When the war started in Ukraine, it broke our hearts for the innocent people. Without knowing, many ended up on streets without food and basic shelter in just a matter of a few days. Although the world is full of suffering and many causing harm and pain to each other, there are God driven people […]

About five years ago, when I just moved to the United States from Russia, Bryte Church approached me with an offer to organize a youth missionary trip to Mexico. We went with a group of 70 people and began working with Pastor Flavio, who leads a church in Rosarito. After two years of working with […]

Recently we received a note from the bank Kovcheg: “The Russia-Ukraine war has been raging for over 100 days now, and it is taking a huge toll on civilians. People have limited access to food, medicine, hospitals or schools. In an area where we are currently operating, many houses are burned down to the ground. […]

In April 2022, a large group of construction workers from the Bryte church went to San Quentin to help our Mexican brothers to build a new church. We were able to achieve a great progress and raise a roof at the building. In one of the pictures you can see us having a first communion […]

Background About five years ago, Bryte Church approached me with an offer to organize a youth trip to Mexico. At that time, I had just moved from Russia to the USA. I began to look for people who were already engaged in the Mexico ministry. After some time, I went with a group of 70 […]

God is at Work Shadrack has been part of Embrace since the very beginning, even before our doors officially opened. We started working with him during the early outreach days, spreading the word about the center. We’ve prayed over his case for many years, and now, after three long years, we have finally seen a […]

Dear Embrace partners, we are excited to share with you our latest ministryupdates and prayer requests. Life at the Center Our boys have opportunities to try a variety of new experiences during their stay at Embrace. To encourage academic development, we organized a Spelling Bee for the first time at Embrace where boys practiced spelling […]

Reunion Camp For the first time in Embrace history, Kenyan Embrace staff, in partnership with a team ofvolunteers from Canada, organized and conducted a reunion camp for boys and their parentsor guardians.The vision for this camp, summarized in its name, aimed to create a space forthe boys and parents to “Re-connect,” while being exposed to […]

Staff Trip Before the end of year busyness set in, our team had the opportunity to go on a staff trip and spend a few days away from Nairobi to rest, fellowship and experience new adventures. Comprising missionaries, day and night caregivers, counselors, social workers, cooks, guards, and support staff, the Embrace team encompasses a […]

Juja Park Day In August, Embrace had the opportunity to go on a small field trip. All the Children’s homes from around our area came together for a day of games and different competitions. The event brought together approximately 750 children representing 30 different children’s organizations. This was great for the boys to go and […]

Welcome To Embrace, Toma! God has once again provided for our needs in His perfect way andtiming. For a while, it has been our prayer request that God wouldsend someone with a heart to serve at Embrace long term. Toma’s testimony: “God gave me the desire to come and serve at Embrace a while back. So […]

Embrace is 2 years old! On January 19th, we celebrated Embrace’s 2nd birthday! Many people joined us for the special celebration, including Stephen Manyeki, who was reunited with his family after his rehabilitation and came back to share his testimony and encourage the boys. As we reflected back on the past 2 years (and the […]

Happy New Year from Embrace! As usual, we’re excited to share about the things God has been doing at and through Embrace during the last 2 months of 2022. Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is not a popular holiday in Kenya, though for us it’s a great opportunity to teach our boys the importance of gratitude and recognizing […]

Starting a New Chapter at Home Embrace Rehabilitation Center is a place for former street boys to change their lives, characters and desires and gain vital skills. When it comes to family reunification and deciding on next steps , we recognize our need for God’s wisdom and guidance for each boy. Since He knows their […]

Partnership with the Community As the most of the world goes on summer break, Kenyan schools are on a different schedule and are in full swing since a new school year began in April. The Embrace team has been busy throughout the months of May and June to facilitate the process of rehabilitation and reintegration […]

Visitors at Embrace  We had an exciting group of visitors in the month of March. Alex, the founding director of Embrace, along with Tim, Lesya and Elijah from the US came to spend a week and use their talents to serve Embrace.  As part of the rehabilitation program, our goal is to expose the boys […]

Life at the Center  In December we celebrated the end of 2021 and shortlyafter, on January 19th, we celebrated a very excitingmilestone – 1 year of Embrace a Street Child in Nairobi! Asper Kenyan tradition, a number of visitors joined us,including pastors , neighbours, government officials andrepresentatives from partner organizations. All of themcame to participate […]

A New Year at Embrace As our team looks back on 2021, we can’t help but thank God for all His gifts and mercies in ourministry this past year! Even through the challenging seasons, He has always been faithful! On November 1, we welcomed a new person not only to our team, but also to […]

Thanksgiving in Kenya Although not common in Kenya, a special day was planned to celebrate (Canadian) thanksgiving atEmbrace! A guest pastor was invited to share a message about the importance of gratitude and recognizing the countless blessings in our lives, especially the gift of our Lord Jesus Christ. The boys participated by preparing songs, memory […]

Faithfully Serving and Furthering God’s Kingdom There are people who faithfully serve for months, or even years, without seeing the fruit of their labor,as we all have different roles in the furthering of God’s kingdom. Some plant the seeds, some water, but God gives the growth. And so, how incredibly encouraging it is when God […]

Nairobi is the hub for all long and short-term missionaries throughout Kenya to come through, to fly in or out of the country, or to work on documents. Since Embrace is just outside of the capital, this creates frequent opportunity for visitors to stop by, check out the centre, hear what God is doing, and […]

And yet another busy month has gone by here at Embrace, full of exciting milestones but also not without it’s challenges. Having strict COVID restrictions in our county in previous months, conditions for children on the streets were very distressing as many organizations that had been doing feeding programs were temporarily shut down. This caused […]

May has been a month full of both exciting and difficult moments, and in contrast to most places around theworld going on summer vacation, work at Embrace is in full swing. As our vision statement says, everything we do on a daily basis is ultimately to see street children transformed by the love of Christ […]

April has been a busy and exciting month at Embrace. It began with a well deserved staff day planned by our missionary team for our hardworking Kenyan staff team. We spent the day at a nature park which was a much needed change of environment from the centre where the team spends most of their […]

We are usually excited to share with you encouraging news and updates, but March has been a difficult month at Embrace. Our missionary and Kenyan team have been challenged and tested by our boys and their stubborn attitudes. We do see glimpses of hope, slight changes , positive responses and very slow steps towards transformation. […]

This past month was a unique one for the boys as they have been adjusting to life at the center, welcoming new street children from different areas, and interacting with various visitors. The beginning of February was kicked off with a very special event. Two of our long-term missionaries, Palina and John, got married! The […]

The first month of 2021 was a very full one for our Embrace Team! We welcomed the New Year with thankful hearts and excitement for all that God was already doing here in Nairobi. Thankfully, by God’s grace and a lot of prayer, we were able to complete our local Kenyan team and fill the […]