WORLDWIDE - CMN's INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

KISII, KENYA, AFRICA

The other day I received a letter from a pastor friend who is planning to go on a mission trip. He has a strong passion for people all over the world to know Jesus and is excited to be used by God on this trip. He needs to raise $3,000 for his expenses. He will be traveling with a group of 5 or 6 others which means for the group to make this trip, they need to raise a total of $15,000 to $18,000 for a 1 week visit to another country. Because of our love for our pastor friend, Sarah and I were happy to send what we could to help.

I have been giving a lot of thought to the idea of mission trips for CMN. Many of the pastors I have trained or who want to be trained to disciple their people through one-on-one mentoring relationships, have asked me to come to their country to train them in person. But each time I evaluate the cost I realize how much more we could do with the money by using modern technology. We have discovered for CMN, there’s a much less expensive way to travel to other countries through technology such as Skype or Zoom.  

To give you an example: In 2014, I received a message through Facebook from Pastor Daniel in Kitale, Kenya. He was seeking someone to mentor him. I sent him a message asking if he had Skype capabilities. He said that he did not own a computer but, that there was a cyber café in Kitale. We set up a time to meet via Skype for 1 hour each week. At the first meeting, he asked if four of his pastor friends could join us. He said that it would take all of them to have enough money to pay for an hour of computer time.  I agreed and we all met each week for a year going through the three-volume series Mentoring His Way. CMN sent them a box of our books and some Bibles. They trained 50 other pastors how to use our materials to disciple the people through one-on-one mentoring relationships.

Over the years, our mentoring ministry has grown to hundreds throughout northwest Kenya because of their efforts. Pastor Daniel is the one in the red jacket in the picture. Unfortunately, the cyber café has since shut down and we no longer have a way to meet face-to-face. Using the technology isn’t always available, but when it is, it’s very effective!

All the above has been accomplished without leaving home or spending more than $2,000. In the July newsletter, I asked for your help in raising $1,000 so that I could send them and other locations low-cost laptops. I want to thank those who responded. 

THE COMMITTMENT TO MENTOR TRAINING IN KISII, KENYA, AFRICA

OUR PLAN //
We intend to have a theological college where people of God can be mentored and graduate to mentor others.

OUR OBJECTIVES //
For each graduate to mentor two each year and to teach their mentees to do the same."

For the first time CMN Kisii, Kenya a class of women (pictured below) has graduated after completing the Mentoring His Way three book series.  CMN previously sent Mentoring His Way books for the men but these women had to borrow their husbands books for their study.

We sent the women their own books to use as they go on to mentor other women.

The CMN College in Kenya also needs more Bibles.

Please prayerfully consider financially supporting the global reach of Christian Mentors Network by helping this growing International ministry project.