Turning Point Trust Blog

My time in Kenya with Turning Point

by Emily on July 25, 2011 Leave comment

Stewart Chiutsi has spent the last three months serving Turning Point as part of his gap year along with Hannah Wichmann. Here Stewart shares his reflections on his time with TPT…

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Redemptive Faith

by Godwill on July 19, 2011 Leave comment

The early sun rise this morning gave us warmth that we haven’t enjoyed recently in hots but also brought a number of people out, we welcomed Hannah in Emily’s place and our good friend Joseph. We got 90% correct of the sickness that the holy spirit revealed to the taem before we went to the street, including a [...]

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Equipping the Front-line

by Emily on July 18, 2011 Leave comment

What do you do when a child’s character changes from bright, bubbly and enthusiastic to quiet, withdrawn and uninterested? How do you approach a family that is that are not treating their kids as they should? How do we speak up for those little ones whose voices go unheard? And how do we guide them [...]

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Cool name award 2011: Zabadayo

by Emily on July 11, 2011 Leave comment

Its flippin freezing in Nairobi today, we were bundled up and smiling welcomes at people through chattering teeth. Our kind mandazi-frying neighbour lent us his jiko (stove) when he had finished his work so we used it in our advertising – free prayer and fire! This resulted in one lady thinking we were praying to [...]

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From the streets to the lecture hall

by Emily on July 7, 2011 Leave comment

“You have actually transformed my life from being a pessimistic man to optimistic one and now I can really foresee a great future.” writes Sylvester, TP’s first university student

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Arsenal FC academy coaches train TPFC

by Godwill on July 5, 2011 Leave comment

Visiting Arsenal academy coaches last week trained tp fc in an hour and half session at tp’s training base in Langata. Coaches Jo and Henry from Arsenal academy spent their afternoon with TPFC cascading their wealth of experience in youth football. Most of the training was concentrated on dribbling and ball possesion, an aspect that is common [...]

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Promises and Hope

by Godwill on July 4, 2011 Leave comment

Today’s chilly morning weather kind of discouraged people from leaving their houses, and so we spent close to forty minutes with nobody stopping for prayers despite our wide smiles and invites. We welcomed a new member to the team, Joseph, whom we once prayed for and showed interest in joining us. He contributed well to the team [...]

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Introducing Godwill…

by Emily on July 1, 2011 Leave comment

The second to last born of 8 siblings Godwill is a man of many names and many talents. Papres, Adado and Storyteller McGoodfood are all noted amongst his nicknames but at Turning Point he simply is known as Coach. Godwill joined Turning Point in 2009 seconded by Ambassadors in Sport to coach the TP after-school [...]

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