Living on the Street

A print-ready version of the East-Central Africa Division map for fourth quarter 2019, with the Thirteenth Sabbath projects. Download the related youth and adult Mission magazine at the link: https://am.adventistmission.org/mq-adult Download the related Children's Mission magazine at the link: https://am.adventistmission.org/mq-children

Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, viewing the future construction site of Kisumu Adventist Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. The church, with 6,000 seats on two floors, will be located on a 12-acre (5-hectare) plot of land with Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, and a publishing building. Noah Musema and a local church leader are standing on the construction site of Victory Seventh-day Adventist Church, which will be located on the same compound as the hospital.

Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, viewing the future construction site of Kisumu Adventist Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. The church, with 6,000 seats on two floors, will be located on a 12-acre (5-hectare) plot of land with Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, and a publishing building. Noah Musema and a local church leader are standing on the construction site of Victory Seventh-day Adventist Church, which will be located on the same compound as the hospital.

Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, viewing the future construction site of Kisumu Adventist Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering in fourth quarter 2019 will help fund the hospital project. Construction work taking place on Victory Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kisumu, Kenya. The church, with 6,000 seats on two floors, will be located on a 12-acre (5-hectare) plot of land with Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, and a publishing building.

A sign beside a bus stop identifies the road leading to the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference, pictured in background, as "SDA Road" in Kisumu, Kenya.

The headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya.

The headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya.

Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, speaking in front of the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya.

The future construction site of Kisumu Adventist Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya. The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering in fourth quarter 2019 will help fund the hospital project. The hospital will be located on a 12-acre (5-hectare) plot of land with Victory Seventh-day Adventist Church, with 6,000 seats on two floors, and a publishing building.

Samuel Otieno Misiani, left, president of West Kenya Union Conference, showing an artist's depiction of Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, to Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, during a meeting in Misiani's office in Kisumu, Kenya.

Samuel Otieno Misiani, left, president of West Kenya Union Conference, showing an artist's depiction of Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, to Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, during a meeting in Misiani's office in Kisumu, Kenya.

Samuel Otieno Misiani, left, president of West Kenya Union Conference, showing an artist's depiction of Kisumu Adventist Hospital, a Thirteenth Sabbath project that will receive funding from the offering collected in fourth quarter 2019, to Noah Musema, right, director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries department of the East-Central Africa Division, during a meeting in Misiani's office in Kisumu, Kenya.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

John Ongaya, 21, standing outside the headquarters of West Kenya Union Conference in Kisumu, Kenya. John Ongaya, who once lived on the streets of Kisumu, wants to help homeless children the same way that Seventh-day Adventists helped him get back onto his feet.

The neighborhood around the home of Phylis Odindo in Kisumu, Kenya, in August 2018. Twenty-five people have been baptized since Phylis lost her leg, and Phylis thinks that is a wonderful exchange. “I praise God that my son has come back to church because of the amputation,” she said. “I may only have one leg, but it has brought many spiritual benefits to me and my family. It also has brought 25 people to God.”