2021 photos update
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We will be posting the progress photos here soon.
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2019 Kenya Mission prep
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The 2019 June- July was a success. The two week trip was filled with joy and fun as the team met friends from AIC Katisaa. 2019 Photos can be seen here.
2015 Kenya Mission Trip
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We had another great trip to Machakos Kenya from September 11th to the 25th of 2015. This was our 5th trip there since 2007 and there have been some major changes both in the church at AIC Katissa and in the town of Machakos. The church now has 3 floors built and all it needs are the walls of the 3rd floor and roof to go. This year instead of working on the kitchen, a picnic area, or a well, we concentrated on getting ready to go up to the third level of the church. We helped recycle the boards and nails that were used for pouring the concrete supports. The six 20-ish year old males we worked with pulled rusty nails out of recycled boards in flip flops for 3USD a day. Neal Whitson, Joshua Kiilu, Mark Miller and myself did not wear flip flops and we did not get paid $3 a day. Since the development committee at Africa Inland Church Katissa wanted us to use all of the $12,000 USD that we brought we did not have a medical clinic this year.
Construction 2014 update
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Update Link to 2014 December Photos of AIC Katisaa Building Project
Update as of October 2014, beams for the roof are now being put in place. Our next mission trip will be 2015 around September, we welcome you to join us. For more information send us an email using the contact us button on the main page.
Construction 2013
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Photos of the Construction in 2013
AIC Katisaa The Flagship of Machakos.
Local construction worker mixing cement and elevating the mixture using makeshift steps as they work to get the second floor build at AIC Katisaa..
Columbus Church Collect Donations
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COLUMBUS - A Columbus church will soon travel 8,000miles to show compassion for Kenya. It has made a big difference in a tiny village.
AIC Katisaa Choir
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AIC Katisaa Youth Choir singing in swahili
Yesu atakaporudi (When Jesus returns. From their DVD called Je Uko tayari ...Are you ready?)
2011 North Christian Church Mission to Kenya
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North Christian Church’s Joshua Kiilu hardly considered himself a leader.
“I always saw myself,” said Kiilu, “as more behind the scenes.”
Until the people in his povertystricken hometown of Machakos, Kenya, desperately needed help. Then he gradually stepped to the forefront.
2011 Letter from kenya Team
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Dear Family and Friends,
This letter is written with sincere thanks for all the support that was given for the trip to the African Inland Church Katisaa in Machakos Kenya. Eight of us left on June 17th and all of us returned safe, sound and BLESSED on July 3rd. We took about 800 pounds of Medical and Theology Textbooks, presents for church leaders, Youth Choir T-shirts, yarn for the Women’s knitting group, 6 Prayer Shawls, 50 handmade wash cloths, medical equipment, clothes and shoes for the orphans and widows, 450 dental/school kits and 150 pairs of glasses. The 10,000$ that we brought with us is being used to pay for a well at the church and to continue building the church.
About AIC Katisaa
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Current home of AIC Katisaa
The Project
General facts about Katisaa Project
- Build an Educational Center.
- Give the community a worship center.
- Help the only primary school in the area get books and writing material for the students.
- Assist with educational material in the worship center.
- Educate the villagers to be self sustaining.
Future home of AIC Katisaas
2013 AIC Katisaa Mission
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The Old kitchen that was being used.
The 2013 Mission trip to Kenya is over and the team is back from Kenya. This was the 4th trip and even though the team was made up of 4 people, Joshua Kiilu, Neal Whison, David Bain and Ashley Burton, we were able to build a new kitchen for the AIC Katisaa church, while they await their permanent kitchen that will be located on the 3rd floor of the new building.
2011 African odyssey
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African odyssey: help for Kenyans, inspiration for Hoosiers Native son leads Columbus church members on a mission that opens eyes as it touches hearts
In Machakos, an impoverished city in Kenya, school supplies are so scarce that children share everything -- even something as small as a pencil.
"You're humbled to see kids breaking a pencil so that another kid can have a pencil," Joshua Kiilu said.
Kiilu, a native of Machakos, relocated to the U.S. more than 20 years ago, but he hasn't forgotten his hometown. In 2007, with the support of North Christian Church in Columbus, Kiilu began making trips from Indiana to Machakos to build an educational center.
Mission Statement
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Katisaa Education Project Mission Statement
Grounded in the love that Jesus Christ showed by his example, Katisaa Educational Center will provide education and training opportunities for single mothers and children in Machakos, Kenya, in order for them to sustain themselves and their families independently.
2013 AIC Katisaa Senior Class
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God is ever faithful in the lives of those who earnestly seek Him. I rekindle those days that we were starting to construct our almost complete building of our mega church.it seemed a big mountain to climb but the Sovereign Lord has made it possible for with a lot of assistance from the U.S.A team has not been left behind as the Bibles being used by the senior Class were send to us by Sheryl Elston. God Bless the U.S team even as they prepare to visit their Home chuch way from Home at A.I.C Katisaa in Kenya.
2013 AIC Katisaa Concert
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Thank you everyone for the successful performance and turn out during the Community concert / Hog Roast.
D.I.G Jazz band performing at the 2012 Columbus, IN Block
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Community fund raise Concert for the 2013 Kenya Mission
North Christian Church of Columbus will be having a Community Concert / hog roast on MAY 18 2013 to raise funds for this year’s mission trip to Kenya. This year’s trip will mark the 4th visit members of North Christian Church will be going to Machakos Kenya, where they have been assisting in building a Multi-Purpose center that will serve as a worship building, Career and Development Center, Daycare, Counseling and offer basis health needs.
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