God is really moving in Kenya and you still have time to help make a difference as well as receive a tax deduction for 2017! Your gift received by tomorrow night, 12/31/17, will assure that our Kenya March mission will be able to meet budget and be under written. We are counting on God to once again do great things thru our ministry. Our Bible Institute (ELIM Theological Institute) and the orphanage we sponsor, Ebenezer Children’s Home and School, will be the focus of our mission trip. ​​ We are writing to ask for your help to make this mission trip possible. Our projects below continue and are growing!​ Training Kenyan Pastors ELIM Theological Institute is a “mobile seminary” bringing seminary to those who can’t afford to go! We have grown from 26 to 170 pastors and church leaders! We have been ministering in a poor region of Kenya for seven years now ~providing them with the vital need of theological and ministry training as well as personally mentoring them. Your support will help pre-fund our trip and pay for the following: general school supplies, program materials, food and water for a week for the pastors and church leaders, translating expenses, travel expenses, facility rental, printing costs, transportation for some to attend, travel and lodging. We emphasize skills they need for effective ministry and protection from false prophets and Islam…a good understanding of Bible knowledge and doctrine, the ability to speak and preach well, the capacity to lead people to Christ and disciple them, and the training to guide a church in areas of relationships, marriage, discernment, forgiveness and more. We believe in empowering indigenous pastors, as it is the local Kenyan pastors who will have the greatest impact and can reach and disciple their people more effectively. And they have a greater propensity for multiplication. Some churches have doubled and tripled in size! We could not have seen God do miracles in their lives for many years now without so many wonderful partners and friends like you! Thank you! Gifts to Orphans in Kenya Second, we want to continue to help feed and care for over 400 children at the orphanage and the school we sponsor. Ebenezer Children’s Home and School in Kenya provides these orphans withfood, medicine, clothing, education, medical supplies, mosquito nets and the love of Jesus. We already have a huge suitcase packed and filled with stuffed animals and toys for the orphans. The children are very responsive to our ministry and they love it when we come to minister to them. This is all done in a Christ-centered environment serving the children’s physical and spiritual needs. Because of the generosity of others like you, we’ve also been able to provide for big items such as a new dining hall floor, kitchen, water tanks and more! Of course, we could never do it alone. Only through your generosity are any of these ministries to the underprivileged possible. In the months leading up to each mission, we pray, plan and prepare so that God, thru his people, will fully fund the mission. That’s what we’re doing right now in preparation for March. Your gift at this time will help mobilize the trip in order for us to go and be a blessing to these folks. Will you prayerfully consider helping the orphans and pastors by giving and making this trip possible in March 2018? To pay for all the items mentioned above and more (for 170 pastors/church leaders & over 400 orphans), our estimated budget for our March 2018 mission trip is $25,427! We need gifts of varying amounts: $50, $25, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 or more. You can make a difference right away when you give: Through our website www.empowered-living.org (click on the “DONATE” button and give through our secure account); or By check (mail to EmPowered Living – 825 Water Elm Ct., Chesapeake VA 23320) date check by December 31, 2017 in order to receive your 2017 tax-deduction We are so thankful for you and will be grateful for your gift! Thank you in advance for your prayers and support. Your help will be a blessing to the orphans, pastors and their church members and to all of us. God BLESS You, Dr. Daniel and Mary Beth Gilbert