Is your life in a Chest?

Returning home from a long journey was a Pirate, he had spent many years in a far away land, storing up a great chest of treasure for himself in crooked ways. The pirate held on tightly to that chest because he saw in it, something of much more value than just jewels and gold, rather he saw in that chest, the fulfillment of all his dreams, hopes and aspirations, he saw his future life in there. He knew that, that treasure was his key to the “good life”.
The pirate having made his fortune decided it was time to return home and after boarding the ship and having traveled a great distance from the shore, a storm arose. It did not take long for the storm to overtake the ship and soon the ship began to break into pieces. Eventually the pirate and his treasure plunged into the cold sea. He began to sink holding on desperately to that chest. As the pirate was sinking, all that raced through his mind was – “how can I get my treasure to the surface?” Slowly the pirate began to realize that life was not in the chest, but on the surface and that holding onto the chest would cause him to die. Reluctantly the pirate let go of that chest and began to swim upwards toward the surface.
We are a lot like that pirate, holding onto our agenda’s, ambitions, dreams, ego’s, harmful relationships and fleshly desires, thinking all the while that they will bring us life. But in reality, they are pulling us down toward death. As such, we are called to trust in God and His plan for our lives when it agrees with our agenda and when it does not.

Are you holding on to your chest? This week, ask yourself what are the things or people that you treasure the most that you CANNOT imagine life without and whether you are ready to let go?

Galatians 2:20

“ I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, the life I live in the body, I live by faith in Jesus Christ who loved me and gave himself for me”.

Encountering God {Week 3}

It is amazing how time goes so fast, we are already in week 3. This week we explored the various ways God speaks and shedding light on how to listen to God, how to read and apply the word and the various modes of fasting. This is geared towards reinforcing the lessons learnt during the week by providing experiential learning through simulation of a quiet time session followed by a debriefing session on the same.

We shall continue with the same learning on Saturday when we come for the Half day of prayer and fasting. Prepare yourself by prayerfully listing down the things you would like to share with God as you will have more time to spend in prayer and meditation. Remember we are meant to be fasting from 6am to 1pm on Saturday. What this means is that we don’t take breakfast, but after that you can plan to go for lunch with your group members and bond some more.

After the Half day of prayer please post  your experiences and stories here, for us to hear and celebrate together with you. Tell your friends about the Mizizi blog. God bless you and see you on Saturday.

What Next?

After we had such a phenomenal launch on Tuesday evening, with about 600 people in attendance, some of you might be asking, what next? The ambiance was good, the snacks were quite refreshing and Pastor M’s talk was quite inspiring. Ladies and gentlemen, the experience has just began, the snacks will always be there to refresh you after a long days work, the leaders will be there to set the mood right for you to experience what is in store for you. We shall have times of fun, laughter, bonding, praying together, sharing with one another, crying together and growing together. The next ten weeks will be some of the best you have ever experienced.

This week, it will be a time to know who your class mates will be(or is it life long friends to be?), knowing where your class is and how the sessions will be running.We have send emails with class details

We have expanded exponentially and we are doing Multi- sites the same way we did last season. We shall have classes on Tuesday at The Dome, Nairobi Baptist, Parklands baptist and a few exclusive classes on Sunday.  Our leaders are ready. This is the fifth year we are doing Mizizi and thousands have gone through the experience. Last year alone at Mavuno we had about 1,300 people, in other churches around the city we had another 500 and the transformation is a mazing.

Looking forward to hear what will happen this year, particularly this season. Remember to comment and post your stories here.

Pastor Kevin.

Mizizi Season One: 2010

The Mizizi launch was phenomenal yesterday, we had about 600 people who came ready to go through the Mizizi experience and we are grateful to God for such a wonderful time. We are about to make new friends, connect with God at a deeper level and connect with our purpose.

This promises to be another great season. If you are doing Mizizi, you can start sharing your stories here on the blog and let us know how your experience is.

What a great way to start the new year!

Meanwhile, here are some pics from the Mizizi Kampala Season Three retreat in 2009 as well as some older ones from a previous retreat in Nairobi.

A Great Season ~ Mizizi Sonko!

Mizizi Season 2 of 2009 was the bomb! Many, many fantastic memories. From praying a whole morning at the dome to sharing the gospel in the neighborhoods. From over 60 Mizizi-ites vuka-ring into a life-changing relationship with Christ to a retreat to end all others! Wah! The energy in that last service was off the chains!

Here is a partial listing of where the different classes went for their social justice engagements in week 7. How phenomenal! Truly it is better to give than to receive. Many of the newly formed Life Groups intend to continue to serve and bless the places they visited.

Please let us know if your class trip not mentioned.

1. Mathare mental hospital, Doris’ class went to do clean up and hang out with the patients. 14 patients gave their lives to Christ!
2. Mama Ngina children’s home – Two of the groups( Frank’s and Vivian’s) worked with the kids. They are planning to start a mentorship program with the kids.
3. Missions of Charity home in Lang’ata – Cares for disabled kids. Phyllis’ class cleaned up, made beds for the kids and braided their hair! The life groups from the class are planning on a long term relationship.
4. Mitumba slums- A group of boys do garbage collection in the slum so Joram’s class bought them some equipment to facilitate their business.
5. Mukuru Kayaba – Kiarie’s class visited a lady who takes care of orphans, they took food-stuff and clothing, then they invited the lady to church. She came last week and she gave her life to Christ! The life groups that were formed from this class are working on a long term project with her.
6. Cheshire home of the old- Naomi’s class went there to visit the old people, whose desire is just to be visited and for people to spend time with them.They bought stuff and food for them.
7. Industrial area prison – The warden’s toilets were last refurbished way back in the 90’s, they got blocked, the warden’s stopped using them they started using the prisoners’ toilets. Sarah’s class contributed money to buy materials, cement, sand, piping equipment and they started the project. This week they have finished the cementing they are hoping to complete the project by end month!
8. Nairobi West Prison – Phyllis Njambi’s class bought toiletries and underwear for the prisoners plus food stuff for the wardens, then they had a great time of fellowship with them.
9. Transform A Person Africa(TAPA Trust) in Ayany Kibera – they gather the children in Kibera and provide for them nursery education. Ranja’s class went to help them teach and start with them a project to reach out to the mothers of the kids.
10. Oasis of Hope – A rehabilitation center in Rongai- Jane’s class went to hang out with the teens, play games, cook and share with them.
11. Kenyatta hospital – Kasashe’s group went to visit the patients of cervical cancer ward plus the patients who have been there for long due to lack of funds to release them. They also took toiletries and and food stuff for the nurses who have been neglected.
12. Dandora Children’s Home – Yvette’s class took food stuff and clothing to this children’s home and are planning to do a party for them soon!

Great stuff ya’ll! Thanks for representing Jesus and Mavuno in such a spectacular way! All the best as you form some phenomenal Life Groups!

Welcome Mizizites!

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We hope you are enjoying your class and that the Lord has began a work of transformation in you. Please share with us your experience and views in your class. We would love to  hear and learn.