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You may not have an idea what it 

takes to toil in the gospel field. But 

we do! 

This is what it’s all about: You. 

You are special in the eyes of God, you are 

actually the apple of His eye! 

You are why we’ve made this magazine. 

You are the reason nearly every week, FoC 

is out doing something: fellowshipping 

with high school students, ministering in 

churches, visiting childrens’ homes and 

hospitals... And you are the reason why 

FoC will be out on mission in November 

2013. 

Thank you for standing by us. We love 

you. 

Features; 

A Sheep Once Lost 

Pg. 6 

Who Will Read My Eulogy 

Pg. 9 

My Experience in The 

Colpoteur Ministry 

Pg. 10 

While The Ages Roll On 

Pg. 14 

The Fountain, Issue No. 001 

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Dickenns Omanga 

Supporting Editor: Jonathan Mule 

Lead Designer: Dickenns Omanga 

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From 

the chairperson 

Claudia Gisemba 

Chairperson, Fountains of Christ 

Dear Brethren, 

Have you taken time to be with the Lord? 

Whenever I think upon this question, I am reminded of the words 

of David in Psalm 116:1-2 where he declares that he will call upon 

the Lord as long as he lives for the Lord has heard his voice and 

supplications. Can each one of us say the same? 

FoC is about Christ. It’s about going the mile for Him and with 

Him, letting Hin live in us. 

We should review the course of our past life and recall with gratitude 

the precious deliverances God has wrought for us. God has 

given support in trial. He has opened of ways when all seemed 

dark and forbidding and renewed our strength when we were 

about to give up. He has encircled us with heavenly angels to 

guide each step we make and each breath we take. In view the 

innumerable blessings He continually gives, we should ask ourselves, 

“What shall we render unto Him for all He has done?” 

Psalm 116:12 

It would be well to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation 

of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point and let 

the imagination capture every scene, especially the closing ones. 

On behalf of FoC, we appreciate your taking time to support the 

ministry and it’s upcoming missions by buying this magazine. Being 

a growing ministry with a huge work to do that requires a lot 

of resources, we cannot take for granted your support in giving 

and in prayer. 

But greater still is our pleasure to spend some time at the Lord’s 

feet with you today! 

Claudia Gisemba, 

Chair, FoC 

All Bible Quotations are from King James 

Version, unless otherwise stated. 

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Fountains of Christ (FoC) is a rapidly growing Christian 

ministry comprising enthusiastic young ladies and 

gentlemen based in Nairobi, Kenya who aim to follow 

Jesus’ example, to spread His love and to proclaim the 

true Biblical gospel message to the entire world. 

Among the activities undertaken by FoC include outreach 

ministries to various learning institutions especially 

high schools, evangelism through online and 

print media, health ministry, literature evangelism and 

rural evangelistic missions. 

FoC was started and in based in Newlife SDA Church 

in Nairobi, and its members are college students in 

the various local universities and high school students 

(majority being from Alliance High School, Alliance 

Girls High School and Pangani Girls High School.) 

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This magazine is a project to support FoC’s 2013 main 

evangelistic mission to Kapenguria, West Pokot, Kenya. 

We recognize that we are living in the last days of the 

earth’s history and the world is athirst; not a thirst for 

water, but of hearing the Word of the Lord. 

You are welcome to contact or support FoC! Just visit 

www.focministry.org. 

God bless you! 

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1. Gabriel drives home a point during an FoC Bible Study 

2. FoC’s ‘lastborn‘: Jeremy 

3. Some of the FoC members after the 1st FoC ‘In-Reach’: 28th April 2013 

4. Elder Misati, Joe and Dickenns with some AGHS Students 

5. Edna, Miriam, Nancy and Deborah after an FoC meeting, Nairobi Museum 

6. Wilkins, Edna and Lumumba during an FoC visit to Alliance High School 

7. Some FoC gentlemen present a song during the Ngere Mission: Dec 2012 

8. FoC and Alliance Girls during a visit to a Children’s Home: 29th July 2012 

9. FoC share a holy communion service with Pangani Girls 

10. Part of the congregation during the 2012 Ngere Mission 

11. Some FoC members during a visit to Mang’u High School 

12. Pangani Girls SDA Choir sing during an FoC visit 

13. Mule and Edna at an FoC meeting at Nairobi Museum 

14. Some FoC members during the visit to Mang’u High School 

15. Some FoC members after the 1st ‘In-Reach‘ 

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Testimony 

It was during the first term 

break of 2013 that I decided 

that enough was enough. For a 

while now, I had undergone a long 

period of soul searching, seeking, 

looking for something… Something 

new, fresh, different. 

A Sheep 

Once Lost 

by Keith Tong’i, 

Form 2M 

Alliance High School 

“Why go to church so monotonous, 

dull, while outside there’s a 

world with unlimited pleasures?” I 

thought. I mulled over this question 

for quite long, very long indeed 

I thought I would go insane. 

Life was always easy until I chose to apply 

to foreign universities. The grueling process 

often left me despaired. I could not see where 

I was going. I was down in a valley in the dead 

of the night. Then, I 

i n 

simple 

faith and 

trust 

by 

Claudia 

Gisemba 


I had begun attending the SDA 

services once, twice, thrice a week. 

But barely a month later, the services 

had become a no-go zone 

for me as I was fully immersed 

in it all: the computer laboratory, 

entertainment, reading worldly 

magazines, mails, et cetera. But 

all that while, deep down I knew I 

had left the church: I had left God! 

For three months now, I have 

been a stranded sheep, lost from 

the fold of Christ, Many at times, 

my fellow schoolmates from the 

SDA society have urged me to attend 

church. 

“Yes, of course, I’ll be there today, 

why not?” I’ve been answering 

them with that line, which has 

become my tag-line. 

Then a few days ago I begun 

thinking, “What value does eloping 

church add to me? How does 

chose to take a journey. 

I went on my knees 

and conversed with 

my Lord; telling Him all 

my troubles. He heard 

my cry and renewed 

my strength and hope. 

He said, “Child, fix your 

eyes on Me.” I expediently 

followed His 

instructions and made 

Him my Guiding Light. 

Ever since, my cup overflows. 

I was successfully admitted to Cornell 

University in the United States and now I 

know that when things seem hard, there God 

has no end in view but to perfect His people. 

Christ, who passed on in pain and 

anguish upon the Calvary tree 

feel about it?” 

The shepherd has found his lost 

sheep. In the SDA society, I receive 

an inner piece, joy, a sense 

of fulfillment, an inner feeling of 

accomplishment. This is where I 

belong; this is where I am meant 

to be. Yes, this is home! 

Coming home, coming home, 

Never more to roam, 

Open wide thine arms of love, 

Lord I’m coming home. 

My dears, many of us are undergoing 

this similar problem. We all 

experience our downtimes. My 

advice is: don’t lose faith so soon. 

A man never realizes how close 

he is to achieving something until 

he quits. 

Let’s enjoy the experience in the 

fold of God. 

It was Saturday, the 31st of March, 2007, 

at 10.30 pm when my mum got a call from 

the hospital informing her that my dad had 

passed on. Moving on has been hard for all 

of us. I could not see 

our family’s future 

without dad. For a 

long time I wished he 

was around, regretting 

having spent that day 

in church instead of 

visiting him in hospital. 

However, I am grateful 

to God because we 

have neither lacked 

nor begged. He has 

been faithful enough 

to answer us every time 

according 

to his will 

by 

Phanice 

Ododa 

we have believed and prayed. As I hope to 

join the University, I thank God for the twelve 

wonderful years I shared with my dad and 

I am very grateful for my heavenly Father’s 

unfailing and eternal love for me. 

Praise Him... 

THAMINI DINI 

by Sharon Kirwa, 

Form 1Y, Alliance Girls High School 

Najitwika barazani, ukweli kuzungumza 

Umuhimu dini aushini, imani nd’o takoleza 

Anasa na mali duniyani, Onyangu fadhali 

puuza 

Shikashika imani, nd’o mwelekeo mwema. 

Usiwe mwasi wa dini, mawaidha yote tangaza 

Kamwe syatie kapuni, barazani kujilaza 

Kwa chechetu tafitini, hekima yote kujaza 


Wazi sahibu mazoni, elimu yote kujuza 

Simamo kweli imani, na matendo kufanyiza 

Kiyazingatiya akilini, mema yote takajaza 


Kaditama kituoni, nasaha nimewajaza 

Yanitosha tumaini, mengi nimewajuza 

Na mengine jijuzeni, maarifa kujijaza 


HE IS LOVE 

by Susan Kerubo, 

Form 4, Pangani Girls High School 

One of the Godhead Three 

Sent down to us for free 

After the son died on the tree 

For God had heard our plea 

It seems for us he had affinity 

And all the love from the trinity 

That we might have peace and unity 

Not forgetting integrity and dignity 

IN VERSE 

HE LEADETH ME 

by Jeff Nyauka, 

Form 3, Alliance High School 

That hymn keeps running through my mind 

I like what it says, but it just isn’t so, Lord 

You would lead me, if I’d let you 

And we would go far that way. 

But I keep tugging loose, like an impatient 

child 

Running ahead, sure that I know the way, 

Perhaps half afraid You wouldn’t let me if I 

waited, 

Always running ahead: into brick walls. 

That hymn ought to have another stanza, 

Lord 

“He followeth me” 

When I go tearing off on my own, You follow 

me 

Patiently, lovingly, like a parent 

Are you shaking your head, Lord? 

Wondering when I will ever learn 

How not to run into brick walls? 

You lead me, when I am willing, Lord 

But the wondrous part is you follow me, 

You find me, dust me off, 

Comfort me, lift me up, 

And take my hand. 

To all audiences I write 

Warning of spiritual principalities we fight 

But He, guiding us, our light: 

We need not dread the night 

Devouring is the devils will 

But He wants us to stand still 

For we are a city set on a hill 

And the battle we’ll win 


Facts 

Some Quick Facts 

About the Bible 

By IRVINE LUMUMBA, 

Form 4, Alliance High School 

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1The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the New 

Testament was originally in Greek 

The Old Testament was translated to Greek by 70 

2 Greek scholars, The Septuaginta – In 285 BC, what 

is today called the Septuagint 

Then followed the Peshito or Literal for the Syrian 

3 churches 

4In 400 AD, Jerome translated the entire Bible from 

Greek to Latin for the common people 

It was then translated to German by Martin Luther, 

5 a German scholar 

William Tyndale then translated the Bible to English 

to come up with the Authorized Version, The 

6 

King James Version 

Dr. Johann Ludwig Krapf translated the Bible 

7 to Swahili 

The Holy Scriptures were divided 

8 into chapters by Cardinal Hugo de 

Sancto Caro in 1250 AD 

It was versified in 1550 by Robert 

9 Stevens 

Publication of the 1st versified 

New Testament in English 

was in 1557, and the entire Bible 

in 1560 

The Bible has 1189 chapters, 929 

11 in the Old Testament and 260 in the 

New Testament 

The middle chapter, Psalms 117, is the 595th 

12 chapter; having 594 chapters before and after 

it. It is also the shortest chapter, with 2 verses, 33 

words, 33 letters 

The longest chapter is Psalms 119, with 176 

13 verses, 2445 words, 10146 letters 

Two almost similar chapters of the Bible: 2nd 

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Kings 19 and Isaiah 37. 2nd Kings 19 has 37 

verses, Isaiah 37 has 38 verses 


15. The 

Bible was the 

1st book to be 

printed... 

“Unceasing PRAYER is the unbroken union 

of the soul with God, so that life from God 

flows into our life; and from our life, purity 

and holiness flow back to God.” 

~ Steps to Christ, ch. 11, p. 98, Ellen G. White 

SUCCESS 

By LOICE MOKAYA, 

Form 2W, Alliance Girls High School 

The world defines success 

by how much money you 

make, how big your house 

is, how nice your car is and 

what type of job you have. 

God however does not care 

much about these things. When 

He looks down to this planet, 

what he notices is not the shiny 

cars, big houses and hundred dollar 

bills. No, the creation that catch His 

eyes are His children on earth. He delights in 

the cleanness of the heart, the fragrance of a 

life well lived and purity of a Christ like personality. 

He values us so much and works day and night 

for our salvation. 

Who Will Read 

My Eulogy? 

Every now and then I wonder 

what those who will be present 

when I meet my day will 

say concerning my decedent self. 

If I were to know anyone who will 

be present at that funeral, I would 

tell them that it should not be 

long. If someone accepts to stand 

on that day to read my eulogy, I 

would wish that they not talk long. 

I would like somebody to mention 

that day, that Rosana JR, 

did try to feed the hungry and 

drop some coins into the beggars’ 

dishes by the roadside and 

street corners. I would like it to be 

said that I visited those in prison, 

offered warmly a mug of cold 

water to a sojourner heavy with 

the fatigue of travel, clothed those 

who were naked, prayed with the 

sick and stayed up late with the 

bereaved. I want someone to say 

that I cracked jokes with my pals 

and shares insights and fun moments 

with my friends, that I occasionally 

billed out cash strapped 

colleagues, that I illuminated my 

family and brightened my career, 

and that I spoke an inspiring word 

to souls in despair and shared in 

the delight of rejoicing hearts. 

I would like somebody not to forget 

to mention that day, that I did 

try to reach those I could with the 

message of the everlasting gospel. 

I want it said that in deed I tried 

to love and serve. 

In the process I have cogitatively 

imagined and solemnly ruminated 

as to whose story I would like 

mine to be commonest to. I have 

desired a genuinely ennobling 

prodigy, full of qualities that excite 

admiration, yet devoid of the pungent 

spices and irritant twists of 

mortal flesh. In this I have sought 

by Joe R Rosana 

after a life that is rich in simplicity, 

simple in propriety of manners and 

conduct, and conducted in coherent 

veracity. No superstardom… 

no antics…just plain sincerity and 

richly evident commitment in the 

heavenly course, without losing the 

modesty of near anonymity. 

After a measured and wholesome 

comparison, 

one man came 

to the fore of my 

list: the cupbearer 

turned master 

builder. Nehemiah 

is his name. And 

the magnanimous 

duty of putting up 

Jerusalem’s fallen 

walls fell on the 

little known servant 

of the Most High 

God. 

I would like 

somebody not to 

forget to mention 

that day, that I 

did try to reach 

those I could 

with the message 

of the everlasting 

gospel. 

Adjectives might 

be insufficient in 

describing this enviable 

personality: 

faithful in service, meek in prayer, 

conscientious in duty, shrewd in 

leadership, cunning in strategy, 

meticulous in recording, studious 

in the law, gracious in victory and 

inundated in gratitude. 

A courtesy visit by fellow Jews to 

this high official of the Persian 

Kingdom at Susa the citadel (during 

the reign of King Artaxerxes 

Longimanus) sparked off the magnificent 

call to duty. The sternly just 

and inherently ingenuous governor 

steadily guided the hurried task of 

rebuilding the walls. In spite of the 

rocky opposition from without and 

the evident disquiet from within, 

the task was completed in 52 

days; a feat that even Israel’s enemies 

attributed to God’s enabling. 

Yet in contrast, the task of reviving 

and reforming the people of God 

within the rebuilt walls demanded 

years of Nehemiah’s godly life and 

leadership. And these accounts 

are punctuated by several fortifying 

prayers and end famously with 

the words: “Remember me, O my 

God, for good.” 

I therefore hope that 

when that day comes, 

when next fresh red 

soil I shall lie, that not 

only men will speak of 

memories fond and 

dear. I certainly hope, 

that on that day 

when darkness I shall 

not distinguish from 

light and from rain I 

shall not run to shelter, 

that an even longer 

eulogy my guardian 

angel shall present. 

And yes I hope, that 

while the grass will 

grow, the heavenly 

promise given to Daniel 

the Patriarch, will be graciously 

extended to me as well: “But go 

thou thy way till the end be : for 

thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot 

at the end of the days.” ~Daniel 

12:13. 

Yet which is more…I hope that 

that day will not be an end in itself, 

but the end of this beginning. 

Yes, I hope that when the trumpet 

of the archangel will sound, I too 

will rise again. When the glory of 

the Lord shall be revealed, may I 

be there too. When the victory of 

the faithful shall be revealed, and 

the corruption of the mortal flesh 

shall be no more, I shall be there 

with the chosen of God. I shall 

stand again. And Jesus Himself will 

be there. 


Testimony 

Seven weeks as a literature 

evangelist has taught me what 

I would never have learned in 

the greatest schools of this world, yes 

even Princeton. I started with the goal 

of saving souls only to realize God was 

seeking to save my own soul. That 

I was in danger just as the one with 

whom I solicited with. That self was not 

fully dethroned. It is through working 

with Christ for the 

salvation of souls 

that we ourselves 

are transformed 

into the character of 

Christ. 

I thought it almost 

an impossibility to 

get even five books 

out. My aunt thought I was crazy and 

desperate for money for the summer. 

Given her many years with Americans, 

she thought the prospects for success 

were well nigh already obliterated. I felt 

the same way. And for a while I went 

out in the field in my strength, in the 

wisdom of my eloquence, trusting in 

my position as a Princeton student. But 

God taught me that all such efforts are 

in vain. My selfish motives for recognition 

and “recommending myself to 


Colporteur Ministry: 

My Experience in the Literature Evangelism Field 

Every rejection, every 

time someone said, 

“I’m not interested” 

reminded me of the 

times when I said the 

same words to Christ... 

God” were laid bare when I got zero 

books out on one day. Getting doors 

slammed at your face in the sweltering 

sun, in peril of dogs with already one 

dog bite, brought me to my senses. 

Everyday has taught me to trust less 

in what I can do and more in what the 

Lord can do for and through me. It is 

not the talents which we now possess 

or ever will that will bring 

us true success, but that 

which the Lord can do 

for us. What was true in 

canvassing is also true in 

our own spiritual experience. 

Every Great Controversy 

I get out, every 

Steps to Christ I leave in 

a home is a miracle of God. That we 

should accept the offers of grace is a 

miracle of God. Every rejection, every 

time someone said, “I’m not interested” 

reminds me of the times when I said 

the same words to Christ. I am no different 

from those who reject the silent 

witnesses. Every day I learn to love 

those who reject me and pray to God 

that they may have another opportunity 

to receive Him. 

Through canvassing I have seen many 

prayers 

by 

answered 

Allan 

and 

Marube 

the moving of 

the Spirit like a wind. In my seventh 

week, I canvassed a dentist’s office. 

From previous experience, I had no 

success with medical offices. But this 

one was different. As usual, I introduced 

myself and asked for the manager 

of the business. She invited me to 

her office – never happened before to 

me. I talked to her about the work and 

showed her the health books we had 

and a copy of Christ Object Lessons. 

Immediately her face lit up and every 

other message book I showed grabbed 

her attention. She started thinking of 

people to whom she could give the 

books and went so far as to ask for 

two GCs. She thought not of herself 

only but those she could bless with the 

books, those whom I could never reach. 

Without controversy the Spirit of God 

was moving in her heart bringing to her 

heart names of people I never met who 

needed the books with the message 

for this time. I left her with a 9 book 

set, what other canvassers would call a 

“dump-bag”. Praise be to God! 

There is something higher, deeper 

and wider you learn in the field that 

no amount of Bible study can teach. It 

is only through working for the salvation 

of other souls that we ourselves 

are brought into harmony with God. 

The Kapenguria mission is no different. 

I am confident God will perform 

great things for those who humble 

themselves as weak instruments 

by their personal effort in the field 

or by financial contribution. We do 

not see much because we do not 

attempt much. 

Allan Marube was the chairperson 

of Fountains of Christ, 

2011-2012. He is now a student 

at Princeton University in the 

U.S.A. 

In an electric circuit, the 

primary aim of making the 

circuit complete is to have the 

bulb light. All components are 

functionally integrated to achive 

that result; 

• Battery – provides electrical 

energy. 

• Wires – transmit the current 

• Ammeter – measures the 

amount of current in the 

circuit. 

• Rheostat – varies resistance 

controlling the amount of 

current being transmitte. 

• Voltmeter – measures the 

potential difference across 

the bulb/cell. 

• Switch – initiates the whole 

process by closing the current 

to complete it. 

• Bulb – produces light. 

CIRCUITS 

In Christianity 

by Deborah Onwong’a 

Form 3X, Alliance Girls High School 

Evidently, we can have all the 

other devices ready but we will 

still not have the light if the 

wires are missing. Wires are the 

passage for the current throughout 

the transmission process. 

The nature of the wires in the 

circuit also determines the 

brightness of the bulb. Thick and 

short wires allow more current 

to pass through while thin and 

long wires have more impedance 

hence allowing less current to 

flow through. 

What reference can be made in 

our Christian life with regards to 

the working of an electric circuit? 

We are the wires through which 

the current must pass in order 

for the world to receive the true 

light, our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The switch thus represents our 

power to choose between God’s 

will or to reject it. 

The battery signifies God’s 

might, and is 

the source of 

the power that 

is transmitted 

through us. 

The ammeter is 

our faith which 

determines how 

much we can let 

God be in our 

lives. 

The rheostat 

stands for our 

actions that 

show how much we believe in 

God and let Him work through 

us. 

Temptations are the voltmeters 

that check us and keep us on 

track as we do service for Jesus. 

The bulb lighting shows the 

Creative Physics 

moment when our actions, faith 

and temptations balance. Jesus 

Christ, who is the light of the 

world, is then at that moment 

seen through us. 

It’s up to all of us. 

Our lives as Christians 

are circuits. 

We have the power 

to start the great 

work of God and 

to let Him work 

through us that we 

may produce the 

light of the world, 

the everlasting 

light of our Master 

Jesus Christ. It is 

your choice, and 

it’s mine too. Hope we’ll choose 

well. 


In Pictures: 

FoC Visits Kenyatta National 

Hospital Children’s Wards 

Only 

Trembling 

(Psalms 77:12-18) 

by LiGALA AWINO 

Chairlady, AGHS SDA Society 

Ligala (R) with Wilkins (Chairman 2013, 

AHS SDA Society) at Dagoretti Children’s 

home on 29th July, 2012. 

The earthquake shakes the ground 

The thunder claps its sound 

The lightning throws its arrows 

Cloud’s tears fall all around 

Tell me why this happens 

Why the earth acts so unkind 

All of nature is only trembling 

Before the Lord Almighty 

Only trembling, only bowing 

On its knees before God 

All of nature cowers at His awesome power 

Only trembling before God 

But we all shake our fists 

And go our own way 

And we laugh at all that’s Holy 

And we use His name in vain 

But shouldn’t we take notice 

Of how the earth is so humbled? 

And listens to the sounds 

As frightened ground rumbles 

Its only trembling, only bowing, 

On its knees before God 

All of nature cowers at His awesome power 

Only trembling before God 

(Adapted from Steve Chapman’s Ten Things 

I Want My Son To Know) 


Thoughts 

While the Ages Roll On 

We all live once. 

Life on earth is 

too short. We live 

each day as it comes, hoping 

for a better tomorrow. I am 

intrigued at how life is so 

uncertain. All we do is hope. 

Ages will roll on as stipulated 

and a new generation 

will be born. 

Sometimes I look into the 

future. Tomorrow, I will 

wake up and carry on with 

the day as I have always 

done. The day will end and 

another will come, and another 

till a week will become 

a month. In three months 

from now, I will join Jomo 

Kenyatta University of Agriculture 

and Technology to 

pursue my dream being an 

engineer. That will be a nice 

moment for me but I know 

it will pass by. Five years 

down the line, I will have 

become what I dreamed of 

years back. A new chapter 

shall await me: life on my 

own. 

At 28, I will have identified 

for myself a beautiful young 

girl to be my wife. 

I imagine how my wedding 

shall be. That moment of 

my life when I shall say “I 

DO”. How for once I shall 

be treated like a king by the 

number of gifts of all sorts 

that my friends shall give 

me. Honeymoon shall follow 

successfully. Then my wife 

and I shall settle back to face 

the reality of life. With time, 

probably by 39, my family 

shall be full: kids shall 

brighten the house for sure. 

I imagine how my 40s will 

be: working well and climbing 

up the ladder to become 

successful, owning a multimillion-dollar 

company, 

being quoted as one of the 

An outlook into my future 

most influential people in 

the financial world. I imagine 

owning houses in major 

cities in the world; talk of 

London, Dubai, New York, 

and Los Angeles and even in 

our very own Nairobi. I look 

into my 50s, how my kids 

should have grown taller 

than me. How good shall it 

be? 

My 60s shall tell me that my 

end is approaching fast. If 

lucky, I shall go into my 70s 

and 80s. Eventually, my end 

shall come. I can imagine 

how my funeral shall be. 

How my body will be taken 

back to my home in the hills 

of Nyamira. 

I can 

picture 

my burial 

ceremony. 

What a glorious 

day it shall 

be. Heaven my 

home: A place 

with no sorrow, 

no pain, no worries, 

no deaths... 

My eulogy 

shall 

be read: 

“Clinton 

Nyamongo 

was 

born in 

Nyamira... 

passed 

through Eronge Adventist, 

became the first boy to make 

it to Alliance High School 

from his village, he got his 

engineering degree from 

JKUAT, Master’s Degree in 

Engineering from the Ivy 

League (MIT)... became a 

successful engineer, held 

many positions. He has left 

behind many descendants...” 

The final words shall be, 

“May his soul rest in peace.” 

Then my journey down the 

grave shall begin. Meanwhile, 

mourners shall be 

singing the last hymns to 

send me off as I rest to await 

the voice of the Archangel. 

“When peace like a river 

attendeth my way... It is well 

with my soul...” shall be the 

last hymn. 

My relatives shall be downcast. 

However, the dead have 

no use for the living who 

eventually tear themselves 

away to continue with the 

business of life. Even they 

finally have to wander away 

numb but waiting for a healing 

touch of good memories; 

of laugh and laughter, which 

would eventually return to 

touch them with the breath 

of life once again. 

Deep beneath the ground, 

maggots will be feasting. 

They will munch at 

my expensive coffin. 

They will wear 

away my beautiful 

body and eventually 

to my bones. I 

shall be no more. 

The earth shall no 

longer have a place 

for me any more. I 

will be forgotten. 

Ages might roll 

on. Centuries shall 

pass by and then 

the D-day shall come. The 

day when my faith shall 

be made sight. I shall hear 

the voice of the Archangel 

calling my name. “Clinton, 

get up!” I shall get out of the 

grave with a transformed 

body filled with the glory 

of God. That day I shall 

reunite with my beloved 

whom I left behind. 

The journey shall take six 

days. On the seventh day, 

I shall enter the gates of 

heaven. How beautiful the 

heavenly view shall be: a 

city of gold, a river of life 

flowing without ceasing. 

Then shall I meet my 

savior. I will thank him for 

by CLINTON NYAMONGO, 

FoC Incoming Chairperson 

all that he did for me: how 

he left his throne above and 

chose to endure pain and 

suffering so that we may 

have the chance of salvation. 

I shall be happy to meet all 

Bible heroes who inspired 

me a lot. Talk of Abraham, 

the father of faith; Moses, the 

one who spoke to God face 

to face; Elijah, one who was 

taken away on a chariot of 

fire, and many more others. 

What a glorious day it shall 

be. Heaven my home-a place 

with no sorrow, no pain, no 

worries, no deaths, no parting 

with dear ones... I shall 

live there forever with Jesus 

my wonderful savior. There 

shall be no evil or sin whatsoever. 

Sin shall be washed 

away completely. God, the 

father shall be with me for 

ages and endless ages... This 

is all my imagination but by 

faith, I shall be there. Just 

like Paul, my life shall be 

transformed from a sinner to 

a servant of the Most High 

God. 

Though at my tender age of 

18, I believe there is something 

that I can do to hasten 

the second coming of Jesus. 

I can preach the gospel as 

a testimony to all nations. 

It all starts with me... while 

the ages roll on, I’ll be with 

the Lord for eternity in my 

home: heaven. 

Our Lord Lives 

The Silence of the Empty Grave Speaks Loudest of our Risen Saviour 

In the book From Jihad to 

Jesus, Arnold Toynbee 

writes, “Find the body 

of that Jew, and Christianity 

crumbles. No one ever 

has. No grave in the world 

claims one bone of the 

body of Jesus Christ. Why? 

He is risen!” 

Death died at the birth of 

that first Easter day. That 

morning, it surrendered dominion, 

was led captive and 

humbled, made as it were 

a shadow to flee before the 

light, shining in darkness. 

Because Christ died and 

rose again we may die to 

a sin-centred life and rise 

again to a new life. 

Saul who became Paul encountered 

the risen Christ 

on the way to wipe out 

Christianity in Damascus. 

With God, our greatest curses are turned into o;ur 

greatest blessings. With God, the best is always yet 

to come. 

If God can take Paul’s imprisonment and use it to 

write Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians and Colossians 

to bless the world, then God can write an epistle 

in your life through the prison experience you 

have gone through; for the best is yet to come. 

Men tend to think that God is unfair in times of 

trouble and trials. They tend to think they are alone 

because God doesn’t seem to answer their prayers. 

But one thing we should know is that when we pray 

God says, “I have a better way!“ 

His resistance crumbled on 

the instant of the encounter. 

Imprisoned towards the 

end of his life, Paul wrote, 

“I am not ashamed of the 

gospel, because 

it is the power 

of God for the 

salvation of 

everyone who 

believes.” (Romans 

1:16) 

The cost of following 

Christ 

has always 

been high. But 

countless thousands 

have paid 

it. A motiveless 

fraud would not 

have sustained 

the church 

for two thousand years 

through attacks, hostility 

and denial. The Lord is 

God knows best 

~ by ANN OKOTH and LOICE MOKAYA, AGHS 

risen indeed! 

He lives, He lives. Christ 

Jesus lives today. 

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~ 

by Selvin Akoth 

Form 2W, AGHS 

Thoughts 

One of the children at Dagoretti Children's 

Home that FoC visited on 29th July 2012

Bible Quiz 

ACROSS: 

1. And he kneeled down, 

and cried with a loud voice, 

Lord, lay not this sin to their 

charge. And when he had 

said this, he fell asleep. 

2. I have heard of thee by 

the hearing of the ear: but 

now mine eye seeth thee. 

Wherefore I abhor myself 

, and repent in dust and 

ashes. 

3. And said, O my God, I 

am ashamed and blush to 

lift up my face to thee, my 

God: for our iniquities are 

increased over our head, 

and our trespass is grown 

up unto the heavens. 

4. Let the LORD, the God 

of the spirits of all flesh, 

set a man over the congregation, 

Which may go out 

before them, and which 

may go in before them, and 

which may lead them out, 

and which may bring them 

in; that the congregation of 

the LORD be not as sheep 

which have no shepherd. 

5. Oh that thou wouldest 

bless me indeed, and enlarge 

my coast, and that 

thine hand might be with 

me, and that thou wouldest 

keep me from evil, 

that it may not grieve me! 

And God granted him that 

which he requested. 

6. O LORD, I have heard 

thy speech, and was afraid: 

O LORD, revive thy work 

in the midst of the years, 

in the midst of the years 

make known; in wrath remember 

mercy. 

7. And I prayed unto the 

LORD my God, and made 

my confession, and said, O 

Lord, the great and dreadful 

God, keeping the covenant 

and mercy to them that 

love him, and to them that 

keep his commandments; 

We have sinned, and have 

committed iniquity, and 

have done wickedly, and 

have rebelled, even by departing 

from thy precepts 

and from thy judgments. 

8. O my Lord, let the man of 

God which thou didst send 

come again unto us, and 

teach us what we shall do 

unto the child that shall be 

born. 

9. LORD, it is nothing with 

thee to help, whether with 

many, or with them that 

have no power: help us, 

O LORD our God; for we 

rest on thee, and in thy 

name we go against this 

Crossword Puzzle: 

Fill in the names of the person who said the prayer 

multitude. 

O LORD, 

thou art our 

God; let not 

man prevail 

against 

thee. 

10. .... and 

said, LORD 

God of 

Abraham, 

Isaac, and 

of Israel, let 

it be known 

this day 

that thou 

art God in 

Israel, and 

that I am 

thy servant, 

and that I 

have done 

all these 

things at 

thy word. 

Hear me, 

O LORD, 

hear me, 

that this 

people may 

know that 

thou art the 

LORD God, 

and that thou hast turned 

their heart back again. 

11..... My soul doth magnify 

the Lord, And my spirit 

hath rejoiced in God my 

Savior. For he hath regarded 

the low estate of his 

handmaiden: for, behold, 

from henceforth all generations 

shall call me blessed. 

For he that is mighty hath 

done to me great things; 

and holy is his name. And 

his mercy is on them that 

fear him from generation 

to generation. 

DOWN: 

1. But will God indeed dwell 

on the earth? behold, the 

heaven and heaven of 

heavens cannot contain 

thee; ...... Yet have thou respect 

unto the prayer of thy 

servant, and to his supplication, 

O LORD my God, to 

hearken unto the cry and 

to the prayer, which thy servant 

prayeth before thee 

today. 

2. For this cause I bow 

my knees unto the Father 

of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

Of whom the whole family 

in heaven and earth 

is named, That he would 

grant you, according to the 

riches of his glory, to be 

strengthened with might 

by his Spirit in the inner 

man; That Christ may dwell 

in your hearts by faith. 

3. O Lord, I beseech thee, 

let now thine ear be attentive 

to the prayer of thy servant, 

and to the prayer of 

thy servants, who desire to 

fear thy name: and prosper, 

I pray thee, thy servant this 

day, and grant him mercy. 

4. And he prayed unto the 

LORD, and said, I pray thee, 

O LORD, was not this my 

saying, when I was yet in 

my country? ....for I knew 

that thou art a gracious 

God, and merciful, slow to 

anger, and of great kindness, 

and repentest thee of 

the evil. 

5. O LORD, though our iniquities 

testify against us, 

do thou it for thy name’s 

sake: for our backslidings 

are many; we have sinned 

against thee. 

6. Then he turned his face 

to the wall, and prayed 

unto the LORD, saying, I 

beseech thee, O LORD, remember 

now how I have 

walked before thee in truth 

and with a perfect heart, 

and have done that which 

is good in thy sight. 

7. O Lord, open thou my 

lips; and my mouth shall 

show forth thy praise. For 

thou desirest not sacrifice; 

else would I give it: thou 

delightest not in burnt offering. 

The sacrifices of 

God are a broken spirit: 

a broken and a contrite 

heart, O God, thou wilt not 

despise. 

8. Father, forgive them; for 

they know not what they 

do. 

9....prayed, and said, LORD, 

I pray thee; open his eyes 

that he may see. And the 

LORD opened the eyes 

of the young man; and 

he saw: and, behold, the 

mountain was full of horses 

and chariots of fire. 

Find the answers at the 

back cover 

Till very recently, Rev. Diang’a 

genuinely liked me. In a 

congregation where young 

people were a rarity of sorts, my 

regular attendance must have 

scored highly with the Reverend. 

A combination of factors had 

played out neatly to ensure that I 

was an ever present congregant 

on the second last bench close 

to the door. 

You see, if your grandmother is 

one of the Women Leaders in 

I Used To Go 

To Church 

on Sunday 

by Maxwell Ngala 

the Assembly (not to be confused 

with the political units, 

these were simply regions in the 

Voice of Salvation and Healing 

Church) you have few choices 

to make in life. Also, because 

tithe was low and those days 

people were beginning to send 

their children to academies all 

over, the church had not built the 

Reverend a house in the church 

compound from where he could 

execute his mandate, in popular 

parlance. This invariably meant 

that the Reverend would from 

time to time be hosted at home. 

So, to avoid the spectre of being 

called a bad egg, I would faithfully 

carry his black leather bag 

full of his Sunday paraphernalia 

to church and tuck myself neatly 

by the door and wait for a long 

call or the end of the service - 

whichever came first - to liberate 

me. 

In some of those late evening 

prayers, grandma would at times 

charge me with preaching or 

teaching after quoting a verse 

from Corinthians or Timothy 

about spiritual gifts or youth 

empowerment. 

With the Reverend and his two 

associate pastors in attendace, 

I would nimbly take the ‘Witness 

Stand’ and simply replay 

a sermon they had done. With 

gestures and facial expressions 

to boot. 

So,the Reverend liked me. I 

helped him remember the 

sermons he had preached and 

he must have been glad to 

see that someone was paying 

attention even as Nya Pap 

and her neighbour had been 

snoring unapologetically last 

Sunday. 

Because of my English Language 

teacher’s thoroughness, 

I soon also became the Reverend’s 

Spell Checker when 

a letter was being written to 

requisition some charts, flags, 

etc from the Head Office in 

Kisumu. Or when a letter was 

being addressed to a man who 

had disappeared in Nairobi and 

left his mother - and the Reverend 

- without ‘something’. 

Fruit of the SpiritYet the Reverend 

did not understand my conduct 

every time the Holy Spirit 

came down. 

You know, in the VOSH church 

then (I still think it to be so seeing 

as our home is even closer 

now to the church), there were 

two sermons. After the lengthy 

preliminaries involving the routine 

fundraisers and greetings 

from one of the ‘sons’ who had 

come back from Kapango, the 

Reverend would usher in the two 

young preachers at around mid 

day. Those days you didn’t go to 

church if you had Sunday afternoon 

plans with your girlfriend 

or boyfriend. 

The first preacher,called Owen 

Experience 

Pesa, would 

flip his Bible 

to some obscure text and begin 

‘building’ it. He’d do so till 

a streak of sweat appeared on 

his face. That always happened 

around 1 hour into his discourse. 

By this time, the church knew 

the Spirit was near... then Ken 

Omondi Aura would take over to 

quite plainly, to hit the home run. 

Ken did not come to ‘encourage’. 

He was a fiery preacher who 

impressed the few young souls 

around me simply because of 

his gesticulations and ‘labour 

intensive preaching methods’. 

One hour into Ken’s sermon, we 

were expected - at the prompting 

of the Spirit of course - to all 

fall down on the floor and begin 

seeking Jesus in prayer. Women 

would of course lead this great 

demonstration of Spirit Power. 

Older women would have lesos 

at the ready to quickly cover a 

young lady upon who the Spirit 

had ‘fallen’ without due regard 

to the young starving eyes of 

young boys behind her. 

Men, of course in typical alphamale 

demeanour, would ensure 

all women have gone down 

before following nimbly and 

seeking Obong’o Nyakalaga- 

-Nyasach Polo gi Piny. 

People would sweat, spit, cry and 

about 45 minutes later, silence. 

Someone would rise to prompt 

the beginning of the testimony 

session. We’d be told how God 

had sent someone a dream 

about a lost brother.How God 

had ‘chucked’ some evil spirits. I 

was particularly fearful of the latter 

because the Reverend would 

fix his gaze upon me and warn 

that during prayer time any soul 

not prostrating himself like the 

rest would have 7 such spirits 

visiting him when they left their 

captor. 

He would know. I never really 

fell when the Spirit descended. 

Every time the moment came, I 

would repair to the hindermost 

part of the church and quietly 

seek Inspiration. Beginning with 

Grand Ma’s intro: Nyasach 

Oganda Israel... Almost saying 

“To the Unknown God”. 


1. How shall His appearance 

be? 

-Titus 2:13 : looking for 

the blessed hope and 

GLORIOUS appearing 

of our great God and 

Savior Jesus Christ 

2. Will it be real and 

literal or suddenly 

people will disappear? 

How else is 

the second advent 

described? 

-Acts 1:9-11: ...This same 

Jesus, who was taken 

Bible 

Study 

The 

Second Coming 

of Christ and 

the Consequent 

Events 

by Dickenns 

up from you into heaven, 

WILL SO COME IN 

LIKE MANNER as you 

saw Him go into heaven.” 

-See also Matthew 

24:27 

Just a few or everyone? 

-Revelation 1:7 : Behold, 

He is coming with 

clouds, and EVERY EYE 

WILL SEE HIM… 

4. Will even the 

wicked people SEE 

Him coming? 

-Revelation 1:7 : Look, 

He is coming with the 

clouds, and every eye 

will see Him, EVEN 

THOSE WHO PIERCED 

HIM… 

5. Will the 

second coming 

be secret 

and silent? 

-1st Thessalonians 

4:16: 

For the Lord 

Himself will 

descend from 

heaven WITH 

A SHOUT, 

WITH THE 

VOICE OF AN 

ARCHANGEL, 

AND WITH 

THE TRUMPET 

OF GOD... 

-Matthew 

24:30 : Then 

the sign of the 

Son of Man 

will appear in 

heaven, and then all the 

tribes of the earth will 

mourn, and they will see 

the Son of Man COM- 

ING ON THE CLOUDS 

OF HEAVEN WITH 

POWER AND GREAT 

GLORY. 

(So, in Revelation 16:15 

when He says, “I am 

doesn’t mean that He 

will come secretly, or 

‘rapture’ people secretly, 

but He will come SUD- 

DENLY. It will be unexpected 

for they who 

haven’t prepared.) 

6. If someone tells 

you Christ’s coming 

will be in secret, 

should you believe 

it? 

-Matthew 24:23 

7. What will be the 

reaction of the wicked 

people? 

-Revelation 6:14-16 

(they try to hide in 

mountains and rocks. 

Remember they cannot 

withstand His glory.) 

8. What will be the 

reaction of the righteous? 

Isaiah 25:9 

(let’s rejoice!) 

9. So what happens 

to the righteous? 

- 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 

(… we shall all be 

changed – a gisty word 

for that ’changed’ is 

‘translated’) 

- 1st Thessalonians 4:17: 

Then we who are alive 

and remain shall be 

CAUGHT UP TOGETH- 

ER WITH THEM IN THE 

CLOUDS TO MEET THE 

LORD IN THE AIR... 

10. So if this being 

‘caught up’ is 

what we called the 

RAPTURE, from the 

descriptions of the 

events on that day, 

does it appear like 

something where 

some people suddenly 

disappear? 

(Definitely not!) 

11. Now, what about 

those verses saying: 

‘one will be taken 

and one will be left’? 

We’ve already established 

that the coming 

will not be secret, and 

both the righteous and 

the wicked shall see 

Him. Now, these verses 

in Matthew 24:40,41 

seem to be kinda tricky. 

Lets put them in their 

context and see what 

Jesus was saying His 

coming will be like. 

-Matthew 24:37-41 : 

As it was in the days 

of Noah, so it will be at 

the coming of the Son 

of Man. For in the days 

before the flood, people 

were eating and drinking, 

marrying and giving 

in marriage, up to 

the day Noah entered 

the ark; and they knew 

nothing about what 

would happen UNTIL 

THE FLOOD CAME 

AND TOOK THEM ALL 

AWAY. THAT IS HOW 

IT WILL BE AT THE 

COMING OF THE SON 

OF MAN. Two men will 

be in the field; one will 

be taken and the other 

left. Two women will be 

grinding with a hand 

mill; one will be taken 

and the other left. 

(So He was saying that 

the time of Noah, where 

the flood TOOK them 

away. As we already 

said, we cannot withstand 

His glory if we 

have just one unforgiven 

sin.) 

-See also 2nd Thessalonians 

1:9 

12. So His coming 

shall be unexpected 

(but not secret) to 

some. So what do 

we do? 

-Matthew 24:42 

(Get prapared!) 

13. So, what happens 

to the wicked 

or the unsaved? 

-2nd Thessalonians 1:7- 

10, 2nd Thessalonians 

2:8 

(They are destroyed, … 

consumed. Note that 

your translation may say 

‘everlasting destruction’, 

but don’t worry, we’re 

studying that next.) 

14. So where do the 

wicked remain after 

they are destroyed 

by the glory of His 

coming during this 

period? 

-Jeremiah 25:33 

(Remember that Jeremiah’s 

prophecy goes far 

beyond ancient Israel. It 

reaches into the future. 

It describes a universal 

destruction from one 

end of the earth to the 

other of those who rebel 

against God) 

time? Devastated or 

just fine with some 

‘raptured’ people 

missing? 

-Revelation 16:17-20 (pay 

attention to vs. 20) 

-Jeremiah 4:23-27 

(very devastated!) 

16. Meanwhile, 

where will the righteous 

be and what 

what will they be doing? 

For how long? 

-John 14:1-3, Revelation 

20:4-5 

(In a nutshell, we shall 

be “in My father’s 

house”, reigning - and 

judging - with Christ for 

1000 years. Notice vs. 5: 

at this time the wicked 

are SOOO dead.) 

17. Where will Satan 

be during these 

1,000 years? 

-Revelation 20:1-3 

(“An angel…bound him… 

and cast him into the 

bottomless pit...til the 

thousand years should 

be fulfilled.” The term 

“bottomless pit” has an 

identical meaning to 

the description “without 

form, and void” of 

Jeremiah 4:23. Satan is 

thus bound to the earth, 

unable to tempt anyone. 

The Bible uses the term 

chains not as literal 

chains but CHAINS OF 

DARKNESS. -- See 2 

Peter 2:4) 

18. Oh, by the way, 

how many 

resurrections are 

-John 5:28-29 (two!) 

-Revelation 20:5- 

6 (Notice that, here 

John states that the 

righteous that He just 

described in vs. 4 are 

the ones who took 

part in the 1st resurrection. 

That logically 

means that there’s a 

2nd resurrection,(and 

a second death, as vs. 

29 says..) We’ll find out 

when those happen.) 

upon 

the 

19. So when are the 

wicked dead, and 

those that were 

wicked living that 

were destroyed 

second 

coming, 

resurrected 

again? 

-Revelation 20:5, first 

part. 

(after the 1000 years 

are finished..) 

...w e shall be 

“in My 

Fath e r’s 

hous e”, 

reign ing ... 

with Christ 

for 1000 

years... 

20. What do Satan 

and the wicked 

dead who have been 

raised at the second 

resurrection do? 

3. How many people 

-Rev 20:7 

will see Him come? 

15. And how will 

(Now they prepare for 

coming as a thief”, 

His coming will be like the world be at that there? 

the ‘Battle of Armaged- 

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don’ This is the final war 

against the righteous 

that have been having 

fun in heaven for 1000 

years. They’ll be coming 

back on earth in the city 

called ‘New Jerusalem’, 

as we’ll see next.) 

21. Where does the 

Holy City—New 

Jerusalem—come 

from? 

-Revelation 21:2 

(By the way you realize 

that this verse is not in 

chronology with the others, 

coz it’s in the vision 

in ch. 21 that John says 

that the city descends 

from heaven, 

so it’s definitely 

the 

same 

city in 

ch. 

20, as 

that’s 

where 

the 

righteous 

are.) 

22. How does God 

prevent Satan from 

overthrowing of the 

Holy City? 

-Revelation 20:9 

23. Finally? 

-2 Peter 3:13 

(Mmmh after all this 

drama I don’t think 

sin shall ever come up 

again in the new earth!)

Joel 3:18 

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