The year 2021 started on a rather very difficult note of health problems on me. The problem begun  in October  2020 when I could feel  severe  burning  sensation  in my chest after walking   for 10  minutes.  When I visited the chest specialist, they advised me to consult a heart doctor. Well, I started going around Nairobi City hospitals, looking for a cheaper heart doctor. I got Dr. Harun Otieno  at Aga khan  Hospital but again  he couldn’t  use Aga Khan Hospital  Theatre because  it was very  expensive for me. I had to go book Nairobi hospital for heart surgery. My  family looked for our savings   and I managed to  go through the  heart surgery  at Nairobi hospital on  8^th  February  2021.  When  we were told of my heart  problem,  I told my friends  as prayer request  and thanksgiving ( because  we had cleared the hospital bill) Then financial help  came in  just  enough to recover  what we had  used on my medical and heart surgery bill.

Sickness brought together my old and new pastors brethren we have ministered with in Nairobi/Korogocho   for many years. Some of them joined us to from VPM many years ago and had scattered across the country and brethren feared that I was going to die. After I recovered  , the fellowships intensified  at VPM and as the days  went by,  brethren/pastors  gave  words of prophecy that I should be consecrated  and be the Bishop  of the churches  that formed VPM Korogocho and others had scattered  across  the country without registration and an  overseer. Some pastors had approached me some years back with the same message but had turned them down. This time round,   I was convinced that it was time to accept word of prophesy and wisdom that I become their Bishop in addition to our own congregations.   It was  agreed  on the part  of these pastors  and their ministries  and Vision Missionary Church to  sign a legal document  of committal to  agreement  to work as  one church, Vision Missionary Church and I as a Bishop.  Plans got underway, a date of my consecration as a Bishop was agreed upon; I was to get prepared for the occasion including budget through consecration committee. The consecration was successful on 5^th September 2021 at Vision Centre Korogocho.

When the year 2021 begun, I did not know or even think that I would become Bishop the same year, but I expected death from heart ailments. Vision Missionary church has been registered and operational for 18 years and Revd Franklyn  Otwoma is one of the  registered clergy of the church with the Kenya Government Registrar of Societies.

I am now a Bishop, a different job and busy schedules of ordinations and licensing of God’s servants for work across the country. I am happy to have this change of work after 28 years at Korogocho on the dump working for VPM, with 21 years on fulltime basis.

I am  now  approved,  mandated  and morally accepted  by VPM to be the Patron and Chief Executive Officer (besides being  Bishop of Vision Missionary Church) for some time as VPM search  for a Director.  Please pray  for VPM’s  work, staff, supporters’ , committee/Trustees of VPM as we seek to serve the Lord  in bringing Him  to be known to all  through our services  and work among  the poor  of Korogocho slums. I am humbly inviting friends  and VPM supporters  to pray for VPM and Vision Missionary church  and I as the Leader.

Forgiveness

NELSON MANDELA, former South African President, wrote a personal awesome story….

After I became President, I asked one day some members of my close protection to stroll with me in the city, have lunch at one of its restaurants. We sat in one of the downtown restaurant and all of us asked for some of food. After a while, the waiter brought us our requests, I noticed that there is someone sitting in front of my table waiting for food.

I told then one of the soldiers: Go and ask that person to join us with his food and eat with us. The soldier went and asked the man so. The man bought up his food and sat by my side as I asked and began to eat. His hands were trembling constantly until everyone had finished their food and the man went.

The soldier said to me: the man was apparently quite sick. His hands trembled as he ate!” “No, not at all,” said MANDELA. “This man was the GUARD of the PRISON where I was JAILED”.

Yours in Christ, 

Bishop Franklyn  Otwoma

One of the vibrant churches in Korogocho is Vision Missionary Church. Our aim is to fulfill our calling as fishermen in the ghetto. Under the leadership of Bishop Franklyn Otwoma and the church council, our church is propelling the gospel of Christ as Lord and Savior in Korogocho and Kenya.

The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I came that they might have life in abundance. John 10:10.

We are deeply rooted in the scripture hence our  approach  is  aimed  at  enhancing  our  engagements with the poor communities in which we operate. In this regard, this strategy provides guidance to our work and aims to comprehensively outline areas that need our interventions in the life of those living in Korogocho and across the country. As a team serving the Lord in Korogocho, we give thanks to God for his faithfulness and compassionate revelation in relation to our missions to all the impoverished in Kenya.

Our church has many upcoming talented youths gifted in playing musical instruments. They have a vision of even starting a band to propagate Christian messages in music to Christian circles and unchristian circles for an income.

The church council would like to request for a donation of all/any musical instruments to Vision Mission Church. We believe someone could be having a musical instrument (excluding drums) that could boost talented youths in Korogocho. Please do let our pastor know if you are in a position to help the youth of “vision band”.

Vision Missionary Church has a program short-term missionaries across Kenya to start work that will stand up later as VPM Centers similar to one in Korogocho. Please  invite  mission sending organizations  and churches  to join Vision Missionary Church work across Kenya  by sending visitors, short- term  missionaries  and even tourist  to visit Kenya  under the auspices  of Vision Missionary Church. This is a sure way to start new VPM Centers to other parts of Kenya . Our starting place is Maseno, where we intend to start VPM Centre for poor children in African villages. Land has already been donated. We have good houses at Maseno and Nairobi   with electricity and security ready for visitors / missionaries to occupy.  When Corona  pandemic  eventually  passes  over  us, may we help build strong army  of the Lord  in Kenya  as VPM and VMC  by you coming  and inviting  others to come.