Erasto Wanjau
I am Erasto Wamuti Wanjau, serving in Moi University Main campus and Kapsabet CUs. Before joining stem, my biggest anticipation was adapting to a new environment and mingling with people of a different culture. Having spent 5 years in a moderately warm place, the move to Eldoret was quite a shift. Another question I had
- Published in STEM
The Value of Work | Caleb Lemayian
Around these COVID 19 times, ministry has shifted to digital. As a student worker, I no longer have the special opportunities to be with students. But thank God for WhatsApp, et al… Recently, one student friend (we call him S for the sake of my writing), asked me a question. I, C, owe to Him
- Published in COVID19, Integral Missions
An Unconventional Labour Day! | Patience Mutie
No Gathering at Uhuru Park Today is the 1st of May. In normal circumstances, workers, members and officials of trade unions would be drifting in their numbers towards Uhuru Park for International Labour Day celebrations. Under the scorching sun, they would listen to speeches from those that call the shots in the labor union circles
- Published in COVID19
Ministering to a Sick World | Jacob Kinyua
The outbreak of Coronavirus that is rapidly spreading all over the world has worried many. Most people on earth today have never faced such an existential threat as they are now, hence panicking. To make matters worse we are not sure to what extent the disease will spread both locally and globally or even when
- Published in COVID19, Integral Missions
When God Interrupts | Peter Kimeu
Swept by the flood Whether it bothered the people or not when they saw Noah grind cypress wood and pitch, making a shapeless structure, at least according to the Bible life moved on normally in the community; weddings continued to take place. People savored their barbeques served with chilly and grapes wine. Little did they
- Published in COVID19, Devotion, Integral Missions, Students' Blog
The Real Joy of Christmas | Wilson Kiuna
One day, a teenage girl in a little town of Palestine was visited by a stranger in shining clothes. “Do not be afraid,” he said. “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” And that encounter, recorded in Matthew and Luke, is forever memorialized in the Nativity stories
The Journey of Fresh Graduates | Laureen Barasa
Different Paths Transiting from campus is not very certain for most people these days. As final year students leave schools, they have a mixture of ambitions and anxieties. Interestingly, every person takes a path so different from their counterparts. Some find their way into jobs and internships that are high profile and pick pace swiftly
- Published in Finalist
Can I Change the world? | Hottensiah Kimori
The Conviction and Call I can still recall the voice of the Missions Director brother Calisto Odede, during Commission 88. I was the Kenyatta University Christian Union (KUCU) secretary during that year. I remember listening to him being convicted to avail myself to serve the Lord as He sends me.
- Published in Integral Missions
Suicide; a Developing Concern for the Nation | Winnie Okumu
According to the World Health Organization in 2000, throughout the world, approximately 1,000,000 people died of suicide. More than 50% of this constitutes the youth who are in higher levels of education; colleges and universities. This translates to a global mortality rate of 16% or one death every 40 seconds. This makes the number of deaths by suicide worldwide higher than the total number of deaths from war and homicide combined. This only means that preventive measures have to be put in place if we will save the current and even future generations.
- Published in Integral Missions
If not us, then who? | Diana Maina
Every time I have studied the book of Nehemiah, I have prayed that God would raise a Nehemiah generation in our time. A generation that has not only the burden to see the transformation in the society, but also one that is ready to transform the concerns into tangible actions. For this to be achieved,
- Published in Integral Missions