Pastor Reuben ole Tiges with wife Leah and children Hillary and Diana. 2007
Lake Jipe with the Parr Mountains of Tanzania in the Distance
In the distance you can see the tiny fishing village where Kacharo Church, one of our church plants, sits on the shore of Lake Jipe.
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In June of 2005 God led the Maynard family to a small Maasai village in Kenya. The village rests near the Tanzanian border and is within view of Lake Jipe, the Parr Mountains and majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. In Maasai the village is known as Orkung'u or High Ground.
Pastor Reuben reads from a Maasia Bible
In God's sovereign plan we were able to build a relationship with the elder of the village, Reuben ole Tiges (Reuben son of Tiges) and soon after a church was planted in the village.
Lake Jipe Church, Kenya
In 2006, God called Reuben to Pastor Lake Jipe Orkung'u Church and he became the physical and spiritual leader in his village.
Since that time God has blessed the church tremendously. HowFar, in partnership with Sugar Hill Church (FBSH, Georgia) and three donors, purchased 14 acres for a compound, a church building was constructed, a school and now a deep water well. The church has become the center of life in the area with an influence far beyond the village.
Lake Jipe School Educating 150 Maasai Children. A howFar Partnership with the Government of Kenya.
New Classroom Under Construction, July 2010
One of our of Classrooms at Lake Jipe School
It has become the seat of government housing the Assistant Chief of the area during the week. We are so blessed that the church is now used as the central distribution point for supplemental food from agencies like World Relief and US Aid. It is very rewarding to see sacks of maze flour and beans and one gallon cans of cooking oil with the red, white and blue message reading, "A Gift from the People of the United States of America".
New Deep Water Well on the howFar Compound. Lake Jipe, Kenya. July 2010.
Jipe Orkung'u Village with Church and School from atop Jipe Mountain
Under Pastor Reuben's leadership new churches have been planed along the Kenya/Tanzania border. In 2006 he was called to be the Overseer (sometimes called Bishop) of our network of 15 howFar Ministries churches.
Reuben is married to Leah and has two children, Hillary and Diana.
Pray that God continues to give Pastor Reuben ole Tiges wisdom as he labors in our Fathers field in Kenya and Tanzania.
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