The next GBHT school-break Vacation Bible School begins on August 21, 2023. This will be the first VBS conducted by GBHT that will include a team of volunteers traveling from the United States. GBHT’s philosophy for short term mission teams is not for GBHT to merely serve as host while a team from abroad conducts programming in Nairobi. Instead, GBHT’s goal is to integrate the travelers into a larger team that will include local GBHT staff members and a local group of volunteers. This blending is intended to provide a more missional-immersive experience for the travelers, while allowing the travelers to serve as encouragers and energizers for the local groups of regular contributors. Hopefully, the visual of this cross-culturally integrated team serving in unity will also provide powerful reinforcement, for the children and young people being served, of the borderless, all-inclusive nature of the kingdom of God.
These are the volunteers who will be serving and ministering to around 300 children for this upcoming VBS:
Local GBHT Staff:
- George
- Lydia
- Mary
- Katie
- Sonny
Local Volunteers:
- Moses
- Stella
- Mercy
- Linet
- Facila
- Mary
- Redemptor
- Caroline
From the United States:
- Anita
- Deborah
- Pam
- Tony
- Jayme
- Kevin
Would you be willing to remember these team members in your prayers over the next three weeks? A significant amount of planning has been taking place both in the United States and in Kenya for this ministry endeavor. It is GBHT’s prayer that this VBS will be a key turning point in the development of hope for a brighter future in the lives of the children and young people served – a hope grounded in the reality that, through Christ and with his help, a brighter, hopeful, and peaceful future is in fact possible.
Are you interested in exploring the opportunity of joining a future GBHT volunteer team? Reach out to us here – we would love to chat with you about the opportunity!