Meet Our Summer Interns – Part 1

The Maisha project has a total of four interns for the summer of 2014. We are excited for you to meet some of the people who help us out in both the Oklahoma office and in Kenya. Here’s one of our interns from our Oklahoma office!  Lauren Daniel – Social...

LIVE from Kenya– Week 5

Can this week get any better? God continues to do BIG things at Maisha!   Bridgeway Team Maisha Arrives As we say farewell to the Vintage team, we are excited to welcome our biggest Team Maisha missions team of the summer, Bridgeway Church, who will spend the...

BIG NEWS… LIVE from Kenya– SPECIAL Edition

WE HAVE SOME BIG NEWS…..   In the afternoon, a sweet new sound fills up the Maisha Center, the music of the Light the Future Choir.  Maisha’s annual gala, Light the Future, will be held October 18th.  It is gearing up to be our best event yet.  To top last...

Making of a Marathon

Louis L’Amour said in Sackett’s Land “I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.”   The Maisha runners...

LIVE from Kenya – Week 4

As a new week is ready to begin, we are taking a deep breath and trying to relax from what was one of the busiest weeks I have witnessed at The Maisha Project.   We started off last week welcoming a family team representing North Pointe Church in Edmond.  Matt...

Oasis in the Storm

When I was asked to write something about my experience at Maisha, many things ran through my head. The stories I could share are endless, but since neither you nor I have all day, I’ll keep it simple.   My name is Christa Humphreys, and I am a recent graduate of...

LIVE From Kenya- Week 3

As a new week is starting, things are unusually quiet here at Maisha. The kids are testing for most of the week, so in the morning the grounds of Maisha are empty.  The Broadway Baptist team left early this morning, and the only ones remaining are those who will be...

LIVE from Kenya- Week 2

Featuring Broadway Baptist Church and The Maisha Project’s slum outreach.   Monday was a day of great change at Maisha!  We were happy to welcome our final long term team member, Cody Lawson, to Maisha along with a team he accompanied here from Broadway...

Summer Adventures – LIVE from Kenya

The first summer team heading to The Maisha Project leaves this week! We are so excited to follow their journey and see all that they accomplish in the Summer of 2014.   This week is one filled with excitement.  As all the final arrangements are being made, many...

A Tale of Two Kitchens

In March 2014, Maisha opened a new two-story kitchen facility for the feeding project in Kenya. The 2,570 square foot kitchen is a drastic change from the 180 square foot mud hut kitchen used previously.  The new space provides resources and tools for feeding over 600...