WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING IN KENYA & HOW CAN YOU HELP?

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO IN KENYA?

In Kenya we plan to serve the community and local church in 7 areas:

1. Children's programs - teaching biblical truths & God's unconditional love through songs, games and children's activities both in schools and in the local church. Similar to Bolivia, Kenya has a very young population and loads of CHILDREN!
   


2. Ministering to HIV/AIDS patients - praying for and loving on adults, young people, children & babies with the AIDS virus spreading rampantly across the African continent.
   


3. Art & Culture - using Bolivian music, dance, native dress to communicate the redemptive plan of Christ wherever we are welcomed
   


4. Basic Health Care - we will have a licensed nurse and a dentist; and plan to bring basic medical supplies to Kenya to attend to basic health needs of the people in the community
   


5. Youth Outreach - plan to organize events to inspire and challenge the youth of Kenya, emphasizing biblical truths in practical areas such as intimacy with God, HIV/AIDS prevention, servant-leadership, stewardship ...
   


6. Sports Ministry - will partner with the local church to put together a city-wide sports tournament (of mainly soccer, with possibly other disciplines) to encourage team building, encouragement, affirmation & strengthen relationships between young believers and non-believers
   


7. Community Service - plan to bless the community with our sweat and hard work. Cleaning up open areas & soccer areas, light maintenance at local schools ... whatever needs to be done

HOW ARE WE RAISING FUNDS?

The team has been hard at work, involved in a number of endeavors to raise funds for the Africa trip.

• We have been selling t-shirts for the trip to promote and raise funds
  
• Organized a soccer tournament with several different churches from around the city
  
• We have made and sold food on several occassions at church for Sunday lunch.
  
• Have also held movie nights once a month at the church selling tickets and popcorn
  
• Set up a store at the compassion center to sell snacks and school supplies to the compassion kids.
  
• Promoting the trip in other churches here in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
  
• If you have any ideas of how to raise additional funds in a Bolivian context we would love to hear them! Please send us an e-mail or post a message on this blog!
  

Also if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation for the Bolivia-Kenya trip, from the U.S. please make checks out to Larry & Patty Morehead's church:

'Mount Paran Church'

and send to the following address:

"Bolivia Missions - The Moreheads"
c/o Mount Paran Church
2055 Mt. Paran Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30327

Please note that the "Bolivia Missions- The Moreheads" designation, simply means that your gift will be processed & sent to us. With each donation, please send us an e-mail (at larrywmorehead2@yahoo.com) informing us of your gift, and your intent that it go towards the trip & we will make sure the all of the funds get put towards the Africa trip. 

• Let us know what you think about the blog and post us your comments!!!
  

Please pray for all the detailed preparations and that God would continue preparing our hearts, minds, bodies and spirits for the exciting challenge that lies ahead!

Where are we going in Kenya?

WHERE ARE WE GOING IN KENYA?

We will be based out of the town of Webuye, Kenya in Western Kenya close to the Ugandan border. We may get a chance to go into Uganda & minister there as well.

Aposento Missions to Argentina

• 2007 was our last missions trip to Salta, Argentina. This trip was focused greatly on ministering to children through vacation bible school; and evangelization through the arts, mainly drama & choreography. We also lead a major overhaul, painting & clean-up effort in several different churches in and around the city of Salta.

Aposento Missions to Ecuador

• The following year, 2006, we were given the opportunity to travel to Ecuador for one week in the beautiful city of Milagro, outside of the coastal city of Guayaquil. It was a brutal trip, 4 days & 4 nights on a bus. Upon arrival to Ecuador, we were based out of a large church of over 1,500 members who were shocked that such a small church as ours was able to be actively involved in missions & send teams out to other countries. While in Ecuador we were given 16 opportunities, mostly in local schools and plazas, to present the gospel message through music, choreography & drama, followed by one on one sharing with those in attendance. We finished the trip at an all girls' school, which reportedly had a lot of problems with teen pregnancy and drug use. The girls gave us a very warm reception and we could all feel God's presence at work. After our presentation and a testimony given by Patty, over 60 of the young girls gave their lives to Christ!

Aposento Missions to Paraguay

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• In 2005, the church sent out its 1st international short-term missions team to San Lorenzo, Paraguay. San Lorenzo is a lower-middle class area of Paraguay located outside the capital of Asuncion. On our 1st trip abroad we served in the community & the church. We also lead several evangelization efforts with the local church in different parts of the city.

Beginnings to Present: Missions at Aposento Alto

HISTORY TO PRESENT

Over the last 4 years the church has developed a missions team that was made up of like-minded individuals from the Aposento family to take the love and hope of Christ to those in need, serving in churches and the community as a whole. Pictured on the above slideshow is the current team going to Kenya.  Please keep us in your prayers!

• BEGINNINGS: Our very 1st team was sent to the small town of Guanay in the department of La Paz, in 2004, here in Bolivia. Street evangelization was the focus of this trip.

APOSENTO ALTO TO KENYA 2008!!!

We're officially up & running!

Aposento Alto Church in Santa Cruz, Bolivia aims to make history this November by sending a team from its church to minister & witness on the continent of AFRICA! To the best of our knowledge, no Bolivian church has ever sent a missions team to Africa, and we feel honored & priviledged to be representing Bolivia and South America in reaching out and answering Christ's mandate to GO to the people of Africa.

WHO ARE WE?
Aposento Alto is a small church of around 70 members and over 100 children, located in the Barrio Oriental section of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The church facilities a Compassion International Center which feeds, educates, sponsors and ministers to over 400 children during the week. The team that will be going is compromised of the following folks who are pictured above: (from L to R standing) Patty, Karen, Ingrid, Shirley, Yovana, Cinthia, Carla, & Silenny, (& from L to R on 1 knee) Roberto (from Nicaragua), Luis, Juan Manuel (or 'Nano'), Edwin, & Larry.  Not pictured in the group picture, but also accompanying us are: from the U.S., Susan Stanaker, who's a nurse who has a huge heart for the nation of Kenya; and from Bolivia, Sergio Prieto, who's a licensed dentist currently working with the street kids ministry here in Santa Cruz.

WHY?
For several years now, God has placed a burden on Aposento Alto church to accept the challenge that few churches in Bolivia have agreed to accept - that is to, 'GO INTO THE NATIONS and make disciples...' Patty Morehead has spearheaded the missions effort at Aposento with a vision to see Bolivians fulfilling their part of the Great Commission to the Nations.

After several trips to different countries in South America, in 2006, we felt God leading to take a huge step of faith to begin preparing a team of Bolivians to go to Africa. Since then we have been praying, preparing and equipping a team of 12 people to undertake this challenge. The team has been working hard to raise funds for over a year now! Over this period we have seen the Lord's faithfulness and believe He has given us His confrimation to Go!