Graduation Days!

Certificate of Integral Mission East African Cohort

2016 Graduation, Thika, Kenya

Unlike Canada, the Kenyan school year runs from January to November. That means that December is graduation season for schools, colleges, and universities. You know a graduation is happening when you see street vendors selling tinsel garlands and wreaths made of artificial flower that proud friends and families will buy to adorn their graduates.

This December also marks the end of the certificate of integral mission program that our Canadian Baptist Ministries colleagues and partners have been working on over the past two years. With graduations in Kigali and Thika, we have had much to celebrate.

CIM Graduates singing "Bind Us Together" 

during this week's graduation service in Thika

Darrell Bustin teaching on Spiritual Formation 

in the context of Integral Mission

As in past CIM modules, we were privileged to have many of our colleagues participate as lecturers and facilitators. In Module four, Darrell Bustin, Jonathan Mills, Pauline Kariuki, Lenny Mbogo, Esperance Niyigena, Aaron Kenny, and Saphano Riak formed the faculty.

Below are a few pictures from these past two weeks. 

Thank you for your prayers and support that made this program possible. We have witnessed a great impact on the students as their confidence and competency in designing and leading church-based initiatives has blossomed. Together we desire to participate in God's great mission in the world bringing hope and healing into every dimension of life!

Students participating in an exercise with Darrell

Break time at the Eton Hotel, Thika

Studying together

Laura Lee Bustin sharing during an early morning devotion

Rev. Saphano and Geraldine Nduku

The East Africa Cohort

The Central Africa Cohort, graduation day in Kigali