The Saint Boys

The thing that I have always felt as the biggest pull in Kenya has been the street boys, newly renamed by themselves as the Saint Boys. The Saint Boys Project is a part of Only Servants Ministry. It takes boys who live on the street off and helps educate them, teach them about Christ, and show them the unconditional love that Christ shows us. These boys, before they come into the program, have no one to take care of them or watch over them, live in the streets, are normally addicted to sniffing glue to get them high, as well as sometimes addicted to other drugs and alcohol. They are looked down upon in the community, sometimes considered criminals, and also looked upon as untouchables. This program gives them a place to come, learn, have fun, learn about Christ, and see that there is much more to life than the lifestyle they are currently living. A place that they can come and be accepted as they are, and not looked down upon. The purpose is to help make independent people that can be successful, and make healthy disciples of Christ. To help show them that they do not have to be a part of the street for their whole life, that they can be much greater than that.

These are some amazing boys. I love spending time with them. I look forward to the things we are able to do with them. They are very open and love to be around you. They are very excited to see us every time we come. I love just being able to be in their presence. I feel very blessed that I have had the opportunity to work with them as much as I have.



We have been able to do a lot of different things with them so far. We have done arts & crafts with them (mainly a salvation bracelet). This bracelet has different beads meaning different things including, black for sin, white for purity, red for Jesus’ blood, and green for growth in our relationship with Christ. They really enjoyed making these. We have also played different random small games just to get comfortable with each other. We also made up a scavenger hunt to do with them, where they had to work in teams against each other. Of course we had to play futbol (soccer) with them. They are really really good. It just amazes me how they are able to have such joy and fun in whatever they do with us. It also makes me think how selfish and ungrateful we are, as Americans, because we complain about doing some small thing that we don’t like as much.

This has really made me think a lot and made me somewhat disgusted with myself. When I think of their situations, and how they act, compared to how we as Americans, with myself included, act. It sickens me. It is unimaginable for me to think of how I would react if I was in their situation. I can NOT imagine not having parents or family to take care of me. I can NOT imagine not having shelter or a place to live. I can NOT imagine not knowing where my next meal would come from, or if I was going to eat again today. I can NOT imagine being an outcast and looked down upon in my community.

Thinking about this has really made me sick. To think about when we do have SO much and yet we are so picky, greedy, ignorant, and ungrateful. We get upset or frustrated when we don’t get to eat exactly what we want to eat, when they just want something! We don’t eat everything we have, when they just want to eat! We get angry and upset with our parents, when they just want parents or someone to take care of them! We say our house isn’t big enough or nice enough, when they just want some shelter. We want new and extra clothes, when they have just 1, maybe 2 pairs of clothes. We have numerous pairs of shoes, when they have 1 pair, mostly old and torn.

We are so ungrateful! They have so little but can have so much joy when they are doing things, even if it is just the little things.

This really breaks my heart. I can’t imagine being in their situation.

I think the thing that pulls me towards this program above all else is that I think this is the exact thing we are supposed to do as Christians. This is exactly what God wants us to do. He wants us to go and meet the unbelievers where they are, and accept them. He wants us to go and show them the Love of Christ. He wants us to love them where they are, not where we want them to be. He wants us to show people that there is more to this life than the things of this world. He wants us to show people the joy he has given us. He wants us to do the dirty work, to get uncomfortable. He wants us to do the uncomfortable things, that no one wants to do. He wants us to go touch the untouchables. That is exactly what we do as a part of the Saint Boys Project.