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Update from Doug Penner on January 27, 2012 at 5:16pm I just got back from visiting Mike in Kenya. He's doing a remarkable amount of good for the people of Nakuru.
After being saved from a "street kid" life of crime in the gangs, Mike has started about 20 businesses. Then he moved into helping people, like in this dump where he grew up.
They now have income through pigs, chickens and gardens, and they're making bags and jewelry out of plastic bags they find in the rubble. In his role as city councillor he's provided clean water and a plowed a road through the garbage so they have access to the outside world. Things have improved so much that their children are all attending school in their proper uniforms. There have both a hope and a future.
Through Mike's love and powerful anointing, many among the poor and the gangs have come to Christ. The churches of Nakuru were struggling to accept them, so Mike started a church in 2005.
He is accomplishing so much it's difficult to summarize. You'll have to go visit him yourself in the upcoming Journey of Compassion to Kenya!
Update from Daniel Stephen Bryce on November 17, 2011 at 8:04am Meeting Pastor Mike Brawan
My first meeting with Pastor Mike Brawan was on the patio of one of the more expensive hotels in Nakuru; the silence and spacious luxury a significant contrast to the packed dirty noise of the market streets from which I had come.
Kenya is a country of contrasts, whether is it the geography of deserts and forests, coasts and mountains or urban and rural, luxury and poverty. Nakuru is no different with beautiful gated hotels next to slum dwellings. There is a lot of development happening in and around the city as Kenya, like the rest of the developing world, transitions from a predominately rural to an urban population. This transition is the driving factor behind the economic growth and the influx of new residents.
It was these new residents that we discussed on the patio of the hotel; the limited options for these poor rural migrants and the barriers that existed for their successful integration into urban life. With us was another pastor and a Kenyan university student studying in the UK. They had all just come from the city of Naivasha, about 1 hour south, where they had been visiting the women’s prison as well as an orphanage that Mike visits often.
After introductions we began to discuss the plight of the incarcerated women to whom pastor Mike reaches out. The problem lies in that families arrive in the city, often without any cash, and live hand to mouth everyday. The main source of income is selling goods and foodstuffs at roadside markets; in order to do this they must get licenses. For most the profit margins are so small that they can only afford single day licenses, if the sales are smaller than normal or there is a crisis that takes precedence then they wont be able to pay for the license the next day.
Sometimes the chance they take has no negative impact, but if they’re caught by the police, then they are at risk of a 6 month jail term. This is especially problematic for women because if they don’t have someone to look after their children, then their children are sent to the prison with them.
Mike still had some toilet paper, bar soap and munchies left over from the visit to the prison in Naivasha so he suggested that we visit the Nakuru prison to drop them off.
The prison is located up the side of the mountain looking down at the lakeside city with fantastic views of the caldera. Since Nakuru prison is the primary centre for the entire Rift Valley province, Mike used our presence as an excuse to meet with the head of prisons. Pastor Mike has developed a great relationship with the corrections officers of both the men’s and women’s prisons. He has been bringing gifts of basic necessities for a few years and at Christmas of 2010, he threw a large feast for all the staff and prisoners. However, Mike had yet to officially meet the head of provincial corrections.
We were all ushered into the office and given Kenyan courtesy of handshakes, detailed introductions and sodas. The prison commander had heard of Mike’s work and was really interested in the motivation behind it. So Mike told his entire life story; from growing up on the streets of Nakuru to being saved, from starting primary school in his late teens to gaining sponsorship to go to university in England to become a pastor. In all this Mike maintained that because he had been given so much it was his duty to give back.
After the meeting we met with the prison chaplain and the newly appointed woman’s prison chaplain before hiking up to the prison proper. During our walk Pastor Mike was greeted with great warmth by all the corrections officers we passed. Mike feels it is important to not only reach out to the prisoners but also the guards so that there are not feelings of animosity between the two.
Finally we reached the end of the gravel road and the gate of the women’s prison. Inside we met a few of the officers and were introduced to a few of the prisoners and their children to whom we handed over our very appreciated gifts. At this point the women’s warden brought to Mike’s attention the plight of one of the prisoners who was terribly ill and had just come from the hospital back to the prison.
The warden usually has a list of women that have been imprisoned for trivial crimes ready for Mike whenever he comes. This prisoner was halfway through her punishment for not having up-to-date documents while working in the hotel service sector, which is supposed to be taken care of by the employer. Mike decided that this was an individual who needed immediate help, Mike paid her fine and gave a little extra for transportation home, medical bills and to get her through the next few days. He also encouraged her to come to the church if she had any problems and to come on a Sunday.
We left with fond farewells and a sense of hope.
Video clip: http://neighboursasyourself.blogspot.com/2011/11/nakuru-womens-pris...
Update from Doug Penner on March 11, 2011 at 8:24am Update from Doug Penner on December 30, 2010 at 10:26am Email from Mike....
Hello Men of God, I hope this finds you blessed of God,
I am just writing to thank you so much for your support in finaces and prayers that made us able to feed the Prisoners and also pay some small fines for the 46 women.
We had a wonderful time in Prison with prisoner, we sloughtered 8 bulls where by the prisoners had one of the blessed Christmas.
Pray for us that on the 1st of January 2011 we may also release some, we have made some arrangements and we are trusting God for the funds.
Thank you so much for sturting the support that made many people from USA, may our God lord richly bless you.
Yours,
Rev. Mike L. Brawan
Senior Pastor
Metro Church International
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