Back to Kenya April 14- May 17 2015

“Keribu Kenya”  You are welcome in Kenya!  We hear this every day while we are in Kenya. They are some of the most welcoming, honoring people in the world.

We are going back in just 4 weeks (April 14- May 17) and are anticipating seeing our extended family and friends again.

The peoples there have been working non- stop as we have funded them to get Shining Star Children’s Home in Kisii ready for opening. We have 29 children who are waiting for the completion of the first wing to make Shining Star their new home.

We have been in constant communication with them as the process has unfolded. As of last week, they were installing the roof and nearing completion on the building itself. From here we have to get a water tank, electric and plumbing, which is all done to the exterior of the walls. There is nothing placed in the walls like in western culture. They see these items as luxuries as many homes don’t have water for toliets or electricity. So in effect our home is almost ready to move in.

We believe while there to make connections and get to know our children better so we can bring back individual information for you who desire to connect personally with one or more of our children. We also will be getting hands on with the building and working to help with what ever is necessary.







The school is progressing and as soon as we complete this section of the home, we want to turn our focus to the process of updating their books, curriculum and getting the teachers small electronic notebooks to have their lesson plans on. We have 90+ children enrolled right now,

The books we teach from

Nursery through grade 5 and they are currently using older books and lessons that were handed down as not used anymore in the regular school system. We hope to remedy this passed down tradition and institute an updated curriculum where the children can get quality education. As it stands now; the only children who get quality education are those who pay.

Pastor Rick Teaching in Shining Star Primary School

Enjoying "Blue" the puppet

This trip we will be holding a meeting at Kenya Prayer Mountain again. This year God has instructed us to teach the on how to be prophetic. This will be intruding on many religious beliefs in Kenya that believe the only ones who can really hear from God are the pastors and called ones. This is the reason for so much corruption in the churches of Kenya as pastors with a heart only for themselves use this belief to control and manipulate the church for their own gain. Please pray for us as we let the Light of this part of the Gospel penetrate to hungry hearts.

Thank you for all your support and help and we ask that you continue as we go towards the prize of Jesus being shared with the children who might not ever feel that love of begin so special to the Father if someone doesn't go and make a difference.

It is our heart for the children we touch to be able to be “children” who know they are loved by their Daddy God and who get to have a childhood that the Father desires for them, playing , learning, being fed and clothed and loved by the Father. So they can be examples to all as Jesus said, “you must become as a little child to enter the kingdom of God”


Thank you for helping…

Orphaned children who showed at our door one afternoon asking to be included in Home

For more information or to donate you may go to
openheavenmissions.blogspot.com and click on donate.
You may also donate on 
Open Heaven Missions/ Shining Star Children's Homes facebook page.
Checks may be made to Open heaven Missions or Jubilee Family Center and mailed to:
2371 Shining Star Way
Redding Calif. 96003

Because He Loves,

Pastors Debbi & Rick Milliken