Its difficult, but imagine a world where the closest doctor to your child is almost 40 miles away. And, also imagine that you are not there to help them. There are no airlifts in an emergency. There’s no Walgreens with cooling packs for their forehead, and Vicks pads on their chest to make sure they [...]
Kindly sponsor one of the kids below who need urgent sponsorship You will regularly receive information about the child you sponsor. Zipporah Wambui is 8 years old and in grade 3. She likes Kiswahili and playing football. She aspires to be a literature lecturer. To sponsor Zipporah Wambui click the [...]
According to church tradition, the patriarchate was founded in 42 AD by Mark the Evangelist. It was the centre from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt. Within its jurisdiction, during its most flourishing period, were included about 108 bishops; its territory embraced the six provinces of Libya Superior, Libya Inferior, the Thebaid, Egypt, Heptanomis, and [...]
From Dream to Reality When I look at the latest pictures of the St. Barnabas Orphanage & School complex I cannot help marveling at the amazing progress I see. The beautiful building of the dormitory looks like a marvelous mansion, turning St. Barnabas into a rare oasis in the middle of the African landscape! [...]
Hunkering Down in Texas There is an old curse often attributed to the Chinese, "May you live in interesting times", and the times have indeed been interesting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which has swept the globe. At first, it did not seem too serious since the Chinese government and the World Health [...]
Viruses, death, pandemics, food shortage rumors. It’s enough to drive even the most devout Christian to doubt. In times like these it is so easy to be afraid for ones very life. It would be so easy to just fend for yourself and not care about others. There would be an excellent reason to, right? [...]
On Finding Peace in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic By: Kassi Dee Patrick Marks, JD The COVID-19 pandemic and the various crises (plural: health, economic, potentially political, as well as personal crises this can trigger) it has unleashed has been unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I was feeding and rocking my firstborn when the [...]
A Samaritan woman came to draw water and Jesus said to her, “give me a drink.” The Samaritan woman said to him, “ How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jewish do not share things common with Samaritans). I write this as a prayer in my [...]
I'm seeing that a lot of people, in their intemperate rush to "get back to normal" before things have really changed much, have suddenly discovered a conscience about Africa and the developing world generally, warning us of dire consequences, not from the Covid-19 epidemic, but from the efforts to reduce its spread - a blatant [...]
Fake news! False teachers, liars, Scams and traps. Beware!! WOLVES IN SHEEPSKIN!! Dear friends and supporters of St. Barnabas Orphanage & School, As the director of our Orthodox Mission in Kenya and a "father" to over 200 orphaned and vulnerable children at St. Barnabas, I am forever grateful for your prayers, your love, compassion, and [...]
