STORM

Every year, SI coordinates a Short-Term Outreach & Relief Mission (STORM) in Turkanaland, Kenya. The STORM team consists of a mix of non-African and African believers. STORM provides a strong foundation for the SI ministry as a whole. STORM teams planted 10 churches between 1997 and 2006 in remote Turkana villages. One church that was planted among the Somali Bantu refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp in 1997 has ceased since most of the refugees have been repatriated. Following the extensive training between 2003 and 2006 on SI’s premises in Lodwar, and subsequent empowering of the indigenous church leaders in the planted churches, SI initiated Phase II of STORM ministries among the Turkana people in 2007. The STORM teams began to enhance the Gospel message through Bible teaching, holistic training, providing medical and humanitarian services, and initiating indigenous, self-sustaining projects in the mother churches.

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Today, the STORM ministry brings together all the SI-supported pastors, missionaries, and teachers for a 2-day extensive teaching under temporary structures on the SI premises in Lodwar, then engages them in a joint 7 to 10-day practical, hands-on ministry within the four geographical blocks of SI’s initial church plants. These ministries may vary slightly each year depending on the team’s make up, but include teaching for gender and age groups (children K-8, young woman, young men, adult men and adult women), medical (internal medicine, ophthalmology, dentistry, treating wounds, diagnostics, prescribing medicines, etc.), agriculture education, as well as other specialized ministries like photography, videography and more, depending on the gifts of the team members. In addition, the STORM team screens the Jesus Film each night in the remote villages and baptizes new believers in Lake Turkana on a Sunday afternoon.

STORM 2012
The 15th STORM trip to Turkanaland is slated for June 25 – July 9, 2012!  The team will minister to the needs of the Turkana people in various villages through Teaching, Medical, and Humanitarian Relief.

The budget for the STORM-2012 ministries alone is $41,000, which includes $10,000 for both human and livestock medical supplies and $23,000 for the purchase of food relief. Each team member is to raise all the funds for personal expenses, including airfare.

Thank you for your support and prayers for this annual outreach over the years. Your support for STORM-2012 will be greatly appreciated.

For more information about STORM, please contact Sammy Murimi at 318-513-2535 or director@shareint.net.