Wes visits Kenya - A vision for the 5,000 emerges

Feed the 5,000 is a movement to sponsor children and grow our hearts. The vision for the movement came into focus when newlife pastor Wes Davis was on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya with Compassion International. In Wes' own words:

In the slums of Mathare, 800,000 people live in two square miles in shacks just bigger than my bathroom. Yet it is here that the church is bringing hope by preaching a gospel that includes caring for people's practical needs -- feeding the poor, educating the children, and providing basic health care.

While on the trip, I was reflecting on the story in John 6 of Jesus feeding the 5,000 people with one boy's lunch. I sensed the Holy Spirit say to my heart -- "give up your lunch so a child can eat" and the question hit me: "Could Jesus feed the world with our lunch?"

(video edit thanks to Trent Jenkins at Bayside Church)

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• sponsorship
• kenya
• poverty
• ft5k
• feed the 5000
• newlife