Meet them in person Wednesday night, the 31st, at the Mullis Center at 7PM.
Gladys and Gershon are natives of Nairobi, Kenya. They received their advanced education in clinical psychology and leadership from Fuller Seminary here in the United States. They returned to Kenya and spent the last five years working in their fields of expertise.
Gladys operates a counseling and training center in Nairobi with outreach to neighboring countries. She has been responsible for the training of all high school teachers in Nairobi in how to deal with the trauma in students as the result of the post election violence in 2008. She has been retained by companies to work with their employees to deal with inflamed tribal issues as a result of the same violence. She is the head of the Psychology Association of Nairobi and on numerous committees worldwide that deal with trauma. Gladys brings an uncompromising Christian perspective to all her appearances. She appears frequently on Nairobi television dealing with trauma, abuse, and family issues.
We partnered with Oasis Africa last summer in the quilting project in the district of Mashaka. Gladys and Gershon had identified this desperately poor community without hope to be the focus of an empowerment project, beginning with the establishment of a school for the youngest children of this rural slum. Our own Kitty Sorgen and Jill Urbach took their skills and talents to Kenya to work with Oasis to teach 24 women caregivers how to quilt. The results of their training hang in many of our homes today. It is a project just entering the marketing stage of production with much work still to be done. A glimmer of hope is starting to burn in this dark area because of the expertise and obedience that Gladys and her staff and our volunteers have brought to bear in Jesus’ name. It has been exciting for our community to be a part of this wonderful effort.
Gershon meanwhile has been involved in leadership issues and training across Kenya. Gershon has a passionate love of his country. He has been appointed to be the chairman of the National Values Committee, a group charged with identifying the core values of the nation and bringing them forth into national awareness and influence. They will present their “Moral Vision for Kenya” at an all day conference on April 10th headed by the President of Kenya. Gershon is positioned in a powerful place of influence to fight corruption, crime, and injustice. Gershon’s life of integrity, dedication, and sacrifice uniquely qualify him to be used “for such a time as this”. Even with these responsibilities he has a heart for even the lowliest man in his nation. Gershon is dreaming of equipping poor rural men with basic hand tools to be used by small teams in construction projects to create jobs and build esteem.
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