Water & Sanittion
- Food & Farming
- Housing
- Health & Nutrition
- Education
- Energy & Environment
- Transportation
- Economic Development

Working individually and as a team, the Champions are responsible for knowing the strengths of the village and building upon them. They play a leadership role in assessing the needs of the village and working with the rest of the leadership of the Jubilee Village Project to identify and implement solutions to meet those needs. The Champions often serve as "early adopters" for ideas and see if they will work -- before a decision is made to invest and pursue a total solution for Kager village. The Champions build and strengthen relationships within the life of the community -- a community divided can not be strong and move forward.

The Jubilee Village Project Champions are (from left to right):
- George Amimo (Food & Farming)
- Mark Orenda (Energy & Environment)
- Rose Mboya (Housing)
- Carolyne David (Economic Development)
- Caren Odero (Health & Nutrition)
- Andrew Aduda (Education)
- Joseph Nyang'i (Transportation)
- Hammre Kayando (Water & Sanitation)

We are thankful for the service and leadership the Champions provide the Jubilee Village Project. They serve under the overall leadership of David Kayando. Tuesday's are Prayer Day. On Tuesdays, all of the Champions are dedicated to praying for one hour for the Jubilee Village Project. We all understand that without prayer, our efforts will spend a lot of energy and a lot of money, but we trust in the Lord to bring about the community transformation for Kager and her people.

DID YOU FEEL THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE?

Wow -- this morning at church we worshiped and we sang a song we had probably sung at least twenty times before...but today it was different. The song was "Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble?" by Delirious (Martin Smith, 1995).

Today the words were different...they had context...I felt the mountains tremble. The words were real...the words were deep...they were personal. They brought back strong emotions from our trip to Kenya and I could only think about my brothers and sisters worshiping 8,000 miles away in the Kager Vision Centre.

Here are the words we sang to the Lord this morning:


Did you feel the mountains tremble?
Did you hear the oceans roar?
Did you feel the people tremble?
Did you hear the singers roar?


When the people rose to sing of Jesus Christ the risen one

And we can see that God you're moving
A MIGHTY RIVER THROUGH THE NATIONS

And young and old will turn to Jesus
Fling wide your heavenly gates
Prepare the way of the risen Lord

Open up the doors and let the music play
Let the streets resound with singing
Songs that bring your hope
Songs that bring your joy
Dancers who dance upon injustice


Did you feel the darkness tremble?
When all the saints join in one song
And all the streams flow as one river
To wash away our brokenness

And here we see that God you're moving
A TIME OF JUBILEE IS COMING
When young and old return to Jesus
Fling wide your heavenly gates
Prepare the way of the risen Lord



It literally blew me away -- there in the heart of this song the words RIVER and JUBILEE tied together -- just as we have seen them tie together in the Jubilee Village Project for Kager, Kenya. God is good and God is big. Wow, what a day!

Ned