Orphanage open in Nairobi

Dear Friends,
We have 14 children age 3-7 years in the orphanage "House of Hannah" operating in Nairobi under the guidance of Bishop Philip Karanja. Pastor Peter, and their ministry team at Victory Times Ministry. Hawn International Missions has partnered with Victory Times Ministries in Kenya to build a safe haven for orphaned and destitute children from the slums of Nairobi. Many of these children have no one to care for them, some have a parent sick or dying from Aids - they are abused, abandoned, without hope. We are providing that hope with housing, food, clothing, schooling and the knowledge of the love of Christ for these precious ones.

You can help. We have sponsors so far for 3 of the children and by the end of February we need to find sponsor's for the other 11. We can take in as many as 40 children in the facilities we now have, but we need sponsor's!

For $40 / month, about $1.33 a day, You can be the life saving salvation for one of these children. You will receive letters, feedback, and the satisfaction of knowing that your gift is saving a precious life for the Glory of God. This is personal to them. Each child will know their sponsor and know that someone in the world, a world very far away has been touched by the Lord to help.

Pray, ask for guidance, and if your heart is touched, call me and I will let you know how to get started. Do not delay. We can only continue to care for these children with the proper support. We can do so much with so little. You be the blessing! Call Mike at 907-841-8224.

New Grain for Kenya

We are looking into the possibility that the cultivation of a new plant, Amaranth, may potentially allleviat much of the starvation in West Pokot. This week we are disusing links with the Uganda Amaranth Project to bring this amazing plant to West Pokot Kenya. Pray with us that we can partner with this organization to help the Pokot farmers on a new and exciting venture. We will keep you all posted! Pray for wisdom and Divine guidance.

Pray for Health

Leroy Hawn, the President of Hawn International Missions, is home and has had shoulder surgery last week. He and his wife , Mary, plan to return to the Pokot people in Kenya as soon as the doctors release him. Pray for supernatural and speedy recovery, healing and full function to his arm. Two other couples are considering joining the work there in West Pokot. One of the couples will be traveling to Kenya with them and looking for God's leading in this work. Pray that the Lord will send in the needed help to carry on the work when Leroy and Mary are no longer able to go. Pray for God's strength and a long, healthy life for both Leory and Mary.

Kathy Tierney returns home...last post

Dear Friends, Our missionary nurse Kathy Tierney has returned home and sent us this last post as a summary of her work in West Pokot. Please pray with us that she will be led to return and help with this much needed work.

from Kathy...
James tells us that visiting widows and orphans in their distress is pure and undefiled religion. My heart hears that without the abiding love of our heavenly Father in our lives, we are all orphans, so making this verse alive in my life is just acting on the obedience and going where I am called. This time it was to West Pokot, Kenya to do medical work meeting the physical needs of the people. I did so, realizing that the physical needs are not separate from their spiritual needs, that there is a sickness of soul that leads to a more certain and everlasting death and this I shared with everyone the Lord brought to me. My spirit is alive in Christ Jesus and I am compelled to share this with everyone in need. What a blessing to be able to see this light shine in the eyes and soul of the Pokot people. What a joy to give much needed medicine and care while sharing about our Great Lord who heals not only the body, but brings everlasting life. There is so much I could say, but know that here we deal with diseases and problems we rarely see in our nation; malaria, every kind of parasite and worms, typhoid, tetanus, lockjaw, whooping cough, pneumonia and the list goes on and on. What I could not do the Lord did! So many miracles of love, healing and hope. The peoples with grateful hearts and smiling faces greeted me everywhere. I shared with all that it was their loving Heavenly Father who was proving the care and love and the way for us to be in their lives. The praise and thanksgiving of these people warmed my heart and gave me renewed hope and faith. Despite the difficult circumstances these people shine where they are and in their lives for the Lord. There is much we can learn from them. No matter the dire circumstances they continue to live for the Lord and sing praises. They are my betters and I have been privileged to know them.

The last day I was there we drove about an hour from Kamaketto to Kasaka. The road is difficult and treacherous. Once we arrived we realized we needed a couple of days there as there were several hundred people who needed care. We still grieve we left many unattended. My prayer is that the Lord will help me to return. Please pray for Jim and I that the Lord will continue to lead us, and make a way for us to devote more time to these precious people. I send my blessings and love to you all. Thank you for caring and giving so that others can live and know Him. Love in our Lord. Kathy.

Kathy Tierney - Nurse

Dear Friends, So much has been happening and we are so blessed for the help and love so many of you have given the ministry to the people of West POKOT. We have been so happy to have Kathy Tierney serving the people as a nurse. Recently she was able to help a women who walked 70 miles from Uganda after having her face slashed to the bone in a raid to her village with a machete. Kathy has treated hundreds of people; HIV, Malaria, infections, parasites, and diseases of every kind. To the many of you who have sent funds for the medicine, food, and support we cannot thank you enough. We pray that God's richest blessings will guide you and your families and that you will know His divine intervention in your lives. Pray for Kathy and her ministry. There are few places to get medical help in the Bush, and the people see the love of Christ and His salvation through her ministry and her sacrifice. M.H.

Leroy and Mary coming home

Hello to everybody.
We want to thank everyone again for your prayers and the donations to our ministry. I know it is a bit early for the newsletter, but Mary and I will be leaving Kenya Sept. 23rd (next week) for Alaska. We will try to visit as many as possible while we are home. We have been able to send another truck load of maize into the Kasei area to ease the famine a bit. It is preventing as much starvation as we can. The problem with famine is still very real. We will continue to fight starvation! Many of the children are eating dirt to fill their bellies. This opens a brand new avenue for disease and infections. Simple things we take for granted like vegetablesthat they need for protein just aren’t there. One bright spot though is that Kathy Tierney, a Nurse, has arrived to take our place while we are in the States. She has opened a Clinic on the veranda of the Mission House at Kamketo. She has a friend named Jennifer McClain who is a emergency room Nurse who will spendthe month of October assisting Kathy with the clinic. Two men who are also Christians from the church that Kathy attends in Redmond Oregon are coming to help in late October. Redmond Christian Church is helping to sponsor all of them for this project. May God Bless in every thing they do. Mary and I will be staying at the home of Anita Cork in Wasilla Alaska. Anita is going to do some traveling while we are there to watch the house. Our phone number will be 907-376-7875 if you need to contact us. Our email address will be the same. Our P.O. Box 873825,Wasilla, Alaska, 99687, would love to hear from you. We do want to visit with friends and relatives in the lower 48. Don’tknow how or when we will be able to do this, but I am sure the Lord will work it out. I think we have some air miles saved up, don’t know how far it will take us, so if you have any frequent flyer miles you are not using we could sure use the help. Most of Mary’s family live in Alaska, but she, like me, has relatives all over the U.S.A. We have Churches that have helped support us that we need to report first hand what we have done the last year. Mary and Kathy will pick out some photos to send. We ask you to share them with folks who don’t have a computer. We want all of you to know it is a real blessing for Mary and I to get to serve the Lord in this way. Your help to us is the extended hand of GOD. We praise you for that too. LOVE YOU ALL, HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON, Leroy, Mary and Kathy

Kathy Tierney - Missionary

Dear supporters. I received this letter this morning from Kathy in West Pokot , Kenya. She has sacrificed her time , money, heart and effort to come to the people there and minister healing and love from the big heart the Lord has blessed her with. Please pray for Kathy and Jim. We need more servants like these two wonderful saints to give themselves to the people God has entrusted to our care. Leroy and Mary are coming home in a few weeks to Alaska for a sabbatical. Pray for their safe journey and the open doors God will provide to share their work and need for the people of West Pokot.

Hi there dear friends of the Pokot. This morning in church service I shared with the people that I left my heart here years ago when I lived here...I came back to get it, it was still here, with them. I see many cases of malaria, lots of worms, TB, babies with dehydration, skin diseases such as scabies and ring worm are common...I am seeing some malnutrition as well...there is always something that needs to be done. The Hawns are always busy getting those things done. The people here love these folks - Leroy and Mary - and so do I. I am not certain where the Lord will lead my husband and I...we have always wanted to come back to live and work...the Lord would need to prepare and coordinate many things for that to happen but His great wisdom has done that many times in our lives. We are blessed to be close to retirement and the freedom to be used full time is something we pray about in earnest. It would be a blessing to have trained Pokot here to take care of the medical needs of their people as well as take care of the other needs. I believe that being a missionary is the only job we try to work ourselves out of...to establish strong hearts for Jesus and faith in Him and then to have the folks here take over is what we missionaries try to do. There are many things being done to that end but will be some time in the future before that is accomplished. Please pray with my husband Jim and i about this opportunity to come and serve full time. He will be 61 soon and could retire at 62. Until then I am open to coming for this two months at a time and he is ready to take his vacation time each year to come and build relationships again...continue to pray that these folks hear and receive the hope of our Lord and King Jesus! Blessings in His name..Kathy Tierney