Children of Kenya

Everywhere and all along the way of the hundreds of miles our Bike Kenya 2012 team pedaled in Kenya, there were children. Little ones screamed "Jambo!" with glee from the thresholds of their houses as we rode past. Primary school children would run alongside us as long as they could. Older children would wave and flash a bright smile. Wherever we stopped to take a break from riding and take in some water and nourishment, children would gather round.  We saw thousands of children going to or from school and at the ICCM schools we visited. They frame and define Kenya, really.

Kenya's children reflect what is going on around the world. The number of children in the world today is unprecedented. In many developing countries, the majority of the population is under age 17. Like what is reflected in the face of this child our Bike Kenya 2012 team encountered  few weeks ago, the world's children are anxious.

Will their anxiety become despair or hope?  Will it morph into fear and foreboding or blossom into anticipation and possibility?  Please pray and act with us for the children God has put within our reach to have the opportunity to become all they have been created to become to the glory of God. May their lives be fueled by good nutrition, educational excellence, spiritual vitality, and economic opportunity as they move toward adulthood in the years ahead.