REM Jr. High School

Laura & Meghan had the honor and privilege to travel to Kenya with the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and GOYA Ministries. They had the opportunity to visit 3 of the schools that GOYA supports, the REM high school in the Ngong Hills outside of Nairobi, the elementary school in Magadi and the orphanage and elementary school in the slums of South B. With each school visit, the impact being made by GOYA Ministries is felt more deeply. GOYA is a beacon of light for the poorest of the poor in Kenya. The intentionality of their work is something to aspire to in business. They are great stewards of the gifts provided them. A little can go such a long way in this place and received with great love and happiness. The needs continue to grow and all those elementary children need a junior high to attend. GOYA can build an entire JH School for $50,000 (building only). One of our fellow travelers provided a $25,000 matching pledge to go towards the building of the junior high. AXIS 360 would like to extend and put out a $5,000 challenge, matching funds to go towards the remaining $25,000 to build the school. If you have any questions or would like to hear more about the ministry, our experiences, please reach out to Laura or Meghan today.

Hello! Thank you for considering supporting our family, as we go to Kenya to serve & encourage the incredible team at REM School & all the GOYA supported endeavors. This will be our family's first experience seeing & experiencing the ministry efforts of GOYA first hand. For the entirety of our children's lives, our family has supported GOYA & the children they serve in Kenya. Our good friends Chad & Roxy Parker lead the US fundraising & strategic efforts of GOYA Ministries, who work diligently to advocate & fundraise for the staff & board in Kenya providing so many incredible programs & opportunities. All of this is done to radically transform the slums of Nairobi with the hope & love of Jesus Christ, raising up the next generation of workers, pastors & leaders to advance God's kingdom in East Africa!   We are honored that our family will have the opportunity to go in June of 2024, where we will get to see the campus, meet the staff & students, as well as help put the finishing touches on the short term missionary housing building project on the REM Campus in the Gong Hills just outside of Nairobi. All of us will be partnering with Jesus over these months & weeks leading up to our trip, to prayerfully determine how each of us might use our God given gifts to serve & encourage the students, as well as the staff who work so hard day in & day out to love these kiddos.   We look forward to coming back to our community having experienced the ways God has & continues to move in this different part of the world, and do what we can to advocate for their continued health & growth to all whom he'd have us share our stories with. Would you please consider being a part of this journey with us? We are looking for people who are ready to partner with us in both Prayer & Financial Support. We need both. In recent days, our family has become increasingly more aware that we serve an incredibly kind, generous & powerful God, and also there is evil in the world who does not want the people or the ways of God to be successful here. We covet your prayers as we travel across the world to bring encouragement & to learn from these incredible followers of Jesus.   Additionally, we welcome your financial support. We desire for your invested partnership in helping our family step out in faith in this manner & trust that He, through His people, can provide the necessary financial resources for our team to embark on this week of service & learning. If you have read this far, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts, and we look forward to sharing all we have seen & learned once we come back!   Sincerely,   Robbie, Candice, Kelsey, Reese & Graham Osenga