Johnny Brooks

Working on orphan care and issues of poverty in Kenya.

Who are we? I am Johnny Lee Brooks and my wife is named Kate Ellen Brooks (she was a Showalter before marrying me.) We have four children; Andrew, Makena, Butterfly, and Emma. We are Americans by birth, and now live in Nakuru, Kenya. We are here to show the love of Christ by meeting the practical needs of people. In our house with us live eight girls who are orphaned or abandoned by their birth parents. We also minister to the poor in Nakuru by meeting their needs. It is our wish to love God and our neighbors with all our hearts.

This is our blog, which we attempt to update each day. You will find just about every subject covered here. I know I am breaking blogging rules by having too broad a focus, however our lives impact our project, and come on what point is spirituality, faith, or theology if it has no or little impact on the rest of your lives? Anyway this is our blog. We also have a website up for the orphan project at www.afutureandahope.net

A Future and a Hope, our home for girls, is what we do. Actually it is more than what we do, it is who we are. We cannot imagine living our lives any other way anymore. The vision is to take in girls who no one else wants to care for and give them family. We do not have an orphanage in the traditional sense of the word, but instead we have family. We would like to open more homes styled as families and care for more girls.

We also partner with a couple of other ministries here in Kenya. One is called My Brothers Keeper, and with them we love our brothers and sisters who are HIV positive. The other ministry is called Giving & Rescue Christian Care Interlink, together with this group we attempt to meet the needs of the poor.

I am also an ordained minister with a Kenyan denomination known as Tehillah Gospel Assembly. My official position is head of developmental projects.

Though I hold this religious position, religion has no place in my heart. I am following Jesus, and he took me out of religious bondage into freedom. I will not give it up again, no matter what form the religion takes.

Our ministry, Pure Christianity, is an incorporated non-profit with the state of Texas. We have a partnership with a church in Kentucky that covers us with their IRS tax exemption. (So all gifts given can be tax deductible.) We have a board of directors which consists of myself, Kate, and our friend James Hall. Bylaws we have, and a few governing policies. However the reality is that Kate and I make all the decisions here in the field. This leaves us free to walk where God wants us to walk, and helps keep the pace quick and alive.

Should you want to contribute to our project you can use paypal.com (use the email back2kenya@yahoo.com) or you can write a check to Kenya Fund and mail it to 713 West First Street Beaver Dam, KY 42320 One could also wire us money through Western Union or MoneyGram, but please email me first for some instructions.

I could keep going on, so should you want more information just email me. If you were looking for a statement of beliefs, sorry to disappoint. I don’t have one, and don’t want one.